HB6720 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB6720

Introduced , by Rep. Bill Mitchell

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 605/7.3

from Ch. 127, par. 133b10.3

Amends the State Property Control Act. Provides that each State-owned aircraft not designated for emergency use is surplus property and must be sold by whatever method will be most profitable to the State, which may include a widely used global Internet auction site (now, a transferable airplane may be disposed of only if (i) it is no longer needed, (ii) it will not be used as a trade-in, and (iii) a public university or college offering aviation-related instruction or training has not listed its need for an airplane). Requires that the sale proceeds be deposited into the State Parks Fund and used for State park improvements. Effective immediately.

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

Section 5. The State Property Control Act is amended by changing Section 7.3 as follows:

(30 ILCS 605/7.3) (from Ch. 127, par. 133b10.3)

Sec. 7.3. The Administrator shall have charge of all transferable property and shall have authority to take possession and control of such property in order to transfer or assign any such property to any other State agency that has need or use for such property or to dispose of said property in accordance with Section 7 of this Act.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, each airplane and helicopter owned by the State and not designated for emergency use under a plan developed pursuant to Section 3.120 of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act is deemed surplus and shall be sold by the Administrator as soon as possible after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, using whatever method of sale, including but not limited to a widely used global Internet auction site, that the Administrator in his or her discretion determines most profitable to the State. Each airplane and helicopter owned by the State and designated for emergency use under a plan developed pursuant to Section 3.120 of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act shall be deemed surplus property and sold by the Administrator as soon as possible after the airplane or helicopter ceases to be so designated, using whatever method of sale, including but not limited to a widely used global Internet auction site, that the Administrator in his or her discretion determines most profitable to the State. Proceeds from the sale of each airplane or helicopter shall be deposited into the State Parks Fund and used for State park improvements.

The Administrator may not dispose of a transferable airplane by sale until he or she determines that (i) the agency no longer has a need for the airplane, (ii) the airplane will not be used as a trade-in on another aircraft, and (iii) no public university or college in Illinois that offers courses in aviation, flight training, or other subjects involving knowledge of the workings of an airplane has listed the need for an airplane as provided in this Section.

Responsible officers shall periodically report all transferable property at locations under their jurisdictions to the Administrator. The Administrator shall review such reports and arrange for physical examination of said property if necessary to determine if said items of transferable property should be transferred to another State agency, transferred to a central warehouse, or disposed of. The Administrator shall advise responsible officers of the results of these reviews as necessary.

The staff under the jurisdiction of the Administrator shall review as necessary State agencies' inventories for potential items of transferable property. If in the opinion of the Administrator's staff, any property appears to be transferable, the Administrator shall notify the responsible officer of his determination. The executive head of the agency holding the property in question may appeal the determination in writing to the Administrator.

The Administrator will review the determination in accordance with rules and procedures established pursuant to Section 5 of this Act.

The Administrator shall maintain lists of transferable property and of State agency needs for such property and will transfer where appropriate listed transferable property to agencies listing their needs for such property as detailed by their responsible officers. The Administrator must give priority for transfer of an airplane, that is not to be used as a trade-in, to a public university or college in Illinois that offers courses in aviation, flight training, or other subjects involving knowledge of the workings of an airplane and that has listed the need for an airplane.

(Source: P.A. 91-432, eff. 1-1-00.)

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