Public Act 097-0583
 
HB3425 EnrolledLRB097 10956 RLJ 51562 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 Mid-America Medical District Act is amended  
by changing Sections 5 and 10 and  by adding Section 32 as 
follows:
 
    (70 ILCS 930/5)

    Sec. 5. Creation of District.  There is created in the City 
of East St. Louis
a medical center district, the Mid-America 
Medical District, whose
boundaries are Martin Luther King Drive 
on the Northeast, 10th Street up to Trendley Avenue on the 
Southeast, Trendley Avenue and the confluence of I-64, I-70, 
and I-55 on the Southwest and West, and a line north of 
Collinsville, parallel to Collinsville, so as to include both 
sides of Collinsville on the Northwest, excluding any part of 
the City Hall complex and any property belonging to the federal 
government.
The boundaries of the Mid-America Medical District 
shall also include the corporate boundaries of the City of 
Belleville and the City of O'Fallon. The District is created to 
attract and retain academic centers of excellence,
viable 
health care facilities, medical research facilities, emerging 
high
technology enterprises, and other facilities and uses as 
permitted by this
Act.

(Source: P.A. 94-1036, eff. 1-1-07.)
 
    (70 ILCS 930/10)

    Sec. 10. Mid-America Medical District Commission. 
    (a) There is created a body politic and corporate under
the 
corporate name of the Mid-America Medical District Commission

whose general purpose, in addition to and not in limitation of

those purposes and powers set forth in this Act, is to:

        (1) maintain the proper surroundings for a medical 
    center and a related
technology center in order to attract, 
    stabilize, and retain within the
District hospitals, 
    clinics, research facilities, educational facilities, or

    other facilities permitted under this Act; and


        (2) provide for the orderly creation, maintenance, 
    development, and
expansion of (i) health care
facilities 
    and other ancillary or related facilities that the 
    Commission may
from time to time determine are established 
    and operated (A) for any aspect of
the carrying out of the 
    Commission's purposes as set forth in this Act, (B) for
the 
    study, diagnosis, and treatment of human ailments and 
    injuries, whether
physical or mental, or (C) to promote 
    medical, surgical, and scientific
research and knowledge 
    as permitted under this Act; and (ii) medical research
and 
    high technology parks, together with the necessary lands, 
    buildings,
facilities, equipment, and personal property 
    for those parks; and .

        (3) convene dialogue among leaders in the public and
     
    the private sectors on topics and issues associated with 
    training in the delivery of health care services within the 
    District's program area. 
    (b) The Commission has perpetual succession and the power

to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued except 
in actions
sounding in tort, to plead and be impleaded, to have 
and use a common
seal, and to alter the same at pleasure. All 
actions sounding in tort
against the Commission shall be 
prosecuted in the Court of Claims. The
principal office of the 
Commission shall be located within the District in the City of 
East St. Louis. The Commission shall obtain, under the

provisions of the Personnel Code, such personnel as the 
Commission shall
deem advisable to carry out the purposes of 
this Act and the work of the
Commission.

    (c) The
Commission  shall  consist of 15 9 appointed members 
and 3 ex-officio members. Three members shall be appointed by 
the Governor.  Three members shall be appointed by the Mayor of 
East St. Louis, with the consent of the city council.  Three 
members shall be appointed by the Chairman of the County Board 
of St. Clair County. Three members shall be appointed by the 
Mayor of the City of Belleville with the advice and consent of 
the corporate authorities of the City of Belleville. Three 
members shall be appointed by the Mayor of the City of O'Fallon 
with the advice and consent of the corporate authorities of the 
City of O'Fallon. All appointed members shall hold office for a 
term of 3 years ending on December 31, and until their 
successors are appointed; except that of the initial appointed 
members, each appointing authority shall designate one 
appointee to serve for a term ending  December 31, 2007, one 
appointee to serve for a term ending  December 31, 2008, and one 
appointee to serve for a term ending  December 31, 2009. Of the 
initial members appointed by the Mayor of the City of 
Belleville, with the advice and consent of the corporate 
authorities of the City of Belleville, the Mayor shall 
designate one appointee to serve for a term ending December 31, 
2011, one appointee to serve for a term ending December 31, 
2012, and one appointee to serve for a term ending December 31, 
2013. Of the initial members appointed by the Mayor of the City 
of O'Fallon, with the advice and consent of the corporate 
authorities of the City of O'Fallon, the Mayor shall designate 
one appointee to serve for a term ending December 31, 2011, one 
appointee to serve for a term ending December 31, 2012, and one 
appointee to serve for a term ending December 31, 2013. 
    The Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity or his or 
her designee, the Director of Public Health or his or her 
designee, and the Secretary of Human Services or his or her 
designee shall serve as ex-officio members.

