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1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Medical District Act is amended by
5changing Sections 2, 4, 5, and 10 as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 915/2)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5002)
7    Sec. 2. Illinois Medical District Commission.
8    (a) There is hereby created a political subdivision, unit
9of local government, body politic and corporate under the
10corporate name of Illinois Medical District Commission,
11hereinafter called the Commission, whose general purpose in
12addition to and not in limitation of those purposes and powers
13set forth in other Sections of this Act shall be to:
14        (1) maintain the proper surroundings for a medical
15    center and a related technology center in order to attract,
16    stabilize, and retain therein hospitals, clinics, research
17    facilities, educational facilities, or other facilities
18    permitted under this Act;
19        (2) provide for the orderly creation and expansion of
20    (i) various county, and local governmental facilities as
21    permitted under this Act, including, but not limited to,
22    juvenile detention facilities, (ii) other ancillary or
23    related facilities which the Commission may from time to

 

 

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1    time determine are established and operated for any aspect
2    of the carrying out of the Commission's purposes as set
3    forth in this Act, or are established and operated for the
4    study, diagnosis, and treatment of human ailments and
5    injuries, whether physical or mental, or to promote
6    medical, surgical, and scientific research and knowledge
7    as permitted under this Act, and (iii) medical research and
8    high technology parks, together with the necessary lands,
9    buildings, facilities, equipment, and personal property
10    therefore, and (iv) other facility development to generate
11    and maintain revenue streams sufficient to fund the
12    operations of the Commission and for the District, and to
13    provide for any cash reserves as the Commission shall deem
14    prudent.
15    (b) The Commission shall have perpetual succession, power
16to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued in its
17corporate name, but judgment shall not in any case be issued
18against any property of the Commission except in actions
19sounding in tort, to plead and be impleaded, to have and use a
20common seal, and to alter the same at pleasure. All actions
21sounding in tort against the Commission shall be prosecuted in
22the Court of Claims. The principal office of the Commission
23shall be in the city of Chicago, and the Commission may
24establish such other offices within the state of Illinois at
25such places as to the Commission shall seem advisable. Such
26Commission shall consist of 7 members, 4 of whom shall be

 

 

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1appointed by the Governor, 2 by the Mayor of Chicago, and one
2by the President of the County Board of Cook County. All
3members shall hold office for a term of 5 years and until their
4successors are appointed as provided in this Act; provided,
5that as soon as possible after the effective date of this
6amendatory Act, the Governor shall appoint 4 members for terms
7expiring, respectively, on June 30, 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1955.
8The terms of all members heretofore appointed by the Governor
9shall expire upon the commencement of the terms of the members
10appointed pursuant to this amendatory Act. Any vacancy in the
11membership of the Commission occurring by reason of the death,
12resignation, disqualification, removal or inability or refusal
13to act of any of the members of the Commission shall be filled
14by the person who had appointed the particular member, and for
15the unexpired term of office of that particular member. A
16vacancy caused by the expiration of the period for which the
17member was appointed shall be filled by a new appointment for a
18term of 5 years from the date of such expiration of the prior 5
19year term notwithstanding when such appointment is actually
20made. The Commission shall obtain, pursuant to the provisions
21of the Personnel Code, such personnel as to the Commission
22shall seem advisable to carry out the purposes of this Act and
23the work of the Commission. The Commission may appoint a
24General Attorney and define the duties of that General
25Attorney.
26    The Commission shall hold regular meetings annually for the

 

 

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1election of a president, vice-president, secretary, and
2treasurer and for the adoption of a budget. Special meetings
3may be called by the President or by any 2 members. Each member
4shall take an oath of office for the faithful performance of
5his duties. Four members of the Commission shall constitute a
6quorum for the transaction of business.
7    The Commission shall submit, to the General Assembly not
8later than March 1 of each odd-numbered year, a detailed report
9covering its operations for the 2 preceding calendar years and
10a statement of its program for the next 2 years.
11    The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall
12be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the Speaker,
13the Minority Leader and the Clerk of the House of
14Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader and the
15Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research Unit, as
16required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization
17Act, and filing such additional copies with the State
18Government Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly
19as is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State
20Library Act.
21(Source: P.A. 89-356, eff. 8-17-95.)
 
