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Public Act 93-0019 of the 93rd General Assembly


Public Act 93-0019

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    AN ACT concerning conveyances.

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

    Section 5.  The Department of Central Management Services
Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois  is  amended
by changing Section 405-315 as follows:

    (20 ILCS 405/405-315) (was 20 ILCS 405/67.24)
    Sec.  405-315.  Management  of  State buildings; security
force; fees.
    (a)  To manage,  operate,  maintain,  and  preserve  from
waste  the  State buildings listed below.  The Department may
rent portions of these and other State buildings when in  the
judgment of the Director those leases or subleases will be in
the  best  interests  of  the State.  The leases or subleases
shall  not  exceed  5  years  unless  a   greater   term   is
specifically authorized.
    a.  Peoria Regional Office Building
        5415 North University
        Peoria, Illinois  61614
    b.  Springfield Regional Office Building
        4500 South 6th Street
        Springfield, Illinois  62703
    c.  Champaign Regional Office Building
        2125 South 1st Street
        Champaign, Illinois  61820
    d.  Illinois State Armory Building
        124 East Adams
        Springfield, Illinois  62706
    e.  Marion Regional Office Building
        2209 West Main Street
        Marion, Illinois  62959
    f.  Kenneth Hall Regional State Office
        Building
        #10 Collinsville Avenue
        East St. Louis, Illinois  62201
    g.  Rockford Regional Office Building
        4402 North Main Street
        P.O. Box 915
        Rockford, Illinois  61105
    h.  State of Illinois Building
        160 North LaSalle
        Chicago, Illinois  60601
    i.  Office and Laboratory Building
        2121 West Taylor Street
        Chicago, Illinois  60602
    j.  Central Computer Facility
        201 West Adams
        Springfield, Illinois  62706
    k.  Elgin Office Building
        595 South State Street
        Elgin, Illinois  60120
    l.  James R. Thompson Center
        Bounded by Lake, Clark, Randolph and
        LaSalle Streets
        Chicago, Illinois
    m.  The following buildings located within the Chicago
        Medical Center District:
         1.  Lawndale Day Care Center
        2929 West 19th Street
         2.  Edwards Center
        2020 Roosevelt Road
         3.  Illinois Center for
        Rehabilitation and Education
        1950 West Roosevelt Road and 1151 South Wood Street
         4.  Department of Children and
        Family Services District Office
        1026 South Damen
         5.  The William Heally School
        1731 West Taylor
         6.  Administrative Office Building
        1100 South Paulina Street
         7.  Metro Children and Adolescents Center
        1601 West Taylor Street
    n.  E.J. "Zeke" Giorgi Center
        200 Wyman Street
        Rockford, Illinois
    o.  Suburban North Facility
        9511 Harrison
        Des Plaines, Illinois
    p.  The following buildings located within the Revenue
        Center in Springfield:
         1.  State Property Control Warehouse
        11th & Ash
         2.  Illinois State Museum Research & Collections
        Center
        1011 East Ash Street
    q.  Effingham Regional Office Building
        401 Industrial Drive
        Effingham, Illinois
    r.  The Communications Center
        120 West Jefferson
        Springfield, Illinois
    s.  Portions or all of the basement and
        ground floor of the
        State of Illinois Building
        160 North LaSalle
        Chicago, Illinois 60601
may  be  leased or subleased to persons, firms, partnerships,
associations, or individuals for terms not to exceed 15 years
when  in  the  judgment  of  the  Director  those  leases  or
subleases will be in the best interests of the State.
    Portions or all of the commercial space,  which  includes
the  sub-basement,  storage  mezzanine, concourse, and ground
and second floors of the
        James R. Thompson Center
        Bounded by Lake, Clark, Randolph and LaSalle Streets
        Chicago, Illinois
may be leased or subleased to persons,  firms,  partnerships,
associations, or individuals for terms not to exceed 15 years
subject  to  renewals  when  in  the judgment of the Director
those leases or subleases will be in the  best  interests  of
the State.
    The  Director is authorized to rent portions of the above
described  facilities  to   persons,   firms,   partnerships,
associations,  or individuals for terms not to exceed 30 days
when those leases or subleases will not interfere with  State
usage  of the facility. This authority is meant to supplement
and shall not in any  way  be  interpreted  to  restrict  the
Director's  ability to make portions of the State of Illinois
Building and the  James  R.  Thompson  Center  available  for
long-term commercial leases or subleases.
    Provided  however,  that  all  rentals or fees charged to
persons, firms, partnerships,  associations,  or  individuals
for  any  lease  or  use  of  space  in  the  above described
facilities made for terms not to exceed  30  days  in  length
shall be deposited in a special fund in the State treasury to
be known as the Special Events Revolving Fund.
    Notwithstanding  the  provisions above, the Department of
Children and Family Services  and  the  Department  of  Human
Services  (as  successor  to the Department of Rehabilitation
Services  and   the   Department   of   Mental   Health   and
Developmental Disabilities) shall determine the allocation of
space   for   direct   recipient  care  in  their  respective
facilities.  The Department of  Central  Management  Services
shall  consult with the affected agency in the allocation and
lease of surplus space in these facilities.  Potential  lease
arrangements  shall  not  endanger  the direct recipient care
responsibilities in these facilities.
    (b)  To appoint, subject to the Personnel  Code,  persons
to be members of a police and security force.  Members of the
security force shall be peace officers when performing duties
pursuant  to  this  Section and as such shall have all of the
powers  possessed  by  policemen  in  cities  and   sheriffs,
including  the  power  to  make  arrests  on  view  or  issue
citations  for violations of State statutes or city or county
ordinances, except that in counties of  more  than  1,000,000
population,  any  powers  created by this subsection shall be
exercised only (i) when necessary to  protect  the  property,
personnel, or interests of the Department or any State agency
for  whom  the  Department  manages,  operates,  or maintains
property or (ii) when specifically requested  by  appropriate
State  or  local  law  enforcement officials, and except that
within counties of 1,000,000 or less population, these powers
shall  be  exercised  only  when  necessary  to  protect  the
property, personnel, or interests of the  State  of  Illinois
and  only  while on property managed, operated, or maintained
by the Department.
    Nothing in this subsection shall be construed  so  as  to
make it conflict with any provisions of, or rules promulgated
under, the Personnel Code.
    (c)  To  charge  reasonable  fees  to  all State agencies
utilizing facilities operated by the Department for occupancy
related fees and  charges.  All  fees  collected  under  this
subsection  shall be deposited in a special fund in the State
treasury known as the Facilities Management  Revolving  Fund.
As  used  in this subsection, the term "State agencies" means
all departments, officers, commissions, institutions, boards,
and bodies politic and corporate of the State.
    (d)  Provisions of this Section relating to the James  R.
Thompson  Center are subject to the provisions of Section 7.4
of the State Property Control Act.
(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00; 92-302, eff. 8-9-01.)

