Full Text of SB0496 98th General Assembly
SB0496eng 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Township Code is amended by adding Section | 5 | | 170-65 as follows: | 6 | | (60 ILCS 1/170-65 new) | 7 | | Sec. 170-65. Dissolution of the Wood River Township | 8 | | Hospital. | 9 | | (a) Dissolution. | 10 | | (1) The Wood River Township Hospital is dissolved 180 | 11 | | days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | 12 | | 98th General Assembly. | 13 | | (2) In the 180-day period prior to dissolution, the | 14 | | hospital board shall be vested with the powers to wrap up | 15 | | the affairs of the closed hospital under subsection (b) of | 16 | | this Section, and to transfer any remaining hospital funds | 17 | | under subsection (c) of this Section. | 18 | | (b) Wrapping up the affairs of the Wood River Township | 19 | | Hospital. | 20 | | (1) Within the first 10 business days of the 180-day | 21 | | period provided in paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of this | 22 | | Section, the chairman of the hospital board shall cause an | 23 | | audit of all claims against the Wood River Township |
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| 1 | | Hospital, all receipts of the Wood River Township Hospital, | 2 | | the inventory of all real and personal property owned by | 3 | | the Wood River Township Hospital or under its control or | 4 | | management, and any debts owed by the Wood River Township | 5 | | Hospital. The chairman may, at his or her discretion, | 6 | | undertake any other audit of the Wood River Township | 7 | | Hospital. The person or entity conducting such audit shall | 8 | | report the findings of the audit to the hospital board | 9 | | within 30 days. | 10 | | (2) Following the return of the audit provided in | 11 | | paragraph (1) of this subsection, the hospital board shall: | 12 | | (i) Pay the debts, obligations, and liabilities of | 13 | | the Wood River Township Hospital that are outstanding | 14 | | upon completion of the audit in paragraph (1) of this | 15 | | subsection and all necessary expenses of closing up the | 16 | | affairs of the Wood River Township Hospital. | 17 | | (ii) Enter into an agreement with a hospital within | 18 | | Madison County to ensure all patient records are | 19 | | properly transferred. If no hospital in Madison County | 20 | | is able or willing to accept the records, the records | 21 | | may be transferred to a hospital within a neighboring | 22 | | county contiguous to Madison County. The Wood River | 23 | | Township Hospital will be responsible for paying a | 24 | | reasonable service fee to the hospital that accepts and | 25 | | retains records pursuant to this subsection. Following | 26 | | successful transfer of the patient records, the |
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| 1 | | receiving hospital shall retain and destroy the | 2 | | transferred patient records in accordance with the | 3 | | receiving hospital's record retention schedule and | 4 | | policies. | 5 | | (iii) Sell the property of the Wood River Township | 6 | | Hospital if any excess remains after all the | 7 | | liabilities of the Wood River Township Hospital are | 8 | | paid. | 9 | | (c) Transfer of surplus funds. If any funds are available, | 10 | | the hospital board shall transfer, no later than 10 business | 11 | | days prior to the conclusion of the 180-day period provided in | 12 | | subsection (a) of this Section, all surplus funds, if any, to | 13 | | the Madison County Treasurer to be maintained in the Wood River | 14 | | Township Hospital Fund and be disposed of pursuant to | 15 | | subsection (d) of this Section. | 16 | | If any liabilities remain, the funds available shall be set | 17 | | apart by the Madison County Treasurer and held for the purpose | 18 | | of retiring such liabilities. | 19 | | (d) Payment of remaining liabilities and disposal of | 20 | | surplus funds. The Madison County Clerk shall pay any remaining | 21 | | liabilities of the Wood River Township Hospital from the Wood | 22 | | River Township Hospital Fund. After all the liabilities of the | 23 | | Wood River Township Hospital are paid, the Madison County Clerk | 24 | | shall distribute any funds remaining in the Wood River Township | 25 | | Hospital Fund to the property owners in Wood River Township as | 26 | | of the date of dissolution of Wood River Township Hospital. The |
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| 1 | | distribution shall be proportional to the assessed value of the | 2 | | property in the 2005 levy year. | 3 | | (e) Outstanding indebtedness. | 4 | | (1) In the event that the Wood River Township Hospital | 5 | | has notes outstanding which are a lien on funds available | 6 | | in the Wood River Township Hospital Fund at the time of | 7 | | dissolution, such lien shall be unimpaired by such | 8 | | dissolution and the lien shall continue in favor of the | 9 | | note holders. | 10 | | (2) In the event that the Wood River Township Hospital | 11 | | has unsecured debts outstanding at the time of dissolution, | 12 | | any funds in the Wood River Township Hospital Fund or | 13 | | otherwise available and not committed shall, to the extent | 14 | | necessary, be applied to the payment of such debts. | 15 | | (3) Madison County may levy a tax, on behalf of the | 16 | | Wood River Township Hospital, upon all taxable real | 17 | | property located in Wood River Township for the purpose of | 18 | | paying the outstanding debts and obligations of the Wood | 19 | | River Township Hospital. | 20 | | (f) Tax collection and enforcement. The dissolution of the | 21 | | Wood River Township Hospital shall not adversely affect | 22 | | proceedings for the collection or enforcement of any tax. Those | 23 | | proceedings shall continue to finality as though no dissolution | 24 | | had taken place. The proceeds thereof shall be paid over to the | 25 | | Madison County Treasurer to be transferred pursuant to | 26 | | subsection (c) of this Section. Proceedings to collect and |
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| 1 | | enforce such taxes may be instituted and carried on in the name | 2 | | of the Wood River Township Hospital. | 3 | | (g) Litigation. All suits pending in any court on behalf of | 4 | | or against the Wood River Township Hospital may be prosecuted | 5 | | or defended in the name of Madison County by the State's | 6 | | attorney. All judgments obtained for the Wood River Township | 7 | | Hospital shall be collected and enforced by Madison County and | 8 | | transferred and disposed of pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) | 9 | | of this Section respectively.
| 10 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 11 | | becoming law. |
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