22    (70 ILCS 915/4)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5005)
23    Sec. 4. The Commission may, in its corporate capacity,
24construct or cause or permit to be constructed in such
25District, hospitals, sanitariums, clinics, laboratories, or

 

 

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1any other institution, building or structure or other ancillary
2or related facilities which the Commission may, from time to
3time, determine are established and operated for the carrying
4out of any aspect of the Commission's purpose as set forth in
5this Act, or are established and operated for the study,
6diagnosis, and treatment of human ailments and injuries,
7whether physical or mental, or to promote medical, surgical,
8and scientific research and knowledge, or for any uses the
9Commission shall determine will support and nurture
10facilities, and uses permitted by this Act, or for such
11nursing, extended care, or other facilities as the Commission
12shall find useful in the study of, research in, or treatment of
13illnesses or infirmities peculiar to aged people, after a
14public hearing to be held by any Commissioner or other person
15authorized by the Commission to conduct the same, which
16Commissioner or other person shall have the power to administer
17oaths and affirmations and take the testimony of witnesses and
18receive such documentary evidence as shall be pertinent, the
19record of which hearing he shall certify to the Commission,
20which record shall become part of the records of the
21Commission, notice of the time, place, and purpose of such
22hearings to be given by a single publication notice in a
23secular newspaper of general circulation in the city of Chicago
24at least ten days prior to the date of such hearing, or for
25such institutions as shall engage in the training, education,
26or rehabilitation of persons who by reason of illness or

 

 

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1physical infirmity are wholly or partially deprived of their
2powers of vision or hearing or of the use of such other part or
3parts of their bodies as prevent them from pursuing normal
4activities of life, or office buildings for physicians or
5dealers in medical accessories, or dormitories, homes or
6residences for the medical profession, including interns,
7nurses, students or other officers or employees of the
8institutions within the District, or for the use of relatives
9of patients in the hospitals or other institutions within the
10District, or for the rehabilitation or establishment of
11residential structures within a currently effective historic
12district properly designated under a federal statute or a State
13or local statute that has been certified by the Secretary of
14the Interior to the Secretary of the Treasury as containing
15criteria which will substantially achieve the purpose of
16preserving and rehabilitating buildings of historic
17significance to the district, or in the area of such District
18located west of South Damen Avenue and north of West Polk
19Street, commonly known as the Chicago Technology Park or such
20other areas of the District as the Commission shall designate,
21for research, development and resultant production, in any of
22the fields of medicine, chemistry, pharmaceuticals, physics
23and genetically engineered products, for biotechnology,
24information technology, medical technology, or environmental
25technology, or for the research and development of engineering
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1which the Commission may construct structures and improvements
2within the District. All such structures and improvements shall
3be erected and constructed in accordance with the Illinois
4Purchasing Act, to the same extent as if the Commission were a
5Code Department. The Commission shall administer and exercise
6ultimate authority with respect to the development and
7operation of the Chicago Technology Park, and any extensions or
8expansion thereof. In addition, the Commission may create a
9development area within the area of the District located south
10of Roosevelt Road, called the District Development Area in this
11Act. Within the District Development Area the Commission may
12cause to be acquired or constructed commercial and other types
13of development, public and private, if the Commission
14determines that the commercial developments are ancillary to
15and necessary for the support of facilities within the District
16and any other purposes of the District, after a public hearing
17held by a commissioner or the person authorized by the
18Commission to conduct the hearing. The Commissioner or other
19authorized persons shall have the power to administer oaths and
20affirmations, take the testimony of witnesses, receive
21pertinent evidence, and certify the record of the hearing to
22the Commission. The record of the hearing shall become part of
23the Commissions records. Notice of the time, place, and purpose
24of the hearing shall be given by a single publication notice in
25a secular newspaper of general circulation in the City of
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1addition to the powers set forth above, the Commission may
2sell, lease, develop, operate, and manage for any person, firm,
3partnership, or corporation, either public or private, all or
4any part of the land, buildings, facilities, equipment, or
5other property included in the District Development Area and
6any medical research and high technology park or the designated
7commercial development area upon the terms and conditions the
8Commission may deem advisable, and may enter into any contract
9or agreement with any person, firm, partnership, or
10corporation, either public or private, or any combination of
11the foregoing, as may be necessary or suitable for the
12creation, marketing, development, construction,
13reconstruction, rehabilitation, financing, operation and
14maintenance, and management of the District Development Area
15and any technology park or designated commercial development
16area; and may sell or lease to any person, firm, partnership,
17or corporation, either public or private, any part or all of
18the land, building, facilities, equipment, or other property of
19the park or the designated commercial development area upon the
20rentals, terms, and conditions as the Commission may deem
21advisable; and may finance all or part of the cost of the
22Commission's development and operation of the District
23Development Area as well as any park or the designated
24commercial development area, including the creation,
25marketing, development, purchase, lease, construction,
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1addition to, extension, and maintenance of all or part of the
2high technology park or the designated commercial development
3area, and all equipment and furnishings, by legislative
4appropriations, government grants, contracts, private gifts,
5loans, bonds, receipts from the sale or lease of land for the
6operation of the District and any high technology park or the
7designated commercial development area, rentals, and similar
8receipts or other sources of revenue legally available for
9these purposes. The Commission shall promulgate rules
10concerning the procurement of contracts and purchases. The
11Commission also may defray the expenses of the operation of the
12District Development Area and technology park, improvements to
13the District Development Area and technology park, provision of
14shared services, common facilities and common area expenses,
15benefiting owners and occupants of property within the District
16Development Area and the technology park by general assessment,
17special assessment, or the imposition of service or user fees.
18As to the entities eligible to be members of the advisory
19District Member Council, such assessments or impositions may be
20undertaken only with District Member Council consent as
21provided in Section 8. For a period of 6 years after July 1,
221995, the Commission may acquire any real and personal property
23within the Development Area of the District by immediate
24vesting of title, commonly referred to as "quick-take",
25pursuant to Sections 7-103 through 7-112 of the Code of Civil
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1(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)
 
