Bill Text: IL SR1066 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs each property-owning agency or office to provide, in a timely manner, the Department of Central Management Services with its laws, practices, and administrative rules pertaining to the sale or disposal of real property and any transferable property located on the premises of the real property. Further directs that the Department of Central Management Services to compile and summarize these requirements and submit recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on any changes to statutes, administrative rules, or existing practices that would improve or facilitate the sale process.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SR1066 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SR1066-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The State has 12 properties on its surplus real
property list and multiple other vacant properties; and
WHEREAS, These properties contain over 200 unused
buildings that are dispersed across the State, from Rockford to
Tamms; and
WHEREAS, The State is responsible for maintaining these
properties and is using vital State resources on vacant
buildings, sometimes expending more on maintenance than the
fair-market value of the properties; and
WHEREAS, The State has struggled to sell these properties,
retaining responsibility for these surplus properties for many
years; and
WHEREAS, The failure to sell these properties has resulted
in further degradation and loss of market value; after years of
neglect and underfunded property maintenance, some of these
properties require environmental remediation or demolition;
and
WHEREAS, The current condition of the properties could
expose the State to liability claims; and

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WHEREAS, The current process for disposing of vacant and
surplus State property is cumbersome, requires interagency
cooperation, and fails to either quickly dispose of the
properties or maximize their value; and
WHEREAS, No single State agency owns all these vacant
properties; and
WHEREAS, The Department of Central Management Services is
the lead agency in managing State properties and possesses the
experience, legal knowledge, and best practices to address this
issue; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that each property-owning
agency or office shall provide, in a timely manner, the
Department of Central Management Services with its laws,
practices, and administrative rules pertaining to the sale or
disposal of real property and any transferable property located
on the premises of the real property; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Department of Central Management
Services shall compile and summarize these requirements and
submit recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly
on any changes to statutes, administrative rules, or existing

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practices that would improve or facilitate the sale process;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That these findings be included in a report and
submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly no later
than September 1, 2021.