Full Text of HB3425 97th General Assembly
HB3425ham001 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Thomas Holbrook Filed: 3/8/2011
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3425
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3425 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Mid-America Medical District Act is amended | 5 | | by changing Sections 5 and 10 and by adding Section 32 as | 6 | | follows: | 7 | | (70 ILCS 930/5)
| 8 | | Sec. 5. Creation of District. There is created in the City | 9 | | of East St. Louis
a medical center district, the Mid-America | 10 | | Medical District, whose
boundaries are Martin Luther King Drive | 11 | | on the Northeast, 10th Street up to Trendley Avenue on the | 12 | | Southeast, Trendley Avenue and the confluence of I-64, I-70, | 13 | | and I-55 on the Southwest and West, and a line north of | 14 | | Collinsville, parallel to Collinsville, so as to include both | 15 | | sides of Collinsville on the Northwest, excluding any part of | 16 | | the City Hall complex and any property belonging to the federal |
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| 1 | | government.
The boundaries of the Mid-America Medical District | 2 | | shall also include the corporate boundaries of the City of | 3 | | Belleville. The District is created to attract and retain | 4 | | academic centers of excellence,
viable health care facilities, | 5 | | medical research facilities, emerging high
technology | 6 | | enterprises, and other facilities and uses as permitted by this
| 7 | | Act.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 94-1036, eff. 1-1-07.) | 9 | | (70 ILCS 930/10)
| 10 | | Sec. 10. Mid-America Medical District Commission. | 11 | | (a) There is created a body politic and corporate under
the | 12 | | corporate name of the Mid-America Medical District Commission
| 13 | | whose general purpose, in addition to and not in limitation of
| 14 | | those purposes and powers set forth in this Act, is to:
| 15 | | (1) maintain the proper surroundings for a medical | 16 | | center and a related
technology center in order to attract, | 17 | | stabilize, and retain within the
District hospitals, | 18 | | clinics, research facilities, educational facilities, or
| 19 | | other facilities permitted under this Act; and
| 20 | | (2) provide for the orderly creation, maintenance, | 21 | | development, and
expansion of (i) health care
facilities | 22 | | and other ancillary or related facilities that the | 23 | | Commission may
from time to time determine are established | 24 | | and operated (A) for any aspect of
the carrying out of the | 25 | | Commission's purposes as set forth in this Act, (B) for
the |
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| 1 | | study, diagnosis, and treatment of human ailments and | 2 | | injuries, whether
physical or mental, or (C) to promote | 3 | | medical, surgical, and scientific
research and knowledge | 4 | | as permitted under this Act; and (ii) medical research
and | 5 | | high technology parks, together with the necessary lands, | 6 | | buildings,
facilities, equipment, and personal property | 7 | | for those parks ; and .
| 8 | | (3) convene dialogue among leaders in the public and
| 9 | | the private sectors on topics and issues associated with | 10 | | training in the delivery of health care services within the | 11 | | District's program area. | 12 | | (b) The Commission has perpetual succession and the power
| 13 | | to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued except | 14 | | in actions
sounding in tort, to plead and be impleaded, to have | 15 | | and use a common
seal, and to alter the same at pleasure. All | 16 | | actions sounding in tort
against the Commission shall be | 17 | | prosecuted in the Court of Claims. The
principal office of the | 18 | | Commission shall be located within the District in the City of | 19 | | East St. Louis . The Commission shall obtain, under the
| 20 | | provisions of the Personnel Code, such personnel as the | 21 | | Commission shall
deem advisable to carry out the purposes of | 22 | | this Act and the work of the
Commission.
| 23 | | (c) The
Commission shall consist of 12 9 appointed members | 24 | | and 3 ex-officio members. Three members shall be appointed by | 25 | | the Governor. Three members shall be appointed by the Mayor of | 26 | | East St. Louis, with the consent of the city council. Three |
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| 1 | | members shall be appointed by the Chairman of the County Board | 2 | | of St. Clair County. Three members shall be appointed by the | 3 | | Mayor of the City of Belleville with the advice and consent of | 4 | | the corporate authorities of the City of Belleville. All | 5 | | appointed members shall hold office for a term of 3 years | 6 | | ending on December 31, and until their successors are | 7 | | appointed; except that of the initial appointed members, each | 8 | | appointing authority shall designate one appointee to serve for | 9 | | a term ending December 31, 2007, one appointee to serve for a | 10 | | term ending December 31, 2008, and one appointee to serve for a | 11 | | term ending December 31, 2009. Of the initial members appointed | 12 | | by the Mayor of the City of Belleville, with the advice and | 13 | | consent of the corporate authorities of the City of Belleville, | 14 | | the Mayor shall designate one appointee to serve for a term | 15 | | ending December 31, 2011, one appointee to serve for a term | 16 | | ending December 31, 2012, and one appointee to serve for a term | 17 | | ending December 31, 2013. | 18 | | The Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity or his or | 19 | | her designee, the Director of Public Health or his or her | 20 | | designee, and the Secretary of Human Services or his or her | 21 | | designee shall serve as ex-officio members.
