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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Medical District Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Sections 2 and 8 as follows:
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6 | (70 ILCS 915/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5002)
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7 | Sec. 2. Illinois Medical District Commission.
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8 | (a) There is hereby created a political subdivision, unit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | of local government, body politic and corporate under
the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | corporate name of Illinois Medical District Commission,
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11 | hereinafter called the
Commission, whose general purpose in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | addition to and not in limitation of
those purposes and powers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | set forth in other Sections of this Act shall be to:
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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;
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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,
(iii) medical research and | ||||||
8 | high technology parks, together with the
necessary lands, | ||||||
9 | buildings, facilities, equipment, and personal property
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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 ; and . | ||||||
15 | (3) provide vocational employment and job training | ||||||
16 | enterprises.
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17 | (b) The Commission shall have perpetual succession, power
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18 | to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued in its | ||||||
19 | corporate name, but judgment shall not in any case be issued | ||||||
20 | against any property of the Commission, to have and use a | ||||||
21 | common
seal, and to alter the same at pleasure. All actions | ||||||
22 | sounding in tort
against the Commission shall be prosecuted in | ||||||
23 | the Court of Claims. The
principal office of the Commission | ||||||
24 | shall be in the city of Chicago, and
the Commission may | ||||||
25 | establish such other offices within the state of
Illinois at | ||||||
26 | such places as to the Commission shall seem advisable. Such
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1 | Commission shall consist of 7 members, 4 of whom shall be | ||||||
2 | appointed by the
Governor, 2 by the Mayor of Chicago, and one | ||||||
3 | by the President of the County
Board of Cook County. All | ||||||
4 | members shall hold office for a term of 5 years
and until their | ||||||
5 | successors are appointed as provided in this
Act; provided, | ||||||
6 | that as soon as possible after the effective date of this
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7 | amendatory Act, the Governor shall appoint 4 members for terms
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8 | expiring, respectively, on June 30, 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1955. | ||||||
9 | The terms
of all members heretofore appointed by the Governor | ||||||
10 | shall expire upon
the commencement of the terms of the members | ||||||
11 | appointed pursuant to this
amendatory Act. Any vacancy in the | ||||||
12 | membership of the Commission
occurring by reason of the death, | ||||||
13 | resignation, disqualification, removal
or inability or refusal | ||||||
14 | to act of any of the members of the Commission
shall be filled | ||||||
15 | by the person who had appointed the particular member,
and for | ||||||
16 | the unexpired term of office of that particular member. A | ||||||
17 | vacancy
caused by the expiration of the period for which the | ||||||
18 | member was appointed
shall be filled by a new appointment for a | ||||||
19 | term of 5 years from the date of
such expiration of the prior 5 | ||||||
20 | year term notwithstanding when such
appointment is actually | ||||||
21 | made. The Commission shall obtain such personnel as to the | ||||||
22 | Commission shall
seem advisable to carry out the purposes of | ||||||
23 | this Act and the work of the
Commission. The Commission may | ||||||
24 | appoint a General Attorney and define the
duties of that | ||||||
25 | General Attorney.
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26 | The Commission shall hold at least 4 regular meetings each |
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1 | year, including one annually for the election
of a president, | ||||||
2 | vice-president, secretary, and treasurer and for the
adoption | ||||||
3 | of a budget. Special meetings may be called by the President or
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4 | by any 2 members. Each member shall take an oath of office for | ||||||
5 | the
faithful performance of his duties. Four members of the | ||||||
6 | Commission shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of | ||||||
7 | business.
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8 | The Commission shall submit, to the General Assembly not | ||||||
9 | later than
March 1 of each odd-numbered year, a detailed report | ||||||
10 | covering its
operations for the 2 preceding calendar years and | ||||||
11 | a statement of its
program for the next 2 years.
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12 | The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall | ||||||
13 | be satisfied
by filing copies of the report with the Speaker, | ||||||
14 | the Minority Leader and
the Clerk of the House of | ||||||
15 | Representatives and the President, the Minority
Leader and the | ||||||
16 | Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research
Unit, as | ||||||
17 | required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization | ||||||
18 | Act,
and filing such additional copies with the State | ||||||
19 | Government Report
Distribution Center for the General Assembly | ||||||
20 | as is required under paragraph
(t) of Section 7 of the State | ||||||
21 | Library Act.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 97-825, eff. 7-18-12.)
