Full Text of HB4809 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government. | 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly: | 4 | | Section 5. The Public Contract Fraud Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 2 as follows: | 6 | | (30 ILCS 545/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 132.52) | 7 | | Sec. 2. Spending money without obtaining title to land; | 8 | | approval of title by Attorney General. | 9 | | (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 2 of the | 10 | | Superconducting Super Collider Act or for projects constructed | 11 | | under the Bikeway Act, any person or persons, commissioner or | 12 | | commissioners, or other officer or officers, entrusted with | 13 | | the construction or repair of any public work or improvement, | 14 | | as set forth in Section 1, who shall expend or cause to be | 15 | | expended upon such public work or improvement, the whole or | 16 | | any part of the moneys appropriated therefor, or who shall | 17 | | commence work, or in any way authorize work to be commenced, | 18 | | thereon, without first having obtained a title, by purchase, | 19 | | donation, condemnation or otherwise, to all lands needed for | 20 | | such public work or improvement, running to the People of the | 21 | | State of Illinois; such title to be approved by the Attorney | 22 | | General, and his approval certified by the Secretary of State | 23 | | and placed on record in his office, shall be deemed guilty of a |
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| 1 | | Class A misdemeanor. | 2 | | (b) Approval of title by the Attorney General for all | 3 | | lands needed for a public work or improvement shall not be | 4 | | required as established under subsection (a) of this Section | 5 | | and the State Comptroller may draw warrant in payment of | 6 | | consideration for all such lands without requiring approval of | 7 | | title by the Attorney General if consideration to be paid does | 8 | | not exceed $25,000 $10,000 and the title acquired for such | 9 | | lands is for: | 10 | | (1) a fee simple title or easement acquired by the | 11 | | State for highway right-of-way; or | 12 | | (2) an acquisition of rights or easements of access, | 13 | | crossing, light, air or view to, from or over a freeway | 14 | | vested in abutting property; or | 15 | | (3) a fee simple title or easement used to place | 16 | | utility lines and connect a permanent public work or | 17 | | improvement owned by the State to main utility lines; or | 18 | | (4) for the purpose of flood relief or other water | 19 | | resource projects. | 20 | | (c) This Section does not apply to any otherwise lawful | 21 | | expenditures for the construction, completion, remodeling, | 22 | | maintenance and equipment of buildings and other facilities | 23 | | made in connection with and upon premises owned by the | 24 | | Illinois Building Authority, nor shall this Section apply to | 25 | | improvements to real estate leased by any State agency as | 26 | | defined in the Illinois State Auditing Act, provided the |
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| 1 | | leasehold improvements were contracted for by an agency with | 2 | | leasing authority and in compliance with the rules and | 3 | | regulations promulgated by such agency for that purpose. | 4 | | (Source: P.A. 88-676, eff. 12-14-94; 89-78, eff. 6-30-95.) | 5 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 6 | | becoming law. |
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