Illinois Code § 1

Illinois Code § 1. Reproduced from the official Illinois Compiled Statutes, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.

§ 1.

For the purposes of this Act: (a) "city" means any city having a population in excess of 500,000. (b) "park district" means a park district having a population in excess of 500,000 and a geographic area coextensive with such a city. (c) "boulevards" means all boulevards, driveways, roadways and highways under the jurisdiction of a park district, both within and without the public parks proper, used as thoroughfares for vehicular traffic, including bridges, subways, viaducts and approaches appurtenant thereto. (d) "boulevard appurtenances" means parking meters, light posts and facilities used for lighting boulevards, traffic signs and signals. (e) "park policemen's annuity act" means Article 5 of the "Illinois Pension Code", approved March 18, 1963, as amended. (f) "park policemen's annuity fund" means the annuity and benefit fund created under the park policemen's annuity act. (g) "park employees' annuity act" means Article 12 of the "Illinois Pension Code" as amended. (h) "park employees annuity fund" means the annuity and benefit fund created under the park employees' annuity act. (i) "city policemen's annuity act" means Article 5 of the "Illinois Pension Code" as amended. (Source: P.A. 83-333.)

Source: official Illinois text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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  • Citation: Illinois Compiled Statutes § 1
  • Jurisdiction: Illinois
  • Code: Illinois Compiled Statutes
  • Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)

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