Full Text of SB2377 100th General Assembly
SB2377sam001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Napoleon Harris, III Filed: 4/20/2018
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2377
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2377 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Medical District Act is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 2 as follows:
| 6 | | (70 ILCS 915/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5002)
| 7 | | Sec. 2. Illinois Medical District Commission.
| 8 | | (a) There is hereby created a political subdivision, unit | 9 | | of local government, body politic and corporate under
the | 10 | | corporate name of Illinois Medical District Commission,
| 11 | | hereinafter called the
Commission, whose general purpose in | 12 | | addition to and not in limitation of
those purposes and powers | 13 | | set forth in other Sections of this Act shall be to:
| 14 | | (1) maintain the proper surroundings for a medical | 15 | | center and a related
technology center in order to attract, | 16 | | stabilize, and retain therein
hospitals, clinics, research |
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| 1 | | facilities, educational facilities, or other
facilities | 2 | | permitted under this Act;
| 3 | | (2) provide for the orderly creation and expansion of | 4 | | (i) various
county, and local governmental facilities as | 5 | | permitted under this Act,
including, but not limited to, | 6 | | juvenile detention facilities, (ii)
other ancillary or | 7 | | related facilities which the Commission may from time to
| 8 | | time determine are established and operated for any aspect | 9 | | of the carrying
out of the Commission's purposes as set | 10 | | forth in this Act, or are
established and operated for the | 11 | | study, diagnosis, and treatment of human
ailments and | 12 | | injuries, whether physical or mental, or to promote | 13 | | medical,
surgical, and scientific research and knowledge | 14 | | as permitted under this Act,
(iii) medical research and | 15 | | high technology parks, together with the
necessary lands, | 16 | | buildings, facilities, equipment, and personal property
| 17 | | therefore, and (iv) other facility development to generate | 18 | | and maintain revenue streams sufficient to fund the | 19 | | operations of the Commission and for the District, and to | 20 | | provide for any cash reserves as the Commission shall deem | 21 | | prudent.
| 22 | | (b) The Commission shall have perpetual succession, power
| 23 | | to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued in its | 24 | | corporate name, but judgment shall not in any case be issued | 25 | | against any property of the Commission, to have and use a | 26 | | common
seal, and to alter the same at pleasure. All actions |
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| 1 | | sounding in tort
against the Commission shall be prosecuted in | 2 | | the Court of Claims. The
principal office of the Commission | 3 | | shall be in the city of Chicago, and
the Commission may | 4 | | establish such other offices within the state of
Illinois at | 5 | | such places as to the Commission shall seem advisable. Such
| 6 | | Commission shall consist of 7 members, 4 of whom shall be | 7 | | appointed by the
Governor, 2 by the Mayor of Chicago, and one | 8 | | by the President of the County
Board of Cook County. All | 9 | | members shall hold office for a term of 5 years
and until their | 10 | | successors are appointed as provided in this
Act; provided, | 11 | | that as soon as possible after the effective date of this
| 12 | | amendatory Act, the Governor shall appoint 4 members for terms
| 13 | | expiring, respectively, on June 30, 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1955. | 14 | | The terms
of all members heretofore appointed by the Governor | 15 | | shall expire upon
the commencement of the terms of the members | 16 | | appointed pursuant to this
amendatory Act. Any vacancy in the | 17 | | membership of the Commission
occurring by reason of the death, | 18 | | resignation, disqualification, removal
or inability or refusal | 19 | | to act of any of the members of the Commission
shall be filled | 20 | | by the person who had appointed the particular member,
and for | 21 | | the unexpired term of office of that particular member. A | 22 | | vacancy
caused by the expiration of the period for which the | 23 | | member was appointed
shall be filled by a new appointment for a | 24 | | term of 5 years from the date of
such expiration of the prior 5 | 25 | | year term notwithstanding when such
appointment is actually | 26 | | made. The Commission shall obtain such personnel as to the |
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| 1 | | Commission shall
seem advisable to carry out the purposes of | 2 | | this Act and the work of the
Commission. The Commission shall | 3 | | appoint, by and with the consent of the Attorney General, a | 4 | | general attorney for the District. The general attorney shall | 5 | | be under the control, direction, and supervision of the | 6 | | Attorney General and shall serve at his or her pleasure may | 7 | | appoint a General Attorney and define the
duties of that | 8 | | General Attorney .
| 9 | | The Commission shall hold regular meetings annually for the | 10 | | election
of a president, vice-president, secretary, and | 11 | | treasurer and for the
adoption of a budget. Special meetings | 12 | | may be called by the President or
by any 2 members. Each member | 13 | | shall take an oath of office for the
faithful performance of | 14 | | his duties. Four members of the Commission shall
constitute a | 15 | | quorum for the transaction of business.
| 16 | | The Commission shall submit, to the General Assembly not | 17 | | later than
March 1 of each odd-numbered year, a detailed report | 18 | | covering its
operations for the 2 preceding calendar years and | 19 | | 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 the Legislative Research
Unit, as | 25 | | required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization | 26 | | Act,
and 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 | | (Source: P.A. 97-825, eff. 7-18-12.)
| 5 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 6 | | becoming law.".
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