| 22 | | (d) Any vacancy in the appointed membership of the | 23 | | Commission
occurring by reason of the death, resignation, | 24 | | disqualification, removal,
or inability or refusal to act of | 25 | | any of the members of the Commission
shall be filled by the | 26 | | authority that had appointed the particular member,
and for the |
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| 1 | | unexpired term of office of that particular member.
| 2 | | (e) The Commission shall hold regular meetings annually for | 3 | | the election of
a President, Vice-President, Secretary, and | 4 | | Treasurer, for the adoption of a
budget, and for such other | 5 | | business as may properly come before it. The Commission shall | 6 | | establish the duties and responsibilities of its officers
by | 7 | | rule. The President or any 6 3 members of the Commission
may | 8 | | call special meetings of the Commission. Each Commissioner | 9 | | shall take an
oath of office for the faithful performance of | 10 | | his or her duties. The
Commission may
not transact business at | 11 | | a meeting of the Commission unless there is present at
the | 12 | | meeting a quorum consisting of at least 7
Commissioners. | 13 | | Meetings may be held
by
telephone conference or other | 14 | | communications equipment by means of which all
persons | 15 | | participating in the meeting can communicate with each other.
| 16 | | (f) The Commission shall submit to the General Assembly, | 17 | | not later than
March 1 of each odd-numbered year, a detailed | 18 | | report covering its
operations for the 2 preceding calendar | 19 | | years and a statement of its
program for the next 2 years.
| 20 | | The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall | 21 | | be satisfied
by filing copies of the report with the Speaker, | 22 | | the Minority Leader, and
the Clerk of the House of | 23 | | Representatives and the President, the Minority
Leader, and the | 24 | | Secretary of the Senate and with the Legislative Research
Unit, | 25 | | as required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization | 26 | | Act,
and by filing such additional copies with the State |
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| 1 | | Government Report
Distribution Center for the General Assembly | 2 | | as is required under paragraph
(t) of Section 7 of the State | 3 | | Library Act.
| 4 | | (g) The Auditor General shall conduct audits of the | 5 | | Commission in the same
manner as the Auditor General conducts | 6 | | audits of State agencies under the
Illinois State Auditing Act.
| 7 | | (h) Neither the Commission nor the District have any power | 8 | | to tax.
| 9 | | (i) The Commission is a public body and subject to the Open | 10 | | Meetings Act and
the Freedom of Information Act.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 94-1036, eff. 1-1-07.) | 12 | | (70 ILCS 930/32 new) | 13 | | Sec. 32. Bonds. To obtain the funds necessary for financing | 14 | | the acquisition of land, for the acquisition, construction, | 15 | | maintenance, and rehabilitation of facilities and equipment | 16 | | within the District, and for the operation of the District as | 17 | | set forth in this Act, the Commission may borrow money from any | 18 | | public or private agency, department, corporation, or person. | 19 | | In evidence of and as security for funds borrowed, the | 20 | | Commission may issue revenue bonds in its corporate capacity to | 21 | | be payable from the revenues derived from the operation of the | 22 | | institutions or buildings owned, leased, or operated by or on | 23 | | behalf of the Commission, but the bonds shall in no event | 24 | | constitute an indebtedness of the Commission or a claim against | 25 | | the property of the Commission. The bonds may be issued in any |
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| 1 | | denominations as may be expedient, in any amounts, and at any | 2 | | rates of interest as the Commission shall deem necessary to | 3 | | provide sufficient funds to pay all the costs authorized under | 4 | | this Section. The bonds shall be executed by the President of | 5 | | the Commission, attested by the Secretary, and sealed with the | 6 | | Commission's corporate seal. If either of those officers of the | 7 | | Commission who shall have signed or attested any of the bonds | 8 | | shall cease to be an officer before delivery of the bonds, the | 9 | | signature of the officer shall be valid and sufficient to the | 10 | | same effect as if the officer had remained in office at the | 11 | | time of delivery. The Commission shall furnish the State | 12 | | Comptroller with a record of all bonds issued under this Act.
| 13 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 14 | | becoming law.".
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