HB2531 EnrolledLRB103 25705 MXP 52054 b HB2531 Enrolled LRB103 25705 MXP 52054 b HB2531 Enrolled LRB103 25705 MXP 52054 b 1 AN ACT concerning transportation. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Public-Private Agreements for the South 5 Suburban Airport Act is amended by changing Sections 2-5, 6 2-10, and 2-25 as follows: 7 (620 ILCS 75/2-5) 8 Sec. 2-5. Legislative findings. 9 (a) Providing facilities for air travel and domestic and 10 global freight cargo transfer shipment to and from the State 11 of Illinois through the South Suburban Airport is essential 12 for the health and welfare of the people of the State of 13 Illinois and economic development and well-being of the 14 Southland region and the State of Illinois. 15 (b) Airport development has significant regional impacts 16 with regard to economic development, public infrastructure 17 requirements, traffic, noise, and other concerns. 18 (c) The South Suburban Airport will promote development 19 and investment in the State of Illinois and serve as a critical 20 transportation hub in the region. 21 (d) Existing requirements of procurement and financing of 22 airports by the Department impose limitations on the methods 23 by which airports may be developed and operated within the HB2531 Enrolled LRB103 25705 MXP 52054 b HB2531 Enrolled- 2 -LRB103 25705 MXP 52054 b HB2531 Enrolled - 2 - LRB103 25705 MXP 52054 b HB2531 Enrolled - 2 - LRB103 25705 MXP 52054 b 1 State. 2 (e) Public-private agreements between the State of 3 Illinois and one or more private entities to develop, finance, 4 construct, manage, operate, maintain, or any combination 5 thereof, the South Suburban Airport have the potential of 6 maximizing value and benefit to the People of the State of 7 Illinois and the public at large. 8 (f) Public-private agreements may enable the South 9 Suburban Airport to be developed, financed, constructed, 10 managed, operated, and maintained in an entrepreneurial and 11 business-like manner. 12 (g) In the event that the State of Illinois enters into one 13 or more public-private agreements to develop, finance, 14 construct, manage, operate, or maintain the South Suburban 15 Airport, the private parties to the agreements should be 16 accountable to the People of Illinois through a comprehensive 17 system of oversight, regulation, auditing, and reporting. 18 (h) It is the intent of this Act to use Illinois design 19 professionals, construction companies, and workers to the 20 greatest extent permitted by law by offering them the right to 21 compete for this work. 22 (i) It is the intent of this Act for the Department to 23 collaborate with affected municipalities, counties, citizens, 24 elected officials, interest groups, and other stakeholders to 25 foster economic development around the South Suburban Airport 26 and the region, and to insure that the communities near the HB2531 Enrolled - 2 - LRB103 25705 MXP 52054 b HB2531 Enrolled- 3 -LRB103 25705 MXP 52054 b HB2531 Enrolled - 3 - LRB103 25705 MXP 52054 b HB2531 Enrolled - 3 - LRB103 25705 MXP 52054 b 1 South Suburban Airport have an ongoing opportunity to provide 2 input on the development and operation of the South Suburban 3 Airport. 4 (Source: P.A. 98-109, eff. 7-25-13.) 5 (620 ILCS 75/2-10) 6 Sec. 2-10. Definitions. As used in this Act: 7 "Agreement" means a public-private agreement. 8 "Airport" means a facility for all types of air service, 9 including, without limitation, landing fields, taxiways, 10 aprons, runways, runway clear areas, heliports, hangars, 11 aircraft service facilities, approaches, navigational aids, 12 air traffic control facilities, terminals, inspection 13 facilities, security facilities, parking, internal transit 14 facilities, fueling facilities, cargo handling facilities, 15 concessions, rapid transit and roadway access, land and 16 interests in land, public waters, submerged land under public 17 waters and reclaimed land located on previously submerged land 18 under public waters, and all other property and appurtenances 19 necessary or useful for development, ownership, and operation 20 of any such facilities. "Airport" includes commercial or 21 industrial facilities related to the functioning of the 22 airport or to providing services to users of the airport. 23 "Cargo-oriented development" means the development of 24 places that are both multimodal nodes of freight 25 transportation and centers of employment in logistics and HB2531 Enrolled - 3 - LRB103 25705 MXP 52054 b HB2531 Enrolled- 4 -LRB103 25705 MXP 52054 b HB2531 Enrolled - 4 - LRB103 25705 MXP 52054 b HB2531 Enrolled - 4 - LRB103 25705 MXP 52054 b 1 manufacturing businesses. 2 "Contractor" means a person that has been selected to 3 enter or has entered into a public-private agreement with the 4 Department on behalf of the State for the development, 5 financing, construction, management, or operation of the South 6 Suburban Airport under this Act. 7 "Department" means the Illinois Department of 8 Transportation. 