Full Text of HB2528 94th General Assembly
HB2528eng 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning finance.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The State Facilities Closure Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 5-10 as follows: | 6 |
| (30 ILCS 608/5-10)
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| Sec. 5-10. Facility closure process. | 8 |
| (a) Before a State facility may be closed, the State | 9 |
| executive branch officer with jurisdiction over the facility | 10 |
| shall file notice of the proposed closure with the Commission. | 11 |
| The notice must be filed within 2 days after the first public | 12 |
| announcement of any planned or proposed closure. Within 10 days | 13 |
| after it receives notice of the proposed closure, the | 14 |
| Commission, in its discretion, may require the State executive | 15 |
| branch officer with jurisdiction over the facility to file a | 16 |
| recommendation for the closure of the facility with the | 17 |
| Commission. In the case of a proposed closure of: (i) a prison, | 18 |
| youth center, work camp, or work release center operated by the | 19 |
| Department of Corrections; (ii) a school, mental health center, | 20 |
| or center for the developmentally disabled operated by the | 21 |
| Department of Human Services; or (iii) a residential facility | 22 |
| operated by the Department of Veterans' Affairs, the Commission | 23 |
| must require the executive branch officers to file a | 24 |
| recommendation for closure. The recommendation must be filed | 25 |
| within 30 days after the Commission delivers the request for | 26 |
| recommendation to the State executive branch officer. The | 27 |
| recommendation must include, but is not limited to, the | 28 |
| following: | 29 |
| (1) the location and identity of the State facility | 30 |
| proposed to be closed; | 31 |
| (2) the number of employees for which the State | 32 |
| facility is the primary stationary work location and the |
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| effect of the closure of the facility on those employees; | 2 |
| (3) the location or locations to which the functions | 3 |
| and employees of the State facility would be moved; | 4 |
| (4) the availability and condition of land and | 5 |
| facilities at both the existing location and any potential | 6 |
| locations; | 7 |
| (5) the ability to accommodate the functions and | 8 |
| employees at the existing and at any potential locations; | 9 |
| (6) the cost of operations of the State facility and at | 10 |
| any potential locations and any other related budgetary | 11 |
| impacts; | 12 |
| (7) the economic impact on existing communities in the | 13 |
| vicinity of the State facility and any potential facility; | 14 |
| (8) the ability of the existing and any potential | 15 |
| community's infrastructure to support the functions and | 16 |
| employees; | 17 |
| (9) the impact on State services delivered at the | 18 |
| existing location, in direct relation to the State services | 19 |
| expected to be delivered at any potential locations; and | 20 |
| (10) the environmental impact, including the impact of | 21 |
| costs related to potential environmental restoration, | 22 |
| waste management, and environmental compliance activities. | 23 |
| (b) If a recommendation is required by the Commission, a | 24 |
| 30-day public comment period must follow the filing of the | 25 |
| recommendation. The Commission, in its discretion, may conduct | 26 |
| one or more public hearings on the recommendation. In the case | 27 |
| of a proposed closure of: (i) a prison, youth center, work | 28 |
| camp, or work release center operated by the Department of | 29 |
| Corrections; (ii) a school, mental health center, or center for | 30 |
| the developmentally disabled operated by the Department of | 31 |
| Human Services; or (iii) a residential facility operated by the | 32 |
| Department of Veterans' Affairs, the Commission must conduct | 33 |
| one or more public hearings on the recommendation. Public | 34 |
| hearings conducted by the Commission shall be conducted no | 35 |
| later than 35 days after the filing of the recommendation. At | 36 |
| least one of the public hearings on the recommendation shall be |
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| held at a convenient location within 25 miles of the facility | 2 |
| for which closure is recommended. The Commission shall provide | 3 |
| reasonable notice of the comment period and of any public | 4 |
| hearings to the public and to units of local government and | 5 |
| school districts that are located within 25 miles of the | 6 |
| facility. | 7 |
| (c) Within 50 days after the State executive branch officer | 8 |
| files the required recommendation, the Commission shall issue | 9 |
| an advisory opinion on that recommendation. The Commission | 10 |
| shall file the advisory opinion with the appropriate State | 11 |
| executive branch officer, the Governor, the General Assembly, | 12 |
| and the Index Department of the Office of the Secretary of | 13 |
| State and shall make copies of the advisory opinion available | 14 |
| to the public upon request. | 15 |
| (d) No action may be taken to implement the recommendation | 16 |
| for closure of a State facility until 50 days after the filing | 17 |
| of any required recommendation. | 18 |
| (e) The requirements of this Section do not apply if all of | 19 |
| the functions and employees of a State facility are relocated | 20 |
| to another State facility that is within 10 miles of the closed | 21 |
| facility.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-839, eff. 7-30-04.)
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