Sen. Linda Holmes

Filed: 3/10/2017

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1463

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1463 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Public Private Partnerships Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
7    "Office" means the Office of Public-Private Partnerships.
8    "P3 project" means a contractual agreement between a public
9entity and a private entity that:
10        (1) transfers the responsibility of a facility's
11    engineering, construction, operation, or maintenance to
12    the private sector for a defined period of time;
13        (2) allows the private sector to perform by contract a
14    service previously provided by the public sector; and
15        (3) ensures the private entity receives payments from
16    either existing revenue sources or through the collection

 

 

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1    of new tolls or user fees.
2    "Private entity" means a person, entity, group, or
3organization that is not the federal government, the State, or
4other public agency.
5    "Project" means an undertaking by a private entity or a
6public agency to provide or improve a public asset, public
7building, public service, or transportation asset which is
8totally or partially located within the State.
9    "Public agency" means any municipality or unit of local
10government, any public school district, any public college or
11university, any public building commission, the State, an
12instrumentality or administrative agency, or any other agency
13of the State or of the United states, or of any other state,
14any political subdivision of another state, and any combination
15of the above under an intergovernmental agreement which
16includes provisions for a governing body of the agency created
17by the agreement.
18    "Public asset" means any proposed existing park, clean
19water system, waste water system, energy asset,
20telecommunications asset, transportation asset, or any other
21asset owned by a public agency.
22    "Public building" means any proposed or existing school,
23community center, fire station, police station, community
24college, university, hospital, library, or other building
25owned by a public agency.
26    "Public-private partnership agreement" means a contract

 

 

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1for a project which transfers rights for the use or control, in
2whole or in part, of a public building, public service, public
3asset, or transportation asset, by a public agency to a
4development entity for a definite term during which the
5development entity will provide the project to the public
6agency in return for the right to receive all or a portion of
7the revenue generated from the use of the facility, or other
8payment, such as the following services: operations and
9maintenance; revenue collection; user fee collection or
10enforcement; design; construction; development; and other
11activities that expand or enhance existing or new public
12buildings, public assets, public services, or transportation
13assets.
14    "Public service" means any proposed or existing service
15performed or provided by a public agency or private entity.
16    "Transportation asset" means a proposed or existing road,
17toll highway, bridge, tunnel, overpass, ferry, bus way,
18guideway, public transportation facility, vehicle parking
19facility, port facility, commercial and public navigation lock
20and dam, commercial waterway, multimodal transportation
21facility, airport, station, hub, terminal or similar facility
22used or to be used for the transportation of persons, animals,
23or goods, together with any buildings, structures, parking
24areas, appurtenances, intelligent transportation systems, and
25other property needed to operate or related to the operation of
26the transportation facility. The term includes any

 

 

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1improvements or substantial enhancements or modifications to
2an existing transportation facility.
 
3    Section 10. The Office of Public-Private Partnerships.
4    (a) The Office of Public-Private Partnerships is hereby
5created within the Executive branch.
6    (b) The Office shall have the following duties:
7        (1) Create an open platform to promote the development,
8    financing, and operation of public-private partnership
9    agreements.
10        (2) Provide assistance and expertise on public-private
11    partnership agreements to other public agencies, units of
12    local government, and private entities, in areas
13    including, but not limited to:
14            (A) analyzing the benefits and costs, including
15        various finance options, of potential P3 projects;
16            (B) providing sample and template public-private
17        partnership agreement contracts;
18            (C) discussing developing trends in other states
19        and countries; and
20            (D) providing other financial and legal
21        assistance.
22        (3) Develop and maintain a database of potential P3
23    projects in this State as well as all proposed, ongoing,
24    and completed P3 projects.
25        (4) Promote standardized methodologies and other

 

 

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1    uniform practices, transparency, and information sharing
2    in public-private partnership agreements.
3        (5) At least once a year, conduct workshops or other
4    outreach events with appropriate federal, State, or local
5    government entities to attract private entities into the
6    field of public-private partnership agreements and to
7    measure the private sector's interest in the agreements,
8    gauge possible future risks of entering into the
9    agreements, discuss possible allocations of those risks,
10    and other topics that may affect the ability of
11    public-private partnerships to succeed in this State.
12        (6) Adopt rules as necessary to carry out the duties
13    and purposes of this Act.
 
