95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1453

 

Introduced 2/9/2007, by Sen. Don Harmon

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
50 ILCS 20/14   from Ch. 85, par. 1044
50 ILCS 20/14.2   from Ch. 85, par. 1044.2
50 ILCS 20/20   from Ch. 85, par. 1050

    Amends the Public Building Commission Act. Provides that the Commission may acquire fee simple title or a lesser interest in real property located within the District (now, fee simple only). Provides that the Commission may rent all or part of its buildings to certain entities for any period of time (now, for a period not to exceed 30 years). Increases the maximum moving allowance and the maximum optional fixed relocation payment for displaced persons. Increases to $10,000 (now, $5,000) the minimum dollar amount of contracts that must be let for open competitive bidding. Requires public advertisement of contracts let for open competitive bidding at least once (now, at least once in each week for 3 consecutive weeks prior to the opening of bids) in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the county where the commission is located. Provides an emergency situation exception to the publication requirement for contracts subject to open competitive bidding. Requires all bids to be open to public inspection after an award or final selection has been made (now, for a period of at least 48 hours before an award is made). Deletes a requirement that a copy of every contract entered into by the public building commission shall be executed in duplicate. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Public Building Commission Act is amended by
5 changing Sections 14, 14.2, and 20 as follows:
 
6     (50 ILCS 20/14)  (from Ch. 85, par. 1044)
7     Sec. 14. A Public Building Commission is a municipal
8 corporation and constitutes a body both corporate and politic
9 separate and apart from any other municipal corporation or any
10 other public or governmental agency. It may sue and be sued,
11 plead and be impleaded, and have a seal and alter such at
12 pleasure, have perpetual succession, make and execute
13 contracts, leases, deeds and other instruments necessary or
14 convenient to the exercise of its powers, and make and from
15 time to time amend and repeal its by-laws, rules and
16 regulations not inconsistent with this Act. In addition, it has
17 and shall exercise the following public and essential
18 governmental powers and functions and all other powers
19 incidental or necessary, to carry out and effectuate such
20 express powers:
21     (a) To select, locate and designate, at any time and from
22 time to time, one or more areas lying wholly within the
23 territorial limits of the municipality or of the county seat of

 

 

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1 the county in which the Commission is organized, or within the
2 territorial limits of the county if the site is to be used for
3 county purposes, or (in the case of a county having a
4 population of at least 20,000 but not more than 21,000 as
5 determined by the 1980 federal census) within the territorial
6 limits of the county if the site is to be used for municipal
7 purposes, as the site or sites to be acquired for the erection,
8 alteration or improvement of a building or buildings, public
9 improvement or other facilities for the purposes set forth in
10 this Section. The site or sites selected shall be conveniently
11 located within such county, municipality or county seat and of
12 an area in size sufficiently large to accomplish and effectuate
13 the purpose of this Act and sufficient to provide for proper
14 architectural setting and adequate landscaping for such
15 building or buildings, public improvement or other facilities.
16     (1) Where the governing body of the county seat or the
17 governing body of any municipality with 3,000 or more
18 inhabitants has adopted the original resolution for the
19 creation of the Commission, the site or sites selected, and in
20 the case of a project for an Airport Authority, the site or
21 sites selected, the project and any lease agreements, are
22 subject to approval by a majority of the members of the
23 governing body of the county seat or by a majority of the
24 members of the governing body of the municipality. However,
25 where the site is for a county project and is outside the
26 limits of a municipality, the approval of the site shall be by

 

 

