96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB3355

 

Introduced 2/10/2010, by Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/5-370012 new

    Amends the Counties Code. Requires that the Cook County Board of Commissioners establish a permanent independent governing body for the Cook County Public Health System. Requires that the General Assembly must, by joint resolution, determine the independence of the governing body. Provides that if the Cook County Board of Commissioners does not establish a governing body and the General Assembly does not approve the governing body within 120 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, then the Cook County Public Health System may not receive any State moneys until the governing body is established and approved. Limits home rule powers. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section
5 5-370012 as follows:
 
6     (55 ILCS 5/5-370012 new)
7     Sec. 5-370012. Cook County Public Health System; board. The
8 Cook County Board of Commissioners must establish a permanent
9 independent governing body for the Cook County Public Health
10 System. The General Assembly must, by joint resolution,
11 determine the independence of the governing body established
12 pursuant to this Section. If the Cook County Board of
13 Commissioners does not establish a governing body and the
14 General Assembly does not approve the governing body within 120
15 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
16 96th General Assembly, then the Cook County Public Health
17 System may not receive any State moneys until the governing
18 body is established and approved.
19     Cook County may not regulate the Cook County Public Health
20 System in a manner that is inconsistent with the provisions of
21 this Section. This Section is a denial and limitation of home
22 rule powers and functions under subsection (i) of Section 6 of
23 Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent

 

 

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1 exercise by home rule units of the powers and functions
2 exercised by the State.
 
3     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4 becoming law.