(30 ILCS 605/7.5)

Sec. 7.5. Illinois State Toll Highway Authority headquarters.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any other law to the contrary, the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, as set forth in items (1) through (3), is authorized under this Section to dispose of or mortgage the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority headquarters building and surrounding land, located at 2700 Ogden Avenue, Downers Grove, Illinois in any of the following ways:

(1) The Authority may sell the property as provided in subsection (b).

(2) The Authority may sell the property as provided in subsection (b) and may immediately thereafter enter into a leaseback or other agreement that directly or indirectly gives the State or the Authority a right to use, control, and possess the property. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a lease entered into under this subdivision (a)(2) may last for any period not exceeding 99 years.

(3) The Authority may enter into a mortgage agreement, using the property as collateral, to receive a loan or a line of credit based on the equity available in the property. Any loan obtained or line of credit established under this subdivision (a)(3) must require repayment in full in 20 years or less.

(b) The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority shall obtain 3 appraisals of the real property transferred under subdivision (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this Section, one of which shall be performed by an appraiser residing in the county in which the real property is located. The average of these 3 appraisals, plus the costs of obtaining the appraisals, shall represent the fair market value of the real property. No property may be conveyed under subdivision (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this Section by the Authority for less than the fair market value. The Authority may sell the real property by public auction following notice of the sale by publication on 3 separate days not less than 15 nor more than 30 days prior to the sale in a daily newspaper having general circulation in the county in which the real property is located. If no acceptable offers for the real property are received, the Authority may have new appraisals of the property made. The Authority shall have all power necessary to convey real property under subdivision (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this Section.

The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority shall have authority to order such surveys, abstracts of title, or commitments for title insurance as may, in his or her reasonable discretion, be deemed necessary to demonstrate to prospective purchasers, bidders, or mortgagees good and marketable title in any property offered for sale or mortgage under this Section. Unless otherwise specifically authorized by the General Assembly, all conveyances of property made by the Authority under subdivision (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this Section shall be by quit claim deed.

(c) All moneys received from the sale or mortgage of real property under this Section shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.

(d) The Authority is authorized to enter into any agreements and execute any documents necessary to exercise the authority granted by this Section.

(e) Any agreement to dispose of or mortgage the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority headquarters building and surrounding land located at 2700 Ogden Avenue, Downers Grove, Illinois pursuant to the authority granted by this Section must be entered into no later than one year after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.

(f) The provisions of this Section apply and control notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any other law to the contrary.

(Source: P.A. 93-19, eff. 6-20-03.)