    Section 10.  The State Finance Act is amended by changing
Section 25 as follows:

    (30 ILCS 105/25) (from Ch. 127, par. 161)
    Sec. 25.  Fiscal year limitations.
    (a)  All   appropriations   shall   be   available    for
expenditure for the fiscal year or for a lesser period if the
Act  making that appropriation so specifies.  A deficiency or
emergency appropriation shall be  available  for  expenditure
only  through  June  30  of the year when the Act making that
appropriation is enacted unless that Act otherwise provides.
    (b)  Outstanding liabilities as of June 30, payable  from
appropriations  which have otherwise expired, may be paid out
of the expiring  appropriations  during  the  2-month  period
ending  at  the  close of business on August 31.  Any service
involving professional or artistic  skills  or  any  personal
services  by  an  employee  whose  compensation is subject to
income tax withholding must be performed as of June 30 of the
fiscal  year  in  order  to  be  considered  an  "outstanding
liability as of June 30" that is thereby eligible for payment
out of the expiring appropriation.
    However, payment of tuition  reimbursement  claims  under
Section 14-7.03 or 18-3 of the School Code may be made by the
State  Board  of  Education from its appropriations for those
respective purposes for any  fiscal  year,  even  though  the
claims  reimbursed  by the payment may be claims attributable
to a prior fiscal year, and  payments  may  be  made  at  the
direction  of  the State Superintendent of Education from the
fund from which the appropriation is made without  regard  to
any fiscal year limitations.
    Medical  payments  may  be  made  by  the  Department  of
Veterans'  Affairs from its appropriations for those purposes
for any fiscal year, without regard  to  the  fact  that  the
medical  services  being  compensated for by such payment may
have been rendered in a prior fiscal year.
    Medical payments may be made by the Department of  Public
Aid  and child care payments may be made by the Department of
Human Services (as successor to the Department of Public Aid)
from appropriations for those purposes for any  fiscal  year,
without  regard  to  the  fact that the medical or child care
services being compensated for by such payment may have  been
rendered  in a prior fiscal year; and payments may be made at
the  direction  of  the  Department  of  Central   Management
Services from the Health Insurance Reserve Fund and the Local
Government  Health  Insurance  Reserve Fund without regard to
any fiscal year limitations.
    Additionally, payments may be made by the  Department  of
Human  Services  from  its appropriations, or any other State
agency from its  appropriations  with  the  approval  of  the
Department of Human Services, from the Immigration Reform and
Control   Fund   for  purposes  authorized  pursuant  to  the
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, without regard to
any fiscal year limitations.
    Further, with respect to costs incurred in  fiscal  years
2002  and  2003  only,  payments  may  be  made  by the State
Treasurer from its appropriations from the Capital Litigation
Trust Fund without regard to any fiscal year limitations.
    Lease payments may be made by the Department  of  Central
Management  Services  under the sale and leaseback provisions
of Section 7.4 of the State Property Control Act with respect
to the James R. Thompson Center and the Elgin  Mental  Health
Center  and  surrounding  land  from  appropriations for that
purpose without regard to any fiscal year limitations.
    Lease payments may be made under the sale  and  leaseback
provisions  of  Section 7.5 of the State Property Control Act
with respect to the Illinois  State  Toll  Highway  Authority
headquarters  building and surrounding land without regard to
any fiscal year limitations.
    (c)  Further, payments may be made by the  Department  of
Public Health and the Department of Human Services (acting as
successor  to  the  Department  of  Public  Health  under the
Department of  Human  Services  Act)  from  their  respective
appropriations for grants for medical care to or on behalf of
persons   suffering   from  chronic  renal  disease,  persons
suffering from hemophilia, rape victims,  and  premature  and
high-mortality  risk infants and their mothers and for grants
for supplemental food  supplies  provided  under  the  United
States  Department of Agriculture Women, Infants and Children
Nutrition Program, for any fiscal year without regard to  the
fact  that the services being compensated for by such payment
may have been rendered in a prior fiscal year.
    (d)  The Department of Public Health and  the  Department
of  Human  Services (acting as successor to the Department of
Public Health under the Department  of  Human  Services  Act)
shall  each  annually submit to the State Comptroller, Senate
President, Senate Minority  Leader,  Speaker  of  the  House,
House  Minority  Leader,  and  the  respective  Chairmen  and
Minority  Spokesmen  of  the Appropriations Committees of the
Senate and the House, on or before December 31, a  report  of
fiscal  year  funds  used to pay for services provided in any
prior fiscal year.  This report shall document by program  or
service  category  those  expenditures from the most recently
completed fiscal year used to pay for  services  provided  in
prior fiscal years.
    (e)  The  Department  of Public Aid and the Department of
Human Services (acting as  successor  to  the  Department  of
Public   Aid)   shall  each  annually  submit  to  the  State
Comptroller,  Senate  President,  Senate   Minority   Leader,
Speaker  of  the House, House Minority Leader, the respective
Chairmen  and  Minority  Spokesmen  of   the   Appropriations
Committees of the Senate and the House, on or before November
30,  a  report  that  shall  document  by  program or service
category those expenditures from the most recently  completed
fiscal  year  used  to pay for (i) services provided in prior
fiscal years and (ii) services for which claims were received
in prior fiscal years.
    (f)  The Department of Human Services  (as  successor  to
the  Department  of  Public Aid) shall annually submit to the
State Comptroller, Senate President, Senate Minority  Leader,
Speaker   of  the  House,  House  Minority  Leader,  and  the
respective   Chairmen   and   Minority   Spokesmen   of   the
Appropriations Committees of the Senate and the House, on  or
before December 31, a report of fiscal year funds used to pay
for  services (other than medical care) provided in any prior
fiscal year.   This  report  shall  document  by  program  or
service  category  those  expenditures from the most recently
completed fiscal year used to pay for  services  provided  in
prior fiscal years.
    (g)  In  addition,  each  annual  report  required  to be
submitted by the Department of Public  Aid  under  subsection
(e)  shall  include the following information with respect to
the State's Medicaid program:
         (1)  Explanations  of  the  exact  causes   of   the
    variance between the previous year's estimated and actual
    liabilities.
         (2)  Factors  affecting  the  Department  of  Public
    Aid's  liabilities,  including but not limited to numbers
    of aid recipients, levels of medical service  utilization
    by  aid  recipients, and inflation in the cost of medical
    services.
         (3)  The results  of  the  Department's  efforts  to
    combat fraud and abuse.
    (h)  As  provided  in  Section  4 of the General Assembly
Compensation Act, any utility bill for service provided to  a
General  Assembly  member's  district  office  for  a  period
including  portions of 2 consecutive fiscal years may be paid
from funds appropriated for such expenditure in either fiscal
year.
    (i)  An agency which administers a fund classified by the
Comptroller as an internal service fund may issue rules for:
         (1)  billing  user  agencies  in  advance  based  on
    estimated charges for goods or services;
         (2)  issuing credits during  the  subsequent  fiscal
    year  for  all  user  agency payments received during the
    prior fiscal year which  were  in  excess  of  the  final
    amounts owed by the user agency for that period; and
         (3)  issuing  catch-up  billings  to  user  agencies
    during  the  subsequent fiscal year for amounts remaining
    due when payments received from the  user  agency  during
    the  prior  fiscal  year  were less than the total amount
    owed for that period.
User agencies are authorized to  reimburse  internal  service
funds  for  catch-up billings by vouchers drawn against their
respective appropriations for the fiscal year  in  which  the
catch-up billing was issued.
(Source: P.A. 92-885, eff. 1-13-03.)

