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90_HB2580eng

      60 ILCS 1/30-50
      60 ILCS 1/105-30 rep.
      605 ILCS 5/6-201.17       from Ch. 121, par. 6-201.17
      605 ILCS 5/6-803.1        from Ch. 121, par. 6-803.1
      605 ILCS 5/6-803.2 new
          Amends the Township Code and the Illinois  Highway  Code.
      Deletes  the  provisions  concerning the sale of surplus real
      property of a township or of a  road  district  in  a  county
      under  township  organization.  Reinserts those provisions to
      subject the sale of real property of  the  township  or  road
      district  to  the  resolution and appraisal requirements used
      for the sale of surplus real property.  Subjects the sale  of
      surplus real property of the township or road district to the
      notice and competitive bidding requirements used for the sale
      of  township   property.   Authorizes  a  road  district in a
      county under township organization to purchase, sell, convey,
      regulate, or lease property.  Changes a  cross  reference  to
      correspond with the provision affecting road districts.
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 1        AN ACT concerning property conveyance.
 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section 5.  The Township  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 5    Section 30-50 as follows:
 6        (60 ILCS 1/30-50)
 7        Sec. 30-50.  Purchase and use of property.
 8        (a)  The  electors  may make all orders for the purchase,
 9    sale,  conveyance,  regulation,  or  use  of  the  township's
10    corporate property  (including  the  direct  sale  of  single
11    township road district property) that may be deemed conducive
12    to the interests of its inhabitants, including the lease, for
13    up  to  10  years at fair market value, of corporate property
14    for  which  no  use  or  need  during  the  lease  period  is
15    anticipated at the time  of  leasing.  The  property  may  be
16    leased  to  another  governmental  body,  however,  or  to  a
17    not-for-profit  corporation  that has contracted to construct
18    or fund the construction of a structure or  improvement  upon
19    the real estate owned by the township and that has contracted
20    with  the  township  to  allow the township to use at least a
21    portion of the structure or  improvement  to  be  constructed
22    upon  the  real  estate  leased and not otherwise used by the
23    township, for any term not exceeding 50  years  and  for  any
24    consideration.   In the case of a not-for-profit corporation,
25    the township shall hold a  public  hearing  on  the  proposed
26    lease.   The  township  town  clerk  shall give notice of the
27    hearing by  publication  in  a  newspaper  published  in  the
28    township,  or  in  a  newspaper  published  in the county and
29    having general circulation in the township if no newspaper is
30    published in the township, and by posting notices in at least
31    5 public places at least 10 days before the public hearing.
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 1        (b)  If a new tax is to be levied or an existing tax rate
 2    is to  be  increased  above  the  statutory  limits  for  the
 3    purchase  of  the  property,  however,  no  action  otherwise
 4    authorized in subsection (a) shall be taken unless a petition
 5    signed  by  at least 10% of the registered voters residing in
 6    the township is  presented  to  the  township  clerk.   If  a
 7    petition  is presented to the township clerk, the clerk shall
 8    order a referendum on the proposition.  The referendum  shall
 9    be  held at the next annual or special township meeting or at
10    an election in accordance with the general election law.   If
11    the referendum is ordered to be held at the township meeting,
12    the  township clerk shall give notice that at the next annual
13    or special township meeting the proposition  shall  be  voted
14    upon.    The notice shall set forth the proposition and shall
15    be given by publication  in  a  newspaper  published  in  the
16    township. If there is no newspaper published in the township,
17    the notice shall be published in a newspaper published in the
18    county and having general circulation in the township. Notice
19    also  shall be given by posting notices in at least  5 public
20    places at least 10 days before the township meeting.  If  the
21    referendum is ordered to be held at an election, the township
22    clerk  shall  certify that proposition to the proper election
23    officials, who shall submit the proposition at  an  election.
24    The  proposition  shall  be  submitted in accordance with the
25    general election law.
26        (c)  If the leased  property  is  utilized  in  part  for
27    private use and in part for public use, those portions of the
28    improvements  devoted  to private use are fully taxable.  The
29    land is exempt from taxation to the extent that the  uses  on
30    the  land  are public and taxable to the extent that the uses
31    are private.
32        (d)  Before  the  township  makes  a  lease  or  sale  of
33    township or road district real or personal  property,  unless
34    the  personal  property has a sale value of $200 or less, the
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 1    electors shall adopt a resolution stating the intent to lease
 2    or  sell  the  real  or  personal  property,  describing  the
 3    property in full, and stating the terms  and  conditions  the
 4    electors  deem necessary and desirable for the lease or sale.
