SB3514enr 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB3514 Enrolled LRB097 15727 CEL 60871 b

AN ACT concerning government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Illinois Medical District Act is amended by changing Sections 2, 4, 5, and 10 as follows:

(70 ILCS 915/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5002)

Sec. 2. Illinois Medical District Commission.

(a) There is hereby created a political subdivision, unit of local government, body politic and corporate under the corporate name of Illinois Medical District Commission, hereinafter called the Commission, whose general purpose in addition to and not in limitation of those purposes and powers set forth in other Sections of this Act shall be to:

(1) maintain the proper surroundings for a medical center and a related technology center in order to attract, stabilize, and retain therein hospitals, clinics, research facilities, educational facilities, or other facilities permitted under this Act;

(2) provide for the orderly creation and expansion of (i) various county, and local governmental facilities as permitted under this Act, including, but not limited to, juvenile detention facilities, (ii) other ancillary or related facilities which the Commission may from time to time determine are established and operated for any aspect of the carrying out of the Commission's purposes as set forth in this Act, or are established and operated for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of human ailments and injuries, whether physical or mental, or to promote medical, surgical, and scientific research and knowledge as permitted under this Act, and (iii) medical research and high technology parks, together with the necessary lands, buildings, facilities, equipment, and personal property therefore, and (iv) other facility development to generate and maintain revenue streams sufficient to fund the operations of the Commission and for the District, and to provide for any cash reserves as the Commission shall deem prudent.

(b) The Commission shall have perpetual succession, power to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued in its corporate name, but judgment shall not in any case be issued against any property of the Commission 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 in the city of Chicago, and the Commission may establish such other offices within the state of Illinois at such places as to the Commission shall seem advisable. Such Commission shall consist of 7 members, 4 of whom shall be appointed by the Governor, 2 by the Mayor of Chicago, and one by the President of the County Board of Cook County. All members shall hold office for a term of 5 years and until their successors are appointed as provided in this Act; provided, that as soon as possible after the effective date of this amendatory Act, the Governor shall appoint 4 members for terms expiring, respectively, on June 30, 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1955. The terms of all members heretofore appointed by the Governor shall expire upon the commencement of the terms of the members appointed pursuant to this amendatory Act. Any vacancy in the 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 person who had appointed the particular member, and for the unexpired term of office of that particular member. A vacancy caused by the expiration of the period for which the member was appointed shall be filled by a new appointment for a term of 5 years from the date of such expiration of the prior 5 year term notwithstanding when such appointment is actually made. The Commission shall obtain, pursuant to the provisions of the Personnel Code, such personnel as to the Commission shall seem advisable to carry out the purposes of this Act and the work of the Commission. The Commission may appoint a General Attorney and define the duties of that General Attorney.

The Commission shall hold regular meetings annually for the election of a president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer and for the adoption of a budget. Special meetings may be called by the President or by any 2 members. Each member shall take an oath of office for the faithful performance of his duties. Four members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

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 the Legislative Research Unit, as required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act, and 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.

(Source: P.A. 89-356, eff. 8-17-95.)

(70 ILCS 915/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5005)