    Section  12.  The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
adding Sections 40-45 and 40-46 as follows:

    (30 ILCS 500/40-45 new)
    Sec. 40-45.  Leases exempt from Article.  A lease entered
into by the State under Section 7.4  of  the  State  Property
Control Act is not subject to the provisions of this Article.
    (30 ILCS 500/40-46 new)
    Sec. 40-46.  Leases exempt from Article.  A lease entered
into  under  Section 7.5 of the State Property Control Act is
not subject to the provisions of this Article.

    Section 15.  The State Property Control Act is amended by
adding Sections 7.4 and 7.5 as follows:

    (30 ILCS 605/7.4 new)
    Sec. 7.4. James R. Thompson Center; Elgin  Mental  Health
Center.
    (a)  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of this Act or
any  other  law  to  the  contrary,  the   administrator   is
authorized  under  this Section to dispose of or mortgage (i)
the James R. Thompson Center located in Chicago, Illinois and
(ii) the Elgin Mental  Health  Center  and  surrounding  land
located at 750 S. State Street, Elgin, Illinois in any of the
following ways:
         (1)  The  administrator  may  sell  the  property as
    provided in subsection (b).
         (2) The  administrator  may  sell  the  property  as
    provided  in  subsection  (b),  and the administrator may
    immediately thereafter enter into a  leaseback  or  other
    agreement  that  directly or indirectly gives the State a
    right  to  use,  control,  and  possess   the   property.
    Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law,  a lease
    entered into by the administrator under this  subdivision
    (a)(2) may last for any period not exceeding 99 years.
         (3)  The  administrator  may  enter  into a mortgage
    agreement, using the property as collateral, to receive a
    loan or a line of credit based on the equity available in
    the  property.  Any  loan  obtained  or  line  of  credit
    established under this subdivision  (a)(3)  must  require
    repayment in full in 20 years or less.
    (b)  The  administrator  shall obtain 3 appraisals of the
real property transferred under subdivision (a)(1) or  (a)(2)
of  this  Section,  one  of  which  shall  be performed by an
appraiser residing in the county in which the  real  property
is located. The average of these 3 appraisals, plus the costs
of  obtaining the appraisals, shall represent the fair market
value of the real property. No property may be conveyed under
subdivision  (a)(1)  or  (a)(2)  of  this  Section   by   the
administrator  for  less  than  the  fair  market  value. The
administrator may sell the real property  by  public  auction
following  notice  of  the  sale by publication on 3 separate
days not less than 15 nor more than 30 days prior to the sale
in a daily newspaper having general circulation in the county
in which the real property  is  located.   If  no  acceptable
offers  for the real property are received, the administrator
may  have  new  appraisals  of   the   property   made.   The
administrator  shall  have all power necessary to convey real
property under subdivision (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this Section.
    The administrator shall  have  authority  to  order  such
surveys,   abstracts  of  title,  or  commitments  for  title
insurance as may, in his or  her  reasonable  discretion,  be
deemed  necessary  to  demonstrate to prospective purchasers,
bidders, or mortgagees  good  and  marketable  title  in  any
property  offered  for  sale  or mortgage under this Section.
Unless  otherwise  specifically  authorized  by  the  General
Assembly,  all  conveyances   of   property   made   by   the
administrator  under  subdivision  (a)(1)  or  (a)(2) of this
Section shall be by quit claim deed.
    (c) All moneys received from the sale or mortgage of real
property under this  Section  shall  be  deposited  into  the
General Revenue Fund.
    (d)  The  administrator  is  authorized to enter into any
agreements and execute any documents  necessary  to  exercise
the authority granted by this Section.
    (e) Any agreement to dispose of or mortgage (i) the James
R.  Thompson  Center located in Chicago, Illinois or (ii) the
Elgin Mental Health Center and surrounding  land  located  at
750   S.  State  Street,  Elgin,  Illinois  pursuant  to  the
authority granted by this Section must  be  entered  into  no
later  than  one  year  after  the  effective  date  of  this
amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.

    (30 ILCS 605/7.5 new)
    Sec.   7.5.   Illinois   State   Toll  Highway  Authority
headquarters.
    (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this  Act  or
any  other  law  to  the  contrary,  the  Illinois State Toll
Highway Authority, as set forth in items (1) through (3),  is
authorized  under  this Section to dispose of or mortgage the
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority  headquarters  building
and  surrounding  land, located at 2700 Ogden Avenue, Downers
Grove, Illinois in any of the following ways:
         (1) The Authority may sell the property as  provided
    in subsection (b).
         (2)  The Authority may sell the property as provided
    in subsection (b) and may  immediately  thereafter  enter
    into  a  leaseback  or  other  agreement that directly or
    indirectly gives the State or the Authority  a  right  to
    use,  control,  and possess the property. Notwithstanding
    any other provision of law, a lease  entered  into  under
    this  subdivision  (a)(2)  may  last  for  any period not
    exceeding 99 years.
         (3)  The  Authority  may  enter  into   a   mortgage
    agreement, using the property as collateral, to receive a
    loan or a line of credit based on the equity available in
    the  property.  Any  loan  obtained  or  line  of  credit
    established  under  this  subdivision (a)(3) must require
    repayment in full in 20 years or less.
    (b) The  Illinois  State  Toll  Highway  Authority  shall
obtain  3  appraisals  of the real property transferred under
subdivision (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this Section,  one  of  which
shall  be performed by an appraiser residing in the county in
which the real property is located. The average  of  these  3
appraisals, plus the costs of obtaining the appraisals, shall
represent  the  fair  market  value  of the real property. No
property may be conveyed under subdivision (a)(1)  or  (a)(2)
of  this  Section  by  the  Authority  for less than the fair
market value. The Authority may sell  the  real  property  by
public auction following notice of the sale by publication on
3  separate days not less than 15 nor more than 30 days prior
to the sale in a daily newspaper having  general  circulation
in  the  county in which the real property is located.  If no
acceptable offers for the real  property  are  received,  the
Authority  may  have new appraisals of the property made. The
Authority shall have  all  power  necessary  to  convey  real
property under subdivision (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this Section.
    The  Illinois  State  Toll  Highway  Authority shall have
authority to order  such  surveys,  abstracts  of  title,  or
commitments  for  title  insurance  as  may,  in  his  or her
reasonable discretion, be deemed necessary to demonstrate  to
prospective  purchasers,  bidders,  or  mortgagees  good  and
marketable title in any property offered for sale or mortgage
under  this Section. Unless otherwise specifically authorized
by the General Assembly, all conveyances of property made  by
the  Authority  under  subdivision  (a)(1)  or (a)(2) of this
Section shall be by quit claim deed.
    (c) All moneys received from the sale or mortgage of real
property under this  Section  shall  be  deposited  into  the
General Revenue Fund.
    (d)  The  Authority  is  authorized  to  enter  into  any
agreements  and  execute  any documents necessary to exercise
the authority granted by this Section.
    (e)  Any agreement to dispose of or mortgage the Illinois
State  Toll  Highway  Authority  headquarters  building   and
surrounding land located at 2700 Ogden Avenue, Downers Grove,
Illinois  pursuant  to  the authority granted by this Section
must be entered  into  no  later  than  one  year  after  the
effective  date  of  this  amendatory Act of the 93rd General
Assembly.
    (f)  The provisions of this  Section  apply  and  control
notwithstanding  any other provision of this Act or any other
law to the contrary.

