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90_SB1064 110 ILCS 305/7 from Ch. 144, par. 28 Amends the University of Illinois Act. Provides that persons who contract with the University of Illinois to acquire from the University and develop land and buildings which the University acquired by purchase, lease, or exercise of the power of eminent domain in an area located on or adjacent to the University's Chicago campus shall pay 1% of the equalized assessed value of the land or buildings to the University. Requires the University to retain those amounts in its own treasury in a separate account designated as the Relocation Assistance Account. Requires the University to develop and implement a relocation assistance plan for businesses and residential and other property owners displaced as a result of the University's acquisition and the development of the area in which the displaced businesses and residential and other property owners were located. Requires use of amounts in the Relocation Assistance Account solely to implement the relocation plan, under which substitute property within one mile of the displacement area may be acquired by the Board of Trustees for the benefit of the displaced businesses and property owners. Effective immediately. LRB9003318THpk LRB9003318THpk 1 AN ACT to amend the University of Illinois Act by 2 changing Section 7. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The University of Illinois Act is amended by 6 changing Section 7 as follows: 7 (110 ILCS 305/7) (from Ch. 144, par. 28) 8 Sec. 7. Powers of trustees. 9 (a) The trustees shall have power to provide for the 10 requisite buildings, apparatus, and conveniences; to fix the 11 rates for tuition; to appoint such professors and 12 instructors, and to establish and provide for the management 13 of such model farms, model art, and other departments and 14 professorships, as may be required to teach, in the most 15 thorough manner, such branches of learning as are related to 16 agriculture and the mechanic arts, and military tactics, 17 without excluding other scientific and classical studies. The 18 trustees shall, upon the written request of an employee 19 withhold from the compensation of that employee any dues, 20 payments or contributions payable by such employee to any 21 labor organization as defined in the Illinois Educational 22 Labor Relations Act. Under such arrangement, an amount shall 23 be withheld from each regular payroll period which is equal 24 to the pro rata share of the annual dues plus any payments or 25 contributions, and the trustees shall transmit such 26 withholdings to the specified labor organization within 10 27 working days from the time of the withholding. They may 28 accept the endowments and voluntary professorships or 29 departments in the University, from any person or persons or 30 corporations who may offer the same, and, at any regular 31 meeting of the board, may prescribe rules and regulations in -2- LRB9003318THpk 1 relation to such endowments and declare on what general 2 principles they may be admitted: Provided, that such special 3 voluntary endowments or professorships shall not be 4 incompatible with the true design and scope of the act of 5 congress, or of this Act: Provided, that no student shall at 6 any time be allowed to remain in or about the University in 7 idleness, or without full mental or industrial occupation: 8 And provided further, that the trustees, in the exercise of 9 any of the powers conferred by this Act, shall not create any 10 liability or indebtedness in excess of the funds in the hands 11 of the treasurer of the University at the time of creating 12 such liability or indebtedness, and which may be specially 13 and properly applied to the payment of the same. Any lease to 14 the trustees of lands, buildings or facilities which will 15 support scientific research and development in such areas as 16 high technology, super computing, microelectronics, 17 biotechnology, robotics, physics and engineering shall be for 18 a term not to exceed 18 years, and may grant to the trustees 19 the option to purchase the lands, buildings or facilities. 20 The lease shall recite that it is subject to termination and 21 cancellation in any year for which the General Assembly fails 22 to make an appropriation to pay the rent payable under the 23 terms of the lease. 24 Leases for the purposes described herein exceeding 5 25 years shall have the approval of the Illinois Board of Higher 26 Education. 27 The Board of Trustees may, directly or in cooperation 28 with other institutions of higher education, acquire by 29 purchase or lease or otherwise, and construct, enlarge, 30 improve, equip, complete, operate, control and manage medical 31 research and high technology parks, together with the 32 necessary lands, buildings, facilities, equipment and 33 personal property therefor, to encourage and facilitate (a) 34 the location and development of business and industry in the -3- LRB9003318THpk 1 State of Illinois, and (b) the increased application and 2 development of technology and (c) the improvement and 3 development of the State's economy. The Board of Trustees may 4 lease to nonprofit corporations all or any part of the land, 5 buildings, facilities, equipment or other property included 6 in a medical research and high technology park upon such 7 terms and conditions as the University of Illinois may deem 8 advisable and enter into any contract or agreement with such 9 nonprofit corporations as may be necessary or suitable for 10 the construction, financing, operation and maintenance and 11 management of any such park; and may lease to any person, 12 firm, partnership or corporation, either public or private, 13 any part or all of the land, building, facilities, equipment 14 or other property of such park for such purposes and upon 15 such rentals, terms and conditions as the University may deem 16 advisable; and may finance all or part of the cost of any 17 such park, including the purchase, lease, construction, 18 reconstruction, improvement, remodeling, addition to, and 19 extension and maintenance of all or part of such high 20 technology park, and all equipment and furnishings, by 21 legislative appropriations, government grants, contracts, 22 private gifts, loans, receipts from the operation of such 23 high technology park, rentals and similar receipts; and may 24 make its other facilities and services available to tenants 25 or other occupants of any such park at rates which are 26 reasonable and appropriate. 