SB0057 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB0057

Introduced 1/13/2025, by Sen. Terri Bryant

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 605/7.3

from Ch. 127, par. 133b10.3

Amends the State Property Control Act. Provides that the Board of Trustees of 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 may sell a qualified transferable airplane to a bona fide purchaser for value and on terms that are in the best interests of that public university or college and are consistent with that university's or college's objects and purposes. Provides that the public university or college may retain the proceeds from the sale in a separate account for the purpose of maintaining the university's or college's fleet of aircraft or for the purpose of purchasing replacement aircraft.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

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. Administrator; transferable property.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), the 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.

(b) 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.

(c) In addition to the powers granted to the Administrator under this Section, the Board of Trustees of 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 may dispose of a qualified transferable airplane by sale to a bona fide purchaser for value and on such terms as the Board shall determine are in the best interests of that public university or college and are consistent with that university's or college's objects and purposes. If the Board of Trustees or the Administrator sells a qualified transferable airplane, then the public university or college may retain the proceeds from the sale in a separate account for the purpose of maintaining the university's or college's fleet of aircraft or for the purpose of purchasing replacement aircraft. The Auditor General shall examine the separate account to ensure that the use or deposit of the proceeds authorized under this subsection (c) is in a manner consistent with the purposes set forth in this subsection. As used in this subsection, "qualified transferable airplane" means a transferable airplane that is owned by a public university or college in Illinois and that is used for instruction in aviation, flight training, or other subjects involving knowledge of the workings of an airplane.

(d) 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.

(e) 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.

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

(g) 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.)