25 ILCS 130/8A-15
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 25 - LEGISLATURE|25 ILCS 130/ - Legislative Commission Reorganization Act of 1984.|Article 8A

Sec. 8A-15. Master plan.(a) The term "legislative complex" means (i) the buildings and facilities  located in Springfield, Illinois, and occupied in whole or in part by the  General Assembly or any of its support service agencies, (ii) the grounds,  walkways, and tunnels surrounding or connected to those buildings and  facilities, and (iii) the off-street parking areas serving those buildings and  facilities.(b) The Architect of the Capitol shall prepare and implement a long-range  master plan of development for the State Capitol Building, the remaining  portions of the legislative complex, and the land and State buildings and facilities within the area bounded by Washington, Third, Cook, and Pasfield Streets that addresses the  improvement, construction, historic preservation, restoration, maintenance,  repair, and landscaping needs of these State buildings and facilities and the land.  The Architect of the  Capitol shall submit the master plan to the Capitol Historic Preservation Board  for its review and comment.  The Board must confine its review and comment to  those portions of the master plan that relate to areas other than the State Capitol Building.  The Architect may incorporate  suggestions of the  Board into the master plan.  The master plan must be submitted to and approved  by the Board of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol before its  implementation.The Architect of the Capitol may change the master plan and shall submit  changes in the master plan that relate to areas   other than the State Capitol Building to the Capitol Historic Preservation  Board for its  review and comment.  All changes in the master plan must be submitted to and  approved by the Board of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol  before implementation.(c) The Architect of the Capitol must review the master plan every 5 years  or at the direction of the Board of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol.  Changes in the master plan resulting from this review must be made in  accordance with the procedure provided in subsection (b).(d) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Architect of the  Capitol has the sole authority to contract for all  materials and services necessary for the implementation of the master plan.  The  Architect (i) may comply with the procedures established by the Joint Committee  on Legislative Support Services under Section 1-4 or (ii) upon approval of the  Board of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, may, but is not required  to,  comply with a portion or all of the Illinois Procurement Code when entering  into contracts under this subsection.  The Architect's compliance with the  Illinois Procurement Code shall not be construed to subject the Architect or  any other entity of the legislative branch to the Illinois Procurement Code  with respect to any other contract.The Architect may enter into agreements with other State agencies for the  provision of materials or performance of services necessary for the  implementation of the master plan.State officers and agencies providing normal, day-to-day repair,  maintenance, or  landscaping or providing security, commissary, utility, parking, banking, tour  guide, event scheduling, or other operational services for buildings and  facilities within the legislative complex  immediately prior  to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly shall  continue  to provide that normal, day-to-day repair, maintenance, or landscaping or those  services on the  same  basis, whether by contract or employees, that the repair, maintenance,  landscaping, or services were  provided immediately prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of the  93rd  General Assembly, subject to the provisions of the master plan and as otherwise  directed by the Architect of the Capitol.(e) The Architect of the Capitol shall monitor construction, preservation,  restoration, maintenance, repair, and landscaping work in the legislative  complex and implementation of the master plan, as well as activities that alter the historic integrity of the  legislative complex and the other land and State buildings and facilities in the master plan.      (Source: P.A. 98-692, eff. 7-1-14.)