25 ILCS 130/8A-15

(25 ILCS 130/8A-15)

Sec. 8A-15. Master plan.

(a) The term "legislative complex" means (i) the buildings and facilities located in Springfield, Illinois, and occupied in whole or in part by the General Assembly or any of its support service agencies, (ii) the grounds, walkways, and pedestrian or utility tunnels surrounding or connected to those buildings and facilities, and (iii) the off-street parking areas serving those buildings and facilities, including parking lots D, DD, E, F, G, H, O, M, N, R, S, and the legislative parking garage located under parking lot O.

(b) The Architect of the Capitol shall prepare and implement a long-range master plan of development for the State Capitol Building, the remaining portions of the legislative complex, and the land and State buildings and facilities within the area bounded by Washington, Third, Cook, and Walnut Streets and the land and State buildings and facilities within the area bounded by Madison, Klein, Mason, and Rutledge Streets that addresses the improvement, construction, historic preservation, restoration, maintenance, repair, and landscaping needs of these State buildings and facilities and the land. The Architect of the Capitol shall submit the master plan to the Capitol Historic Preservation Board for its review and comment. The Board must confine its review and comment to those portions of the master plan that relate to areas other than the State Capitol Building. The Architect may incorporate suggestions of the Board into the master plan. The master plan must be submitted to and approved by the Board of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol before its implementation.

The Architect of the Capitol may change the master plan and shall submit changes in the master plan that relate to areas other than the State Capitol Building to the Capitol Historic Preservation Board for its review and comment. All changes in the master plan must be submitted to and approved by the Board of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol before implementation.

(c) The Architect of the Capitol must review the master plan every 5 years or at the direction of the Board of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol. Changes in the master plan resulting from this review must be made in accordance with the procedure provided in subsection (b).

(d) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Architect of the Capitol has the sole authority to contract for all materials and services necessary for the implementation of the master plan. The Architect (i) may comply with the procedures established by the Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services under Section 1-4 or (ii) upon approval of the Board of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, may, but is not required to, comply with a portion or all of the Illinois Procurement Code when entering into contracts under this subsection. The Architect's compliance with the Illinois Procurement Code shall not be construed to subject the Architect or any other entity of the legislative branch to the Illinois Procurement Code with respect to any other contract.

The Architect may enter into agreements with other State agencies for the provision of materials or performance of services necessary for the implementation of the master plan.

State officers and agencies providing normal, day-to-day repair, maintenance, or landscaping or providing security, commissary, utility, parking, banking, tour guide, event scheduling, or other operational services for buildings and facilities within the legislative complex immediately prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly shall continue to provide that normal, day-to-day repair, maintenance, or landscaping or those services on the same basis, whether by contract or employees, that the repair, maintenance, landscaping, or services were provided immediately prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, subject to the provisions of the master plan and with the approval of or as otherwise directed by the Architect of the Capitol.

(e) The Architect of the Capitol shall monitor and approve all construction, preservation, restoration, maintenance, repair, and landscaping work in the legislative complex and implementation of the master plan, as well as activities that alter the historic integrity of the legislative complex and the other land and State buildings and facilities in the master plan.

(f) The Architect of the Capitol shall be given notice of any bid for or contract of services related to the legislative complex. Prior to final execution of any contract for services, the Architect of the Capitol shall be given an opportunity to review and approve the contract and give any necessary input. As used in this subsection, "services" means any maintenance, removal of refuse, or delivery of utilities to the legislative complex.

(Source: P.A. 102-699, eff. 4-19-22.)