SB2167 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB097 10341 PJG 50551 b

97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB2167

Introduced 2/10/2011, by Sen. Dave Syverson

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 605/8.5 new

Amends the State Property Control Act. Provides that the Director of the Department of Central Management Services may sell the Thomson Correctional Center and the property on which it is located to the federal government for a reasonable price. Defines "reasonable price". Provides that the Thomson Correctional Center and the land on which it is located may not be sold to any other party by the administrator or by any other State officer or agency, unless it has first been offered for sale to the federal government. Authorizes the Director of Central Management Services to enter into any agreements and execute any documents necessary to sell the Thomson Correctional Center and the property on which it is located. Effective immediately.

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A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning finance.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The State Property Control Act is amended by adding Section 8.5 as follows:

(30 ILCS 605/8.5 new)

Sec. 8.5. Thomson Correctional Center.

(a) It is the intent of the General Assembly that the authority granted to the Governor by this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly is for the purpose of facilitating a net increase in the number of persons employed in Illinois, especially persons employed (i) in a position with employment-related benefits including, but not limited to, health care benefits and (ii) at a former State facility that is sold as a result of this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any other law to the contrary, the administrator is authorized under this Section to sell the Thomson Correctional Center and the property on which it is located to the federal government for a reasonable price. For the purposes of this subsection (b), "reasonable price" means an amount of money approved in writing by the Governor that the Governor, in his or her discretion, determines is advantageous to the State considering the general economic conditions of the State, the short-term and long-term costs to the State of maintaining the property, and the State's ability to productively use the property.

(c) The Thomson Correctional Center and the land on which it is located may not be sold to any other party by the administrator or by any other State officer or agency, unless it has first been offered for sale to the federal government as provided in subsection (b).

(d) The administrator is authorized to enter into any agreements and execute any documents necessary to exercise the authority granted by this Section.

(e) The moneys received from the sale of property under this Section shall be used to satisfy the State debt related to the Thomson Correctional Center. After satisfying that debt, the balance of the moneys received from the sale of property under this Section shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.

(f) The provisions of this Section apply and control notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any other law to the contrary.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.