101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3300

 

Introduced 2/11/2020, by Sen. Steve McClure

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 105/5.930 new
30 ILCS 605/7.9 new

    Amends the State Property Control Act. Requires the Director of Central Management Services, as administrator, to assess surplus real property held by the State and determine whether such property is unsellable in its current assessed condition. Provides assessment factors. Requires the administrator to prepare a report based upon the assessment that includes all surplus real properties that he or she assessed as unsellable. Provides further contents of the report. Requires the administrator to submit the report to the Governor and the General Assembly beginning on or before February 1, 2022, and for every even-numbered year thereafter. Provides that the administrator is authorized, subject to General Assembly approval, to pursue the recommended course of action for each property specified in the report. Allows the administrator to use funds held in the Sustainable Ownership and Surplus Property Environmental Clean-up Fund for specified purposes. Creates the Sustainable Ownership and Surplus Property Environmental Clean-up Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Specifies the use of the Fund. Provides for the adoption of rules. Amends the State Finance Act to provide for the Sustainable Ownership and Surplus Property Environmental Clean-up Fund.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
5Section 5.930 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/5.930 new)
7    Sec. 5.930. The Sustainable Ownership and Surplus Property
8Environmental Clean-up Fund.
 
9    Section 10. The State Property Control Act is amended by
10adding Section 7.9 as follows:
 
11    (30 ILCS 605/7.9 new)
12    Sec. 7.9. Long-vacant surplus real property.
13    (a) The administrator shall assess surplus real property,
14as defined under Section 7.1, and determine whether such
15property is unsellable in its current assessed condition. The
16administrator shall consider the following factors in making
17his or her assessment under this Section:
18        (1) the length of time the property has been designated
19    as surplus real property, with properties held as such for
20    more than 5 years being considered unsellable for purposes
21    of this Section, absent extenuating circumstances;

 

 

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1        (2) the annual State maintenance and security costs in
2    relation to the property's estimated fair market value; and
3        (3) any excessive liabilities or other prominent
4    concerns.
5    (b) The administrator shall prepare a report based upon the
6assessment that includes all surplus real properties that he or
7she assessed as unsellable. The report shall further include:
8        (1) the number of years each property has been vacant;
9        (2) the assessed fair market value of each property, as
10    determined by an appraisal;
11        (3) the annual maintenance costs the State incurs for
12    each property;
13        (4) the estimated demolition and remediation costs of
14    each property;
15        (5) a statement describing any attempts made by the
16    administrator to sell each property, including the issues
17    faced in attempting to sell each property; and
18        (6) a recommendation of the type of action the State
19    should take to address the issues on each property,
20    including an estimated cost of such work and a timeline to
21    complete such work.
22    (c) Beginning on or before February 1, 2022, and for every
23even-numbered year thereafter, the administrator shall submit
24the report prepared under this Section to the Governor and the
25General Assembly. Subject to approval by the General Assembly,
26the administrator is authorized to pursue the recommended

 

 

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1course of action for each property specified in the report. The
2administrator may use, subject to appropriation, funds held in
3the Sustainable Ownership and Surplus Property Environmental
4Clean-up Fund for demolition and environmental remediation
5costs at the proposed surplus properties, and any other action
6related to the disposal of properties specified in the report.
7    (d) The Sustainable Ownership and Surplus Property
8Environmental Clean-up Fund is created as a special fund in the
9State treasury. Subject to appropriation, moneys in the Fund
10shall be used by the administrator for demolishing structures,
11conducting environmental remediation work, and other related
12actions at surplus real properties as authorized under this
13Section.
14    Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
15the Sustainable Ownership and Surplus Property Environmental
16Clean-up Fund is not subject to sweeps, administrative charges
17or chargebacks, or any other fiscal or budgetary maneuver that
18would in any way transfer any funds from the Sustainable
19Ownership and Surplus Property Environmental Clean-up Fund
20into any other fund of the State.
21    For the purposes of this subsection (d), "structures" means
22any building, improvement, pipe system, or other engineered
23system or edifice built or constructed on the surplus real
24property.
25    (e) The administrator may adopt rules necessary to
26implement and perform the requirements of this Section.