Section 398.13 Ordinances, Enforcement

398.13 ORDINANCES, ENFORCEMENT.

The board shall have authority to enforce its ordinances and to employ police officers and attorneys for such purposes. Any police officer, sheriff, or other public enforcement official having jurisdiction in the county, in which all or a part of a park district is located, shall have authority to arrest persons violating ordinances of the board and to serve warrants upon persons accused of violating an ordinance of the board, and to carry out the prosecution in any proper tribunal under such ordinance. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the enforcement within a park district of any ordinance or regulation of a municipality or county within such park district which is not inconsistent with the ordinances of the board.

History:

1955 c 806 s 13; 2005 c 10 art 2 s 4