 5    A resolution stating the intent to se1l real  property  shall
 6    also  contain pertinent information concerning the size, use,
 7    and zoning of the property. The value of real property  shall
 8    be  determined  by  a written MAI certified appraisal or by a
 9    general certified appraiser so designated  by  the  State  of
10    Illinois.   The  appraisal  shall  be  available  for  public
11    inspection.   The  resolution  may  direct  the  sale  to  be
12    conducted  by  the  staff  of the township or by listing with
13    local licensed real estate agencies (in which case the  terms
14    of   the  agent's  compensation  shall  be  included  in  the
15    resolution).
16        When a township sells township or road district  personal
17    property  valued  for  sale at $200 or less, the electors are
18    not required to adopt a resolution.  Prior to the  sale,  the
19    clerk  shall  prepare  a  notice  stating  the  intent of the
20    township or road district to sell personal  property  with  a
21    sale  value  of  $200  or less and describing the property in
22    full.
23        The clerk shall  thereafter  publish  the  resolution  or
24    personal  property  sale notice once in a newspaper published
25    in the township or, if  no  newspaper  is  published  in  the
26    township,   in   a  newspaper  generally  circulated  in  the
27    township.  If no newspaper is  generally  circulated  in  the
28    township,  the  clerk  shall  post the resolution or personal
29    property sale notice in 5 of the most public  places  in  the
30    township.    In   addition   to   the  foregoing  publication
31    requirements, the clerk shall post the resolution or personal
32    property sale notice  at  the  office  of  the  township  (if
33    township  property  is involved) or at the office of the road
34    district  (if  road  district  property  is  involved).   The
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 1    following information shall be published or posted  with  the
 2    resolution  or personal property sale notice: (i) the date by
 3    which all bids must be  received  by  the  township  or  road
 4    district, which shall not be less than 30 days after the date
 5    of publication or posting, and (ii) the place, time, and date
 6    at  which  bids  shall be opened, which shall be at a regular
 7    meeting of the township board.
 8        All bids shall be opened by the clerk  (or  someone  duly
 9    appointed to act for the clerk) at the regular meeting of the
10    township  board  described  in  the  notice.  With respect to
11    township personal property, except personal  property  valued
12    for  sale at $200 or less, the  township board may accept the
13    high bid or any other  bid  determined  to  be  in  the  best
14    interests  of  the  township by a majority vote of the board.
15    With respect to township real property,  the  township  board
16    may  accept the high bid or any other bid determined to be in
17    the best interests of the township by a vote of three-fourths
18    of the township board then holding office, but in no event at
19    a price less than 80% of the appraised value.   With  respect
20    to  road  district  property, except personal property valued
21    for sale at $200 or less, the highway commissioner may accept
22    the high bid or any other bid determined to be  in  the  best
23    interests of the road district.  In either case, the township
24    board  or  commissioner  may  reject  any and all bids.  With
25    respect to township or road district personal property valued
26    for sale at $200 or less, the clerk shall accept at  least  2
27    bids  and  the  township  board or highway commissioner shall
28    accept the highest bid.  This notice and competitive  bidding
29    procedure  shall  not  be followed when property is leased to
30    another governmental body. The notice and competitive bidding
31    procedure shall not be followed  when  property  is  declared
32    surplus  by  the  electors  and  sold to another governmental
33    body.
34        (e)  Section 6-803.2 of the Illinois Highway Code governs
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 1    the purchase, sale, conveyance, regulation, use, or lease  of
 2    road  district  property  in road districts in counties under
 3    township organization.
 4    (Source: P.A.  88-62;  incorporates  88-356;   88-670,   eff.
 5    12-2-94;  89-100,  eff. 7-7-95; 89-331, eff. 8-17-95; 89-626,
 6    eff. 8-9-96.)
 7        (60 ILCS 1/105-30 rep.)
 8        Section 10.  The Township Code is  amended  by  repealing
 9    Section 105-30.
10        Section  15.  The  Illinois  Highway  Code  is amended by
11    changing Sections 6-201.17 and  6-803.1  and  adding  Section
12    6-803.2 as follows:
13        (605 ILCS 5/6-201.17) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-201.17)
14        Sec.  6-201.17.  Purchase  or  lease  of equipment.  Have
15    authority to purchase or lease or to finance the purchase  of
16    highway   construction   and   maintenance   equipment  under
17    contracts providing for payment in installments over a period
18    of time of not more than 10 years with interest on the unpaid
19    balance owing not to exceed 9%. The  purchases  or  contracts
20    are  subject to the bid provisions of Section 6-201.7 of this
21    Code.  In single township road districts  in  counties  under
22    township   organization,   sale  of  road  district  property
23    including, but not limited to, machinery and equipment  shall
24    be subject to elector approval as provided in Section 6-803.2
25    30-50  of  the Township Code.  A trade in of old machinery or
26    equipment on new or different machinery  or  equipment  shall
27    not be construed as the sale of road district property.
