Illinois Compiled Statutes
Chapter 50 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT
50 ILCS 615/ - Local Government Facility Lease Act.

(50 ILCS 615/1)
Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Local Government Facility Lease Act.

(Source: P.A. 94-750, eff. 5-9-06.)
 
(50 ILCS 615/5)
Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
"Facility property" means property owned by a municipality with a population of over
500,000
inhabitants, or a unit of local government whose jurisdiction includes
territory located in
whole or in part within a municipality with a population of over 500,000
inhabitants,
that is used by the municipality or other unit of local government for the purpose of an airport, parking, or waste disposal or processing. "Airport", however, does not include any airport property, as defined under Section 10 of the O'Hare Modernization Act.
"Leased facility property" means facility property that is leased to a private entity for continued use for the same airport, parking, or waste disposal or processing purpose.

(Source: P.A. 94-750, eff. 5-9-06.)
 
(50 ILCS 615/10)
Sec. 10. Compliance with applicable ordinances. Each party to whom facility property is leased shall comply with all applicable ordinances of the municipality in which the property is located governing contracting with minority-owned and women-owned businesses and prohibiting discrimination and requiring appropriate affirmative action, to the extent permitted by law and federal funding restrictions, as if the party to whom the property is leased were that municipality.

(Source: P.A. 94-750, eff. 5-9-06.)
 
(50 ILCS 615/15)
Sec. 15. Limitation on the expansion of airport property. Chicago Midway International Airport is facility property used for airport purposes under this Act. No runway of Chicago Midway International Airport shall be expanded beyond the territory bounded by 55th Street on the north, Cicero Avenue on the east, 63rd Street on the south, and Central Avenue on the west, as those avenues and streets are situated on the effective date of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 94-750, eff. 5-9-06.)
 
(50 ILCS 615/20)
Sec. 20. Use of lease proceeds by lessor.
(a) With respect to any leased facility property used for airport purposes, at least 90% of the net proceeds of the lease shall be expended or obligated by the lessor municipality for:
(b) The amount of net proceeds expended or obligated for item (ii) in subsection (a) may not exceed the amount of net proceeds expended or obligated for item (i) in subsection (a). As used in this Section, "net proceeds" means the gross proceeds less any debt service payments on, and payments to retire, debt that is specifically associated with the leased facility property or otherwise required to be paid out of lease proceeds.

(Source: P.A. 94-750, eff. 5-9-06.)
 
(50 ILCS 615/25)
Sec. 25. Project labor agreements for projects funded by airport lease proceeds. With respect to the construction of public works funded by the proceeds described in Section 20, where the project has an estimated contract value of $500,000 or more, where there has been a written determination that the public interest in cost, timely and orderly construction, labor stability, and advancement of minority-owned and women-owned businesses and minority and female employment would be served by a project labor agreement, and where not otherwise prohibited by applicable law, the municipality or municipal corporation responsible for implementing the project shall in good faith negotiate a project labor agreement with labor organizations engaged in the construction industry. Any project labor agreement shall:
(Source: P.A. 94-750, eff. 5-9-06.)
 
(50 ILCS 615/30)
Sec. 30. Labor neutrality and card check procedure agreement at the leased property. With respect to employees assigned to work on the premises of leased facility property used for airport purposes and who are not otherwise members of an existing bargaining unit cognizable under the National Labor Relations Act, and where not otherwise prohibited by applicable law, the lessee shall negotiate in good faith, with any union that seeks to represent its employees, for a labor neutrality and card check procedure agreement. The agreement shall apply only to employees actually assigned to work on the premises of the leased facility property used for airport purposes and shall have no applicability to employees not so assigned. The agreement shall contain provisions accomplishing the following objectives: resolution by a third party neutral of disagreements regarding bargaining unit scope, inclusions, and exclusions; determination of the existence of majority support for a bargaining agent by means of a card check procedure; employer neutrality; prohibition of coercion or intimidation of employees by either the employer or the union; and a prohibition on strikes, work stoppages, or picketing for the duration of the agreement.

(Source: P.A. 94-750, eff. 5-9-06.)
 
(50 ILCS 615/35)
Sec. 35. Wage requirements. In order to protect the wages, working conditions, and job opportunities of employees employed by the lessee of leased facility property used for airport purposes to perform work on the site of the leased premises previously performed by employees of the lessor on the site of the leased premises and who were in recognized bargaining units at the time of the lease, the lessee, and any subcontractor retained by the lessee to perform such work on the site of the leased premises, shall be required to pay to those employees an amount not less than the economic equivalent of the standard of wages and benefits enjoyed by the lessor's employees who previously performed that work. The lessor shall certify to the lessee the amount of wages and benefits (or their equivalent) as of the time of the lease, and any changes to those amounts as they may occur during the term of the lease. All projects at the leased facility property used for airport purposes shall be considered public works for purposes of the Prevailing Wage Act.

(Source: P.A. 94-750, eff. 5-9-06.)
 
(50 ILCS 615/40)
Sec. 40. Required offers of employment. As part of any transaction to lease facility property that is used for airport purposes:
(Source: P.A. 94-750, eff. 5-9-06.)
 
(50 ILCS 615/45)
Sec. 45. Judicial enforcement. The provisions of this Act are judicially enforceable by injunctive relief and an award of actual damages.

(Source: P.A. 94-750, eff. 5-9-06.)
 
(50 ILCS 615/50)
Sec. 50. Home rule preemption; exemption from State Mandates Act.
(a) A home rule unit may not exercise its home rule powers and functions in a manner that is inconsistent with this Act. This subsection is a limitation under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of powers and functions exercised by the State.
(b) Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of the State Mandates Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the implementation of any mandate created by this Act.

(Source: P.A. 94-750, eff. 5-9-06.)
 
(50 ILCS 615/900)
Sec. 900. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted).

(Source: P.A. 94-750, eff. 5-9-06; text omitted.)
 
(50 ILCS 615/905)
Sec. 905. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted).

(Source: P.A. 94-750, eff. 5-9-06; text omitted.)
 
(50 ILCS 615/910)
Sec. 910. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted).

(Source: P.A. 94-750, eff. 5-9-06; text omitted.)
 
(50 ILCS 615/915)
Sec. 915. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted).

(Source: P.A. 94-750, eff. 5-9-06; text omitted.)
 
(50 ILCS 615/999)
Sec. 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.

(Source: P.A. 94-750, eff. 5-9-06.)

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