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91_HB2330enr HB2330 Enrolled LRB9104810DHmg 1 AN ACT to amend the Counties Code by changing Section 2 5-25012. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing 6 Section 5-25012 as follows: 7 (55 ILCS 5/5-25012) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25012) 8 Sec. 5-25012. Board of health. Except in those cases 9 where a board of 12 members is provided for as authorized in 10 this Section, each county health department shall be managed 11 by a board of health consisting of 8 members appointed by the 12 president or chairman of the county board, with the approval 13 of the county board, for a 3 year term, except that of the 14 first appointees 2 shall serve for one year, 2 for 2 years, 3 15 for 3 years and the term of the member appointed from the 16 county board, as provided in this Section, shall be one year 17 and shall continue until reappointment or until a successor 18 is appointed. Each board of health which has 8 members, may 19 have one additional member appointed by the president or 20 chairman of the county board, with the approval of the county 21 board. The additional member shall first be appointed within 22 90 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act for a 23 term ending July 1, 2002. 24 The county health department in a county having a 25 population of 200,000 or more may, if the county board, by 26 resolution, so provides, be managed by a board of health 27 consisting of 12 members appointed by the president or 28 chairman of the county board, with the approval of the county 29 board, for a 3 year term, except that of the first appointees 30 3 shall serve for one year, 4 for 2 years, 4 for 3 years and 31 the term of the member appointed from the county board, as HB2330 Enrolled -2- LRB9104810DHmg 1 provided in this Section, shall be one year and shall 2 continue until reappointment or until a successor is 3 appointed. In counties with a population of 200,000 or more 4 which have a board of health of 8 members, the county board 5 may, by resolution, increase the size of the board of health 6 to 12 members, in which case the 4 members added shall be 7 appointed, as of the next anniversary of the present 8 appointments, 2 for terms of 3 years, one for 2 years and one 9 for one year. 10 The county board in counties with a population of more 11 than 100,000 but less than 3,000,000 inhabitants and 12 contiguous to any county with a metropolitan area with more 13 than 1,000,000 inhabitants, may establish compensation for 14 the board of health, as remuneration for their services as 15 members of the board of health. Monthly compensation shall 16 not exceed $200 except in the case of the president of the 17 board of health whose monthly compensation shall not exceed 18 $400. 19 Each multiple-county health department shall be managed 20 by a board of health consisting of 4 members appointed from 21 each county by the president or chairman of the county board 22 with the approval of the county board for a 3 year term, 23 except that of the first appointees from each county one 24 shall serve for one year, one for 2 years, one for 3 years 25 and the term of the member appointed from the county board of 26 each member county, as hereinafter provided, shall be one 27 year and shall continue until reappointment or until a 28 successor is appointed. 29 The term of office of original appointees shall begin on 30 July 1 following their appointment, and the term of all 31 members shall continue until their successors are appointed. 32 All members shall serve without compensation but may be 33 reimbursed for actual necessary expenses incurred in the 34 performance of their duties. At least 2 members of each HB2330 Enrolled -3- LRB9104810DHmg 1 county board of health shall be physicians licensed in 2 Illinois to practice medicine in all of its branches and at 3 least one member shall be a dentist licensed in Illinois. In 4 counties with a population under 500,000, one member shall be 5 chosen from the county board or the board of county 6 commissioners as the case may be. In counties with a 7 population over 500,000, two members shall be chosen from the 8 county board or the board of county commissioners as the case 9 may be. At least one member from each county on each 10 multiple-county board of health shall be a physician licensed 11 in Illinois to practice medicine in all of its branches, one 12 member from each county on each multiple-county board of 13 health shall be chosen from the county board or the board of 14 county commissioners, as the case may be, and at least one 15 member of the board of health shall be a dentist licensed in 16 Illinois. Whenever possible, at least one member shall have 17 experience in the field of mental health. All members shall 18 be chosen for their special fitness for membership on the 19 board. 20 Any member may be removed for misconduct or neglect of 21 duty by the chairman or president of the county board, with 22 the approval of the county board, of the county which 23 appointed him. 24 Vacancies shall be filled as in the case of appointment 25 for a full term. 26 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the 27 contrary, a county with a population of 240,000 or more 28 inhabitants that does not currently have a county health 29 department may, by resolution of the county board, establish 30 a board of health consisting of the members of such board. 31 Such board of health shall be advised by a committee which 32 shall consist of at least 5 members appointed by the 33 president or chairman of the county board with the approval 34 of the county board for terms of 3 years; except that of the HB2330 Enrolled -4- LRB9104810DHmg 1 first appointees at least 2 shall serve for 3 years, at least 2 2 shall serve for 2 years and at least one shall serve for 3 one year. At least one member of the advisory committee 4 shall be a physician licensed in Illinois to practice 5 medicine in all its branches, at least one shall be a dentist 6 licensed in Illinois, and one shall be a nurse licensed in 7 Illinois. All members shall be chosen for their special 8 fitness for membership on the advisory committee. 9 (Source: P.A. 88-535.) 10 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 11 becoming law.