103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB1625
 
Introduced 2/1/2023, by Rep. Dan Swanson
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
  
70 ILCS 705/10a  from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 30a

     Amends the Fire Protection District Act. Provides that, when selling surplus real estate of a fire protection district, the value of the surplus real estate shall be determined by a written MAI certified appraisal or by a written certified appraisal of
a State certified or licensed real estate appraiser (currently, by only a written MAI certified appraisal conducted by a State certified or licensed real estate appraiser).
  


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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Fire Protection District Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 10a as follows:
 



6    (70 ILCS 705/10a)  (from Ch. 127 1/2, par. 30a)



7    Sec. 10a. Sale or exchange of property. 

8    (a) The board of trustees of any fire protection district

9incorporated under this Act may sell, lease or exchange 
10personalty and
may sell or lease realty owned by the district 
11and no longer needed for
fire protection purposes. Except as 
12provided in subsection (b), any realty
sold pursuant to this 
13Section shall be
sold to the highest and best bidder either at 
14public auction or on sealed
bids. Notice of the public auction 
15or of the receipt of bids shall be
published at least once in a 
16newspaper having a general circulation in the
district or 
17posted in at least ten public places in the district at least

18ten days before the date of the auction or the receipt of bids.

19    (b) The board of trustees may, by resolution, authorize 
20the sale of
surplus real
estate.  The value of the surplus real 
21estate shall be determined by a written
MAI certified

22appraisal or by a written certified appraisal of conducted by 
23a State certified or licensed real estate
appraiser.  The

 
 
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1appraisal must be available for public inspection.  The 
2resolution may direct
the sale to be
conducted directly by the 
3board of trustees or by listing with local, licensed
real 
4estate
agencies, in which case the terms of the agent's 
5compensation must be included
in the
resolution. The 
6resolution must also include pertinent information concerning

7the size,
use, and zoning of the real estate and the terms of 
8the sale.  The resolution
must be published at the first 
9opportunity after the adoption of
the
resolution in a 
10newspaper of general circulation published in the district or,

11if no
newspaper is published in the district, a newspaper of 
12general circulation
published in the
county in which the 
13district is located.  The board of trustees may accept any

14contract proposal that the board determines
is in the best 
15interest of the district, provided, however, that the sale 
16price
may not be less
than 80% of the appraised value of the 
17real estate.

18    (c) Nothing in this Section prevents a fire
protection 
19district
from
transferring realty to another municipal 
20corporation or political
subdivision pursuant to the Local 
21Government Property Transfer Act.

22(Source: P.A. 91-68, eff. 1-1-00.)