95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2037

 

Introduced 2/7/2008, by Sen. Michael W. Frerichs

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 605/7   from Ch. 127, par. 133b10

    Amends the State Property Control Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning the disposition of transferable property.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The State Property Control Act is amended by
5 changing Section 7 as follows:
 
6     (30 ILCS 605/7)  (from Ch. 127, par. 133b10)
7     Sec. 7. Disposition of transferable property.
8     (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), whenever a
9 responsible officer considers it advantageous to the the State
10 to dispose of transferable property by trading it in for credit
11 on a replacement of like nature, the responsible officer shall
12 report the trade-in and replacement to the administrator on
13 forms furnished by the latter. The exchange, trade or transfer
14 of "textbooks" as defined in Section 18-17 of the School Code
15 between schools or school districts pursuant to regulations
16 adopted by the State Board of Education under that Section
17 shall not constitute a disposition of transferable property
18 within the meaning of this Section, even though such exchange,
19 trade or transfer occurs within 5 years after the textbooks are
20 first provided for loan pursuant to Section 18-17 of the School
21 Code.
22     (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), whenever it is
23 deemed necessary to dispose of any item of transferable

 

 

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1 property, the administrator shall proceed to dispose of the
2 property by sale or scrapping as the case may be, in whatever
3 manner he considers most advantageous and most profitable to
4 the State. Items of transferable property which would
5 ordinarily be scrapped and disposed of by burning or by burial
6 in a landfill may be examined and a determination made whether
7 the property should be recycled. This determination and any
8 sale of recyclable property shall be in accordance with rules
9 promulgated by the Administrator.
10     When the administrator determines that property is to be
11 disposed of by sale, he shall offer it first to the
12 municipalities, counties, and school districts of the State and
13 to charitable, not-for-profit educational and public health
14 organizations, including but not limited to medical
15 institutions, clinics, hospitals, health centers, schools,
16 colleges, universities, child care centers, museums, nursing
17 homes, programs for the elderly, food banks, State Use
18 Sheltered Workshops and the Boy and Girl Scouts of America, for
19 purchase at an appraised value. Notice of inspection or viewing
20 dates and property lists shall be distributed in the manner
21 provided in rules and regulations promulgated by the
22 Administrator for that purpose.
23     Electronic data processing equipment purchased and charged
24 to appropriations may, at the discretion of the administrator,
25 be sold, pursuant to contracts entered into by the Director of
26 Central Management Services or the heads of agencies exempt

 

 

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1 from "The Illinois Purchasing Act". However such equipment
2 shall not be sold at prices less than the purchase cost thereof
3 or depreciated value as determined by the administrator. No
4 sale of the electronic data processing equipment and lease to
5 the State by the purchaser of such equipment shall be made
6 under this Act unless the Director of Central Management
7 Services finds that such contracts are financially
8 advantageous to the State.
9     Disposition of other transferable property by sale, except
10 sales directly to local governmental units, school districts,
11 and not-for-profit educational, charitable and public health
12 organizations, shall be subject to the following minimum
13 conditions:
14         (1) The administrator shall cause the property to be
15     advertised for sale to the highest responsible bidder,
16     stating time, place, and terms of such sale at least 7 days
17     prior to the time of sale and at least once in a newspaper
18     having a general circulation in the county where the
19     property is to be sold.
20         (2) If no acceptable bids are received, the
21     administrator may then sell the property in whatever manner
22     he considers most advantageous and most profitable to the
23     State.
24     (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, an
25 agency covered by this Act may transfer books, serial
26 publications, or other library materials that are transferable

 

 

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1 property to any of the following entities located in Illinois:
2         (1) Another agency covered by this Act.
3         (2) A State supported university library.
4         (3) A tax-supported public library, including a
5     library established by a public library district.
6         (4) A library system organized under the Illinois
7     Library System Act or any library that is a member of such
8     a system.
9     A transfer of property under this subsection is not subject
10 to the requirements of subsection (a) or (b).
11     For purposes of this subsection (c), "library materials"
12 means physical entities of any substance that serve as carriers
13 of information, including, without limitation, books, serial
14 publications, periodicals, microforms, graphics, audio or
15 video recordings, and machine readable data files.
16 (Source: P.A. 89-188, eff. 7-19-95.)