2    (70 ILCS 915/5)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5006)
3    Sec. 5. To obtain the funds necessary for financing the
4acquisition of land, the acquisition or construction of any
5building hereinabove mentioned, and for the operation of the
6District as is in this Act set forth, the Commission may borrow
7money from any public or private agency, department,
8corporation or person, and mortgage, pledge, or otherwise
9encumber the property or funds of the Commission. In evidence
10of and as security for funds borrowed, the Commission may issue
11revenue bonds in its corporate capacity to be payable from the
12revenues derived from the operation of the institutions or
13buildings, owned, leased, or operated by or on behalf of the
14Commission, but the bonds shall in no event constitute an
15indebtedness of the Commission or a claim against the property
16of the Commission. Such bonds may be issued in such
17denominations as may be expedient, and in such amounts and at
18such rates of interest as the Commission shall deem necessary
19to provide sufficient funds to pay all the costs of acquiring
20land, the construction, acquisition, equipping and operation
21of buildings within the District district, including
22engineering and other expenses. Such bonds shall be executed by
23the president of the Commission, attested by the secretary
24thereof and sealed with the Commission's corporate seal. In
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1signed or attested any of such bonds shall have ceased to be
2such officer before delivery of such bonds, the signature of
3such officer shall be valid and sufficient to the same effect
4as if such officer had remained in office at the time of such
5delivery. The Commission shall furnish the State Comptroller
6with a record of all bonds issued under this Act.
7(Source: P.A. 89-356, eff. 8-17-95.)
 
8    (70 ILCS 915/10)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5020)
9    Sec. 10. Disposition of money; income fund. The All money
10received by the Commission from the sale or lease of any
11property, in excess of such amount expended by the Commission
12for authorized purposes under this Act or as may be necessary
13to satisfy the obligation of any revenue bond issued pursuant
14to Section 5, shall be paid into the State Treasury for deposit
15into the Medical Center Commission Income Fund provided,
16however, the Commission is authorized to use all money received
17from the sale or lease of any property, in excess of the amount
18as may be necessary to satisfy the obligation of any revenue
19bond issued pursuant to Section 5 and may also use all money
20received as rentals for the purposes of planning, acquisition,
21and development of property within the District and operation,
22maintenance and improvement of property of the Commission and
23for all purposes and powers set forth in this Act. Beginning in
241993, not later than July 10 of each year, the Commission shall
25transmit to the State Treasurer for deposit into the Medical

 

 

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1Center Commission Income Fund all monies on hand at June 30 in
2excess of $350,000 without deduction or offset of any kind,
3except that the Commission may retain such additional funds as
4are necessary to pay enforceable contractual obligations
5existing as of June 30 and which will be paid not later than
6September 30 of that year. All monies retained for the payment
7of these obligations and not paid out by September 30, shall be
8remitted in full to the State Treasury, without deduction or
9offset of any kind, not later than October 10 of the same year.
10All monies held pursuant to this Section shall be maintained in
11a depository approved by the State Treasurer. The Commission
12shall enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the The
13Auditor General, who shall, at least biennially, audit or cause
14to be audited all records and accounts of the Commission
15pertaining to the operation of the District. The Auditor
16General shall provide the Commission and the General Assembly
17with the audits and shall post a copy on his or her website.
18The Auditor General shall submit a bill to the Commission for
19costs associated with the review and the audit required under
20this Section, and the Commission shall reimburse the Auditor
21General for such costs in a timely manner.
22(Source: P.A. 89-356, eff. 8-17-95.)
 
23    (70 ILCS 915/5b rep.)
24    Section 10. The Illinois Medical District Act is amended by
25repealing Section 5b.
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.