    Section 20.  The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
Sections  9-195  and  15-55  and  adding  Section  15-185  as
follows:

    (35 ILCS 200/9-195)
    Sec. 9-195.  Leasing of exempt property.
    (a)  Except as provided in Sections 15-35, 15-55,  15-60,
15-100, and 15-103, and 15-185, when property which is exempt
from  taxation  is  leased  to  another whose property is not
exempt, and the leasing of which does not make  the  property
taxable,  the leasehold estate and the appurtenances shall be
listed as the property of the lessee thereof, or his  or  her
assignee.  Taxes  on  that property shall be collected in the
same manner as on property that is not exempt, and the lessee
shall be liable for those taxes.  However, no tax lien  shall
attach  to  the  exempt real estate. The changes made by this
amendatory Act of 1997 and by this amendatory Act of the 91st
General Assembly are declaratory of existing  law  and  shall
not  be  construed  as  a new enactment.  The changes made by
Public Acts 88-221 and 88-420 that are incorporated into this
Section by this amendatory Act of  1993  are  declarative  of
existing law and are not a new enactment.
    (b)  The provisions of this Section regarding taxation of
leasehold  interests  in  exempt property do not apply to any
leasehold  interest  created  pursuant  to  any   transaction
described  in  subsection  (e)  of  Section 15-35, subsection
(c-5) of Section 15-60, subsection (b) of Section 15-100,  or
Section 15-103, or Section 15-185.
(Source:  P.A.  91-513,  eff.  8-13-99; 92-844, eff. 8-23-02;
92-846, eff. 8-23-02.)

    (35 ILCS 200/15-55)
    Sec. 15-55.  State property.
    (a)  All property belonging to the State of  Illinois  is
exempt.  However,  the  State agency holding title shall file
the certificate of ownership  and  use  required  by  Section
15-10,   together  with  a  copy  of  any  written  lease  or
agreement, in effect on March  30  of  the  assessment  year,
concerning  parcels  of  1 acre or more, or an explanation of
the terms of any oral agreement under which the  property  is
leased, subleased or rented.
    The  leased  property shall be assessed to the lessee and
the taxes thereon extended and  billed  to  the  lessee,  and
collected  in  the  same  manner as for property which is not
exempt. The lessee shall be liable for the taxes and no  lien
shall attach to the property of the State.
    For  the  purposes  of  this  Section,  the word "leases"
includes licenses, franchises, operating agreements and other
arrangements under which private individuals, associations or
corporations are granted the right to  use  property  of  the
Illinois  State  Toll  Highway  Authority  and  includes  all
property  of  the  Authority used by others without regard to
the size of the leased parcel.
    (b)  However, all property of every kind belonging to the
State of Illinois, which is or may hereafter be leased to the
Illinois Prairie Path Corporation, shall be exempt  from  all
assessments,  taxation  or  collection, despite the making of
any such lease, if it is used for:
         (1) (a)  conservation, nature  trail  or  any  other
    charitable,   scientific,   educational  or  recreational
    purposes with public benefit,  including  the  preserving
    and aiding in the preservation of natural areas, objects,
    flora, fauna or biotic communities;
         (2)  (b)  the establishment of footpaths, trails and
    other protected areas;
         (3) (c)  the  conservation  of  the  proper  use  of
    natural  resources or the promotion of the study of plant
    and animal communities and of other  phases  of  ecology,
    natural history and conservation;
         (4) (d)  the promotion of education in the fields of
    nature, preservation and conservation; or
         (5)   (e)  similar  public  recreational  activities
    conducted by the Illinois Prairie Path Corporation.
    No lien shall attach to the property of the State. No tax
liability shall become the obligation of  or  be  enforceable
against Illinois Prairie Path Corporation.
    (c)  If  the  State sells the James R. Thompson Center or
the Elgin Mental Health Center and surrounding  land  located
at  750  S.  State  Street,  Elgin,  Illinois, as provided in
subdivision (a)(2) of  Section  7.4  of  the  State  Property
Control  Act,  to another entity whose property is not exempt
and immediately thereafter enters into a leaseback  or  other
agreement that directly or indirectly gives the State a right
to  use,  control,  and possess the property, that portion of
the property leased and occupied  exclusively  by  the  State
shall  remain  exempt under this Section. For the property to
remain exempt under  this  subsection  (c),  the  State  must
retain  an  option  to purchase the property at a future date
or, within the limitations period for reverters, the property
must revert back to the State.
    If the property has been conveyed as  described  in  this
subsection  (c), the property is no longer exempt pursuant to
this Section as of the date when:
         (1) the right of the  State  to  use,  control,  and
    possess the property has been terminated; or
         (2) the State no longer has an option to purchase or
    otherwise  acquire the property and there is no provision
    for a reverter of the property to the  State  within  the
    limitations period for reverters.
    Pursuant  to  Sections  15-15 and 15-20 of this Code, the
State shall notify the chief county assessment officer of any
transaction under  this  subsection  (c).  The  chief  county
assessment  officer  shall  determine  initial and continuing
compliance with the requirements  of  this  Section  for  tax
exemption.  Failure  to  notify  the  chief county assessment
officer of a transaction under  this  subsection  (c)  or  to
otherwise  comply with the requirements of Sections 15-15 and
15-20 of this Code shall, in  the  discretion  of  the  chief
county  assessment officer, constitute cause to terminate the
exemption, notwithstanding any other provision of this Code.
    (c-1) If the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority  sells
the   Illinois  State  Toll  Highway  Authority  headquarters
building and surrounding land, located at 2700 Ogden  Avenue,
Downers  Grove, Illinois as provided in subdivision (a)(2) of
Section 7.5 of the State Property  Control  Act,  to  another
entity   whose   property   is  not  exempt  and  immediately
thereafter enters into a leaseback or  other  agreement  that
directly  or indirectly gives the State or the Illinois State
Toll Highway Authority a right to use, control,  and  possess
the  property,  that  portion  of  the  property  leased  and
occupied  exclusively  by  the  State  or the Authority shall
remain exempt under this Section. For the property to  remain
exempt  under  this subsection (c), the Authority must retain
an option to purchase the  property  at  a  future  date  or,
within  the  limitations  period  for reverters, the property
must revert back to the Authority.
    If the property has been conveyed as  described  in  this
subsection  (c), the property is no longer exempt pursuant to
this Section as of the date when:
         (1) the right of the State or the Authority to  use,
    control, and possess the property has been terminated; or
         (2)  the  Authority  no  longer  has  an  option  to
    purchase  or  otherwise acquire the property and there is
    no provision for  a  reverter  of  the  property  to  the
    Authority within the limitations period for reverters.
    Pursuant  to  Sections  15-15 and 15-20 of this Code, the
Authority shall notify the chief county assessment officer of
any transaction under this subsection (c). The  chief  county
assessment  officer  shall  determine  initial and continuing
compliance with the requirements  of  this  Section  for  tax
exemption.  Failure  to  notify  the  chief county assessment
officer of a transaction under  this  subsection  (c)  or  to
otherwise  comply with the requirements of Sections 15-15 and
15-20 of this Code shall, in  the  discretion  of  the  chief
county  assessment officer, constitute cause to terminate the
exemption, notwithstanding any other provision of this Code.
    (d)  Public  Act  81-1026  applies  to  all   leases   or
agreements  entered into or renewed on or after September 24,
1979.
(Source: P.A. 86-413; 88-455.)