28    (Source: P.A. 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-331, eff. 8-17-95.)
29        (605 ILCS 5/6-803.1) (from Ch. 121, par. 6-803.1)
30        Sec. 6-803.1.  Surplus public real estate in counties not
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 1    under township organization. A road district may sell surplus
 2    real  estate  owned  by  the  district  as  provided  in this
 3    Section.
 4        (a)  (Blank).  In  road  districts  in   counties   under
 5    township  organization,  at  an  annual  or  special township
 6    meeting the electors of the road district by  resolution  may
 7    authorize the sale of surplus public real estate owned by the
 8    road  district.   The  value  of  the  real  estate  shall be
 9    determined by a written  MAI  certified  appraisal  or  by  a
10    written  certified appraisal of a State certified or licensed
11    real estate appraiser. The appraisal shall be  available  for
12    public  inspection.  The resolution may direct the sale to be
13    conducted by the highway commissioner or a person  designated
14    by  the  highway  commissioner  or by listing the real estate
15    with local licensed real estate agencies (in which  case  the
16    terms  of  the  agent's compensation shall be included in the
17    resolution).  The resolution shall be published at the  first
18    opportunity following passage in a newspaper published in the
19    road  district  or,  if  there  is  none, then in a newspaper
20    published in  the  county  in  which  the  road  district  is
21    located.    The   resolution  shall  also  contain  pertinent
22    information concerning the size, use, and zoning of the  real
23    estate  and  the terms of sale.  The highway commissioner may
24    accept any contract proposal he determines to be in the  best
25    interest  of  the  township,  but  in no event shall the real
26    estate be sold at a price less  than  80%  of  its  appraised
27    value.
28        (b)  In  road  districts  in  counties not under township
29    organization,  the  highway  commissioner  may  sell  surplus
30    public real estate owned by the road district.  The value  of
31    the  real  estate  shall  be  determined  by  a  written  MAI
32    certified  appraisal or by a written certified appraisal of a
33    State certified  or  licensed  real  estate  appraiser.   The
34    appraisal  shall be available for public inspection. The sale
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 1    may be conducted by the  highway  commissioner  or  a  person
 2    designated by the highway commissioner or by listing the real
 3    estate with local licensed real estate agencies.  A notice of
 4    the  highway  commissioner's  intent  to sell the real estate
 5    shall be published at the first opportunity  in  a  newspaper
 6    published  in the road district or, if there is none, then in
 7    a newspaper  published  in  the  county  in  which  the  road
 8    district   is   located.   The  notice  shall  also   contain
 9    pertinent information concerning the size, use, and zoning of
10    the real estate and the terms of sale (including the terms of
11    the real estate agent's compensation,  if  applicable).   The
12    highway  commissioner  may  accept  any  contract proposal he
13    determines to be in the best interest of the  road  district,
14    but in no event shall the real estate be sold at a price less
15    than 80% of its appraised value.
16    (Source: P.A. 87-1208.)
17        (605 ILCS 5/6-803.2 new)
18        Sec.  6-803.2.  Purchase  and use of property in counties
19    under township organization.
20        (a)  The electors in road  districts  in  counties  under
21    township  organization  may make all orders for the purchase,
22    sale, conveyance, regulation, or use of the  road  district's
23    corporate  property  that  may  be  deemed  conducive  to the
24    interests of its inhabitants, including the lease for  up  to
25    10 years at fair market value of corporate property for which
26    no  use or need during the lease period is anticipated at the
27    time of leasing.  The  property  may  be  leased  to  another
28    governmental   body,   however,   or   to   a  not-for-profit
29    corporation that has contracted  to  construct  or  fund  the
30    construction  of  a  structure  or  improvement upon the real
31    estate owned by the road district  and  that  has  contracted
32    with  the  road district to allow the road district to use at
33    least a  portion  of  the  structure  or  improvement  to  be
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 1    constructed  upon  the  real  estate leased and not otherwise
 2    used by the road district for any term not exceeding 50 years
 3    and for any consideration.  In the case of  a  not-for-profit
 4    corporation, the road district shall hold a public hearing on
 5    the  proposed lease.  The district clerk shall give notice of
 6    the hearing by publication in a newspaper  published  in  the
 7    road  district, or in a newspaper published in the county and
 8    having  general  circulation  in  the  road  district  if  no
 9    newspaper is published in the road district, and  by  posting
10    notices  in  at least 5 public places at least 10 days before
11    the public hearing.