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1 the county board.
2     (2) Where the original resolution for the creation of the
3 Commission has been adopted by the governing body of the
4 county, the site or sites selected, and in the case of a
5 project for an Airport Authority, the site or sites selected,
6 the project and any lease agreements, are subject to approval
7 by a majority of the members of the governing body of the
8 county and to approval by 3/4 of the members of the governing
9 body of the county seat, except that approval of 3/4 of the
10 members of the governing body of the county seat is not
11 required where the site is for a county or (in the case of a
12 county having a population of at least 20,000 but not more than
13 21,000 as determined by the 1980 federal census) a municipal
14 project and is outside the limits of the county seat, in which
15 case approval by 3/4 of the members of the governing body of
16 any municipality where the site or sites will be located is
17 required; and, if such site or sites so selected, and in the
18 case of a project for an Airport Authority, the site or sites
19 selected, the project and any lease agreements, are not
20 approved by 3/4 of the members of the governing body of the
21 county seat the Commission may by resolution request that the
22 approval of the site or sites so selected, and in the case of a
23 project for an Airport Authority, the site or sites selected,
24 the project and any lease agreements, be submitted to a
25 referendum at the next general election in accordance with the
26 general election law, and shall present such resolution to the

 

 

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1 county clerk. Upon receipt of such resolution the county clerk
2 shall immediately notify the board of election commissioners,
3 if any; however, referenda pursuant to such resolution shall
4 not be called more frequently than once in 4 years. The
5 proposition shall be in substantially the following form:
6 -------------------------------------------------------------
7     Shall ......... be acquired for the
8 erection, alteration or improvement of
9 a building or  buildings pursuant to            YES
10 the Public Building Commission Act,
11 approved July 5, 1955, which project
12 it is  estimated will cost $.........,      -----------------
13 including the cost of the site
14 acquisition and for the payment of which
15 revenue bonds in the  amount of $....,           NO
16 maturing ....  and bearing interest at
17 the  rate of .....% per annum, may be
18 issued?
19 -------------------------------------------------------------
20     If a majority of the electors voting on the proposition
21 vote in favor of the proposition, the site or sites so
22 selected, and in the case of a project for an Airport
23 Authority, the site or sites selected, the project and any
24 lease agreements, shall be approved. Except where approval of
25 the site or sites has been obtained by referendum, the area or
26 areas may be enlarged by the Board of Commissioners, from time

 

 

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1 to time, as the need therefor arises. The selection, location
2 and designation of more than one area may, but need not, be
3 made at one time but may be made from time to time.
4     (b) To acquire the fee simple title to or any lesser
5 interest in the real property located within such area or
6 areas, including easements and reversionary interests in the
7 streets, alleys and other public places and personal property
8 required for its purposes, by purchase, gift, legacy, or by the
9 exercise of the power of eminent domain, and title thereto
10 shall be taken in the corporate name of the Commission. Eminent
11 domain proceedings shall be in all respects in the manner
12 provided for the exercise of the right of eminent domain under
13 the Eminent Domain Act. All land and appurtenances thereto,
14 acquired or owned by the Commission are to be deemed acquired
15 or owned for a public use or public purpose.
16     Any municipal corporation which owns fee simple title to or
17 any lesser interest in real property located within such an
18 area, may convey such real property, or any part thereof or
19 interest therein, to the Commission with a provision in such
20 conveyance for the reverter of such real property or interest
21 therein to the transferor municipal corporation at such time as
22 all revenue bonds and other obligations of the Commission
23 incident to the real property or interest therein so conveyed,
24 have been paid in full, and such Commission is hereby
25 authorized to accept such a conveyance.
26     (c) To demolish, repair, alter or improve any building or

 

 

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1 buildings within the area or areas and to erect a new building
2 or buildings, improvement and other facilities within the area
3 or areas to provide space for the conduct of the executive,
4 legislative and judicial functions of government, its various
5 branches, departments and agencies thereof and to provide
6 buildings, improvements and other facilities for use by local
7 government in the furnishing of essential governmental,
8 health, safety and welfare services to its citizens; to furnish
9 and equip such building or buildings, improvements and other
10 facilities, and maintain and operate them so as to effectuate
11 the purposes of this Act.
12     (d) To pave and improve streets within such area or areas,
13 and to construct, repair and install sidewalks, sewers,
14 waterpipes and other similar facilities and site improvements
15 within such area or areas and to provide for adequate
16 landscaping essential to the preparation of such site or sites
17 in accordance with the purposes of this Act.
18     (e) To make provisions for offstreet parking facilities.
19     (f) To operate, maintain, manage and to make and enter into
20 contracts for the operation, maintenance and management of such
21 buildings and other facilities and to provide rules and
22 regulations for the operation, maintenance and management
23 thereof.
24     (g) To employ and discharge without regard to any Civil
25 Services Act, engineering, architectural, construction, legal
26 and financial experts and such other employees as may be

