Sen. Terri Bryant

Filed: 4/21/2023

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3456

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3456 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5Department of Natural Resources World Shooting and
6Recreational Complex Act.
 
7    Section 5. Legislative intent. The General Assembly finds
8that authorizing the Department of Natural Resources to enter
9into a public-private partnership will allow the World
10Shooting and Recreational Complex to become a fully
11reactivated space in a timely manner and is in the best
12interest of the State and the local community.
 
13    Section 10. Definitions.
14    "Contractor" means a person who has been selected to enter
15or has entered into a public-private agreement with the

 

 

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1Department on behalf of the State for the development,
2financing, management, or operation of the World Shooting and
3Recreational Complex pursuant to this Act.
4    "Department" means the Department of Natural Resources.
5    "Director" means the Director of Natural Resources.
6    "Maintain" or "maintenance" includes ordinary maintenance,
7repair, rehabilitation, capital maintenance, replacement, and
8any other categories of maintenance that may be designated by
9the Department.
10    "Offeror" means a person who responds to a request for
11proposals under this Act.
12    "Operate" or "operation" means to do one or more of the
13following: maintain, improve, equip, modify, or otherwise
14operate.
15    "Person" means any individual, firm, association, joint
16venture, partnership, estate, trust, syndicate, fiduciary,
17corporation, or any other legal entity, group, or combination
18thereof.
19    "Public-private agreement" means an agreement or contract
20between the Department and the contractor on behalf of the
21State and all schedules, exhibits, and attachments thereto,
22entered into pursuant to a competitive request for proposals
23process governed by this Act, for the financing, management
24and operation of the World Shooting and Recreational Complex
25under this Act.
26    "Revenues" means all revenues including, but not limited

 

 

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1to, income, user fees, earnings, interest, lease payments,
2allocations, moneys from the federal government, the State,
3and units of local government, including, but not limited to,
4federal, State, and local appropriations, grants, loans, lines
5of credit, and credit guarantees; bond proceeds; equity,
6investments; service payments; or other receipts arising out
7of or in connection with the financing, development,
8management, or operation of the World Shooting and
9Recreational Complex.
10    "World Shooting and Recreational Complex" means real
11property in Sparta, Illinois consisting of approximately 1,620
12acres including a 117-acre lake, over 1,000 camping sites, 120
13trap houses, 2 sporting clays courses, 24 combination trap
14skeet fields, cowboy action shooting area, vendor mall, and
15restaurant.
 
16    Section 15. Authority to enter public-private agreement.
17Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the
18Department on behalf of the State may enter into a
19public-private agreement to develop, finance, lease, manage,
20and operate the World Shooting and Recreational Complex on
21behalf of the State, pursuant to which the contractors may
22receive certain revenues, including management or user fees in
23consideration of the payment of moneys to the State for that
24right.
 

 

 

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1    Section 20. Engagement prior to request for proposals. The
2Director or the Director's designee may, prior to soliciting
3requests for proposals, enter into discussions with interested
4persons in order to assess existing market conditions and
5demands, provided that no such interested persons shall have
6any role in drafting any request for proposals, nor shall any
7request for proposal be provided to any interested person
8prior to its general public distribution. The Director may
9issue a request for qualifications that requests interested
10persons to provide such information as the Director deems
11necessary in order to evaluate the qualifications of such
12interested persons. This may include, but is not limited to,
13the ability of interested persons to acquire the property, as
14determined by the Director. Such engagement and discussions
15with interested persons are exempt from Section 50-10.5,
1650-39, 50-40, 50-45, 50-50 of the Illinois Procurement Code.
 
17    Section 25. Requests for proposals. If requests for
18proposals are made by the Department, the Department shall
19comply with the competitive request for proposals process
20under Article 20 of the Illinois Procurement Code, rules
21adopted under that Code, and this Act.
 
22    Section 30. Request for proposal process.
23    (a) The Department on behalf of the State may select a
24contractor through a competitive request for proposals process

 

 

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1under Article 20 of the Illinois Procurement Code and rules
2adopted under that Article of the Code.
3    (b) The competitive request for proposals process shall
4solicit statements of qualification and proposals from
5offerors.
6    (c) In addition to any requirements under Article 20 of
7the Illinois Procurement Code, the competitive request for
8proposals process may take into account the following
9criteria:
10        (1) the offeror's plans for the World Shooting and
11    Recreational Complex project;
12        (2) the offeror's current and past business practices;
13    and
14        (3) the offeror's poor or inadequate past performance
15    in developing, financing, constructing, managing, or
16    operating other historic landmark properties or other
17    public assets.
 
18    Section 35. Provisions of the public-private agreement.
19    (a) The public-private agreement may include, but is not
20limited to, the following:
21        (1) the powers, duties, responsibilities, obligations,
22    and functions of the Department and the contractor;
23        (2) compensation or payments to the Department, if
24    applicable;
25        (3) compensation or payments to the contractor, if

 

 

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1    applicable;
2        (4) a provision specifying that the Department:
3            (A) has ready access to information regarding the
4        contractor's powers, duties, responsibilities,
5        obligations, and functions under the public-private
6        agreement;
7            (B) has the right to demand and receive
8        information from the contractor concerning any aspect
9        of the contractor's powers, duties, responsibilities,
10        obligations, and functions under the public-private
11        agreement; and
12            (C) has the authority to direct or countermand
13        decisions by the contractor at any time.
14        (5) the authority of the contractor to impose user
15    fees and the amounts of those fees;
16        (6) a provision governing the deposit and allocation
17    of revenues including user fees;
18        (7) a provision governing rights to real and personal
19    property of the State, the Department, the contractor, and
20    other third parties;
21        (8) rights and remedies of the Department if the
22    contractor defaults or otherwise fails to comply with the
23    terms of the agreement; and
24        (9) all other terms, conditions, and provisions
25    acceptable to the Department that the Department deems
26    necessary and proper and in the public interest.
 

 

 

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1    Section 40. Term of agreement; Reversion of property to
2the Department.
3    (a) The term of any public-private agreement shall be no
4less than 25 years and no more than 99 years.
5    (b) The Department may terminate the contractor's
6authority and duties under the public-private agreement on the
7date set forth in the public-private agreement. The Department
8may also terminate the public-private agreement pursuant to
9any clause or condition as set forth in the public-private
10agreement.
11    (c) Upon termination of the public-private agreement, the
12authority, and duties of the contractor under this Act cease,
13except for those duties and obligations that extend beyond the
14termination, as set forth in the public-private agreement, and
15all interests in the World Shooting and Recreational Complex
16shall revert to the Department.
 
17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18becoming law.".