Bill Text: IL SB1736 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Medical District Act. Includes within the purposes and powers of the Illinois Medical District Commission the provision of vocational employment and job training enterprises. Requires the Commission to hold at least 4 regular meetings each year, including one annually for the election of Commission officers. Provides that the Commission's comprehensive master plan shall be updated at least every 5 years. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB1736 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SB1736-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning local government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Illinois Medical District Act is amended by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing Sections 2 and 8 as follows:
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6 | (70 ILCS 915/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5002)
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7 | Sec. 2. Illinois Medical District Commission.
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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,
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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:
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | facilities, educational facilities, or other
facilities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | permitted under this Act;
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19 | (2) provide for the orderly creation and expansion of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | (i) various
county, and local governmental facilities as | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | permitted under this Act,
including, but not limited to, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | juvenile detention facilities, (ii)
other ancillary or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | related facilities which the Commission may from time to
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1 | time determine are established and operated for any aspect | ||||||
2 | of the carrying
out of the Commission's purposes as set | ||||||
3 | forth in this Act, or are
established and operated for the | ||||||
4 | study, diagnosis, and treatment of human
ailments and | ||||||
5 | injuries, whether physical or mental, or to promote | ||||||
6 | medical,
surgical, and scientific research and knowledge | ||||||
7 | as permitted under this Act,
(iii) medical research and | ||||||
8 | high technology parks, together with the
necessary lands, | ||||||
9 | buildings, facilities, equipment, and personal property
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10 | therefore, and (iv) other facility development to generate | ||||||
11 | and maintain revenue streams sufficient to fund the | ||||||
12 | operations of the Commission and for the District, and to | ||||||
13 | provide for any cash reserves as the Commission shall deem | ||||||
14 | prudent ; and . | ||||||
15 | (3) provide vocational employment and job training | ||||||
16 | enterprises.
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17 | (b) The Commission shall have perpetual succession, power
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18 | to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued in its | ||||||
19 | corporate name, but judgment shall not in any case be issued | ||||||
20 | against any property of the Commission, to have and use a | ||||||
21 | common
seal, and to alter the same at pleasure. All actions | ||||||
22 | sounding in tort
against the Commission shall be prosecuted in | ||||||
23 | the Court of Claims. The
principal office of the Commission | ||||||
24 | shall be in the city of Chicago, and
the Commission may | ||||||
25 | establish such other offices within the state of
Illinois at | ||||||
26 | such places as to the Commission shall seem advisable. Such
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1 | Commission shall consist of 7 members, 4 of whom shall be | ||||||
2 | appointed by the
Governor, 2 by the Mayor of Chicago, and one | ||||||
3 | by the President of the County
Board of Cook County. All | ||||||
4 | members shall hold office for a term of 5 years
and until their | ||||||
5 | successors are appointed as provided in this
Act; provided, | ||||||
6 | that as soon as possible after the effective date of this
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7 | amendatory Act, the Governor shall appoint 4 members for terms
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8 | expiring, respectively, on June 30, 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1955. | ||||||
9 | The terms
of all members heretofore appointed by the Governor | ||||||
10 | shall expire upon
the commencement of the terms of the members | ||||||
11 | appointed pursuant to this
amendatory Act. Any vacancy in the | ||||||
12 | membership of the Commission
occurring by reason of the death, | ||||||
13 | resignation, disqualification, removal
or inability or refusal | ||||||
14 | to act of any of the members of the Commission
shall be filled | ||||||
15 | by the person who had appointed the particular member,
and for | ||||||
16 | the unexpired term of office of that particular member. A | ||||||
17 | vacancy
caused by the expiration of the period for which the | ||||||
18 | member was appointed
shall be filled by a new appointment for a | ||||||
19 | term of 5 years from the date of
such expiration of the prior 5 | ||||||
20 | year term notwithstanding when such
appointment is actually | ||||||
21 | made. The Commission shall obtain such personnel as to the | ||||||
22 | Commission shall
seem advisable to carry out the purposes of | ||||||
23 | this Act and the work of the
Commission. The Commission may | ||||||
24 | appoint a General Attorney and define the
duties of that | ||||||
25 | General Attorney.
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26 | The Commission shall hold at least 4 regular meetings each |
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1 | year, including one annually for the election
of a president, | ||||||
2 | vice-president, secretary, and treasurer and for the
adoption | ||||||
3 | of a budget. Special meetings may be called by the President or
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4 | by any 2 members. Each member shall take an oath of office for | ||||||
5 | the
faithful performance of his duties. Four members of the | ||||||
6 | Commission shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of | ||||||
7 | business.
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8 | The Commission shall submit, to the General Assembly not | ||||||
9 | later than
March 1 of each odd-numbered year, a detailed report | ||||||
10 | covering its
operations for the 2 preceding calendar years and | ||||||
11 | a statement of its
program for the next 2 years.
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12 | The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall | ||||||
13 | be satisfied
by filing copies of the report with the Speaker, | ||||||
14 | the Minority Leader and
the Clerk of the House of | ||||||
15 | Representatives and the President, the Minority
Leader and the | ||||||
16 | Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Research
Unit, as | ||||||
17 | required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization | ||||||
18 | Act,
and filing such additional copies with the State | ||||||
19 | Government Report
Distribution Center for the General Assembly | ||||||
20 | as is required under paragraph
(t) of Section 7 of the State | ||||||
21 | Library Act.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 97-825, eff. 7-18-12.)