 

 

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1 necessary in its judgment to carry out the purposes of this Act
2 and to fix compensation for such employees, and enter into
3 contracts for the employment of any person, firm, or
4 corporation, and for professional services necessary or
5 desirable for the accomplishment of the objects and purposes of
6 the Commission and the proper administration, management,
7 protection and control of its property.
8     (h) To rent all or any part or parts of such building,
9 buildings, or other facilities to any municipal corporation
10 that organized or joined in the organization of the Public
11 Building Commission or to any branch, department, or agency
12 thereof, or to any branch, department, or agency of the State
13 or Federal government, or to any other state or any agency or
14 political subdivision of another state with which the
15 Commission has entered into an intergovernmental agreement or
16 contract under the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, or to any
17 municipal corporation with which the Commission has entered
18 into an intergovernmental agreement or contract under the
19 Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, or to any other municipal
20 corporation, quasi municipal corporation, political
21 subdivision or body politic, or agency thereof, doing business,
22 maintaining an office, or rendering a public service in such
23 county for any period of time, not to exceed 30 years.
24     (i) To rent such space in such building or buildings as
25 from time to time may not be needed by any governmental agency
26 for such other purposes as the Board of Commissioners may

 

 

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1 determine will best serve the comfort and convenience of the
2 occupants of such building or buildings, and upon such terms
3 and in such manner as the Board of Commissioners may determine.
4     (j) To execute written leases evidencing the rental
5 agreements authorized in paragraphs (h) and (i) of this
6 Section.
7     (k) To procure and enter into contracts for any type of
8 insurance or indemnity against loss or damage to property from
9 any cause, including loss of use and occupancy, against death
10 or injury of any person, against employer's liability, against
11 any act of any member, officer or employee of the Public
12 Building Commission in the performance of the duties of his
13 office or employment or any other insurable risk, as the Board
14 of Commissioners in its discretion may deem necessary.
15     (l) To accept donations, contributions, capital grants or
16 gifts from any individuals, associations, municipal and
17 private corporations and the United States of America, or any
18 agency or instrumentality thereof, for or in aid of any of the
19 purposes of this Act and to enter into agreements in connection
20 therewith.
21     (m) To borrow money from time to time and in evidence
22 thereof to issue and sell revenue bonds in such amount or
23 amounts as the Board of Commissioners may determine to provide
24 funds for the purpose of acquiring, erecting, demolishing,
25 improving, altering, equipping, repairing, maintaining and
26 operating buildings and other facilities and to acquire sites

 

 

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1 necessary and convenient therefor and to pay all costs and
2 expenses incident thereto, including, but without in any way
3 limiting the generality of the foregoing, architectural,
4 engineering, legal and financing expense, which may include an
5 amount sufficient to meet the interest charges on such revenue
6 bonds during such period or periods as may elapse prior to the
7 time when the project or projects may become revenue producing
8 and for one year in addition thereto; and to refund and
9 refinance, from time to time, revenue bonds so issued and sold,
10 as often as may be deemed to be advantageous by the Board of
11 Commissioners.
12     (n) To enter into any agreement or contract with any
13 lessee, who, pursuant to the terms of this Act, is renting or
14 is about to rent from the Commission all or part of any
15 building or buildings or facilities, whereby under such
16 agreement or contract such lessee obligates itself to pay all
17 or part of the cost of maintaining and operating the premises
18 so leased. Such agreement may be included as a provision of any
19 lease entered into pursuant to the terms of this Act or may be
20 made the subject of a separate agreement or contract between
21 the Commission and such lessee.
22 (Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
 
