97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2167
 
Introduced 2/10/2011, by Sen. Dave Syverson
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 


30 ILCS 605/8.5 new

    Amends the State Property Control Act. Provides that the Director of the Department of Central Management Services may sell the Thomson Correctional Center and the property on which it is located to the federal government for a reasonable price. Defines "reasonable price". Provides that the Thomson Correctional Center and the land on which it is located may not be sold to any other party by the administrator or by any other State officer or agency, unless it has first been offered for sale to the federal government. Authorizes the Director of Central Management Services to enter into any agreements and execute any documents necessary to sell the Thomson Correctional Center and the property on which it is located. Effective immediately. 



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1    AN ACT concerning finance.

 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:


 
4    Section 5. The State Property Control Act is amended by 
5adding Section 8.5 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 605/8.5 new)
7    Sec. 8.5. Thomson Correctional Center.
8    (a) It is the intent of the General Assembly that the 
9authority granted to the Governor by this amendatory Act of the 
1097th General Assembly is for the purpose of facilitating a net 
11increase in the number of persons employed in Illinois, 
12especially persons employed (i) in a position with 
13employment-related benefits including, but not limited to, 
14health care benefits and (ii) at a former State facility that 
15is sold as a result of this amendatory Act of the 97th General 
16Assembly. 
17    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any 
18other law to the contrary, the administrator is authorized 
19under this Section to sell the Thomson Correctional Center and 
20the property on which it is located to the federal government 
21for a reasonable price. For the purposes of this subsection 
22(b), "reasonable price" means an amount of money approved in 
23writing by the Governor that the Governor, in his or her 
 
 
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1discretion, determines is advantageous to the State 
2considering the general economic conditions of the State, the 
3short-term and long-term costs to the State of maintaining the 
4property, and the State's ability to productively use the 
5property.
6    (c) The Thomson Correctional Center and the land on which 
7it is located may not be sold to any other party by the 
8administrator or by any other State officer or agency, unless 
9it has first been offered for sale to the federal government as 
10provided in subsection (b). 
11    (d) The administrator is authorized to enter into any 
12agreements and execute any documents necessary to exercise the 
13authority granted by this Section.
14    (e) The moneys received from the sale of property under 
15this Section shall be used to satisfy the State debt related to 
16the Thomson Correctional Center. After satisfying that debt, 
17the balance of the moneys received from the sale of property 
18under this Section shall be deposited into the General Revenue 
19Fund. 
20    (f) The provisions of this Section apply and control 
21notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any other 
22law to the contrary. 
 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
24becoming law.