Sen. Rachel Ventura

Filed: 5/3/2024

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2651

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2651 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
5Sections 5-1049.2 and 5-30004 as follows:
 
6    (55 ILCS 5/5-1049.2)
7    Sec. 5-1049.2. Lease of county property.
8    (a) The county board may lease real estate acquired or
9held by the county for any term not exceeding 99 years and may
10lease the real estate when, in the opinion of the county board,
11the real estate is no longer necessary, appropriate, required
12for the use of, profitable to, or for the best interests of the
13county. The authority to lease shall be exercised by an
14ordinance passed by three-fourths of the full county board
15then holding office, at any regular meeting or at any special
16meeting called for that purpose.

 

 

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1    (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), upon three-fourths
2vote, by the full county board, the county board may lease
3farmland acquired or held by the county for any term not
4exceeding 5 years. Farmland may be leased to either public or
5private entities via a cash lease, crop-sharing arrangement,
6or custom farming arrangement. The bid process for a lease
7entered into under this subsection must be publicly advertised
8and sealed bids must be opened at a county board meeting for
9public review. Counties shall not acquire farmland for the
10sole purpose of entering into a cash lease, crop-sharing
11arrangement, or custom farming arrangement or other
12speculative purpose.
13    (c) The lease of real estate is also permitted when a
14property, structure, or facility owned by the county can be
15used for athletic purposes or museum purposes in the interest
16of the public or for the benefit and enjoyment of residents of
17the county.
18(Source: P.A. 103-415, eff. 8-4-23.)
 
19    (55 ILCS 5/5-30004)  (from Ch. 34, par. 5-30004)
20    Sec. 5-30004. Authority to protect and preserve landmarks
21and preservation districts. The county board of each county
22shall have the following authority:
23        (1) to establish and appoint by ordinance a
24    preservation study committee and to take any reasonable
25    temporary actions to protect potential landmarks and

 

 

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1    preservation districts during the term of an appointed
2    preservation study committee;
3        (2) to establish and appoint by ordinance a
4    preservation commission upon recommendation of a
5    preservation study committee;
6        (3) to conduct an ongoing survey of the county to
7    identify buildings, structures, areas, sites and
8    landscapes that are of historic, archaeological,
9    architectural, or scenic significance, and therefore
10    potential landmarks or preservation districts;
11        (4) to designate by ordinance landmarks and
12    preservation districts upon the recommendation of a
13    preservation commission and to establish a system of
14    markers, plaques or certificates for designated landmarks
15    and preservation districts;
16        (5) to prepare maps showing the location of landmarks
17    and preservation districts, publish educational
18    information, and prepare educational programs concerning
19    landmarks and preservation districts and their designation
20    and protection;
21        (6) to exercise any of the powers and authority in
22    relation to regional planning and zoning granted counties
23    by Divisions 5-12 and 5-14, for the purpose of protecting,
24    preserving, and continuing the use of landmarks and
25    preservation districts;
26        (7) to nominate landmarks and historic districts to

 

 

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1    any state or federal registers of historic places;
2        (8) to appropriate and expend funds to carry out the
3    purposes of this Division;
4        (9) to review applications for construction,
5    alteration, removal or demolition affecting landmarks or
6    property within preservation districts;
7        (10) to acquire by negotiated purchase any interest
8    including conservation rights in landmarks or in property
9    within preservation districts, or property immediately
10    adjacent to or surrounding landmarks or preservation
11    districts;
12        (11) to apply for and accept any gift, grant or
13    bequest from any private or public source, including
14    agencies of the federal or State government, for any
15    purpose authorized by this Division;
16        (12) to establish a system for the transfer of
17    development rights including, as appropriate, a mechanism
18    for the deposit of development rights in a development
19    rights bank, and for the transfer of development rights
20    from that development rights bank in the same manner as
21    authorized for municipalities by Section 11-48.2-2 of the
22    Illinois Municipal Code. All receipts arising from the
23    transfer shall be deposited in a special county account to
24    be applied against expenditures necessitated by the county
25    program for the designation and protection of landmarks
26    and preservation districts. Any development rights

 

 

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1    acquired, sold or transferred from a development rights
2    bank, shall not be a "security" as that term is defined in
3    Section 2.1 of the Illinois Securities Law of 1953, and
4    shall be exempt from all requirements for the registration
5    of securities; .
6        (13) to establish a loan or grant program from any
7    source of funds for designated landmarks and preservation
8    districts and to issue interest bearing revenue bonds or
9    general obligation bonds pursuant to ordinance enacted by
10    the county board, after compliance with requirements for
11    referendum, payable from the revenues to be derived from
12    the operation of any landmark or of any property within a
13    preservation district;
14        (14) to abate real property taxes on any landmark or
15    property within a preservation district to encourage its
16    preservation and continued use or to provide relief for
17    owners unduly burdened by designation;
18        (15) to advise and assist owners of landmarks and
19    property within preservation districts on physical and
20    financial aspects of preservation, renovation,
21    rehabilitation, and reuse;
22        (16) to advise cities, villages, or incorporated
23    towns, upon request of the appropriate official of the
24    municipality, concerning enactment of ordinances to
25    protect landmarks or preservation districts;
26        (17) to exercise within the boundaries of any city,

 

 

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1    village, or incorporated town any of the powers and
2    authority granted counties by this Division so long as the
3    corporate authorities by ordinance or by intergovernmental
4    agreement pursuant to the Intergovernmental Cooperation
5    Act, or pursuant to Article VII, Section 10 of the
6    Constitution of the State of Illinois have authorized the
7    county preservation commission established by authority of
8    this Division to designate landmarks or preservation
9    districts within its corporate boundaries, and such county
10    preservation commission shall have only those powers,
11    duties, and legal authority provided in this Division;
12        (18) to exercise any of the above powers to preserve
13    and protect property owned by any unit of local government
14    including counties, or to review alteration, construction,
15    demolition, or removal undertaken by any unit of local
16    government including counties that affect landmarks and
17    preservation districts; .
18        (19) to maintain, restore, rehabilitate, beautify, or
19    adaptively reuse places of architectural significance,
20    historic significance, scenic significance, or land along
21    scenic byways and to lease or license county-held property
22    to public or private entities for not longer than 99 years
23    for such purposes. The maintenance, restoration,
24    rehabilitation, beautification, and adaptive reuse of
25    places of architectural significance, historic
26    significance, scenic significance, or land along scenic

 

 

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1    byways is declared to be a public use. In this paragraph,
2    "adaptive reuse" includes adaptation of the property for
3    any use that does not materially detract from the
4    architectural, historic, aesthetic, cultural, or scenic
5    significance of the place.
6        (20) (19) to exercise any other power or authority
7    necessary or appropriate to carrying out the purposes of
8    this Division, including those powers and authorities
9    listed in Sections 5-30010 and 5-30011.
10(Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12becoming law.".