98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB3261
 
Introduced , by Rep. Sue Scherer
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:



  
30 ILCS 605/7.3 from Ch. 127, par. 133b10.3

 Amends the State Property Control Act. Provides that all airplanes and helicopters owned by the State, except those designated for emergency use and those used by a public university as part of a course in aviation, are surplus property and must be sold by a competitive sealed bid method (now, a transferable airplane may be disposed of only if (i) it is no longer needed, (ii) it will not be used as a trade-in, and (iii) a public university or college offering aviation-related instruction or training has not listed its need for an airplane). Requires that the sale proceeds be deposited into the General Revenue Fund. Effective immediately.



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1 AN ACT concerning finance.


2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,

3represented in the General Assembly:



4 Section 5. The State Property Control Act is amended by 
5changing Section 7.3 as follows:




6 (30 ILCS 605/7.3) (from Ch. 127, par. 133b10.3)



7 Sec. 7.3. 
The Administrator shall have charge of all 
8transferable property
and shall have authority to take 
9possession and control of such property
in order to transfer or 
10assign any such property to any other State agency
that has 
11need or use for such property or to dispose of said property in

12accordance with Section 7 of this Act.

13 Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 
14all airplanes and helicopters owned by the State, except those 
15designated for emergency use under a plan developed pursuant to 
16Section 3.120 of the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems 
17Act and those used by a public university or college as part of 
18a course offered in aviation, flight training, or any other 
19subject involving knowledge of the workings of an airplane, are 
20deemed surplus and shall be sold by the Administrator as soon 
21as possible after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 
22the 98th General Assembly using a competitive sealed bid method 
23of sale. Proceeds from the sale of those airplanes and 
 
 
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1helicopters shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund. 
2 The Administrator may not dispose of a transferable 
3airplane by sale until
he or she determines that
(i) the agency 
4no longer has a need for the airplane, (ii) the airplane will

5not be used as a trade-in on another aircraft, and (iii)
no 
6public university or college in Illinois that
offers courses in 
7aviation, flight training, or other subjects involving

8knowledge of the workings of an airplane has listed the need 
9for an airplane as
provided in this Section.

10 Responsible officers shall periodically report all 
11transferable property
at locations under their jurisdictions 
12to the Administrator. The Administrator
shall review such 
13reports and arrange for physical examination of said property

14if necessary to determine if said items of transferable 
15property should
be transferred to another State agency, 
16transferred to a central warehouse,
or disposed of. The 
17Administrator shall advise responsible officers of
the results 
18of these reviews as necessary.

19 The staff under the jurisdiction of the Administrator shall 
20review as
necessary
State agencies' inventories for potential 
21items of transferable property.
If in the opinion of the 
22Administrator's staff, any property appears to
be 
23transferable, the Administrator shall notify the responsible 
24officer
of his determination. The executive head of the agency 
25holding the property
in question may appeal the determination 
26in writing to the Administrator.

 
 
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1 The Administrator will review the determination in 
2accordance with rules
and procedures established pursuant to 
3Section 5 of this Act.

4 The Administrator shall maintain lists of transferable 
5property and of
State agency needs for such property and will 
6transfer where appropriate listed
transferable property to 
7agencies listing their needs for such property
as detailed by 
8their responsible officers.
The Administrator must give 
9priority for transfer of an airplane, that is not
to be used as 
10a trade-in, to a public
university or college in Illinois that 
11offers courses in aviation, flight
training, or other subjects 
12involving knowledge of the workings of an airplane
and that has 
13listed the need for an airplane.

14(Source: P.A. 91-432, eff. 1-1-00.)



15 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
16becoming law.