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