Public Act 098-0590
 
SB0496 EnrolledLRB098 04713 OMW 34741 b



    AN ACT concerning local government.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly: 

 
    Section 5. The Township Code is amended  by adding Section 
170-65 as follows:
 
    (60 ILCS 1/170-65 new)
    Sec. 170-65. Dissolution of the Wood River Township 
Hospital. 
    (a) Dissolution.
        (1) The Wood River Township Hospital is dissolved 180 
    days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 
    98th General Assembly.
        (2) In the 180-day period prior to dissolution, the 
    hospital board shall be vested with the powers to wrap up 
    the affairs of the closed hospital under subsection (b) of 
    this Section, and to transfer any remaining hospital funds 
    under subsection (c) of this Section.
    (b) Wrapping up the affairs of the Wood River Township 
Hospital.
        (1) Within the first 10 business days of the 180-day 
    period provided in paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of this 
    Section, the chairman of the hospital board shall cause an 
    audit of all claims against the Wood River Township 
    Hospital, all receipts of the Wood River Township Hospital, 
    the inventory of all real and personal property owned by 
    the Wood River Township Hospital or under its control or 
    management, and any debts owed by the Wood River Township 
    Hospital. The chairman may, at his or her discretion, 
    undertake any other audit of the Wood River Township 
    Hospital. The person or entity conducting such audit shall 
    report the findings of the audit to the hospital board 
    within 30 days.
        (2) Following the return of the audit provided in 
    paragraph (1) of this subsection, the hospital board shall:
            (i) Pay the debts, obligations, and liabilities of 
        the Wood River Township Hospital that are outstanding 
        upon completion of the audit in paragraph (1) of this 
        subsection  and all necessary expenses of closing up the 
        affairs of the Wood River Township Hospital.
            (ii) Enter into an agreement with a hospital within 
        Madison County to ensure all patient records are 
        properly transferred.  If no hospital in Madison County 
        is able or willing to accept the records, the records 
        may be transferred to a hospital within a neighboring 
        county contiguous to Madison County. The Wood River 
        Township Hospital will be responsible for paying a 
        reasonable service fee to the hospital that accepts and 
        retains records pursuant to this subsection. Following 
        successful transfer of the patient records, the 
        receiving hospital shall retain and destroy the 
        transferred patient records in accordance with the 
        receiving hospital's record retention schedule and 
        policies.
            (iii) Sell the property of the Wood River Township 
        Hospital if any excess remains after all the 
        liabilities of the Wood River Township Hospital are 
        paid.
    (c) Transfer of surplus funds. If any funds are available, 
the hospital board shall transfer, no later than 10 business 
days prior to the conclusion of the 180-day period provided in 
subsection (a) of this Section, all surplus funds, if any, to 
the Madison County Treasurer to be maintained in the Wood River 
Township Hospital Fund and be disposed of pursuant to 
subsection (d) of this Section.
    If any liabilities remain, the funds available shall be set 
apart by the Madison County Treasurer and held for the purpose 
of retiring such liabilities.
    (d) Payment of remaining liabilities and disposal of 
surplus funds. The Madison County Clerk shall pay any remaining 
liabilities of the Wood River Township Hospital from the Wood 
River Township Hospital Fund. After all the liabilities of the 
Wood River Township Hospital are paid, the Madison County Clerk 
shall distribute any funds remaining in the Wood River Township 
Hospital Fund to the property owners in Wood River Township as 
of the date of dissolution of Wood River Township Hospital. The 
distribution shall be proportional to the assessed value of the 
property in the 2005 levy year.
    (e) Outstanding indebtedness.
        (1) In the event that the Wood River Township Hospital 
    has notes outstanding which are a lien on funds available 
    in the Wood River Township Hospital Fund at the time of 
    dissolution, such lien shall be unimpaired by such 
    dissolution and the lien shall continue in favor of the 
    note holders.
        (2) In the event that the Wood River Township Hospital 
    has unsecured debts outstanding at the time of dissolution, 
    any funds in the Wood River Township Hospital Fund or 
    otherwise available and not committed shall, to the extent 
    necessary, be applied to the payment of such debts.
        (3) Madison County may levy a tax, on behalf of the 
    Wood River Township Hospital, upon all taxable real 
    property located in Wood River Township for the purpose of 
    paying the outstanding debts and obligations of the Wood 
    River Township Hospital.
    (f) Tax collection and enforcement. The dissolution of the 
Wood River Township Hospital shall not adversely affect 
proceedings for the collection or enforcement of any tax. Those 
proceedings shall continue to finality as though no dissolution 
had taken place. The proceeds thereof shall be paid over to the 
Madison County Treasurer to be transferred pursuant to 
subsection (c) of this Section. Proceedings to collect and 
enforce such taxes may be instituted and carried on in the name 
of the Wood River Township Hospital. 
    (g) Litigation. All suits pending in any court on behalf of 
or against the Wood River Township Hospital may be prosecuted 
or defended in the name of Madison County by the State's 
attorney. All judgments obtained for the Wood River Township 
Hospital  shall be collected and enforced by Madison County and 
transferred and disposed of pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) 
of this Section respectively.
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.

Effective Date:  11/13/2013