    (35 ILCS 200/15-185 new)
    Sec.   15-185.  Leaseback   exemption.    Notwithstanding
anything  in this Code to the contrary, all property owned by
a municipality with a population of over 500,000 inhabitants,
or a unit of local  government  whose  jurisdiction  includes
territory  located  in whole or in part within a municipality
with a population of over 500,000 inhabitants,  shall  remain
exempt  from  taxation  and  any  leasehold  interest in that
property shall not be subject to taxation under Section 9-195
if, for the purpose of obtaining financing, the  property  is
directly or indirectly leased, sold, or otherwise transferred
to   another   entity   whose  property  is  not  exempt  and
immediately thereafter is the subject of a leaseback or other
agreement that directly or indirectly gives the  municipality
or  unit of local government (i) a right to use, control, and
possess the property or (ii) a right  to  require  the  other
entity,  or  the  other entity's designee or assignee, to use
the  property  in  the  performance  of  services   for   the
municipality  or unit of local government. The property shall
no longer be exempt under this Section as of  the  date  when
the  right of the municipality or unit of local government to
use, control, and possess the  property  or  to  require  the
performance of services is terminated and the municipality or
unit of local government no longer has any option to purchase
or otherwise reacquire the interest in the property which was
transferred by the municipality or unit of local government.
    For  purposes  of  this  Section,  "municipality" means a
municipality as defined in  Section  1-1-2  of  the  Illinois
Municipal  Code,  and "unit of local government" means a unit
of local government as defined in Article VII, Section  1  of
the  Constitution of the State of Illinois. The provisions of
this Section  supersede  and  control  over  any  conflicting
provisions of this Code.

    Section 25.  The Liquor Control Act of 1934 is amended by
changing Section 6-15 as follows:

