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| Public Act 097-0583 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning local government.
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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 Mid-America Medical District Act is amended | ||||
by changing Sections 5 and 10 and by adding Section 32 as | ||||
follows: | ||||
(70 ILCS 930/5)
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Sec. 5. Creation of District. There is created in the City | ||||
of East St. Louis
a medical center district, the Mid-America | ||||
Medical District, whose
boundaries are Martin Luther King Drive | ||||
on the Northeast, 10th Street up to Trendley Avenue on the | ||||
Southeast, Trendley Avenue and the confluence of I-64, I-70, | ||||
and I-55 on the Southwest and West, and a line north of | ||||
Collinsville, parallel to Collinsville, so as to include both | ||||
sides of Collinsville on the Northwest, excluding any part of | ||||
the City Hall complex and any property belonging to the federal | ||||
government.
The boundaries of the Mid-America Medical District | ||||
shall also include the corporate boundaries of the City of | ||||
Belleville and the City of O'Fallon. The District is created to | ||||
attract and retain academic centers of excellence,
viable | ||||
health care facilities, medical research facilities, emerging | ||||
high
technology enterprises, and other facilities and uses as | ||||
permitted by this
Act.
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(Source: P.A. 94-1036, eff. 1-1-07.) | ||
(70 ILCS 930/10)
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Sec. 10. Mid-America Medical District Commission. | ||
(a) There is created a body politic and corporate under
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corporate name of the Mid-America Medical District Commission
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whose general purpose, in addition to and not in limitation of
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those purposes and powers set forth in this Act, is to:
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(1) maintain the proper surroundings for a medical | ||
center and a related
technology center in order to attract, | ||
stabilize, and retain within the
District hospitals, | ||
clinics, research facilities, educational facilities, or
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other facilities permitted under this Act; and
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(2) provide for the orderly creation, maintenance, | ||
development, and
expansion of (i) health care
facilities | ||
and other ancillary or related facilities that the | ||
Commission may
from time to time determine are established | ||
and operated (A) for any aspect of
the carrying out of the | ||
Commission's purposes as set forth in this Act, (B) for
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study, diagnosis, and treatment of human ailments and | ||
injuries, whether
physical or mental, or (C) to promote | ||
medical, surgical, and scientific
research and knowledge | ||
as permitted under this Act; and (ii) medical research
and | ||
high technology parks, together with the necessary lands, | ||
buildings,
facilities, equipment, and personal property | ||
for those parks; and .
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(3) convene dialogue among leaders in the public and
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the private sectors on topics and issues associated with | ||
training in the delivery of health care services within the | ||
District's program area. | ||
(b) The Commission has perpetual succession and the power
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to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued except | ||
in actions
sounding in tort, to plead and be impleaded, to have | ||
and use a common
seal, and to alter the same at pleasure. All | ||
actions sounding in tort
against the Commission shall be | ||
prosecuted in the Court of Claims. The
principal office of the | ||
Commission shall be located within the District in the City of | ||
East St. Louis. The Commission shall obtain, under the
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provisions of the Personnel Code, such personnel as the | ||
Commission shall
deem advisable to carry out the purposes of | ||
this Act and the work of the
Commission.
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(c) The
Commission shall consist of 15 9 appointed members | ||
and 3 ex-officio members. Three members shall be appointed by | ||
the Governor. Three members shall be appointed by the Mayor of | ||
East St. Louis, with the consent of the city council. Three | ||
members shall be appointed by the Chairman of the County Board | ||
of St. Clair County. Three members shall be appointed by the | ||
Mayor of the City of Belleville with the advice and consent of | ||
the corporate authorities of the City of Belleville. Three | ||
members shall be appointed by the Mayor of the City of O'Fallon | ||
with the advice and consent of the corporate authorities of the | ||
City of O'Fallon. All appointed members shall hold office for a | ||
term of 3 years ending on December 31, and until their | ||
successors are appointed; except that of the initial appointed | ||
members, each appointing authority shall designate one | ||
appointee to serve for a term ending December 31, 2007, one | ||
appointee to serve for a term ending December 31, 2008, and one | ||
appointee to serve for a term ending December 31, 2009. Of the | ||
initial members appointed by the Mayor of the City of | ||
Belleville, with the advice and consent of the corporate | ||
authorities of the City of Belleville, the Mayor shall | ||
designate one appointee to serve for a term ending December 31, | ||
2011, one appointee to serve for a term ending December 31, | ||
2012, and one appointee to serve for a term ending December 31, | ||
2013. Of the initial members appointed by the Mayor of the City | ||
of O'Fallon, with the advice and consent of the corporate | ||
authorities of the City of O'Fallon, the Mayor shall designate | ||
one appointee to serve for a term ending December 31, 2011, one | ||
appointee to serve for a term ending December 31, 2012, and one | ||
appointee to serve for a term ending December 31, 2013. | ||
The Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity or his or | ||
her designee, the Director of Public Health or his or her | ||
designee, and the Secretary of Human Services or his or her | ||
designee shall serve as ex-officio members.
