97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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

    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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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Facilities Closure Act is amended by
5changing Section 5-5 and by adding Sections 5-12 and 5-15 as
6follows:
 
7    (30 ILCS 608/5-5)
8    Sec. 5-5. Definitions. In this Act:
9    "Commission" means the Commission on Government
10Forecasting and Accountability.
11    "State facility" means any facility (i) that is owned and
12operated by the State or leased and operated by the State and
13(ii) that is the primary stationary work location for 25 or
14more State employees. "State facility" does not include any
15facility under the jurisdiction of the legislative branch,
16including the Auditor General, or the judicial branch, or any
17facility of a public institution of higher education.
18    "State Facilities Panel" means the study panel created and
19authorized 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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1on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th
2General Assembly, no State facility managed or operated by any
3State agency may be closed, eliminated, or otherwise required
4to reduce its 2011 average daily population or average daily
5workforce by more than 20% prior to the completion of the
6required review by the State Facilities Panel and submission of
7the panel's final report as required in Section 5-15 of this
8Act.
 
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
12comprise the Director of Central Management Services, or his or
13her designee; 4 members of the General Assembly: one appointed
14by the President of the Senate, one appointed by the Minority
15Leader of the Senate, one appointed by the Speaker of the House
16of Representatives, and one appointed by the Minority Leader of
17the House of Representatives; 2 representatives of the
18employees who work within the State's facilities, to be
19appointed by the Commission on Government Forecasting and
20Accountability; and 2 persons or representatives of
21organizations with expertise in State leasing or procurement,
22to be appointed by the Commission on Government Forecasting and
23Accountability.
24    All members of the Panel are to be appointed within 90 days
25after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th

 

 

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1General Assembly.
2    (b) The State Facilities Panel shall review the physical
3condition, the size and composition of the staff population,
4and any specific and immediate needs of each State facility.
5    (c) The Panel is authorized to hold public hearings, take
6testimony, and request detailed and specific information
7relating to the staff of any individual State facility.
8    Any data or information requested from any agency of the
9State is to be provided within 30 days of any written request
10for information being submitted by the Panel. If the requested
11information or data is not available within 30 days, the head
12of the agency to which the request was originally submitted
13shall provide the Panel, in writing, a detailed explanation as
14to why the data or information requested cannot be timely
15provided, whether the information exists, and when it can be
16expected to be received by the Panel.
17    (d) The review conducted by the Panel must include, but not
18be limited to, a detailed composition of (i) respective
19requirements for effective reform for each agency, (ii)
20employee locations, staffing levels, and the demands being
21placed on staffs within the State, (iii) the physical condition
22of each of the State's facilities and their respective needs,
23and (iv) the economic impacts created, at both the State and
24local levels, by each of the State's facilities, with special
25attention given to any State facility recommended to be
26immediately or abruptly decommissioned.

 

 

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1    (e) The Commission on Government Forecasting and
2Accountability shall provide staff and administrative
3assistance to the State Facilities Panel. All agencies of the
4State must cooperate to the fullest extent possible to assist
5the State Facilities Panel in the completion of its work.
6    (f) The Panel shall perform a detailed examination of the
7State's facilities and the respective populations and
8workforces of the facilities, including information concerning
9the families of the staff of the facility. The Panel shall
10issue its findings and recommendations in a final report to the
11General Assembly outlining a long-term objective plan for the
12State's facilities and the workforce needed to best serve the
13citizens of Illinois. The final report must be submitted to the
14General Assembly no later than September 1, 2012.
15    (g) Sixty days after submission of its final report to the
16General Assembly, the State Facilities Panel shall be
17dissolved.
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.