HB3425eng 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  
  

 


 
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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Mid-America Medical District Act is amended
5by changing Sections 5 and 10 and by adding Section 32 as
6follows:
 
7    (70 ILCS 930/5)
8    Sec. 5. Creation of District. There is created in the City
9of East St. Louis a medical center district, the Mid-America
10Medical District, whose boundaries are Martin Luther King Drive
11on the Northeast, 10th Street up to Trendley Avenue on the
12Southeast, Trendley Avenue and the confluence of I-64, I-70,
13and I-55 on the Southwest and West, and a line north of
14Collinsville, parallel to Collinsville, so as to include both
15sides of Collinsville on the Northwest, excluding any part of
16the City Hall complex and any property belonging to the federal
17government. The boundaries of the Mid-America Medical District
18shall also include the corporate boundaries of the City of
19Belleville. The District is created to attract and retain
20academic centers of excellence, viable health care facilities,
21medical research facilities, emerging high technology
22enterprises, and other facilities and uses as permitted by this
23Act.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 94-1036, eff. 1-1-07.)
 
2    (70 ILCS 930/10)
3    Sec. 10. Mid-America Medical District Commission.
4    (a) There is created a body politic and corporate under the
5corporate name of the Mid-America Medical District Commission
6whose general purpose, in addition to and not in limitation of
7those purposes and powers set forth in this Act, is to:
8        (1) maintain the proper surroundings for a medical
9    center and a related technology center in order to attract,
10    stabilize, and retain within the District hospitals,
11    clinics, research facilities, educational facilities, or
12    other facilities permitted under this Act; and
13        (2) provide for the orderly creation, maintenance,
14    development, and expansion of (i) health care facilities
15    and other ancillary or related facilities that the
16    Commission may from time to time determine are established
17    and operated (A) for any aspect of the carrying out of the
18    Commission's purposes as set forth in this Act, (B) for the
19    study, diagnosis, and treatment of human ailments and
20    injuries, whether physical or mental, or (C) to promote
21    medical, surgical, and scientific research and knowledge
22    as permitted under this Act; and (ii) medical research and
23    high technology parks, together with the necessary lands,
24    buildings, facilities, equipment, and personal property
25    for those parks; and .

 

 

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1        (3) convene dialogue among leaders in the public and
2    the private sectors on topics and issues associated with
3    training in the delivery of health care services within the
4    District's program area.
5    (b) The Commission has perpetual succession and the power
6to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued except
7in actions sounding in tort, to plead and be impleaded, to have
8and use a common seal, and to alter the same at pleasure. All
9actions sounding in tort against the Commission shall be
10prosecuted in the Court of Claims. The principal office of the
11Commission shall be located within the District in the City of
12East St. Louis. The Commission shall obtain, under the
13provisions of the Personnel Code, such personnel as the
14Commission shall deem advisable to carry out the purposes of
15this Act and the work of the Commission.
16    (c) The Commission shall consist of 12 9 appointed members
17and 3 ex-officio members. Three members shall be appointed by
18the Governor. Three members shall be appointed by the Mayor of
19East St. Louis, with the consent of the city council. Three
20members shall be appointed by the Chairman of the County Board
21of St. Clair County. Three members shall be appointed by the
22Mayor of the City of Belleville with the advice and consent of
23the corporate authorities of the City of Belleville. All
24appointed members shall hold office for a term of 3 years
25ending on December 31, and until their successors are
26appointed; except that of the initial appointed members, each

 

 

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1appointing authority shall designate one appointee to serve for
2a term ending December 31, 2007, one appointee to serve for a
3term ending December 31, 2008, and one appointee to serve for a
4term ending December 31, 2009. Of the initial members appointed
5by the Mayor of the City of Belleville, with the advice and
6consent of the corporate authorities of the City of Belleville,
7the Mayor shall designate one appointee to serve for a term
8ending December 31, 2011, one appointee to serve for a term
9ending December 31, 2012, and one appointee to serve for a term
10ending December 31, 2013.
11    The Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity or his or
12her designee, the Director of Public Health or his or her
13designee, and the Secretary of Human Services or his or her
14designee shall serve as ex-officio members.
15    (d) Any vacancy in the appointed membership of the
16Commission occurring by reason of the death, resignation,
17disqualification, removal, or inability or refusal to act of
18any of the members of the Commission shall be filled by the
19authority that had appointed the particular member, and for the
20unexpired term of office of that particular member.
21    (e) The Commission shall hold regular meetings annually for
22the election of a President, Vice-President, Secretary, and
23Treasurer, for the adoption of a budget, and for such other
24business as may properly come before it. The Commission shall
25establish the duties and responsibilities of its officers by
26rule. The President or any 6 3 members of the Commission may

 

 

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1call special meetings of the Commission. Each Commissioner
2shall take an oath of office for the faithful performance of
3his or her duties. The Commission may not transact business at
4a meeting of the Commission unless there is present at the
5meeting a quorum consisting of at least 7 Commissioners.
6Meetings may be held by telephone conference or other
7communications equipment by means of which all persons
8participating in the meeting can communicate with each other.
9    (f) The Commission shall submit to the General Assembly,
10not later than March 1 of each odd-numbered year, a detailed
11report covering its operations for the 2 preceding calendar
12years and a statement of its program for the next 2 years.
13    The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall
14be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the Speaker,
15the Minority Leader, and the Clerk of the House of
16Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader, and the
17Secretary of the Senate and with the Legislative Research Unit,
18as required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization
19Act, and by filing such additional copies with the State
20Government Report Distribution Center for the General Assembly
21as is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State
22Library Act.
23    (g) The Auditor General shall conduct audits of the
24Commission in the same manner as the Auditor General conducts
25audits of State agencies under the Illinois State Auditing Act.
26    (h) Neither the Commission nor the District have any power

 

 

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1to tax.
2    (i) The Commission is a public body and subject to the Open
3Meetings Act and the Freedom of Information Act.
4(Source: P.A. 94-1036, eff. 1-1-07.)
 
5    (70 ILCS 930/32 new)
6    Sec. 32. Bonds. To obtain the funds necessary for financing
7the acquisition of land, for the acquisition, construction,
8maintenance, and rehabilitation of facilities and equipment
9within the District, and for the operation of the District as
10set forth in this Act, the Commission may borrow money from any
11public or private agency, department, corporation, or person.
12In evidence of and as security for funds borrowed, the
13Commission may issue revenue bonds in its corporate capacity to
14be payable from the revenues derived from the operation of the
15institutions or buildings owned, leased, or operated by or on
16behalf of the Commission, but the bonds shall in no event
17constitute an indebtedness of the Commission or a claim against
18the property of the Commission. The bonds may be issued in any
19denominations as may be expedient, in any amounts, and at any
20rates of interest as the Commission shall deem necessary to
21provide sufficient funds to pay all the costs authorized under
22this Section. The bonds shall be executed by the President of
23the Commission, attested by the Secretary, and sealed with the
24Commission's corporate seal. If either of those officers of the
25Commission who shall have signed or attested any of the bonds

 

 

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1shall cease to be an officer before delivery of the bonds, the
2signature of the officer shall be valid and sufficient to the
3same effect as if the officer had remained in office at the
4time of delivery. The Commission shall furnish the State
5Comptroller with a record of all bonds issued under this Act.
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7becoming law.