14    Section 15. Public-private partnership agreements.
15    (a) Any public agency may enter into a public-private
16partnership agreement with any private entity for improving
17transportation assets, public buildings, public services, or
18other public assets as provided in this Act.
19    (b) The Office shall review and approve public-private
20partnership projects in this State, except those entered into
21under the Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Act.
22    (c) Within 90 days after the effective date of this Act,
23the Office shall establish:
24        (1) Procedures by which a public agency can submit a
25    project for potential financing through a public-private

 

 

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1    partnership agreement, which shall require submission of a
2    project statement that describes the rationale behind the
3    project, contains a site analysis and an initial project
4    design, identifies funding sources and cost estimates,
5    provides scheduled times for major events, and identifies
6    other public agencies potentially impacted by the project.
7        (2) Clearly defined requirements for submitting
8    projects for approval, including, but not limited to, a
9    requirement that a proposal demonstrates that:
10            (A) the project is part of a long-term plan of the
11        public agency;
12            (B) the project is not currently in a bid process
13        under traditional procurement methods; and
14            (C) local, State, or federal officials have had an
15        opportunity to weigh in on the project, or the local
16        jurisdiction of the public agency has voted to submit
17        the project.
18        (3) Guidelines for allowing more than one public agency
19    to enter into a single public-private partnership.
20        (4) Clear standards for project approval, including,
21    but is not limited to:
22            (A) Criteria for the project assessment,
23        consideration, and final decision. The Office shall
24        label the project as either not eligible for a
25        public-private agreement, eligible to be joined with
26        another P3 project, or eligible as an individual P3

 

 

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1        project. If the project is approved, the public agency
2        has 60 days to acquire title to the site, or rights of
3        use to the site, to carry out the project. The Office
4        may grant an extension for a situation beyond the
5        public agency's control, as determined by the Office.
6        If the project is deemed not eligible for a
7        public-private agreement, the public agency may
8        re-submit the same project the following fiscal year.
9            (B) A requirement that the Office shall evaluate
10        and render a final decision within 6 months of
11        submission of the project to the Office.
12            (C) A requirement that the Office shall make public
13        all findings of the assessment, including the final
14        score and category of the project, rationale behind the
15        decision, sources of funding, comparisons to similar
16        projects, and any areas of concern.
17            (D) A requirement that the Office shall submit an
18        annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly
19        detailing all projects evaluated, adopted, and
20        completed.
21    (d) All P3 projects under this Section shall be subject to
22any applicable planning requirements, including, but not
23limited to, land use planning, regional planning,
24transportation planning, and environmental compliance
25requirements.
26    (e) All P3 projects under this Section shall:

 

 

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1        (1) comply with the provisions of the Prevailing Wage
2    Act, as applicable;
3        (2) comply with the Project Labor Agreements Act, as
4    applicable, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10
5    of the Project Labor Agreements Act allowing a State
6    department, agency, authority, board, or instrumentality
7    that is under the control of the Governor to apply that Act
8    on a project-by-project basis; and
9        (3) comply with any responsible bidder requirements
10    that may apply to the project under State law.
11    (f) The net proceeds, if any, arising out of a P3 project
12shall be deposited into the Local Alternative Procurement Fund,
13a fund created as a special fund in the State treasury. All
14moneys in the Local Alternative Procurement Fund shall be
15appropriated to public agencies and shall be used for the
16development, financing, and operation of transportation
17assets, public buildings, public services, or other public
18assets under this Act.
 
19    Section 900. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
20Section 5.878 as follows:
 
21    (30 ILCS 105/5.878 new)
22    Sec. 5.878. The Local Alternative Procurement Fund.
 
23    Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,

 

 

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12017.".