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23 | (70 ILCS 915/8) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5018)
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24 | Sec. 8. Master plan; improvement and management of | ||||||
25 | District; building
regulations; zoning. The Commission shall |
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1 | prepare a comprehensive master plan
for the orderly development | ||||||
2 | of all property within the District. The comprehensive master | ||||||
3 | plan shall be updated at least every 5 years after the | ||||||
4 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General | ||||||
5 | Assembly. The
Commission shall so improve and manage such | ||||||
6 | District as
to provide conditions most favorable for the | ||||||
7 | special care and treatment
of the sick and injured and for the | ||||||
8 | study of disease and for any other
purpose in Section 4 of this | ||||||
9 | Act. The Commission
shall, by ordinance in the manner | ||||||
10 | hereinafter set forth, classify,
regulate and restrict the | ||||||
11 | location and construction of all buildings within
the District, | ||||||
12 | shall regulate the height and
size of such buildings, determine | ||||||
13 | the area of open space within and
around such buildings, fix | ||||||
14 | standards of construction, control and
regulate additions to or | ||||||
15 | alterations of existing buildings and prohibit
the use of | ||||||
16 | buildings and structures incompatible with the character of
the | ||||||
17 | District, to the end that adequate light, air, quietness and | ||||||
18 | safety
from fire and from the communication of diseases and | ||||||
19 | other dangers may
be secured: Provided, that the power herein | ||||||
20 | conferred shall not be so
exercised as to deprive any owner of | ||||||
21 | any existing property of its use or
maintenance for the purpose | ||||||
22 | to which it is now lawfully devoted nor to limit
the expansion, | ||||||
23 | design, location, maintenance, use, or occupancy of real
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24 | property to be
used
by any governmental body, agency, or | ||||||
25 | instrumentality in any manner set forth
in this Section, | ||||||
26 | provided that the property is devoted to any use or
purpose |
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1 | permitted under this Act.
Further provided, the power herein | ||||||
2 | conferred shall not be exercised to
restrict the use for any | ||||||
3 | State or county purpose of any buildings existing
within the | ||||||
4 | District as of May 1, 1995 and either owned, operated, or | ||||||
5 | managed on
behalf of the county or by the Department of Central | ||||||
6 | Management Services or for
which the Department of Central | ||||||
7 | Management Services shall be otherwise
responsible as provided | ||||||
8 | by law.
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9 | The Commission shall request the City Plan Commission of | ||||||
10 | the City of
Chicago to recommend appropriate zoning regulations | ||||||
11 | for the District
which co-ordinate with the zoning of the | ||||||
12 | surrounding sections of the
City of Chicago. If, at the end of | ||||||
13 | 60 days following such request, an
ordinance has not been | ||||||
14 | submitted to the Commission, the Commission may
prepare a | ||||||
15 | zoning ordinance either with or without the advice of the City
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16 | Plan Commission. When such zoning ordinance is ready for | ||||||
17 | adoption, the
Commission shall cause notice of a public hearing | ||||||
18 | to be posted in at
least 4 conspicuous places within the | ||||||
19 | District, at least 10 days
before the date of such hearing. It | ||||||
20 | shall also publish notice of such
hearing in some newspaper of | ||||||
21 | general circulation in the City of Chicago
for 3 consecutive | ||||||
22 | days. The hearing shall be held not earlier than
ten days after | ||||||
23 | the date of the last publication. Both types of notice
shall | ||||||
24 | contain the time and place of such hearing and the place where
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25 | copies of the proposed ordinance may be examined. The hearing | ||||||
26 | shall be
held at the time and place specified and shall be |
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1 | adjourned from time to
time until all interested parties have | ||||||
2 | had an opportunity to be heard.
The Commission shall invite the | ||||||
3 | Chicago Plan Commission to attend such
hearing and shall ask | ||||||
4 | for suggestions of the Chicago Plan Commission as
to the
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5 | modification of the proposed ordinance. But all ordinances | ||||||
6 | adopted by the
Commission shall be subject to all restrictions | ||||||
7 | upon the use and maintenance of
property within the District | ||||||
8 | prescribed by the Chicago zoning ordinance. After
the adoption | ||||||
9 | of said zoning
ordinance or any other proper ordinance of the | ||||||
10 | Commission, it may institute any
appropriate action to prevent | ||||||
11 | or abate any unlawful act within the District.
Any government | ||||||
12 | body,
agency, or instrumentality owning or occupying property | ||||||
13 | within the
District may consent to be bound in whole or in part | ||||||
14 | by the provisions of such
master plan or development ordinance | ||||||
15 | adopted by the Commission or the City.
The Commission may | ||||||
16 | establish an advisory council of 2 representatives of
each of | ||||||
17 | the major district members owning or occupying facilities | ||||||
18 | within the
District totaling a minimum of 500,000 square feet. | ||||||
19 | Council members shall be
appointed by and serve at the pleasure | ||||||
20 | of their respective governing boards.
The council may assist | ||||||
21 | the Commission in the fulfillment of its statutory
purposes and | ||||||
22 | responsibilities and the
maintenance of the District. At the | ||||||
23 | Commission's request, the council may
review and make | ||||||
24 | recommendations to the Commission with respect to the
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25 | comprehensive master plan to be adopted by the Commission or | ||||||
26 | any plan of
development or occupancy of its facilities within |
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1 | the District presented to the
Commission by any governmental | ||||||
2 | body, agency, or instrumentality. The
Commission
may upon a | ||||||
3 | unanimous request of the council provide for shared services | ||||||
4 | and
facilities within the District for members of the council. | ||||||
5 | The Commission may
provide, contract, and construct facilities | ||||||
6 | and charge and collect fees
necessary
to supply these shared | ||||||
7 | services and facilities so approved. The Commission may
utilize | ||||||
8 | any powers specified within this Act regardless of geographic | ||||||
9 | boundary
for or in support of a specific project, activity, or | ||||||
10 | development if that
request is made by a unanimous | ||||||
11 | recommendation of all of the members of the
member council.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 89-356, eff. 8-17-95.)
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13 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
14 | becoming law.
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