    (235 ILCS 5/6-15) (from Ch. 43, par. 130)
    Sec.   6-15.  No  alcoholic  liquors  shall  be  sold  or
delivered in any building belonging to or under  the  control
of  the  State or any political subdivision thereof except as
provided in this Act.  The corporate authorities of any city,
village,  incorporated  town  or  township  may  provide   by
ordinance,  however,  that  alcoholic  liquor  may be sold or
delivered in any specifically designated  building  belonging
to  or  under the control of the municipality or township, or
in any building located on land  under  the  control  of  the
municipality;  provided  that such township complies with all
applicable local ordinances in any incorporated area  of  the
township.  Alcoholic  liquors may be delivered to and sold at
any  airport  belonging  to  or  under  the  control   of   a
municipality  of  more  than  25,000  inhabitants,  or in any
building or on any golf  course  owned  by  a  park  district
organized  under  the  Park  District  Code,  subject  to the
approval of the governing board of the district,  or  in  any
building  or  on  any  golf course owned by a forest preserve
district  organized  under  the  Downstate  Forest   Preserve
District  Act, subject to the approval of the governing board
of the district, or on the grounds within  500  feet  of  any
building  owned by a forest preserve district organized under
the Downstate Forest Preserve District Act during times  when
food  is  dispensed  for  consumption  within 500 feet of the
building from which the food is  dispensed,  subject  to  the
approval  of  the  governing  board  of the district, or in a
building owned by a Local  Mass  Transit  District  organized
under  the  Local  Mass  Transit District Act, subject to the
approval of the  governing  Board  of  the  District,  or  in
Bicentennial  Park, or on the premises of the City of Mendota
Lake Park located adjacent to Route 51 in Mendota,  Illinois,
or  on  the premises of Camden Park in Milan, Illinois, or in
the community center owned by the City of Loves Park that  is
located at 1000 River Park Drive in Loves Park, Illinois, or,
in  connection  with  the  operation  of  an established food
serving facility during times  when  food  is  dispensed  for
consumption  on  the  premises, and at the following aquarium
and  museums  located  in  public  parks:  Art  Institute  of
Chicago, Chicago  Academy  of  Sciences,  Chicago  Historical
Society,  Field  Museum of Natural History, Museum of Science
and Industry, DuSable Museum  of  African  American  History,
John  G. Shedd Aquarium and Adler Planetarium, or at Lakeview
Museum of Arts and Sciences in Peoria, or in connection  with
the  operation  of  the  facilities of the Chicago Zoological
Society or the Chicago Horticultural Society on land owned by
the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, or on  any  land
used  for a golf course or for recreational purposes owned by
the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, subject  to  the
control   of   the   Forest   Preserve   District   Board  of
Commissioners and applicable local law,  provided  that  dram
shop  liability  insurance  is  provided  at maximum coverage
limits so as to hold the District harmless from all financial
loss, damage, and harm, or in any building  located  on  land
owned  by  the  Chicago Park District if approved by the Park
District Commissioners, or on any land used for a golf course
or for  recreational  purposes  and  owned  by  the  Illinois
International  Port  District  if  approved by the District's
governing board, or at  any  airport,  golf  course,  faculty
center,  or  facility in which conference and convention type
activities take place belonging to or under  control  of  any
State   university  or  public  community  college  district,
provided that with respect to a facility for  conference  and
convention type activities alcoholic liquors shall be limited
to  the  use  of the convention or conference participants or
participants in cultural, political or educational activities
held in  such  facilities,  and  provided  further  that  the
faculty  or  staff  of  the  State  university  or  a  public
community  college district, or members of an organization of
students, alumni, faculty or staff of the State university or
a public community college district are  active  participants
in  the  conference  or convention, or in Memorial Stadium on
the campus of the University of Illinois at  Urbana-Champaign
during games in which the Chicago Bears professional football
team  is  playing  in  that  stadium during the renovation of
Soldier Field, not more than one and a half hours before  the
start  of the game and not after the end of the third quarter
of the game, or by a catering establishment which has  rented
facilities  from  a  board  of trustees of a public community
college district, or, if approved by the District  board,  on
land  owned  by the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater
Chicago and leased to others for a term of at least 20 years.
Nothing in this Section precludes the  sale  or  delivery  of
alcoholic  liquor  in  the form of original packaged goods in
premises located at 500 S. Racine in Chicago belonging to the
University of Illinois and used primarily as a grocery  store
by  a  commercial  tenant  during  the  term  of a lease that
predates the University's acquisition of  the  premises;  but
the  University  shall  have  no power or authority to renew,
transfer, or extend the lease with terms allowing the sale of
alcoholic liquor; and the sale of alcoholic liquor  shall  be
subject  to  all  local  laws  and  regulations.    After the
acquisition by Winnebago County of the  property  located  at
404  Elm  Street  in  Rockford,  a commercial tenant who sold
alcoholic liquor at retail on a portion of the property under
a valid license at the time of the acquisition  may  continue
to  do  so for so long as the tenant and the County may agree
under existing or future leases, subject to  all  local  laws
and regulations regarding the sale of alcoholic liquor.  Each
facility   shall  provide  dram  shop  liability  in  maximum
insurance coverage limits so as to save harmless  the  State,
municipality, State university, airport, golf course, faculty
center,  facility  in  which  conference  and convention type
activities  take  place,  park  district,   Forest   Preserve
District,   public   community  college  district,  aquarium,
museum, or sanitary district from all financial loss,  damage
or harm. Alcoholic liquors may be sold at retail in buildings
of  golf  courses  owned by municipalities in connection with
the operation of an established food serving facility  during
times  when  food  is  dispensed  for  consumption  upon  the
premises.  Alcoholic  liquors may be delivered to and sold at
retail in any building owned by a  fire  protection  district
organized  under  the  Fire Protection District Act, provided
that such delivery and sale  is  approved  by  the  board  of
trustees  of  the  district,  and  provided further that such
delivery and sale is limited to fundraising events and  to  a
maximum of 6 events per year.
    Alcoholic  liquor  may be delivered to and sold at retail
in the Dorchester Senior Business Center owned by the Village
of Dolton if the alcoholic liquor is sold or  dispensed  only
in  connection with organized functions for which the planned
attendance is 20 or  more  persons,  and  if  the  person  or
facility  selling  or  dispensing  the  alcoholic  liquor has
provided dram shop liability insurance in maximum  limits  so
as  to hold harmless the Village of Dolton and the State from
all financial loss, damage and harm.
    Alcoholic liquors may be delivered to and sold at  retail
in any building used as an Illinois State Armory provided:
         (i)  the  Adjutant  General's written consent to the
    issuance of a license to sell alcoholic  liquor  in  such
    building is filed with the Commission;
         (ii)  the alcoholic liquor is sold or dispensed only
    in  connection  with  organized functions held on special
    occasions;
         (iii)  the organized function is one for  which  the
    planned attendance is 25 or more persons; and
         (iv)  the   facility   selling   or  dispensing  the
    alcoholic  liquors  has  provided  dram  shop   liability
    insurance  in  maximum  limits so as to save harmless the
    facility and the State from all financial loss, damage or
    harm.
    Alcoholic liquors may be delivered to and sold at  retail
in the Chicago Civic Center, provided that:
         (i)  the  written  consent  of  the  Public Building
    Commission which administers the Chicago Civic Center  is
    filed with the Commission;
         (ii)  the alcoholic liquor is sold or dispensed only
    in  connection  with  organized functions held on special
    occasions;
         (iii)  the organized function is one for  which  the
    planned attendance is 25 or more persons;
         (iv)  the   facility   selling   or  dispensing  the
    alcoholic  liquors  has  provided  dram  shop   liability
    insurance  in  maximum  limits so as to hold harmless the
    Civic Center, the City of Chicago and the State from  all
    financial loss, damage or harm; and
         (v)  all  applicable  local  ordinances are complied
    with.
    Alcoholic  liquors  may  be  delivered  or  sold  in  any
building belonging to or  under  the  control  of  any  city,
village  or  incorporated  town  where  more  than 75% of the
physical properties of the building is used for commercial or
recreational purposes, and the building  is  located  upon  a
pier extending into or over the waters of a navigable lake or
stream  or  on  the  shore  of  a  navigable  lake or stream.
Alcoholic liquor may be sold in buildings under  the  control
of  the  Department of Natural Resources when written consent
to the issuance of a license to sell alcoholic liquor in such
buildings is filed with the Commission by the  Department  of
Natural  Resources.  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of
this Act, alcoholic liquor sold by a United States Army Corps
of   Engineers   or   Department   of    Natural    Resources
concessionaire   who  was  operating  on  June  1,  1991  for
on-premises consumption only is not subject to the provisions
of Articles IV and IX. Beer and  wine  may  be  sold  on  the
premises  of  the  Joliet  Park District Stadium owned by the
Joliet Park District when written consent to the issuance  of
a  license  to  sell  beer and wine in such premises is filed
with  the  local  liquor  commissioner  by  the  Joliet  Park
District. Beer and wine may  be  sold  in  buildings  on  the
grounds  of State veterans' homes when written consent to the
issuance of a license to sell beer and wine in such buildings
is filed with the Commission by the Department  of  Veterans'
Affairs,  and  the facility shall provide dram shop liability
in maximum insurance  coverage  limits  so  as  to  save  the
facility  harmless  from  all financial loss, damage or harm.
Such liquors may be delivered to and  sold  at  any  property
owned  or  held  under  lease  by  a  Metropolitan  Pier  and
Exposition   Authority   or   Metropolitan   Exposition   and
Auditorium Authority.
    Beer  and  wine may be sold and dispensed at professional
sporting  events  and  at  professional  concerts  and  other
entertainment events  conducted  on  premises  owned  by  the
Forest  Preserve  District  of  Kane  County,  subject to the
control of the District Commissioners  and  applicable  local
law,  provided that dram shop liability insurance is provided
at maximum  coverage  limits  so  as  to  hold  the  District
harmless from all financial loss, damage and harm.
    Nothing  in  this  Section  shall  preclude  the  sale or
delivery of beer and wine at a State or county  fair  or  the
sale  or  delivery  of  beer  or  wine  at a city fair in any
otherwise lawful manner.
    Alcoholic liquors may be sold at retail in  buildings  in
State  parks  under  the control of the Department of Natural
Resources, provided:
         a.  the State park has overnight lodging  facilities
    with  some restaurant facilities or, not having overnight
    lodging facilities, has restaurant facilities which serve
    complete luncheon and dinner or supper meals,
         b.  consent to the issuance of  a  license  to  sell
    alcoholic  liquors  in  the buildings has been filed with
    the commission by the Department  of  Natural  Resources,
    and
         c.  the alcoholic liquors are sold by the State park
    lodge  or restaurant concessionaire only during the hours
    from  11  o'clock  a.m.  until   12   o'clock   midnight.
    Notwithstanding   any   other   provision  of  this  Act,
    alcoholic liquor sold by the  State  park  or  restaurant
    concessionaire  is  not  subject  to  the  provisions  of
    Articles IV and IX.
