Full Text of SB2533 97th General Assembly
SB2533 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 SB2533 Introduced 11/29/2011, by Sen. John O. Jones SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 30 ILCS 608/5-5 | | 30 ILCS 608/5-12 new | | 30 ILCS 608/5-15 new | |
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Amends the State Facilities Closure Act. Provides that the term "State facility" does not include any facility of a public institution of higher education. Creates the State Facilities Panel. Provides that the Panel shall perform a detailed examination of the State's facilities. Sets forth the membership of the panel. Provides that no facility managed or operated by a State agency may be closed, eliminated, or otherwise required to reduce its 2011 average daily population or average daily workforce by more than 20% prior to the completion of the submission of the final report by the State Facilities Panel. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The State Facilities Closure Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 5-5 and by adding Sections 5-12 and 5-15 as | 6 | | follows: | 7 | | (30 ILCS 608/5-5)
| 8 | | Sec. 5-5. Definitions. In this Act: | 9 | | "Commission" means the
Commission on Government | 10 | | Forecasting and Accountability. | 11 | | "State facility" means any facility (i) that is owned and | 12 | | operated by the State or leased and operated by the State and | 13 | | (ii) that is the primary stationary work location for 25 or | 14 | | more State employees. "State facility" does not include any | 15 | | facility under the jurisdiction of the legislative branch, | 16 | | including the Auditor General, or the judicial branch , or any | 17 | | facility of a public institution of higher education .
| 18 | | "State Facilities Panel" means the study panel created and | 19 | | authorized in Section 5-15 of this Act. | 20 | | (Source: P.A. 93-839, eff. 7-30-04; 93-1067, eff. 1-15-05.) | 21 | | (30 ILCS 608/5-12 new) | 22 | | Sec. 5-12. State facilities closure moratorium. Beginning |
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| 1 | | on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th | 2 | | General Assembly, no State facility managed or operated by any | 3 | | State agency may be closed, eliminated, or otherwise required | 4 | | to reduce its 2011 average daily population or average daily | 5 | | workforce by more than 20% prior to the completion of the | 6 | | required review by the State Facilities Panel and submission of | 7 | | the panel's final report as required in Section 5-15 of this | 8 | | Act. | 9 | | (30 ILCS 608/5-15 new) | 10 | | Sec. 5-15. State Facilities Panel. | 11 | | (a) The State Facilities Panel is hereby created and shall | 12 | | comprise the Director of Central Management Services, or his or | 13 | | her designee; 4 members of the General Assembly: one appointed | 14 | | by the President of the Senate, one appointed by the Minority | 15 | | Leader of the Senate, one appointed by the Speaker of the House | 16 | | of Representatives, and one appointed by the Minority Leader of | 17 | | the House of Representatives; 2 representatives of the | 18 | | employees who work within the State's facilities, to be | 19 | | appointed by the Commission on Government Forecasting and | 20 | | Accountability; and 2 persons or representatives of | 21 | | organizations with expertise in State leasing or procurement, | 22 | | to be appointed by the Commission on Government Forecasting and | 23 | | Accountability. | 24 | | All members of the Panel are to be appointed within 90 days | 25 | | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th |
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| 1 | | General Assembly. | 2 | | (b) The State Facilities Panel shall review the physical | 3 | | condition, the size and composition of the staff population, | 4 | | and any specific and immediate needs of each State facility. | 5 | | (c) The Panel is authorized to hold public hearings, take | 6 | | testimony, and request detailed and specific information | 7 | | relating to the staff of any individual State facility. | 8 | | Any data or information requested from any agency of the | 9 | | State is to be provided within 30 days of any written request | 10 | | for information being submitted by the Panel. If the requested | 11 | | information or data is not available within 30 days, the head | 12 | | of the agency to which the request was originally submitted | 13 | | shall provide the Panel, in writing, a detailed explanation as | 14 | | to why the data or information requested cannot be timely | 15 | | provided, whether the information exists, and when it can be | 16 | | expected to be received by the Panel. | 17 | | (d) The review conducted by the Panel must include, but not | 18 | | be limited to, a detailed composition of (i) respective | 19 | | requirements for effective reform for each agency, (ii) | 20 | | employee locations, staffing levels, and the demands being | 21 | | placed on staffs within the State, (iii) the physical condition | 22 | | of each of the State's facilities and their respective needs, | 23 | | and (iv) the economic impacts created, at both the State and | 24 | | local levels, by each of the State's facilities, with special | 25 | | attention given to any State facility recommended to be | 26 | | immediately or abruptly decommissioned. |
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| 1 | | (e) The Commission on Government Forecasting and | 2 | | Accountability shall provide staff and administrative | 3 | | assistance to the State Facilities Panel. All agencies of the | 4 | | State must cooperate to the fullest extent possible to assist | 5 | | the State Facilities Panel in the completion of its work. | 6 | | (f) The Panel shall perform a detailed examination of the | 7 | | State's facilities and the respective populations and | 8 | | workforces of the facilities, including information concerning | 9 | | the families of the staff of the facility. The Panel shall | 10 | | issue its findings and recommendations in a final report to the | 11 | | General Assembly outlining a long-term objective plan for the | 12 | | State's facilities and the workforce needed to best serve the | 13 | | citizens of Illinois. The final report must be submitted to the | 14 | | General Assembly no later than September 1, 2012. | 15 | | (g) Sixty days after submission of its final report to the | 16 | | General Assembly, the State Facilities Panel shall be | 17 | | dissolved.
| 18 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 19 | | becoming law. |
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