Bill Text: IL HB1168 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Public Building Commission Act. Provides that a county board is not required to receive referendum approval to expand the purpose of a public building commission to include acquiring, enlarging, improving, repairing, replacing, or constructing a statutorily required government facility, including but not limited to, a courthouse.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1168 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB1168-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Public Building Commission Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Section 4a as follows:
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6 | (50 ILCS 20/4a) (from Ch. 85, par. 1034a)
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7 | Sec. 4a. A Public Building Commission may be created for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | the limited
purpose of constructing, acquiring, enlarging, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | improving, repairing or
replacing
a specific public | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | improvement, building or facility or a special type or
class of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | public improvements, buildings or facilities. The provisions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | of
Section 4 of this Act shall apply to the creation of a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Public Building
Commission
under this Section, except that the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | resolution adopted by the municipality
or county board and the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | proposition shall specify the limited purpose for
which such | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Public Building Commission is to be created. The provisions of
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17 | Section 4 authorizing any municipal corporation any part of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | whose area of
jurisdiction lies within the territorial limits | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | of that county seat to join
in the organization of the Public | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Building Commission in the manner set
forth in that Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | shall not be applicable to a Public Building Commission
created | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | under this Section. The county board of any county that has | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | created a public building commission for a limited and specific |
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1 | purpose may expand that purpose by resolution.
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2 | The purpose of a public building commission created by the | ||||||
3 | county board of any county may not be expanded until the | ||||||
4 | question of expanding the purpose of the public building | ||||||
5 | commission has been submitted to the electors of the county at | ||||||
6 | a regular election and approved by a majority of the electors | ||||||
7 | voting on the question. The county board must certify the | ||||||
8 | question to the proper election authority, which must submit | ||||||
9 | the question at an election in accordance with the Election | ||||||
10 | Code. | ||||||
11 | The election authority must submit the question in | ||||||
12 | substantially the following form: | ||||||
13 | Shall the county board be authorized to expand the | ||||||
14 | purpose of the (insert name of public building commission) | ||||||
15 | to include (insert the purpose or purposes)? | ||||||
16 | The election authority must record the votes as "Yes" or | ||||||
17 | "No". | ||||||
18 | If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote | ||||||
19 | in the affirmative, the county board may thereafter expand the | ||||||
20 | purpose of the public building commission.
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21 | Notwithstanding any provision of this Section to the | ||||||
22 | contrary, a county board is not required to receive referendum | ||||||
23 | approval to expand the purpose of a public building commission | ||||||
24 | to include acquiring, enlarging, improving, repairing, | ||||||
25 | replacing, or constructing a statutorily required government | ||||||
26 | facility, including but not limited to, a courthouse. |
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1 | (Source: P.A. 94-355, eff. 1-1-06.)
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