    (d) Any vacancy in the appointed membership of the 
Commission
occurring by reason of the death, resignation, 
disqualification, removal,
or inability or refusal to act of 
any of the members of the Commission
shall be filled by the 
authority that had appointed the particular member,
and for the 
unexpired term of office of that particular member.

    (e) The Commission shall hold regular meetings annually for 
the election of
a President, Vice-President, Secretary, and 
Treasurer, for the adoption of a
budget, and for such other 
business as may properly come before it.  The Commission shall 
establish the duties and responsibilities of its officers
by 
rule.  The President or any 9 3 members of the Commission
may 
call special meetings of the Commission.  Each Commissioner 
shall take an
oath of office for the faithful performance of 
his or her duties.  The
Commission may
not transact business at 
a meeting of the Commission unless there is present at
the 
meeting a quorum consisting of at least 7
 Commissioners.  
Meetings may be held
by
telephone conference or other 
communications equipment by means of which all
persons 
participating in the meeting can communicate with each other.

    (f) The Commission shall submit to the General Assembly, 
not later than
March 1 of each odd-numbered year, a detailed 
report covering its
operations for the 2 preceding calendar 
years and a statement of its
program for the next 2 years.

    The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall 
be satisfied
by filing copies of the report with the Speaker, 
the Minority Leader, and
the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives and the President, the Minority
Leader, and the 
Secretary of the Senate and with the Legislative Research
Unit, 
as required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization 
Act,
and by filing such additional copies with the State 
Government Report
Distribution Center for the General Assembly 
as is required under paragraph
(t) of Section 7 of the State 
Library Act.

    (g) The Auditor General shall conduct audits of the 
Commission in the same
manner as the Auditor General conducts 
audits of State agencies under the
Illinois State Auditing Act.

    (h) Neither the Commission nor the District have any power 
to tax.

    (i) The Commission is a public body and subject to the Open 
Meetings Act and
the Freedom of Information Act.

(Source: P.A. 94-1036, eff. 1-1-07.)
 
    (70 ILCS 930/32 new)
    Sec. 32. Bonds. To obtain the funds necessary for financing 
the acquisition of land, for the acquisition, construction, 
maintenance, and rehabilitation of facilities and equipment 
within the District, and for the operation of the District as 
set forth in this Act, the Commission may borrow money from any 
public or private agency, department, corporation, or person. 
In evidence of and as security for funds borrowed, the 
Commission may issue revenue bonds in its corporate capacity to 
be payable from the revenues derived from the operation of the 
institutions or buildings owned, leased, or operated by or on 
behalf of the Commission, but the bonds shall in no event 
constitute an indebtedness of the Commission or a claim against 
the property of the Commission. The bonds may be issued in any 
denominations as may be expedient, in any amounts, and at any 
rates of interest as the Commission shall deem necessary to 
provide sufficient funds to pay all the costs authorized under 
this Section. The bonds shall be executed by the President of 
the Commission, attested by the Secretary, and sealed with the 
Commission's corporate seal. If either of those officers of the 
Commission who shall have signed or attested any of the bonds 
shall cease to be an officer before delivery of the bonds, the 
signature of the officer shall be valid and sufficient to the 
same effect as if the officer had remained in office at the 
time of delivery. The Commission shall furnish the State 
Comptroller with a record of all bonds issued under this Act.
 

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