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91_SB0919
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1 AN ACT concerning abolition of tuberculosis sanitarium
2 boards, amending named Acts.
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 5-23002 as follows:
7 (55 ILCS 5/5-23002) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-23002)
8 Sec. 5-23002. Abolishment of board of directors. The
9 county board of each county which has appointed a board
10 pursuant to this Division may, by resolution abolish such
11 board. The county board by resolution may abolish its
12 tuberculosis sanitarium board upon joint request of the
13 county health department and the tuberculosis sanitarium
14 board.
15 A county board's resolution must also provide provided
16 such resolution also provides that:
17 (a) in counties which have established a county or
18 multiple-county health department in accordance with Division
19 5-25 or its predecessor and have an existing Board of
20 Health:
21 (1) The membership of the Board of Health in single
22 counties be increased to 11 in counties where present
23 membership is 8 and to 15 in counties where present
24 membership is 12, a majority of which shall be members of
25 the general public, and
26 (2) The employees, records, assets and liabilities
27 of the board be transferred and assumed by the Board of
28 Health, and
29 (3) (i) An additional tax be imposed by the county
30 board at a rate, which shall not be increased at any
31 time, which is equal to the greater of (A) the
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1 average tax rate imposed in the county pursuant to
2 this Division over the most recent 5 year period, or
3 (B) the rate that would have been necessary to raise
4 the average amount that has been spent annually for
5 the most recent 5 year period regardless of whether
6 a tax was levied under this Division during such 5
7 year period; or
8 (ii) A tax be imposed by the county board up
9 to the maximum rate that had been authorized to be
10 imposed by a referendum approved under this
11 Division; or
12 (b) in counties which have not established a county or
13 multiple-county health department in accordance with Division
14 5-25 or its predecessor and do not have an existing Board of
15 Health:
16 (1) a county or multiple-county health department
17 be established and a Board of Health be appointed
18 pursuant to Division 5-25,
19 (2) the employees, records, assets and liabilities
20 of the board be transferred and assumed by the newly
21 created Board of Health, and
22 (3) A tax be imposed by the county board up to the
23 maximum rate which had been authorized to be imposed by a
24 referendum approved under this Division.
25 (Source: P.A. 86-962; 86-1475.)
26 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
27 becoming law.