    Alcoholic  liquors  may be sold at retail in buildings on
properties under  the  control  of  the  Historic  Sites  and
Preservation  Division of the Historic Preservation Agency or
the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum provided:
         a.  the property has  overnight  lodging  facilities
    with  some restaurant facilities or, not having overnight
    lodging facilities, has restaurant facilities which serve
    complete luncheon and dinner or supper meals,
         b.  consent to the issuance of  a  license  to  sell
    alcoholic  liquors  in  the buildings has been filed with
    the commission by the  Historic  Sites  and  Preservation
    Division  of  the  Historic  Preservation  Agency  or the
    Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, and
         c.  the alcoholic liquors are sold by the  lodge  or
    restaurant  concessionaire  only during the hours from 11
    o'clock a.m. until 12 o'clock midnight.
    The sale of alcoholic liquors pursuant  to  this  Section
does   not  authorize  the  establishment  and  operation  of
facilities commonly called taverns, saloons,  bars,  cocktail
lounges,  and  the  like  except  as  a  part  of  lodge  and
restaurant facilities in State parks or golf courses owned by
Forest  Preserve  Districts  with  a  population of less than
3,000,000 or municipalities or park districts.
    Alcoholic  liquors  may  be  sold  at   retail   in   the
Springfield  Administration  Building  of  the  Department of
Transportation and the Illinois State Armory in  Springfield;
provided,  that  the  controlling  government  authority  may
consent to such sales only if
         a.  the    request    is   from   a   not-for-profit
    organization;
         b.  such sales would not impede normal operations of
    the departments involved;
         c.  the not-for-profit  organization  provides  dram
    shop  liability  in maximum insurance coverage limits and
    agrees to defend, save harmless and indemnify  the  State
    of Illinois from all financial loss, damage or harm;
         d.  no such sale shall be made during normal working
    hours of the State of Illinois; and
         e.  the consent is in writing.
    Alcoholic  liquors  may be sold at retail in buildings in
recreational areas of river conservancy districts  under  the
control  of, or leased from, the river conservancy districts.
Such sales are subject to  reasonable  local  regulations  as
provided  in  Article  IV;  however,  no such regulations may
prohibit  or  substantially  impair  the  sale  of  alcoholic
liquors on Sundays or Holidays.
    Alcoholic liquors may  be  provided  in  long  term  care
facilities  owned or operated by a county under Division 5-21
or 5-22 of the Counties Code, when approved by  the  facility
operator  and  not  in  conflict  with the regulations of the
Illinois Department of Public Health,  to  residents  of  the
facility  who  have  had  their  consumption of the alcoholic
liquors provided approved in writing by a physician  licensed
to practice medicine in all its branches.
    Alcoholic  liquors  may  be delivered to and dispensed in
State housing assigned to  employees  of  the  Department  of
Corrections. No person shall furnish or allow to be furnished
any  alcoholic  liquors to any prisoner confined in any jail,
reformatory, prison or house  of  correction  except  upon  a
physician's prescription for medicinal purposes.
    Alcoholic  liquors  may be sold at retail or dispensed at
the Willard Ice Building in Springfield, at the State Library
in Springfield, and at Illinois State  Museum  facilities  by
(1)  an agency of the State, whether legislative, judicial or
executive, provided that such agency  first  obtains  written
permission  to  sell  or  dispense alcoholic liquors from the
controlling government authority, or by (2) a  not-for-profit
organization, provided that such organization:
         a.  Obtains  written  consent  from  the controlling
    government authority;
         b.  Sells or dispenses the alcoholic  liquors  in  a
    manner  that  does  not impair normal operations of State
    offices located in the building;
         c.  Sells or dispenses  alcoholic  liquors  only  in
    connection with an official activity in the building;
         d.  Provides, or its catering service provides, dram
    shop  liability  insurance in maximum coverage limits and
    in which the carrier agrees to defend, save harmless  and
    indemnify  the State of Illinois from all financial loss,
    damage or harm arising out of the selling  or  dispensing
    of alcoholic liquors.
    Nothing  in  this  Act  shall  prevent  a  not-for-profit
organization  or  agency  of  the  State  from  employing the
services of a  catering  establishment  for  the  selling  or
dispensing of alcoholic liquors at authorized functions.
    The  controlling government authority for the Willard Ice
Building  in  Springfield  shall  be  the  Director  of   the
Department  of Revenue.  The controlling government authority
for Illinois State Museum facilities shall be the Director of
the  Illinois  State  Museum.   The  controlling   government
authority  for  the State Library in Springfield shall be the
Secretary of State.
    Alcoholic liquors may be delivered to and sold at  retail
or  dispensed at any facility, property or building under the
jurisdiction of the Historic Sites and Preservation  Division
of  the  Historic  Preservation Agency or the Abraham Lincoln
Presidential Library and Museum where the delivery,  sale  or
dispensing  is  by  (1)  an  agency  of  the  State,  whether
legislative, judicial or executive, provided that such agency
first   obtains   written  permission  to  sell  or  dispense
alcoholic liquors from a controlling government authority, or
by (2)  a  not-for-profit  organization  provided  that  such
organization:
         a.  Obtains  written  consent  from  the controlling
    government authority;
         b.  Sells or dispenses the alcoholic  liquors  in  a
    manner  that  does  not  impair  normal workings of State
    offices or operations located at the  facility,  property
    or building;
         c.  Sells  or  dispenses  alcoholic  liquors only in
    connection   with   an   official   activity    of    the
    not-for-profit  organization in the facility, property or
    building;
         d.  Provides, or its catering service provides, dram
    shop liability insurance in maximum coverage  limits  and
    in  which the carrier agrees to defend, save harmless and
    indemnify the State of Illinois from all financial  loss,
    damage  or  harm arising out of the selling or dispensing
    of alcoholic liquors.
    The controlling government  authority  for  the  Historic
Sites  and Preservation Division of the Historic Preservation
Agency shall be  the  Director  of  the  Historic  Sites  and
Preservation,  and  the  controlling government authority for
the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum shall  be
the  Director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and
Museum.
    Alcoholic liquors may be sold at retail or  dispensed  at
the  James  R.  Thompson  Center  in  Chicago, subject to the
provisions of Section 7.4 of the State Property Control  Act,
and  222 South College Street in Springfield, Illinois by (1)
a commercial tenant or subtenant conducting business  on  the
premises  under  a lease or sublease made pursuant to Section
405-315 of the Department of Central Management Services  Law
(20 ILCS 405/405-315), provided that such tenant or subtenant
who  sells  or  dispenses alcoholic liquors shall procure and
maintain dram shop liability insurance  in  maximum  coverage
limits  and  in which the carrier agrees to defend, indemnify
and save harmless the State of Illinois  from  all  financial
loss, damage or harm arising out of the sale or dispensing of
alcoholic  liquors, or by (2) an agency of the State, whether
legislative, judicial or executive, provided that such agency
first  obtains  written  permission  to  sell   or   dispense
alcoholic  liquors  from  the  Director of Central Management
Services, or by (3) a not-for-profit  organization,  provided
that such organization:
         a.  Obtains  written  consent from the Department of
    Central Management Services;
         b.  Sells or dispenses the alcoholic  liquors  in  a
    manner  that  does  not impair normal operations of State
    offices located in the building;
         c.  Sells or dispenses  alcoholic  liquors  only  in
    connection with an official activity in the building;
         d.  Provides, or its catering service provides, dram
    shop  liability  insurance in maximum coverage limits and
    in which the carrier agrees to defend, save harmless  and
    indemnify  the State of Illinois from all financial loss,
    damage or harm arising out of the selling  or  dispensing
    of alcoholic liquors.
    Nothing  in  this  Act  shall  prevent  a  not-for-profit
organization  or  agency  of  the  State  from  employing the
services of a  catering  establishment  for  the  selling  or
dispensing  of  alcoholic  liquors at functions authorized by
the Director of Central Management Services.
    Alcoholic  liquors  may  be  sold  or  delivered  at  any
facility owned by the Illinois  Sports  Facilities  Authority
provided  that  dram  shop  liability insurance has been made
available in a form, with such coverage and in  such  amounts
as the Authority reasonably determines is necessary.
    Alcoholic  liquors  may be sold at retail or dispensed at
the Rockford State Office Building by (1) an  agency  of  the
State,  whether  legislative, judicial or executive, provided
that such agency first obtains written permission to sell  or
dispense  alcoholic  liquors  from  the Department of Central
Management Services, or by (2) a not-for-profit organization,
provided that such organization:
         a.  Obtains written consent from the  Department  of
    Central Management Services;
         b.  Sells  or  dispenses  the alcoholic liquors in a
    manner that does not impair normal  operations  of  State
    offices located in the building;
         c.  Sells  or  dispenses  alcoholic  liquors only in
    connection with an official activity in the building;
         d.  Provides, or its catering service provides, dram
    shop liability insurance in maximum coverage  limits  and
    in  which the carrier agrees to defend, save harmless and
    indemnify the State of Illinois from all financial  loss,
    damage  or  harm arising out of the selling or dispensing
    of alcoholic liquors.
    Nothing  in  this  Act  shall  prevent  a  not-for-profit
organization or  agency  of  the  State  from  employing  the
services  of  a  catering  establishment  for  the selling or
dispensing of alcoholic liquors at  functions  authorized  by
the Department of Central Management Services.
    Alcoholic  liquors may be sold or delivered in a building
that is owned by McLean County, situated on land owned by the
county in the City of Bloomington, and  used  by  the  McLean
County Historical Society if the sale or delivery is approved
by  an  ordinance  adopted  by  the  county  board,  and  the
municipality  in  which  the  building  is  located  may  not
prohibit  that  sale  or  delivery, notwithstanding any other
provision of this Section.  The regulation of  the  sale  and
delivery  of  alcoholic liquor in a building that is owned by
McLean County, situated on land owned by the county, and used
by the McLean County Historical Society as provided  in  this
paragraph is an exclusive power and function of the State and
is  a  denial  and  limitation  under Article VII, Section 6,
subsection (h) of the Illinois Constitution of the power of a
home rule municipality to regulate that sale and delivery.
    Alcoholic  liquors  may  be  sold  or  delivered  in  any
building situated on  land  held  in  trust  for  any  school
district  organized  under  Article 34 of the School Code, if
the building is not used for school purposes and if the  sale
or delivery is approved by the board of education.
    Alcoholic  liquors  may be sold or delivered in buildings
owned by the Community Building Complex  Committee  of  Boone
County,  Illinois  if  the  person  or  facility  selling  or
dispensing  the  alcoholic  liquor  has  provided  dram  shop
liability  insurance  with  coverage  and in amounts that the
Committee reasonably determines are necessary.
    Alcoholic  liquors  may  be  sold  or  delivered  in  the
building located at 1200 Centerville  Avenue  in  Belleville,
Illinois  and  occupied by either the Belleville Area Special
Education District or the Belleville  Area  Special  Services
Cooperative.
(Source:   P.A.  91-239,  eff.  1-1-00;  91-922, eff. 7-7-00;
92-512, eff.  1-1-02;  92-583,  eff.  6-26-02;  92-600,  eff.
7-1-02; revised 9-3-02.)
    Section  30.  The Toll Highway Act is amended by changing
Section 8 as follows:

