Bill Text: IL SB0381 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: 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 by February 1, 2024, and by February 1 of every even-numbered year thereafter. Provides that the Administrator is authorized, subject to approval by a joint resolution of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 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 Cleanup Fund for specified purposes. Creates the Sustainable Ownership and Surplus Property Environmental Cleanup 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 Cleanup Fund. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-12 - Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate [SB0381 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB0381-Engrossed.html

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AN ACT concerning civil law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 3. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
Section 5.990 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/5.990 new)
Sec. 5.990. The Sustainable Ownership and Surplus Property
Environmental Cleanup Fund.
Section 5. The State Property Control Act is amended by
adding Section 7.9 as follows:
(30 ILCS 605/7.9 new)
Sec. 7.9. Long-vacant surplus real property.
(a) The Administrator shall assess surplus real property,
as defined under Section 7.1, and determine whether such
property is unsellable in its current assessed condition. The
Administrator shall consider the following factors in making
an assessment under this Section:
(1) the length of time the property has been
designated as surplus real property, with properties held
as such for more than 5 years being considered unsellable
for purposes of this Section, absent extenuating

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circumstances;
(2) the annual State maintenance and security costs in
relation to the property's estimated fair market value;
and
(3) any excessive liabilities or other prominent
concerns.
(b) The Administrator shall prepare a report based upon
the assessment that includes all surplus real properties that
the Administrator assessed as unsellable. The report shall
further include:
(1) the number of years each property has been vacant;
(2) the assessed fair market value of each property,
as determined by an appraisal;
(3) the annual maintenance costs the State incurs for
each property;
(4) the estimated demolition and remediation costs of
each property;
(5) a statement describing any attempts made by the
Administrator to sell each property, including the issues
faced in attempting to sell each property; and
(6) a recommendation of the type of action the State
should take to address the issues on each property,
including an estimated cost of such work and a timeline to
complete such work.
(c) By February 1, 2024, and by February of every
even-numbered year thereafter, the Administrator shall submit

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the report prepared under this Section to the Governor and the
General Assembly. Subject to approval by a joint resolution of
the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Administrator
is authorized to pursue the recommended course of action for
each property specified in the report. The Administrator may
use, subject to appropriation, funds held in the Sustainable
Ownership and Surplus Property Environmental Cleanup Fund for
demolition and environmental remediation costs at the proposed
surplus properties and for any other action related to the
disposal of properties specified in the report.
(d) The Sustainable Ownership and Surplus Property
Environmental Cleanup Fund is created as a special fund in the
State treasury. Subject to appropriation, moneys in the Fund
shall be used by the Administrator for demolishing structures,
conducting environmental remediation work, and other related
actions at surplus real properties as authorized under this
Section.
As used in this subsection (d), "structure" means any
building, improvement, pipe system, or other engineered system
or edifice built or constructed on the surplus real property.
(e) The Administrator may adopt rules necessary to
implement and perform the requirements of this Section.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.