Full Text of SB2940 100th General Assembly
SB2940 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 SB2940 Introduced 2/14/2018, by Sen. Cristina Castro SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Township Code. Provides that the electors may delegate the power to purchase, sell, or lease property to the township board for a period of up to 12 months and the township board may specify properties being considered. Makes a conforming change.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Township Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 30-50 as follows:
| 6 | | (60 ILCS 1/30-50)
| 7 | | Sec. 30-50. Purchase and use of property.
| 8 | | (a) The electors may make all orders for the
purchase, | 9 | | sale, conveyance,
regulation, or use of the township's | 10 | | corporate property (including
the direct
sale or lease of | 11 | | single township road district property) that may be deemed | 12 | | conducive
to
the interests of its inhabitants, including the | 13 | | lease, for up to 10 years, or for up to 25 years if the lease is | 14 | | for a wireless telecommunications tower, at
fair market value, | 15 | | of corporate property for which no use or need during the
lease | 16 | | period is anticipated at the time of leasing. The electors may | 17 | | delegate the power to purchase, sell, or lease property to the | 18 | | township board for a period of up to 12 months and the township | 19 | | board may specify properties being considered. The property may | 20 | | be leased
to another governmental body, however,
or to a | 21 | | not-for-profit corporation that has contracted to construct or | 22 | | fund
the construction of a structure or improvement upon the | 23 | | real estate owned by
the township and that has contracted with |
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| 1 | | the township to allow the township to
use at least a portion of | 2 | | the structure or improvement to be constructed upon
the real | 3 | | estate leased and not otherwise used by the township,
for any | 4 | | term not exceeding 50 years and
for any consideration.
In the | 5 | | case of a not-for-profit corporation, the township shall hold a | 6 | | public
hearing on the proposed lease. The township clerk shall | 7 | | give
notice of the hearing
by publication in a newspaper | 8 | | published in the township,
or in a newspaper published in the | 9 | | county and having general
circulation in the township if no | 10 | | newspaper is published in the township, and
by posting notices | 11 | | in at least 5 public places
at least 15 days before the public | 12 | | hearing.
| 13 | | (b) If a new tax is to be levied or an existing tax rate is | 14 | | to be increased
above the statutory limits for the purchase of | 15 | | the property, however, no action
otherwise authorized in | 16 | | subsection (a) shall be taken unless a petition signed
by at | 17 | | least 10% of the registered voters residing in the township is | 18 | | presented
to the township clerk. If a petition is presented to | 19 | | the township clerk, the
clerk shall order a referendum on the | 20 | | proposition. The referendum shall be
held at the next annual or | 21 | | special township meeting or at an election in
accordance with | 22 | | the general election law. If the referendum is ordered to be
| 23 | | held at the township meeting, the township clerk shall give | 24 | | notice that at the
next annual or special township meeting the | 25 | | proposition shall be voted upon.
The notice shall set forth the | 26 | | proposition and shall be given by publication in
a newspaper |
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| 1 | | published in the township. If there is no newspaper published
| 2 | | in the township, the notice shall be published in a newspaper | 3 | | published in the
county and having general circulation in the | 4 | | township. Notice also shall be
given by posting notices in at | 5 | | least 5 public places at least 15 days before
the township | 6 | | meeting. If the referendum is ordered to be held at an | 7 | | election,
the township clerk shall certify that proposition to | 8 | | the proper election
officials, who shall submit the proposition | 9 | | at an election. The proposition
shall be submitted in | 10 | | accordance with the general election law.
| 11 | | (c) If the leased property is utilized in part for private | 12 | | use and in part
for public use, those portions of the | 13 | | improvements devoted to private use are
fully taxable. The land | 14 | | is exempt from taxation to the extent that the uses on
the land | 15 | | are public and taxable to the extent that the uses are private.
| 16 | | (d) Before the township makes a lease or sale of township | 17 | | or road
district
real property, the electors shall either | 18 | | delegate the power to the township board to purchase, sell, or | 19 | | lease properties for a period of up to 12 months as provided in | 20 | | subsection (a) or adopt a resolution
stating
the intent to | 21 | | lease or sell the real property, describing the
property in | 22 | | full, and stating the terms and conditions the electors deem
| 23 | | necessary and desirable for the lease or sale. A resolution | 24 | | stating the
intent to sell real property shall also contain | 25 | | pertinent information
concerning the size, use, and zoning of | 26 | | the property.
The value of real property shall be determined
by |
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| 1 | | a State licensed real estate appraiser.
The appraisal shall be | 2 | | available for
public inspection. The resolution may direct the | 3 | | sale to be conducted by the
staff of the township or by listing | 4 | | with local licensed real
estate agencies
(in which case the | 5 | | terms of the agent's compensation shall be included in the
| 6 | | resolution).
| 7 | | Anytime during the year, the township or township road | 8 | | district may lease or sell personal property by a vote of the | 9 | | township board or request of the township highway commissioner.
| 10 | | The clerk shall thereafter publish the resolution or | 11 | | personal property
sale notice once in a newspaper published in | 12 | | the township or, if no newspaper
is published in the township, | 13 | | in a newspaper generally circulated in the
township. If no | 14 | | newspaper is generally circulated in the township, the clerk
| 15 | | shall post the resolution or personal property sale notice in 5 | 16 | | of the
most public places in the township. In addition to the | 17 | | foregoing publication
requirements, the clerk shall post the | 18 | | resolution or personal property
sale notice at the office of | 19 | | the township (if township property is involved)
or at the | 20 | | office of the road district (if road district property is
| 21 | | involved). The following information shall be published or | 22 | | posted with the
resolution or
personal property sale notice: | 23 | | (i) the date by which all bids must be
received by the township | 24 | | or road district, which shall not be less than 30
days
after | 25 | | the date of publication or posting, and (ii) the place, time, | 26 | | and date at
which bids shall be opened, which shall be at a |
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| 1 | | regular meeting of the township
board.
| 2 | | All bids shall be opened by the clerk (or someone duly | 3 | | appointed to act
for the clerk) at the regular meeting of the | 4 | | township board described in the
notice. With respect to | 5 | | township personal property, the township board may accept
the | 6 | | high bid or any
other bid determined to be in the best | 7 | | interests of the township by a majority
vote of the board. With | 8 | | respect to township real property, the township
board may | 9 | | accept the high bid or any other bid determined to be in the
| 10 | | best interests of the township by a vote of three-fourths of | 11 | | the township
board then holding office, but in no event at a | 12 | | price less than 80% of the
appraised value. With respect to | 13 | | road district property, the highway
commissioner may accept
the | 14 | | high bid or any other bid determined to be in the best | 15 | | interests of the
road district. In each case, the township | 16 | | board or commissioner
may
reject
any and all bids. This notice | 17 | | and competitive bidding procedure shall not be followed
when | 18 | | property is leased to another governmental body.
The notice and
| 19 | | competitive bidding procedure shall not be followed when real | 20 | | or personal property is declared
surplus by the township board | 21 | | or the highway commissioner and sold to another governmental | 22 | | body.
| 23 | | The township board or the highway commissioner may | 24 | | authorize the sale of personal property by public auction | 25 | | conducted by an auctioneer licensed under the Auction License | 26 | | Act or through an approved Internet auction service. |
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| 1 | | (e) A trade-in of machinery or equipment on new or | 2 | | different machinery or
equipment does not constitute the sale | 3 | | of township or road district property.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 98-549, eff. 8-26-13; 98-653, eff. 6-18-14; | 5 | | 99-78, eff. 7-20-15.)
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