Sen. Don Harmon
Filed: 2/28/2006
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2654




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2654, AS AMENDED, 
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by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
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following:

 
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    "Section 5. The Tuberculosis Sanitarium District Act is 
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amended by adding Section 5.4 as follows:



 
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    (70 ILCS 920/5.4 new)

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    Sec. 5.4. Dissolution of Suburban Cook County Tuberculosis 
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Sanitarium District; disposition of land and real estate; 
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continuation of District levy.
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    (a) Notwithstanding any
provision of law to the contrary, 
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the Suburban Cook County Tuberculosis Sanitarium District is

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dissolved by operation of law one year after the effective date 
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of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly.
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    (b) On or before the day 2 months after the effective date 
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of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the Board 
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of Directors shall forward to the Cook County Department of 
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Public Health all transition plans relating to the 
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consolidation of all of the existing programs, personnel, and 
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infrastructure  of the District into the Cook County Bureau of 
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Health Services to be administered by the Cook County 
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Department of Public Health. Beginning on the effective date of 
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this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the District 
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shall not make any enhancements to pensions.
 


 






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    (c) Upon dissolution of the District: (i) all assets and 
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liabilities of the Suburban Cook County Tuberculosis 
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Sanitarium District
dissolved
under this amendatory Act of the 
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94th General Assembly shall be transferred to the Cook County 
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Board and the monetary assets shall be deposited into a special 
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purpose fund for the prevention, care, treatment, and control 
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of tuberculosis in suburban Cook County; (ii) the Cook County 
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Department of Public Health shall assume all responsibility for 
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the prevention, care, treatment, and control of tuberculosis

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within the area of the Suburban Cook County Tuberculosis 
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Sanitarium District
dissolved
under this amendatory Act of the 
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94th General Assembly, including the provision of tuberculosis 
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care and treatment for units of local government with 
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State-certified local public health departments; and (iii) 
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employees of the Suburban Cook County Tuberculosis Sanitarium 
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District become employees of Cook County.
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    (d) The  Cook County Board may transfer to the Cook County 
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Forest Preserve District appropriate unimproved real estate 
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owned by the Suburban Cook County Tuberculosis Sanitarium 
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District at the time of its dissolution. After the dissolution 
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of the District, any land owned by the District at the time of 
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its dissolution remains subject to any leases and encumbrances 
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that existed upon the dissolution of the District.
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    (e) Upon the dissolution of the Suburban Cook County 
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Tuberculosis Sanitarium District: (i) any levy imposed by the 
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dissolved District is abolished, and (ii) Cook County, as a 
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home rule unit, may impose a levy for the purpose of the 
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prevention care, treatment, and control of tuberculosis and 
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emerging communicable respiratory diseases, including, but not 
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limited to, severe acute respiratory syndrome and avian flu in 
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Cook County. In accordance with subsection (b) of Section 12 of 
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the State Revenue Sharing Act, the tax base of the dissolved 
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Suburban Cook County Tuberculosis Sanitarium District shall be 
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added to the tax base of Cook County.

 
 


 






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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.".