27 The Trustees shall have power (a) to purchase real 28 property and easements, and (b) to acquire real property and 29 easements in the manner provided by law for the exercise of 30 the right of eminent domain, and in the event negotiations 31 for the acquisition of real property or easements for making 32 any improvement which the Trustees are authorized to make 33 shall have proven unsuccessful and the Trustees shall have by 34 resolution adopted a schedule or plan of operation for the -4- LRB9003318THpk 1 execution of the project and therein made a finding that it 2 is necessary to take such property or easements immediately 3 or at some specified later date in order to comply with the 4 schedule, the Trustees may acquire such property or easements 5 in the same manner provided in Sections 7-103 through 7-112 6 of the Code of Civil Procedure. 7 The Board of Trustees also shall have power to agree with 8 the State's Attorney of the county in which any properties of 9 the Board are located to pay for services rendered by the 10 various taxing districts for the years 1944 through 1949 and 11 to pay annually for services rendered thereafter by such 12 district such sums as may be determined by the Board upon 13 properties used solely for income producing purposes, title 14 to which is held by said Board of Trustees, upon properties 15 leased to members of the staff of the University of Illinois, 16 title to which is held in trust for said Board of Trustees 17 and upon properties leased to for-profit entities the title 18 to which properties is held by the Board of Trustees. A 19 certified copy of any such agreement made with the State's 20 Attorney shall be filed with the County Clerk and such sums 21 shall be distributed to the respective taxing districts by 22 the County Collector in such proportions that each taxing 23 district will receive therefrom such proportion as the tax 24 rate of such taxing district bears to the total tax rate that 25 would be levied against such properties if they were not 26 exempt from taxation under the Property Tax Code. 27 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, 28 subject to the applicable civil service law, may appoint 29 persons to be members of the University of Illinois Police 30 Department. Members of the Police Department shall be peace 31 officers and as such have all powers possessed by policemen 32 in cities, and sheriffs, including the power to make arrests 33 on view or warrants of violations of state statutes and city 34 or county ordinances, except that they may exercise such -5- LRB9003318THpk 1 powers only in counties wherein the University and any of its 2 branches or properties are located when such is required for 3 the protection of university properties and interests, and 4 its students and personnel, and otherwise, within such 5 counties, when requested by appropriate state or local law 6 enforcement officials; provided, however, that such officer 7 shall have no power to serve and execute civil processes. 8 The Board of Trustees may own, operate, or govern, by or 9 through the College of Medicine at Peoria, a managed care 10 community network established under subsection (r) of Section 11 5-16.3 of the Illinois Public Aid Code. 12 The powers of the trustees as herein designated are 13 subject to the provisions of "An Act creating a Board of 14 Higher Education, defining its powers and duties, making an 15 appropriation therefor, and repealing an Act herein named", 16 approved August 22, 1961, as amended. 17 The Board of Trustees shall have the authority to adopt 18 all administrative rules which may be necessary for the 19 effective administration, enforcement and regulation of all 20 matters for which the Board has jurisdiction or 21 responsibility. 22 (b) To assist in the provision of buildings and 23 facilities beneficial to, useful for, or supportive of 24 University purposes, the Board of Trustees of the University 25 of Illinois may exercise the following powers with regard to 26 the area located on or adjacent to the University of Illinois 27 at Chicago campus and bounded as follows: on the West by 28 Morgan Street; thence on the North by Roosevelt Road; thence 29 on the East by that portion of Union Street between Roosevelt 30 Road and Liberty Street; thence West on Liberty Street to 31 Halsted Street; thence South on Halsted Street to 16th 32 Street; and thence West on 16th Street to Morgan Street, in 33 the City of Chicago: 34 (1) Acquire any interests in land, buildings, or -6- LRB9003318THpk 1 facilities by purchase, including installments payable 2 over a period allowed by law, by lease over a term of 3 such duration as the Board of Trustees shall determine, 4 or by exercise of the power of eminent domain; 5 (2) Sub-lease or contract to purchase through 6 installments all or any portion of buildings or 7 facilities for such duration and on such terms as the 8 Board of Trustees shall determine, including a term that 9 exceeds 5 years, provided that each such