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Public Act 91-0068
HB0607 Enrolled LRB9100756MWgc
AN ACT to amend the Fire Protection District Act by
changing Section 10a.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Fire Protection District Act is amended
by changing Section 10a as follows:
(70 ILCS 705/10a) (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 30a)
Sec. 10a. Sale or exchange of property.
(a) The board of trustees of any fire protection
district incorporated under this Act may sell, lease or
exchange personalty and may sell or lease realty owned by the
district and no longer needed for fire protection purposes.
Except as provided in subsection (b), any realty sold
pursuant to this Section shall be sold to the highest and
best bidder either at public auction or on sealed bids.
Notice of the public auction or of the receipt of bids shall
be published at least once in a newspaper having a general
circulation in the district or posted in at least ten public
places in the district at least ten days before the date of
the auction or the receipt of bids.
(b) The board of trustees may, by resolution, authorize
the sale of surplus real estate. The value of the surplus
real estate shall be determined by a written MAI certified
appraisal conducted by a State certified or licensed real
estate appraiser. The appraisal must be available for public
inspection. The resolution may direct the sale to be
conducted directly by the board of trustees or by listing
with local, licensed real estate agencies, in which case the
terms of the agent's compensation must be included in the
resolution. The resolution must also include pertinent
information concerning the size, use, and zoning of the real
estate and the terms of the sale. The resolution must be
published at the first opportunity after the adoption of the
resolution in a newspaper of general circulation published in
the district or, if no newspaper is published in the
district, a newspaper of general circulation published in the
county in which the district is located. The board of
trustees may accept any contract proposal that the board
determines is in the best interest of the district, provided,
however, that the sale price may not be less than 80% of the
appraised value of the real estate.
(c) Nothing in this Section prevents shall prevent a
fire protection district from transferring realty to another
municipal corporation or political subdivision pursuant to
the Local Government Property Transfer Act "An Act in
relation to the transfer of real estate owned by
municipalities", approved July 2, 1925, as amended.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 2896.)
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