98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2815

 

Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
70 ILCS 1005/15 new

    Amends the Mosquito Abatement District Act. Creates a new Section that provides for the cessation of the Des Plaines Valley Mosquito Abatement District, North Shore Mosquito Abatement District, Northwest Mosquito Abatement District, and South Cook County Mosquito Abatement District. Provides that the terms of existing trustees of the 4 mosquito abatement district boards expire on January 1, 2015. Provides for transfer of the powers, duties, employees, property, records, and unexpended revenues of the 4 mosquito abatement districts to the Cook County Department of Environmental Control. Provides for a Cook County Mosquito Abatement Advisory Board composed of 5 members. Provides that the Board of Commissioners of Cook County may pass a resolution or ordinance assigning the powers and duties transferred under this Act to another unit of county government. Effective immediately.


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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,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Mosquito Abatement District Act is amended
5by adding Section 15 as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 1005/15 new)
7    Sec. 15. Cessation of the Des Plaines Valley Mosquito
8Abatement District, North Shore Mosquito Abatement District,
9Northwest Mosquito Abatement District, and South Cook County
10Mosquito Abatement District.
11    On January 1, 2015, the Des Plaines Valley, North Shore,
12Northwest, and South Cook County Mosquito Abatement Districts
13shall cease.
14    (a) On and after the effective date of this amendatory Act
15of the 98th General Assembly, no new trustees may be appointed
16to the boards of the Des Plaines Valley Mosquito Abatement
17District, the North Shore Mosquito Abatement District, the
18Northwest Mosquito Abatement District, or the South Cook County
19Mosquito Abatement District. Those trustees serving on the
20effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General
21Assembly shall continue in office until January 1, 2015, when
22their terms shall end.
23    (b) On and after January 1, 2015, the Cook County

 

 

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1Department of Environmental Control shall exercise the powers
2of a mosquito abatement district under the Mosquito Abatement
3District Act within the areas served by the former mosquito
4abatement districts, except that it shall not exercise the
5taxing authority provided under Section 9 of the Act.
6    (c) The personnel of the former mosquito abatement
7districts shall be transferred to the Cook County Department of
8Environmental Control. The rights of the employees, and Cook
9County and its agencies, under any applicable contracts or
10collective bargaining agreements, or under any pension,
11retirement, or annuity plan, shall not be affected by this
12amendatory Act.
13    (d) All books, records, papers, documents, property (real
14and personal), unexpended appropriations, and pending business
15pertaining to the rights, powers, and duties transferred by
16this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly from the
17former mosquito abatement districts, including but not limited
18to material in electronic or magnetic format and necessary
19computer hardware and software, shall be delivered to the Cook
20County Department of Environmental Control, pursuant to the
21direction of the Director of the Department. The Cook County
22Department of Environmental Control shall have the authority to
23sell or dispose of the property of the former mosquito
24abatement districts to help it fulfill its responsibilities
25under this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
26    (e) All unexpended revenues and other funds available for

 

 

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1use by the former mosquito abatement districts shall be
2transferred for use by the Cook County Department of
3Environmental Control, pursuant to the direction of the
4Director of the Department. Unexpended revenues so transferred
5shall be expended only for the purposes for which the revenues
6were originally collected.
7    (f) Whenever reports or notices are now required to be made
8or given, or papers or documents furnished or served by any
9person to or upon one of the former mosquito abatement
10districts, the same shall be made, given, furnished, or served
11in the same manner to or upon the Cook County Department of
12Environmental Control.
13    (g) This amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly does
14not affect any act done, ratified, or canceled, or any right
15occurring or established, or any action or proceeding had or
16commenced in an administrative, civil, or criminal cause by the
17former mosquito abatement districts before this amendatory Act
18of the 98th General Assembly takes effect; such actions or
19proceedings may be prosecuted and continued by the Cook County
20Department of Environmental Control.
21    (h) On January 1, 2015, a Cook County Mosquito Abatement
22Advisory Board is created, composed of 5 members. The President
23of the Board of Commissioners of Cook County shall appoint 4
24members, each residing in a different one of the 4 areas served
25by the former mosquito abatement districts, plus one additional
26member as the chairperson of the Advisory Board. The Advisory

 

 

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1Board shall meet at the call of the chairperson, and its
2members shall serve without compensation.
3    (i) The Board of Commissioners of Cook County may by
4ordinance or resolution provide that the powers and duties
5transferred under this amendatory Act of the 98th General
6Assembly be transferred to another unit of county government.
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8becoming law.