Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB2354 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2354 Introduced , by Rep. Maura Hirschauer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 55 ILCS 5/5-1049.2 Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the lease of real estate is permitted when a vacant property, structure, or facility owned by the county can be used in the interest of the public or for the benefit and enjoyment of residents of the county. LRB104 09944 RTM 20014 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2354 Introduced , by Rep. Maura Hirschauer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 55 ILCS 5/5-1049.2 55 ILCS 5/5-1049.2 Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the lease of real estate is permitted when a vacant property, structure, or facility owned by the county can be used in the interest of the public or for the benefit and enjoyment of residents of the county. LRB104 09944 RTM 20014 b LRB104 09944 RTM 20014 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2354 Introduced , by Rep. Maura Hirschauer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the lease of real estate is permitted when a vacant property, structure, or facility owned by the county can be used in the interest of the public or for the benefit and enjoyment of residents of the county.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning local government.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing
15	15	5 Section 5-1049.2 as follows:
16	16	6 (55 ILCS 5/5-1049.2)
17	17	7 Sec. 5-1049.2. Lease of county property.
18	18	8 (a) The county board may lease real estate acquired or
19	19	9 held by the county for any term not exceeding 99 years and may
20	20	10 lease the real estate when, in the opinion of the county board,
21	21	11 the real estate is no longer necessary, appropriate, required
22	22	12 for the use of, profitable to, or for the best interests of the
23	23	13 county. The authority to lease shall be exercised by an
24	24	14 ordinance passed by three-fourths of the full county board
25	25	15 then holding office, at any regular meeting or at any special
26	26	16 meeting called for that purpose.
27	27	17 (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), upon three-fourths
28	28	18 vote, by the full county board, the county board may lease
29	29	19 farmland acquired or held by the county for any term not
30	30	20 exceeding 5 years. Farmland may be leased to either public or
31	31	21 private entities via a cash lease, crop-sharing arrangement,
32	32	22 or custom farming arrangement. The bid process for a lease
33	33	23 entered into under this subsection must be publicly advertised
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37	37	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2354 Introduced , by Rep. Maura Hirschauer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
38	38	55 ILCS 5/5-1049.2 55 ILCS 5/5-1049.2
39	39	55 ILCS 5/5-1049.2
40	40	Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the lease of real estate is permitted when a vacant property, structure, or facility owned by the county can be used in the interest of the public or for the benefit and enjoyment of residents of the county.
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