    (605 ILCS 10/8) (from Ch. 121, par. 100-8)
    Sec. 8. The Authority shall have the power:
    (a)  To acquire,  own,  use,  hire,  lease,  operate  and
dispose  of  personal  property,  real  property (except with
respect to the headquarters building and surrounding land  of
the  Authority  located  at 2700 Ogden Avenue, Downers Grove,
Illinois, which may be sold or mortgaged only as provided  in
Section  7.5  of the State Property Control Act to the extent
that such property is subject to the State  Property  Control
Act  at the time of the proposed sale), any interest therein,
including rights-of-way, franchises and easements.
    (b)  To enter into all contracts and agreements necessary
or incidental to the performance of  its  powers  under  this
Act.  All employment contracts let under this Act shall be in
conformity  with  the  applicable  provisions  of   "An   Act
regulating  wages  of  laborers,  mechanics and other workers
employed under contracts for public works," approved June 26,
1941, as amended.
    (c)  To employ  and  discharge,  without  regard  to  the
requirements  of  any  civil  service  or personnel act, such
administrative,    engineering,    traffic,    architectural,
construction, and financial experts, and inspectors, and such
other employees, as are necessary in the Authority's judgment
to carry out the purposes of this Act; and to  establish  and
administer standards of classification of all of such persons
with  respect to their compensation, duties, performance, and
tenure; and to enter into contracts of employment  with  such
persons  for  such periods and on such terms as the Authority
deems desirable.
    (d)  To appoint by and with the consent of  the  Attorney
General,  assistant  attorneys for such Authority, which said
assistant attorneys shall be under the control, direction and
supervision of the Attorney General and shall  serve  at  his
pleasure.
    (e)  To  retain  special counsel, subject to the approval
of the Attorney General, as needed from time to time, and fix
their compensation, provided however,  such  special  counsel
shall be subject to the control, direction and supervision of
the Attorney General and shall serve at his pleasure.
    (f)  To  acquire,  construct, relocate, operate, regulate
and maintain a system of toll highways through and within the
State of Illinois. However, the Authority does not  have  the
power to acquire, operate, regulate or maintain any system of
toll  highways or toll bridges or portions of them (including
but not limited to any system organized pursuant to  Division
108  of  Article  11  of  the Illinois Municipal Code) in the
event either of the following conditions exists at  the  time
the    proposed   acquisition,   operation,   regulation   or
maintenance of such system is to become effective:
    (1)  the  principal  or  interest  on  bonds   or   other
instruments  evidencing  indebtedness  of  the  system are in
default; or
    (2)  the  principal  or  interest  on  bonds   or   other
instruments  evidencing  indebtedness of the system have been
in default at any time during the 5 year period prior to  the
proposed acquisition.
    To    facilitate   such   construction,   operation   and
maintenance and subject to the approval of  the  Division  of
Highways  of  the Department of Transportation, the Authority
shall have the full use  and  advantage  of  the  engineering
staff and facilities of the Department.
(Source: P.A. 83-1258.)

    Section  90.  The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
Section 8.27 as follows:
    (30 ILCS 805/8.27 new)
    Sec. 8.27. Exempt mandate.   Notwithstanding  Sections  6
and  8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
for  the  implementation  of  any  mandate  created  by  this
amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.

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

Effective Date: 6/20/2003