Sec. 4. The Commission may, in its corporate capacity, construct or cause or permit to be constructed in such District, hospitals, sanitariums, clinics, laboratories, or any other institution, building or structure or other ancillary or related facilities which the Commission may, from time to time, determine are established and operated for the carrying out of any aspect of the Commission's purpose as set forth in this Act, or are established and operated for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of human ailments and injuries, whether physical or mental, or to promote medical, surgical, and scientific research and knowledge, or for any uses the Commission shall determine will support and nurture facilities, and uses permitted by this Act, or for such nursing, extended care, or other facilities as the Commission shall find useful in the study of, research in, or treatment of illnesses or infirmities peculiar to aged people, after a public hearing to be held by any Commissioner or other person authorized by the Commission to conduct the same, which Commissioner or other person shall have the power to administer oaths and affirmations and take the testimony of witnesses and receive such documentary evidence as shall be pertinent, the record of which hearing he shall certify to the Commission, which record shall become part of the records of the Commission, notice of the time, place, and purpose of such hearings to be given by a single publication notice in a secular newspaper of general circulation in the city of Chicago at least ten days prior to the date of such hearing, or for such institutions as shall engage in the training, education, or rehabilitation of persons who by reason of illness or physical infirmity are wholly or partially deprived of their powers of vision or hearing or of the use of such other part or parts of their bodies as prevent them from pursuing normal activities of life, or office buildings for physicians or dealers in medical accessories, or dormitories, homes or residences for the medical profession, including interns, nurses, students or other officers or employees of the institutions within the District, or for the use of relatives of patients in the hospitals or other institutions within the District, or for the rehabilitation or establishment of residential structures within a currently effective historic district properly designated under a federal statute or a State or local statute that has been certified by the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of the Treasury as containing criteria which will substantially achieve the purpose of preserving and rehabilitating buildings of historic significance to the district, or in the area of such District located west of South Damen Avenue and north of West Polk Street, commonly known as the Chicago Technology Park or such other areas of the District as the Commission shall designate, for research, development and resultant production, in any of the fields of medicine, chemistry, pharmaceuticals, physics and genetically engineered products, for biotechnology, information technology, medical technology, or environmental technology, or for the research and development of engineering or for computer technology related to any of the purposes for which the Commission may construct structures and improvements within the District. All such structures and improvements shall be erected and constructed in accordance with the Illinois Purchasing Act, to the same extent as if the Commission were a Code Department. The Commission shall administer and exercise ultimate authority with respect to the development and operation of the Chicago Technology Park, and any extensions or expansion thereof. In addition, the Commission may create a development area within the area of the District located south of Roosevelt Road, called the District Development Area in this Act. Within the District Development Area the Commission may cause to be acquired or constructed commercial and other types of development, public and private, if the Commission determines that the commercial developments are ancillary to and necessary for the support of facilities within the District and any other purposes of the District, after a public hearing held by a commissioner or the person authorized by the Commission to conduct the hearing. The Commissioner or other authorized persons shall have the power to administer oaths and affirmations, take the testimony of witnesses, receive pertinent evidence, and certify the record of the hearing to the Commission. The record of the hearing shall become part of the Commissions records. Notice of the time, place, and purpose of the hearing shall be given by a single publication notice in a secular newspaper of general circulation in the City of Chicago at least 10 days before the date of the hearing. In addition to the powers set forth above, the Commission may sell, lease, develop, operate, and manage for any person, firm, partnership, or corporation, either public or private, all or any part of the land, buildings, facilities, equipment, or other property included in the District Development Area and any medical research and high technology park or the designated commercial development area upon the terms and conditions the Commission may deem advisable, and may enter into any contract or agreement with any person, firm, partnership, or corporation, either public or private, or any combination of the foregoing, as may be necessary or suitable for the creation, marketing, development, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, financing, operation and maintenance, and management of the District Development Area and any technology park or designated commercial development area; and may sell or lease to any person, firm, partnership, or corporation, either public or private, any part or all of the land, building, facilities, equipment, or other property of the park or the designated commercial development area upon the rentals, terms, and conditions as the Commission may deem advisable; and may finance all or part of the cost of the Commission's development and operation of the District Development Area as well as any park or the designated commercial development area, including the creation, marketing, development, purchase, lease, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, remodeling, addition to, extension, and maintenance of all or part of the high technology park or the designated commercial development area, and all equipment and furnishings, by legislative appropriations, government grants, contracts, private gifts, loans, bonds, receipts from the sale or lease of land for the operation of the District and any high technology park or the designated commercial development area, rentals, and similar receipts or other sources of revenue legally available for these purposes. The Commission shall promulgate rules concerning the procurement of contracts and purchases. The Commission also may defray the expenses of the operation of the District Development Area and technology park, improvements to the District Development Area and technology park, provision of shared services, common facilities and common area expenses, benefiting owners and occupants of property within the District Development Area and the technology park by general assessment, special assessment, or the imposition of service or user fees. As to the entities eligible to be members of the advisory District Member Council, such assessments or impositions may be undertaken only with District Member Council consent as provided in Section 8. For a period of 6 years after July 1, 1995, the Commission may acquire any real and personal property within the Development Area of the District by immediate vesting of title, commonly referred to as "quick-take", pursuant to Sections 7-103 through 7-112 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

(Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

(70 ILCS 915/5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5006)

Sec. 5. To obtain the funds necessary for financing the acquisition of land, the acquisition or construction of any building hereinabove mentioned, and for the operation of the District as is in this Act set forth, the Commission may borrow money from any public or private agency, department, corporation or person, and mortgage, pledge, or otherwise encumber the property or funds of the Commission. 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. Such bonds may be issued in such denominations as may be expedient, and in such amounts and at such rates of interest as the Commission shall deem necessary to provide sufficient funds to pay all the costs of acquiring land, the construction, acquisition, equipping and operation of buildings within the District district, including engineering and other expenses. Such bonds shall be executed by the president of the Commission, attested by the secretary thereof and sealed with the Commission's corporate seal. In case either of said officers of the Commission who shall have signed or attested any of such bonds shall have ceased to be such officer before delivery of such bonds, the signature of such officer shall be valid and sufficient to the same effect as if such officer had remained in office at the time of such delivery. The Commission shall furnish the State Comptroller with a record of all bonds issued under this Act.

(Source: P.A. 89-356, eff. 8-17-95.)

(70 ILCS 915/10) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5020)

Sec. 10. Disposition of money; income fund. The All money received by the Commission from the sale or lease of any property, in excess of such amount expended by the Commission for authorized purposes under this Act or as may be necessary to satisfy the obligation of any revenue bond issued pursuant to Section 5, shall be paid into the State Treasury for deposit into the Medical Center Commission Income Fund provided, however, the Commission is authorized to use all money received from the sale or lease of any property, in excess of the amount as may be necessary to satisfy the obligation of any revenue bond issued pursuant to Section 5 and may also use all money received as rentals for the purposes of planning, acquisition, and development of property within the District and operation, maintenance and improvement of property of the Commission and for all purposes and powers set forth in this Act. Beginning in 1993, not later than July 10 of each year, the Commission shall transmit to the State Treasurer for deposit into the Medical Center Commission Income Fund all monies on hand at June 30 in excess of $350,000 without deduction or offset of any kind, except that the Commission may retain such additional funds as are necessary to pay enforceable contractual obligations existing as of June 30 and which will be paid not later than September 30 of that year. All monies retained for the payment of these obligations and not paid out by September 30, shall be remitted in full to the State Treasury, without deduction or offset of any kind, not later than October 10 of the same year. All monies held pursuant to this Section shall be maintained in a depository approved by the State Treasurer. The Commission shall enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the The Auditor General, who shall, at least biennially, audit or cause to be audited all records and accounts of the Commission pertaining to the operation of the District. The Auditor General shall provide the Commission and the General Assembly with the audits and shall post a copy on his or her website. The Auditor General shall submit a bill to the Commission for costs associated with the review and the audit required under this Section, and the Commission shall reimburse the Auditor General for such costs in a timely manner.

(Source: P.A. 89-356, eff. 8-17-95.)

(70 ILCS 915/5b rep.)

Section 10. The Illinois Medical District Act is amended by repealing Section 5b.

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