HB0500 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB0500

Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 605/7.7 new

Amends the State Property Control Act. Allows the administrator to dispose of the James R. Thompson Center by sale, lease, or through entering a public-private partnership to redevelop the property. Establishes requirements necessary for the sale of the Thompson Center, and defines the fair market value of the Thompson Center. Prohibits sale of the Thompson Center for less than fair market value. Establishes requirements for the lease of the Thompson Center. Grants the administrator all power necessary to convey, condemn, and otherwise affect any and all interest in the Thompson Center. Requires the administrator to disburse any money received by the disposition of the Thompson Center in a certain manner. Provides that any agreement to sell or lease the Thompson Center under the authority of these provisions must be entered into no later than 3 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.

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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The State Property Control Act is amended by adding Section 7.7 as follows:

(30 ILCS 605/7.7 new)

Sec. 7.7. James R. Thompson Center.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any other law to the contrary, the administrator is authorized under this Section to dispose of the real property known as the James R. Thompson Center, bounded by Lake, Clark, Randolph, and LaSalle Streets in the City of Chicago, with an address of 100 West Randolph Street, in any of the following ways:

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

(2) The administrator may sell or lease the real property as provided in subsection (c).

(3) The administrator may enter into a lease, a public-private partnership with a real estate developer pursuant to which the property is redeveloped, or other agreement that directly or indirectly gives the State a right to use, control, or possess all or part of the real property after the redevelopment of the real property. In connection with a lease, public-private partnership, or other agreement under this paragraph (3), the administrator may use the competitive sealed proposal process under Section 20-15 of the Illinois Procurement Code to solicit and select proposals for such public-private partnership.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a lease entered into by the administrator under this paragraph (3) as either landlord, tenant, or partner may last for any period not exceeding 150 years.

(b) If the real property is to be transferred pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this Section, the administrator shall obtain 3 appraisals of the real property to be transferred, at least one of which shall be performed by an appraiser residing in the county in which the real property is located. The highest appraised value from the 3 appraisals received plus the cost of obtaining the appraisals shall represent the fair market value of the real property only for the purposes of this subsection (b). No property may be conveyed under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this Section by the administrator for less than the fair market value. The administrator 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.

(c) The administrator may sell or lease the real property pursuant to the competitive sealed proposal process under Section 20-15 of the Illinois Procurement Code. The price may be lower than the established fair market value as determined under subsection (b) of this Section. Any lease entered into pursuant to this subsection (c) is subject to the period limitation provided in paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of this Section.

(d) The administrator shall have all power necessary to convey, condemn, and otherwise affect any and all interests in the real property subject to this Section. The administrator shall have authority to order any 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, landlords, development partners, tenants, or mortgagees good and marketable title in any real property offered for sale or lease under this Section.

Unless otherwise specifically authorized by the General Assembly, all conveyances of title to real property made by the administrator under this Section shall be by quit claim deed, and all leasing shall be made by written lease.

(e) All moneys received from the disposition of real property under this Section shall be applied as follows: first, to any cost incurred in connection with disposition or pursuant to this Section; second, to reimburse any applicable fund for any cost incurred in connection with disposition or pursuant to this Section; third, the remainder shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.

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

(g) In connection with or in preparation for any disposition, lease, or public-private partnership under this Section, the administrator is authorized to obtain entitlements, incentives, or other agreements with respect to the property which the administrator determines may enhance the value of the property prior to the disposition, lease, or public-private partnership.

(h) Any agreement to sell or lease the James R. Thompson Center located in the City of Chicago pursuant to the authority granted by this Section must be entered into no later than 3 years after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.