2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 20 - EXECUTIVE BRANCH › 20 ILCS 430/ - Federal Surplus Property Act.

(20 ILCS 430/0.01) (from Ch. 127, par. 176d)
Sec. 0.01. 
		Short title. 
		This Act may be cited as the
Federal Surplus Property Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
(20 ILCS 430/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 176d1)
Sec. 1. 
		The State Agency for Federal Surplus Property. 
		There is created
and established in Illinois, the State Agency for
Federal Surplus Property, which shall be administered as a branch of the
Property Control Division of the Department
of Central Management Services, and which shall be subject to the supervision and
direction of the Director of the Department of Central Management
Services.
(Source: P.A. 83-9.)
(20 ILCS 430/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 176d2)
Sec. 2. Authority and Duties of the State Agency for Federal Surplus Property.
(a) The State Agency for Federal Surplus Property is hereby authorized
and empowered (1) to acquire from the United States of America under and
in conformance with the provisions of paragraph (j) of Section 203 of the
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, hereinafter
referred to as the "Federal Act", such property, including equipment, materials,
books, or other supplies under the control of any department or agency of
the United States of America as may be useable and necessary for distribution
to any public agency for use in carrying out or promoting for the residents
of a given political area one or more public purposes, such as conservation,
economic development, education, parks and recreation, public health, and
public safety; or to nonprofit educational or public health institutions
or organizations, such as medical institutions, hospitals, clinics, health
centers, schools, colleges, universities, schools for persons with physical disabilities,
child care centers, radio and television stations licensed  by the Federal
Communications Commission as
educational radio or educational television stations, museums attended by
the public, and libraries serving free all residents of a community, district,
State, or region, which are exempt from taxation under Section 501 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1954, for purposes of education or public health,
including research for any such purpose; and for such other purposes as
may now or hereafter be authorized by Federal law; (2) to warehouse such
property;  or if so requested by the recipient, to arrange shipment of that
property, when acquired, directly to the recipient.
(b) The State Agency for Federal Surplus Property is hereby authorized
to receive applications from eligible health and educational institutions
for the acquisition of Federal surplus real property, investigate the same,
obtain expression of views respecting such applications from the appropriate
health or educational authorities of the State, make recommendations regarding
the need of such applicant for the property, the merits of its proposed
program of utilization, the suitability of the property for such purposes,
and otherwise assist in the processing of such applications for acquisition
of real and related personal property of the United States under paragraph
(k) of Section 203 of the Federal Act.
(c) For the purpose of executing its authority under this Act, the State
Agency for Federal Surplus Property is authorized and empowered to adopt,
amend, or rescind such rules and regulations and prescribe such requirements
as may be deemed necessary; and take such other action as is deemed necessary
and suitable, in the administration of this Act, and to provide for the
fair and equitable distribution of property within the State based on the
relative needs and resources of interested public agencies and other eligible
institutions within the State and their abilities to utilize the property.
(d) The State Agency for Federal Surplus Property is authorized and empowered
to make such certifications, take such action, make such expenditures, require
such reports and make such investigations as may be required by law or regulation
of the United States of America in connection with the disposal of real
property and the receipt, warehousing, and distribution of personal property
received by the State Agency for Federal Surplus Property from the United
States of America and to enter into contracts, agreements and undertakings
for and in the name of the State (including cooperative agreements with
any Federal agencies providing for utilization by and exchange between them,
without reimbursement, of the property, facilities, personnel and services
of each by the other, and agreements with other State Agencies for Federal
Surplus Property and with associations or groups of such State Agencies.)
(e) The State Agency for Federal Surplus Property is authorized and empowered
to act as a clearing house of information for the public and private nonprofit
institutions, organizations and agencies referred to in subparagraph (3)
of Section 2 of this Act and other institutions eligible to acquire Federal
surplus real property, to locate both real and personal property available
for acquisition from the United States of America, to ascertain the terms
and conditions under which such property may be obtained, to receive requests
from the above mentioned institutions, organizations and agencies and to
transmit to them all available information in reference to such property,
and to aid and assist such institutions, organizations and agencies in every
way possible in the consummation of acquisitions or transactions hereunder.
(f) The State Agency for Federal Surplus Property, in the administration
of this Act, shall cooperate to the fullest extent consistent with the provisions
of the Federal Act, with the Administrator of the General Services Administration
and shall file a State plan of operation, operate in accordance therewith,
and take such action as may be necessary to meet the minimum standards prescribed
in accordance with the Federal Act, and make such reports in such form and
containing such information as the United States of America or any of its
departments or agencies may from time to time require, and it shall comply
with the laws of the United States of America and the rules and regulations
of any of the departments or agencies of the United States of America governing
the allocation, transfer and use of, or account for, property donable or
donated to eligible donees in the State.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
(20 ILCS 430/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 176d3)
Sec. 3. 
		
		Power of Director of the Department of Central Management Services to
delegate. The Director of the Department of Central Management
Services may delegate to
any employee of the State Agency for Federal Surplus Property such power
and authority as he deems reasonable and proper for the effective
administration of this Act. The Director may in his discretion bond any
person in the employ of the State Agency for Federal Surplus Property
handling moneys, signing checks, or receiving or distributing property
from the United States under authority of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 82-789.)
(20 ILCS 430/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 176d4)
Sec. 4. 
		Transfer charges. 
		Any charges made or fees assessed by the State Agency for Federal
Surplus Property for the acquisition, warehousing, distribution, or
transfer of any property of the United States of America to public agencies
and other eligible institutions
within the State, or for any purpose which may now be or hereafter
become eligible under the Federal Act, shall be limited to those
reasonably related to the costs of care and handling in respect to its
acquisition, receipt, warehousing, distribution or transfer by the State
Agency for Federal Surplus Property, and, in the case of real property,
such charges and fees shall be limited to the reasonable administrative
costs of the State Agency for Federal Surplus Property incurred in
effecting transfer.
(Source: P.A. 80-390.)