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(d) Any vacancy in the appointed membership of the | ||
Commission
occurring by reason of the death, resignation, | ||
disqualification, removal,
or inability or refusal to act of | ||
any of the members of the Commission
shall be filled by the | ||
authority that had appointed the particular member,
and for the | ||
unexpired term of office of that particular member.
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(e) The Commission shall hold regular meetings annually for | ||
the election of
a President, Vice-President, Secretary, and | ||
Treasurer, for the adoption of a
budget, and for such other | ||
business as may properly come before it. The Commission shall | ||
establish the duties and responsibilities of its officers
by | ||
rule. The President or any 9 3 members of the Commission
may | ||
call special meetings of the Commission. Each Commissioner | ||
shall take an
oath of office for the faithful performance of | ||
his or her duties. The
Commission may
not transact business at | ||
a meeting of the Commission unless there is present at
the | ||
meeting a quorum consisting of at least 7
Commissioners. | ||
Meetings may be held
by
telephone conference or other | ||
communications equipment by means of which all
persons | ||
participating in the meeting can communicate with each other.
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(f) The Commission shall submit to the General Assembly, | ||
not later than
March 1 of each odd-numbered year, a detailed | ||
report covering its
operations for the 2 preceding calendar | ||
years and a statement of its
program for the next 2 years.
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The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall | ||
be satisfied
by filing copies of the report with the Speaker, | ||
the Minority Leader, and
the Clerk of the House of | ||
Representatives and the President, the Minority
Leader, and the | ||
Secretary of the Senate and with the Legislative Research
Unit, | ||
as required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization | ||
Act,
and by filing such additional copies with the State | ||
Government Report
Distribution Center for the General Assembly | ||
as is required under paragraph
(t) of Section 7 of the State | ||
Library Act.
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(g) The Auditor General shall conduct audits of the | ||
Commission in the same
manner as the Auditor General conducts | ||
audits of State agencies under the
Illinois State Auditing Act.
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(h) Neither the Commission nor the District have any power | ||
to tax.
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(i) The Commission is a public body and subject to the Open | ||
Meetings Act and
the Freedom of Information Act.
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(Source: P.A. 94-1036, eff. 1-1-07.) | ||
(70 ILCS 930/32 new) | ||
Sec. 32. Bonds. To obtain the funds necessary for financing | ||
the acquisition of land, for the acquisition, construction, | ||
maintenance, and rehabilitation of facilities and equipment | ||
within the District, and for the operation of the District as | ||
set forth in this Act, the Commission may borrow money from any | ||
public or private agency, department, corporation, or person. | ||
In evidence of and as security for funds borrowed, the | ||
Commission may issue revenue bonds in its corporate capacity to | ||
be payable from the revenues derived from the operation of the | ||
institutions or buildings owned, leased, or operated by or on | ||
behalf of the Commission, but the bonds shall in no event | ||
constitute an indebtedness of the Commission or a claim against | ||
the property of the Commission. The bonds may be issued in any | ||
denominations as may be expedient, in any amounts, and at any | ||
rates of interest as the Commission shall deem necessary to | ||
provide sufficient funds to pay all the costs authorized under | ||
this Section. The bonds shall be executed by the President of | ||
the Commission, attested by the Secretary, and sealed with the | ||
Commission's corporate seal. If either of those officers of the | ||
Commission who shall have signed or attested any of the bonds | ||
shall cease to be an officer before delivery of the bonds, the | ||
signature of the officer shall be valid and sufficient to the | ||
same effect as if the officer had remained in office at the | ||
time of delivery. The Commission shall furnish the State | ||
Comptroller with a record of all bonds issued under this Act.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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