23     (50 ILCS 20/14.2)  (from Ch. 85, par. 1044.2)
24     Sec. 14.2. Relocation assistance payment. In addition to
25 all other powers authorized under this Act, a public building

 

 

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1 commission shall have the power to make the following
2 relocation assistance payments where such relocation
3 assistance payments are not available from Federal funds or
4 otherwise:
5     (a) A public building commission is authorized to pay, as
6 part of the cost of acquisition of any site, to a person
7 displaced by a public building commission project, the actual
8 reasonable expenses in moving said person, his family, his
9 business, or his farm operation, including the moving of
10 personal property. The allowable expenses for transportation
11 shall not exceed the cost of moving 50 miles from the point
12 from which such person, family, business or farm is being
13 displaced.
14     A public building commission is authorized to adopt rules
15 and regulations as may be determined necessary to implement the
16 payments as authorized by this section.
17     (b) In lieu of the actual moving expenses heretofore
18 authorized to be paid, a public building commission may pay any
19 person displaced from a dwelling, who elects to accept such
20 payment, a moving expense allowance determined according to a
21 schedule to be established by a public building commission, not
22 to exceed $1,000 $200, and a further dislocation allowance of
23 $500 $100.
24     (c) In lieu of the actual moving expenses heretofore
25 authorized to be paid, a public building commission may pay any
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1 operation, who elects to accept such payment, a fixed
2 relocation payment in an amount equal to the average annual net
3 earnings of the business or the farm operation, or $10,000
4 $5,000, whichever is the lesser. In the case of a business, no
5 payment shall be made unless the public building commission is
6 satisfied that the business (1) cannot be relocated without a
7 substantial loss of its existing patronage, and (2) is not part
8 of a commercial enterprise having at least one other
9 establishment not being acquired for a project by a public
10 building commission which is engaged in the same or similar
11 business. The term "average annual net earnings" means one-half
12 of any net earnings of the business or farm operation before
13 Federal, State and local income taxes, during the two taxable
14 years immediately preceding the taxable year in which such
15 business or farm operation moves from the real property being
16 acquired for such project, and includes any compensation paid
17 by the business or farm operation to the owner, his spouse or
18 his dependents during such two-year period.
19     (d) In addition to the amounts heretofore authorized to be
20 paid by a public building commission, a public building
21 commission may, as part of the cost of acquisition of any site,
22 make a payment to the owner of real property acquired for a
23 public building commission project which is improved by a
24 single, two or three-family dwelling actually owned and
25 occupied by the owner for not less than one year prior to the
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1 property, an amount which, when added to the acquisition
2 payment, equals the average price required for a comparable
3 dwelling determined in accordance with standards established
4 by the city, village or town in which the dwelling is located,
5 to be a decent, safe and sanitary dwelling adequate to
6 accommodate the displaced owner, reasonably accessible to
7 public services and places of employment and available on the
8 private market. Such payment shall not exceed the sum of
9 $25,000 $5,000, and shall be made only to a displaced owner who
10 purchases and occupies a dwelling that meets the standards
11 established by the city, village or town in which the dwelling
12 is located, within one year subsequent to the date on which he
13 is required to move from the dwelling acquired for the public
14 building commission project. Any individual or family not
15 eligible to receive such payment, who is displaced from any
16 dwelling, which dwelling was actually and lawfully occupied by
17 such individual and family for not less than ninety days prior
18 to the initiation of negotiations for acquisition of such
19 property, may be paid by a public building commission an amount
20 necessary to enable such individual or family to lease or rent
21 for a period not to exceed two years, or to make the down
22 payment on the purchase of a decent, safe and sanitary dwelling
23 of standards adequate to accommodate such individual or family
24 in areas not generally less desirable in regard to public
25 utilities and public and commercial facilities. Such payment
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1     (e) In addition to the amounts heretofore authorized to be
2 paid, a public building commission may reimburse the owner of
3 real property acquired for a public building commission project
4 the reasonable and necessary expenses incurred for (1)
5 recording fees, transfer taxes, and similar expenses
6 incidental to conveying such property; and (2) penalty costs
7 for prepayment of any mortgages entered into in good faith
8 encumbering such real property, if such mortgage is on record
9 or has been filed for record under applicable State law on the
10 date of the selection, location and designation of the site by
11 a public building commission for such project.
12     (f) Nothing contained in this amendatory Act creates in any
13 proceedings brought under the power of eminent domain any
14 element of damages not in existence as of the date of enactment
15 of this amendatory Act.
16 (Source: P.A. 76-2560.)
 
