(60 ILCS 1/170-25)
Sec. 170-25.
Transfer of hospital; public hearing; recognition of
labor organization.
(a) The board of directors by resolution may enter into contracts for the
transfer, sale, or lease of the public hospital and its facilities to a
responsible corporation, hospital, health care facility, unit of local
government, or institution of higher education, provided the transfer, sale, or
lease does not adversely affect access to the hospital by inhabitants of the
township. At least 10 days before the adoption of a resolution under this
Section, the board of directors shall make the proposed resolution conveniently
available for public inspection and shall hold at least one public hearing on
the proposed resolution. Notice of the hearing shall be published in one or
more newspapers having general circulation in the township at least 10 days
before the time of the public hearing. The notice shall state the time and
place of the hearing and the place where copies of the proposed resolution will
be accessible for examination.
(b) If, before the sale or lease of the hospital under this Section, a labor
organization has been recognized by the hospital as the exclusive
representative of the majority of employees in a bargaining unit for purposes
of collective bargaining, and if a purchaser or lessor subject to the National
Labor Relations Act retains or hires a majority of the employees in the
bargaining unit, the purchaser or lessor shall recognize the labor organization
as the exclusive representative of the majority of employees in that bargaining
unit for purposes of collective bargaining, provided the labor organization
makes a timely written assertion of its representational capacity to the
purchaser or lessor.
(Source: P.A. 84-738; 88-62.)
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