12        (b)  If a new tax is to be levied or an existing tax rate
13    is to  be  increased  above  the  statutory  limits  for  the
14    purchase  of  the  property,  however,  no  action  otherwise
15    authorized in subsection (a) shall be taken unless a petition
16    signed  by  at least 10% of the registered voters residing in
17    the road district is presented to the district clerk.   If  a
18    petition  is presented to the district clerk, the clerk shall
19    order a referendum on the proposition.  The referendum  shall
20    be  held  at  the  next  annual  or  special meeting or at an
21    election in accordance with the general election law.  If the
22    referendum is ordered to be held at a district  meeting,  the
23    district  clerk  shall give notice that at the next annual or
24    special meeting the proposition shall be  voted  upon.    The
25    notice  shall set forth the proposition and shall be given by
26    publication in a newspaper published in the road district. If
27    there is no newspaper published in  the  road  district,  the
28    notice  shall  be  published  in a newspaper published in the
29    county and having general circulation in the  road  district.
30    Notice  also shall be given by posting notices in at least  5
31    public places at least 10 days before the  meeting.   If  the
32    referendum is ordered to be held at an election, the district
33    clerk  shall  certify that proposition to the proper election
34    officials, who shall submit the proposition at  an  election.
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 1    The  proposition  shall  be  submitted in accordance with the
 2    general election law.
 3        (c)  If the leased  property  is  utilized  in  part  for
 4    private use and in part for public use, those portions of the
 5    improvements  devoted  to private use are fully taxable.  The
 6    land is exempt from taxation to the extent that the  uses  on
 7    the  land  are public and taxable to the extent that the uses
 8    are private.
 9        (d)  Before the road district makes a lease  or  sale  of
10    road  district real or personal property, unless the personal
11    property has a sale value of $200 or less, the electors shall
12    adopt a resolution stating the intent to lease  or  sell  the
13    real  or  personal property, describing the property in full,
14    and stating  the  terms  and  conditions  the  electors  deem
15    necessary  and desirable for the lease or sale.  A resolution
16    stating the intent to se1l real property shall  also  contain
17    pertinent information concerning the size, use, and zoning of
18    the  property. The value of real property shall be determined
19    by  a  written  MAI  certified  appraisal  or  by  a  general
20    certified appraiser so designated by the State  of  Illinois.
21    The  appraisal shall be available for public inspection.  The
22    resolution may  direct  the  sale  to  be  conducted  by  the
23    district  staff or by listing with local licensed real estate
24    agencies (in which case the terms of the agent's compensation
25    shall be included in the resolution).
26        When  a  road  district  sells  road  district   personal
27    property  valued  for  sale at $200 or less, the electors are
28    not required to adopt a resolution.  Prior to the  sale,  the
29    clerk  shall  prepare a notice stating the intent of the road
30    district to sell personal property with a sale value of  $200
31    or less and describing the property in full.
32        The  clerk  shall  thereafter  publish  the resolution or
33    personal property sale notice once in a  newspaper  published
34    in  the road district or, if no newspaper is published in the
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 1    road district, in a newspaper  generally  circulated  in  the
 2    road  district.   If  no newspaper is generally circulated in
 3    the road district, the clerk shall  post  the  resolution  or
 4    personal  property sale notice in 5 of the most public places
 5    in  the  road  district.   In  addition  to   the   foregoing
 6    publication requirements, the clerk shall post the resolution
 7    or  personal  property  sale notice at the office of the road
 8    district.  The following information shall  be  published  or
 9    posted  with the resolution or personal property sale notice:
10    (i) the date by which all bids must be received by  the  road
11    district, which shall not be less than 30 days after the date
12    of publication or posting, and (ii) the place, time, and date
13    at  which  bids  shall be opened, which shall be at a regular
14    meeting of the district.
15        All bids shall be opened by the clerk  (or  someone  duly
16    appointed to act for the clerk) at the regular meeting of the
17    road  district described in the notice.  With respect to road
18    district real property, the highway commissioner  may  accept
19    the  high  bid  or any other bid determined to be in the best
20    interests of the road district, but in no event  at  a  price
21    less  than  80% of the appraised value.  With respect to road
22    district personal property, except personal  property  valued
23    for sale at $200 or less, the highway commissioner may accept
24    the  high  bid  or any other bid determined to be in the best
25    interests of the road district.  In either case, the  highway
26    commissioner  may  reject  any and all bids.  With respect to
27    road district personal property valued for sale  at  $200  or
28    less,  the clerk shall accept at least 2 bids and the highway
29    commissioner shall accept the highest bid.  This  notice  and
30    competitive  bidding  procedure  shall  not  be followed when
31    property is leased to another governmental body.  The  notice
32    and  competitive bidding procedure shall not be followed when
33    property is declared surplus by  the  electors  and  sold  to
34    another governmental body.

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