9 "Inaugural airport" means all airport facilities, 10 equipment, property, and appurtenances necessary or useful to 11 the development and operation of the South Suburban Airport 12 that are constructed, developed, installed, or acquired as of 13 the commencement of public operations of the South Suburban 14 Airport. 15 "Inaugural airport boundary" means the property limits of 16 the inaugural airport as determined by the Department, as may 17 be adjusted and reconfigured from time to time. 18 "Maintain" or "maintenance" includes ordinary maintenance, 19 repair, rehabilitation, capital maintenance, maintenance 20 replacement, and any other categories of maintenance that may 21 be designated by the Department. 22 "Metropolitan planning organization" means a metropolitan 23 planning organization designated under 23 U.S.C. Section 134. 24 "Offeror" means a person that responds to a request for 25 proposals under this Act. 26 "Operate" or "operation" means to do one or more of the HB2531 Enrolled - 4 - LRB103 25705 MXP 52054 b HB2531 Enrolled- 5 -LRB103 25705 MXP 52054 b HB2531 Enrolled - 5 - LRB103 25705 MXP 52054 b HB2531 Enrolled - 5 - LRB103 25705 MXP 52054 b 1 following: maintain, improve, equip, modify, or otherwise 2 operate. 3 "Person" means any individual, firm, association, joint 4 venture, partnership, estate, trust, syndicate, fiduciary, 5 corporation, or any other legal entity, group, or combination 6 thereof. 7 "Public-private agreement" means an agreement or contract 8 between the Department on behalf of the State and all 9 schedules, exhibits, and attachments thereto, entered into 10 pursuant to a competitive request for proposals process 11 governed by this Act, for the development, financing, 12 construction, management, or operation of the South Suburban 13 Airport under this Act. 14 "Revenues" means all revenues, including any combination 15 of, but not limited to: income; user fees; earnings; interest; 16 lease payments; allocations; moneys from the federal 17 government, the State, and units of local government, 18 including but not limited to federal, State, and local 19 appropriations, grants, loans, lines of credit, and credit 20 guarantees; bond proceeds; equity investments; service 21 payments; or other receipts arising out of or in connection 22 with the financing, development, construction, management, or 23 operation of the South Suburban Airport. 24 "State" means the State of Illinois. 25 "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Illinois Department 26 of Transportation. HB2531 Enrolled - 5 - LRB103 25705 MXP 52054 b HB2531 Enrolled- 6 -LRB103 25705 MXP 52054 b HB2531 Enrolled - 6 - LRB103 25705 MXP 52054 b HB2531 Enrolled - 6 - LRB103 25705 MXP 52054 b 1 "South Suburban Airport" means the airport to be developed 2 on a site located in Will County and approved by the Federal 3 Aviation Administration in the Record of Decision for Tier 1: 4 FAA Site Approval And Land Acquisition By The State Of 5 Illinois, Proposed South Suburban Airport, Will County, 6 Illinois, dated July 2002, and all property within the 7 inaugural airport boundary and the ultimate airport boundary. 8 "Ultimate airport boundary" means the development and 9 property limits of the South Suburban Airport beyond the 10 inaugural airport boundary as determined by the Department, as 11 may be adjusted and reconfigured from time to time. 12 "Unit of local government" has the meaning ascribed to 13 that term in Article VII, Section 1 of the Constitution of the 14 State of Illinois, and, for purposes of this Act, includes 15 school districts. 16 "User fees" means the rates, fees, or other charges 17 imposed by the State or the contractor for use of all or a 18 portion of the South Suburban Airport under a public-private 19 agreement. 20 (Source: P.A. 98-109, eff. 7-25-13.) 21 (620 ILCS 75/2-25) 22 Sec. 2-25. Prequalification to enter into public-private 23 agreements. The Department shall may establish a process for 24 prequalification of offerors. The If the Department creates a 25 prequalification process, it shall: (i) provide a public HB2531 Enrolled - 6 - LRB103 25705 MXP 52054 b HB2531 Enrolled- 7 -LRB103 25705 MXP 52054 b HB2531 Enrolled - 7 - LRB103 25705 MXP 52054 b HB2531 Enrolled - 7 - LRB103 25705 MXP 52054 b 1 notice of the prequalification at least 30 days before the 2 date on which applications are due; (ii) set forth 3 requirements and evaluation criteria in order to become 4 prequalified; (iii) determine which offerors that have 5 submitted prequalification applications, if any, meet the 6 requirements and evaluation criteria; and (iv) allow only 7 those offerors that have been prequalified to respond to the 8 request for proposals. 9 The Department shall commence the prequalification process 10 within 6 months after the effective date of this amendatory 11 Act of the 103rd General Assembly. 12 (Source: P.A. 98-109, eff. 7-25-13.) HB2531 Enrolled - 7 - LRB103 25705 MXP 52054 b