Public Act 094-0688
 		





HB2528 Enrolled
LRB094 10228 BDD 40495 b






    AN ACT concerning finance.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 5. The State Facilities Closure Act is amended  by 
changing Section 5-10 as follows:
 
    (30 ILCS 608/5-10)

    Sec. 5-10. Facility closure process. 
    (a) Before a State facility may be closed, the State 
executive branch officer with jurisdiction over the facility 
shall file notice of the proposed closure with the Commission. 
The notice must be filed within 2 days after the first public 
announcement of any planned or proposed closure. Within 10 days 
after it receives notice of the proposed closure, the 
Commission, in its discretion, may require the State executive 
branch officer with jurisdiction over the facility to file a 
recommendation for the closure of the facility with the 
Commission. In the case of  a proposed closure of: (i)  a prison, 
youth center, work camp, or work release center operated by the 
Department of Corrections; (ii) a school, mental health center, 
or  center for the developmentally disabled operated by the 
Department of Human Services; or (iii) a residential facility 
operated by the Department of Veterans' Affairs, the Commission 
must require the executive branch officers to file a 
recommendation for closure. The recommendation must be filed 
within 30 days after the Commission delivers the request for 
recommendation to the State executive branch officer. The 
recommendation must include, but is not limited to, the 
following:
        (1) the location and identity of the State facility 
    proposed to be closed;
        (2) the number of employees for which the State 
    facility is the primary stationary work location and the 
    effect of the closure of the facility on those employees;
        (3) the location or locations to which the functions 
    and employees of the State facility would be moved;
        (4) the availability and condition of land and 
    facilities at both the existing location and any potential 
    locations;
        (5) the ability to accommodate the functions and 
    employees at the existing and at any potential locations;
        (6) the cost of operations of the State facility and at 
    any potential locations and any other related budgetary 
    impacts;
        (7) the economic impact on existing communities in the 
    vicinity of the State facility and any potential facility;
        (8) the ability of the existing and any potential 
    community's infrastructure to support the functions and 
    employees; 
        (9) the impact on State services delivered at the 
    existing location, in direct relation to the State services 
    expected to be delivered at any potential locations; and
        (10) the environmental impact, including the impact of 
    costs related to potential environmental restoration, 
    waste management, and environmental compliance activities.
    (b) If a recommendation is required by the Commission, a 
30-day public comment period must follow the filing of the 
recommendation. The Commission, in its discretion, may conduct 
one or more public hearings on the recommendation. In the case 
of  a proposed closure of: (i)  a prison, youth center, work 
camp, or work release center operated by the Department of 
Corrections; (ii) a school, mental health center, or  center for 
the developmentally disabled operated by the Department of 
Human Services; or (iii) a residential facility operated by the 
Department of Veterans' Affairs, the Commission must conduct 
one or more public hearings on the recommendation. Public 
hearings conducted by the Commission shall be conducted no 
later than 35 days after the filing of the recommendation. At 
least one of the public hearings on the recommendation shall be 
held at a convenient location within 25 miles of the facility 
for which closure is recommended. The Commission shall provide 
reasonable notice of the comment period and of any public 
hearings to the public and to units of local government and 
school districts that are located within 25 miles of the 
facility.
    (c) Within 50 days after the State executive branch officer 
files the required recommendation, the Commission shall issue 
an advisory opinion on that recommendation. The Commission 
shall file the advisory opinion with the appropriate State 
executive branch officer, the Governor, the General Assembly, 
and the Index Department of the Office of the Secretary of 
State and shall make copies of the advisory opinion available 
to the public upon request.
    (d) No action may be taken to implement the recommendation 
for closure of a State facility until 50 days after the filing 
of any required recommendation.
    (e) The requirements of this Section do not apply if all of 
the functions and employees of a State facility are relocated 
to another State facility that is within 10 miles of the closed 
facility.

(Source: P.A. 93-839, eff. 7-30-04.)