17     (50 ILCS 20/20)  (from Ch. 85, par. 1050)
18     Sec. 20. All contracts to be let for the construction,
19 alteration, improvement, repair, enlargement, demolition or
20 removal of any buildings or other facilities, or for materials
21 or supplies to be furnished, where the amount thereof is in
22 excess of $10,000 $5,000, shall be let to the lowest
23 responsible bidder, or bidders, on open competitive bidding
24 after public advertisement published at least once in each week
25 for three consecutive weeks prior to the opening of bids, in a

 

 

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1 daily newspaper of general circulation in the county where the
2 commission is located, except in the case of an emergency
3 situation, as determined by the chief executive officer. If a
4 contract is awarded in an emergency situation, (i) the contract
5 accepted must be based on the lowest responsible bid after the
6 commission has made a diligent effort to solicit multiple bids
7 by telephone, facsimile, or other efficient means and (ii) the
8 chief executive officer must submit a report at the next
9 regular meeting of the Board, to be ratified by the Board and
10 entered into the official record, that states the chief
11 executive officer's reason for declaring an emergency
12 situation, the names of all parties solicited for bids, and
13 their bids and that includes a copy of the contract awarded.
14 Nothing contained in this Section shall be construed to
15 prohibit the Board of Commissioners from placing additional
16 advertisements in recognized trade journals. Advertisements
17 for bids shall describe the character of the proposed contract
18 in sufficient detail to enable the bidders thereon to know what
19 their obligation will be, either in the advertisement itself,
20 or by reference to detailed plans and specifications on file in
21 the office of the Public Building Commission at the time of the
22 publication of the first announcement. Such advertisement
23 shall also state the date, time, and place assigned for the
24 opening of bids and no bids shall be received at any time
25 subsequent to the time indicated in said advertisement. The
26 Board of Commissioners may reject any and all bids received and

 

 

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1 readvertise for bids. All bids shall be open to public
2 inspection in the office of the Public Building Commission
3 after an award or final selection has been made for a period of
4 at least forty-eight (48) hours before award is made. The
5 successful bidder for such work shall enter into contracts
6 furnished and prescribed by the Board of Commissioners and in
7 addition to any other bonds required under this Act the
8 successful bidder shall execute and give bond, payable to and
9 to be approved by the Commission, with a corporate surety
10 authorized to do business under the laws of the State of
11 Illinois, in an amount to be determined by the Board of
12 Commissioners, conditioned upon the payment of all labor
13 furnished and materials supplied in the prosecution of the
14 contracted work. If the bidder whose bid has been accepted
15 shall neglect or refuse to accept the contract within five (5)
16 days after written notice that the same has been awarded to
17 him, or if he accepts but does not execute the contract and
18 give the proper security, the Commission may accept the next
19 lowest bidder, or readvertise and relet in manner above
20 provided. In case any work shall be abandoned by any contractor
21 the Commission may, if the best interests of the Commission be
22 thereby served, adopt on behalf of the Commission all
23 subcontracts made by such contractor for such work and all such
24 sub-contractors shall be bound by such adoption if made; and
25 the Commission shall, in the manner provided herein,
26 readvertise and relet the work specified in the original

 

 

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1 contract exclusive of so much thereof as shall be accepted.
2 Every contract when made and entered into, as herein provided
3 for, shall be executed, in duplicate, one copy of which shall
4 be held by the Commission, and filed in its records, and one
5 copy of which shall be given to the contractor.
6 (Source: P.A. 84-249.)
 
7     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8 becoming law.