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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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