lease or 10 purchase contract shall be and shall recite that it is 11 subject to termination and cancellation in any year for 12 which the General Assembly fails to make an appropriation 13 to pay the rent or purchase installments payable under 14 the terms of such lease or purchase contract; and 15 (3) Sell property without compliance with the State 16 Property Control Act and retain proceeds in the 17 University Treasury in a special, separate development 18 fund account which the Auditor General shall examine to 19 assure compliance with this Act. 20 Any buildings or facilities to be developed on the land shall 21 be buildings or facilities that, in the determination of the 22 Board of Trustees, in whole or in part: (i) are for use by 23 the University; or (ii) otherwise advance the interests of 24 the University, including, by way of example, residential 25 facilities for University staff and students and commercial 26 facilities which provide services needed by the University 27 community. Revenues from the development fund account may be 28 withdrawn by the University for the purpose of demolition and 29 the processes associated with demolition; routine land and 30 property acquisition; extension of utilities; streetscape 31 work; landscape work; surface and structure parking; 32 sidewalks, recreational paths, and street construction; and 33 lease and lease purchase arrangements and the professional 34 services associated with the planning and development of the -7- LRB9003318THpk 1 area. Moneys from the development fund account used for any 2 other purpose must be deposited into and appropriated from 3 the General Revenue Fund. Buildings or facilities leased to 4 an entity or person other than the University shall not be 5 subject to any limitations applicable to a State supported 6 college or university under any law. All development on the 7 land and all use of any buildings or facilities shall be 8 subject to the control and approval of the Board of Trustees. 9 Each person who enters into a contract or agreement with 10 the Board of Trustees or its agent to purchase, lease, or 11 otherwise acquire from the University any interest in any 12 land, buildings, or facilities which the University acquired 13 by purchase, lease, or exercise of the power of eminent 14 domain as provided in this subsection, under the terms of 15 which contract such person is to construct improvements upon 16 or otherwise develop such land, buildings, or facilities 17 subject to the control and approval of the Board of Trustees 18 as provided in this subsection, shall be required to donate 19 and pay to the University a development displacement fee that 20 is equal to 1% of the equalized assessed value of the 21 property which the person is acquiring or in which the 22 person is acquiring an interest, as that value is fixed and 23 determined in the records of the Cook County Assessor as of 24 the date the person enters into the contract or agreement 25 with the University. The development displacement fee shall 26 be paid by such person to the University in full at the time 27 the contract or agreement is entered into, and if not paid in 28 full at that time, the contract or agreement shall be deemed 29 null and void and shall have no legal force or effect. 30 All development displacement fees paid to the University 31 shall be retained by the University in its own treasury and 32 accounted for in a special account designated as the 33 Relocation Assistance Account. The Relocation Assistance 34 Account shall be subject to the Illinois State Auditing Act, -8- LRB9003318THpk 1 and all funds in the account shall be used and applied solely 2 for purposes of implementing the relocation plan developed as 3 provided in this subsection. 4 The Board of Trustees of the University shall develop and 5 implement a relocation plan for businesses and residential 6 and other property owners displaced as a result of the 7 acquisition of land, buildings, and facilities by the 8 University and the sale, lease, or other transfer by the 9 University of such land, buildings, or facilities for 10 development as provided in this subsection. The relocation 11 plan shall be substantially similar to provisions of the 12 Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition 13 Act and regulations promulgated under that Act relating to 14 assistance to displaced businesses and property owners. To 15 implement the relocation plan the Board of Trustees may 16 acquire property by purchase or gift or may exercise the 17 power of eminent domain by condemnation in the manner 18 provided by Article VII of the Code of Civil Procedure, 19 except the immediate vesting of title under Sections 7-103 20 through 7-112 of the Code of Civil Procedure, to acquire 21 substitute private property within one mile of the boundaries 22 of the area located on or adjacent to the University of 23 Illinois at Chicago campus and bounded as described in this 24 subsection. The substitute property shall be acquired for 25 the benefit of displaced businesses and residential and other 26 property owners located on or comprising all or part of the 27 lands acquired by the Board of Trustees for development as 28 provided in this subsection. However, no such substitute 29 property may be acquired by the Board of Trustees unless the 30 mayor of the City of Chicago certifies in writing that the 31 acquisition is consistent with that city's land use and 32 economic development policies and goals. The acquisition of 33 substitute property is declared to be for public use. 34 (Source: P.A. 88-554, eff. 7-26-94; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; -9- LRB9003318THpk 1 89-691, eff. 12-31-96.) 2 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 3 becoming law.