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Public Act 094-0457
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| HB1574 Enrolled |
LRB094 09453 AJO 39703 b |
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AN ACT concerning counties.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Section |
5-25012 as follows:
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(55 ILCS 5/5-25012) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25012)
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Sec. 5-25012. Board of health. Except in those cases where |
a board of 12 members is provided for as
authorized in this |
Section, each county health department shall be managed
by a |
board of health consisting of
8 members appointed by the |
president or
chairman of the county board, with the approval of |
the county board, for a
3 year term, except that of the first |
appointees 2 shall serve for one
year, 2 for 2 years, 3 for 3 |
years and the term of the member appointed
from the county |
board, as provided in this Section, shall be one year and
shall |
continue until reappointment or until a
successor is appointed. |
Each board of health which has 8 members, may
have
one |
additional member appointed by the president or chairman of the |
county
board, with the approval of the county board. The |
additional member shall
first be appointed within 90 days after |
the effective date of this amendatory
Act for a term ending |
July 1, 2002.
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The county health department in a county having a |
population of 200,000
or more may, if the county board, by |
resolution, so provides, be managed by
a board of health |
consisting of 12 members appointed by the president or
chairman |
of the county board, with the approval of the county board, for |
a
3 year term, except that of the first appointees 3 shall |
serve for one
year, 4 for 2 years, 4 for 3 years and the term of |
the member appointed
from the county board, as provided in this |
Section, shall be one year and
shall continue until |
reappointment or until a successor is appointed. In
counties |
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with a population of 200,000 or more which have a board of |
health
of 8 members, the county board may, by resolution, |
increase the size of the
board of health to 12 members, in |
which case the 4 members added shall be
appointed, as of the |
next anniversary of the present appointments, 2 for
terms of 3 |
years, one for 2 years and one for one year.
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The county board in counties with a population of more than |
100,000
but less than 3,000,000 inhabitants and contiguous to |
any county with a
metropolitan area with more than 1,000,000 |
inhabitants, may establish
compensation for the board of |
health, as remuneration for their services as
members of the |
board of health. Monthly compensation shall not exceed
$200 |
except in the case of the president of the board of health |
whose
monthly compensation shall not exceed $400.
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Each multiple-county health department shall be managed by |
a board of
health consisting of 4 members appointed from each |
county by the president
or chairman of the county board with |
the approval of the county board for a
3 year term, except that |
of the first appointees from each county one shall
serve for |
one year, one for 2 years, one for 3 years and the term of the
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member appointed from the county board of each member county, |
as
hereinafter provided, shall be one year and shall continue |
until
reappointment or until a successor is appointed.
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The term of office of original appointees shall begin on |
July 1
following their appointment, and the term of all members |
shall continue
until their successors are appointed. All |
members shall serve without
compensation but may be reimbursed |
for actual necessary expenses incurred
in the performance of |
their duties. At least 2 members of each county board
of health |
shall be physicians licensed in Illinois to practice medicine |
in
all of its branches and at least one member shall be a |
dentist licensed in
Illinois. In counties with a population |
under 500,000, one member shall
be chosen from the county board |
or the board of county commissioners
as the case may be. In |
counties with a population over 500,000, two members
shall be |
chosen from the county board or the board of county |
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commissioners
as the case may be. At least one member from each |
county on each
multiple-county board of health shall be a |
physician
licensed in Illinois to practice medicine in all of |
its branches, one
member from each county on each |
multiple-county board of health shall be
chosen from the county |
board or the board of county commissioners, as the case
may be, |
and at least one member of the board of health shall be a |
dentist
licensed in Illinois. Whenever possible, at least one |
member shall have
experience in the field of mental health. All |
members shall be chosen for
their special fitness for |
membership on the board.
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Any member may be removed for misconduct or neglect of duty |
by the
chairman or president of the county board, with the |
approval of the county
board, of the county which appointed |
him.
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Vacancies shall be filled as in the case of appointment for |
a full term.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the |
contrary, a county
with a population of 240,000 or more |
inhabitants that does not currently have a
county health |
department may, by
resolution of the county board, establish a |
board of health consisting of the
members of such board. Such |
board of health shall be advised by a committee
which shall |
consist of at least 5 members appointed by the president or
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chairman of the county board with the approval of the county |
board for terms of
3 years; except that of the first appointees |
at least 2 shall serve for 3
years, at least 2 shall serve for 2 |
years and at least one shall serve for one
year. At least one |
member of the advisory committee shall be a physician
licensed |
in Illinois to practice medicine in all its branches, at least |
one
shall be a dentist licensed in Illinois, and one shall be a |
nurse licensed in
Illinois. All members shall be chosen for |
their special fitness for membership
on the advisory committee.
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All members of a board established under this Section must |
be residents of the county, except that a member who is |
required to be a physician, dentist, or nurse may reside |