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SB1654 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB1654

 

Introduced 2/26/2021, by Sen. Steve McClure

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 105/5.935 new
30 ILCS 605/7.9 new

    Amends the State Property Control Act. Requires the Director of Central Management Services, as administrator, to assess surplus real property held by the State and determine whether such property is unsellable in its current assessed condition. Provides assessment factors. Requires the administrator to prepare a report based upon the assessment that includes all surplus real properties that he or she assessed as unsellable. Provides further contents of the report. Requires the administrator to submit the report to the Governor and the General Assembly beginning on or before February 1, 2023, and for every even-numbered year thereafter. Provides that the administrator is authorized, subject to General Assembly approval, to pursue the recommended course of action for each property specified in the report. Allows the administrator to use funds held in the Sustainable Ownership and Surplus Property Environmental Clean-up Fund for specified purposes. Creates the Sustainable Ownership and Surplus Property Environmental Clean-up Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Specifies the use of the Fund. Provides for the adoption of rules. Amends the State Finance Act to provide for the Sustainable Ownership and Surplus Property Environmental Clean-up Fund.


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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,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
5Section 5.935 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/5.935 new)
7    Sec. 5.935. The Sustainable Ownership and Surplus Property
8Environmental Clean-up Fund.
 
9    Section 10. The State Property Control Act is amended by
10adding Section 7.9 as follows:
 
11    (30 ILCS 605/7.9 new)
12    Sec. 7.9. Long-vacant surplus real property.
13    (a) The administrator shall assess surplus real property,
14as defined under Section 7.1, and determine whether such
15property is unsellable in its current assessed condition. The
16administrator shall consider the following factors in making
17his or her assessment under this Section:
18        (1) the length of time the property has been
19    designated as surplus real property, with properties held
20    as such for more than 5 years being considered unsellable
21    for purposes of this Section, absent extenuating

 

 

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1    circumstances;
2        (2) the annual State maintenance and security costs in
3    relation to the property's estimated fair market value;
4    and
5        (3) any excessive liabilities or other prominent
6    concerns.
7    (b) The administrator shall prepare a report based upon
8the assessment that includes all surplus real properties that
9he or she assessed as unsellable. The report shall further
10include:
11        (1) the number of years each property has been vacant;
12        (2) the assessed fair market value of each property,
13    as determined by an appraisal;
14        (3) the annual maintenance costs the State incurs for
15    each property;
16        (4) the estimated demolition and remediation costs of
17    each property;
18        (5) a statement describing any attempts made by the
19    administrator to sell each property, including the issues
20    faced in attempting to sell each property; and
21        (6) a recommendation of the type of action the State
22    should take to address the issues on each property,
23    including an estimated cost of such work and a timeline to
24    complete such work.
25    (c) Beginning on or before February 1, 2023, and for every
26even-numbered year thereafter, the administrator shall submit

 

 

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1the report prepared under this Section to the Governor and the
2General Assembly. Subject to approval by the General Assembly,
3the administrator is authorized to pursue the recommended
4course of action for each property specified in the report.
5The administrator may use, subject to appropriation, funds
6held in the Sustainable Ownership and Surplus Property
7Environmental Clean-up Fund for demolition and environmental
8remediation costs at the proposed surplus properties, and any
9other action related to the disposal of properties specified
10in the report.
11    (d) The Sustainable Ownership and Surplus Property
12Environmental Clean-up Fund is created as a special fund in
13the State treasury. Subject to appropriation, moneys in the
14Fund shall be used by the administrator for demolishing
15structures, conducting environmental remediation work, and
16other related actions at surplus real properties as authorized
17under this Section.
18    Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
19contrary, the Sustainable Ownership and Surplus Property
20Environmental Clean-up Fund is not subject to sweeps,
21administrative charges or chargebacks, or any other fiscal or
22budgetary maneuver that would in any way transfer any funds
23from the Sustainable Ownership and Surplus Property
24Environmental Clean-up Fund into any other fund of the State.
25    For the purposes of this subsection (d), "structures"
26means any building, improvement, pipe system, or other

 

 

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1engineered system or edifice built or constructed on the
2surplus real property.
3    (e) The administrator may adopt rules necessary to
4implement and perform the requirements of this Section.