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23 | (70 ILCS 915/8) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5018)
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24 | Sec. 8. Master plan; improvement and management of | ||||||
25 | District; building
regulations; zoning. The Commission shall |
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1 | prepare a comprehensive master plan
for the orderly development | ||||||
2 | of all property within the District. The comprehensive master | ||||||
3 | plan shall be updated at least every 5 years after the | ||||||
4 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General | ||||||
5 | Assembly. The
Commission shall so improve and manage such | ||||||
6 | District as
to provide conditions most favorable for the | ||||||
7 | special care and treatment
of the sick and injured and for the | ||||||
8 | study of disease and for any other
purpose in Section 4 of this | ||||||
9 | Act. The Commission
shall, by ordinance in the manner | ||||||
10 | hereinafter set forth, classify,
regulate and restrict the | ||||||
11 | location and construction of all buildings within
the District, | ||||||
12 | shall regulate the height and
size of such buildings, determine | ||||||
13 | the area of open space within and
around such buildings, fix | ||||||
14 | standards of construction, control and
regulate additions to or | ||||||
15 | alterations of existing buildings and prohibit
the use of | ||||||
16 | buildings and structures incompatible with the character of
the | ||||||
17 | District, to the end that adequate light, air, quietness and | ||||||
18 | safety
from fire and from the communication of diseases and | ||||||
19 | other dangers may
be secured: Provided, that the power herein | ||||||
20 | conferred shall not be so
exercised as to deprive any owner of | ||||||
21 | any existing property of its use or
maintenance for the purpose | ||||||
22 | to which it is now lawfully devoted nor to limit
the expansion, | ||||||
23 | design, location, maintenance, use, or occupancy of real
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24 | property to be
used
by any governmental body, agency, or | ||||||
25 | instrumentality in any manner set forth
in this Section, | ||||||
26 | provided that the property is devoted to any use or
purpose |
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1 | permitted under this Act.
Further provided, the power herein | ||||||
2 | conferred shall not be exercised to
restrict the use for any | ||||||
3 | State or county purpose of any buildings existing
within the | ||||||
4 | District as of May 1, 1995 and either owned, operated, or | ||||||
5 | managed on
behalf of the county or by the Department of Central | ||||||
6 | Management Services or for
which the Department of Central | ||||||
7 | Management Services shall be otherwise
responsible as provided | ||||||
8 | by law.
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9 | The Commission shall request the City Plan Commission of | ||||||
10 | the City of
Chicago to recommend appropriate zoning regulations | ||||||
11 | for the District
which co-ordinate with the zoning of the | ||||||
12 | surrounding sections of the
City of Chicago. If, at the end of | ||||||
13 | 60 days following such request, an
ordinance has not been | ||||||
14 | submitted to the Commission, the Commission may
prepare a | ||||||
15 | zoning ordinance either with or without the advice of the City
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16 | Plan Commission. When such zoning ordinance is ready for | ||||||
17 | adoption, the
Commission shall cause notice of a public hearing | ||||||
18 | to be posted in at
least 4 conspicuous places within the | ||||||
19 | District, at least 10 days
before the date of such hearing. It | ||||||
20 | shall also publish notice of such
hearing in some newspaper of | ||||||
21 | general circulation in the City of Chicago
for 3 consecutive | ||||||
22 | days. The hearing shall be held not earlier than
ten days after | ||||||
23 | the date of the last publication. Both types of notice
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24 | contain the time and place of such hearing and the place where
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25 | copies of the proposed ordinance may be examined. The hearing | ||||||
26 | shall be
held at the time and place specified and shall be |
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1 | adjourned from time to
time until all interested parties have | ||||||
2 | had an opportunity to be heard.
The Commission shall invite the | ||||||
3 | Chicago Plan Commission to attend such
hearing and shall ask | ||||||
4 | for suggestions of the Chicago Plan Commission as
to the
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5 | modification of the proposed ordinance. But all ordinances | ||||||
6 | adopted by the
Commission shall be subject to all restrictions | ||||||
7 | upon the use and maintenance of
property within the District | ||||||
8 | prescribed by the Chicago zoning ordinance. After
the adoption | ||||||
9 | of said zoning
ordinance or any other proper ordinance of the | ||||||
10 | Commission, it may institute any
appropriate action to prevent | ||||||
11 | or abate any unlawful act within the District.
Any government | ||||||
12 | body,
agency, or instrumentality owning or occupying property | ||||||
13 | within the
District may consent to be bound in whole or in part | ||||||
14 | by the provisions of such
master plan or development ordinance | ||||||
15 | adopted by the Commission or the City.
The Commission may | ||||||
16 | establish an advisory council of 2 representatives of
each of | ||||||
17 | the major district members owning or occupying facilities | ||||||
18 | within the
District totaling a minimum of 500,000 square feet. | ||||||
19 | Council members shall be
appointed by and serve at the pleasure | ||||||
20 | of their respective governing boards.
The council may assist | ||||||
21 | the Commission in the fulfillment of its statutory
purposes and | ||||||
22 | responsibilities and the
maintenance of the District. At the | ||||||
23 | Commission's request, the council may
review and make | ||||||
24 | recommendations to the Commission with respect to the
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25 | comprehensive master plan to be adopted by the Commission or | ||||||
26 | any plan of
development or occupancy of its facilities within |
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1 | the District presented to the
Commission by any governmental | ||||||
2 | body, agency, or instrumentality. The
Commission
may upon a | ||||||
3 | unanimous request of the council provide for shared services | ||||||
4 | and
facilities within the District for members of the council. | ||||||
5 | The Commission may
provide, contract, and construct facilities | ||||||
6 | and charge and collect fees
necessary
to supply these shared | ||||||
7 | services and facilities so approved. The Commission may
utilize | ||||||
8 | any powers specified within this Act regardless of geographic | ||||||
9 | boundary
for or in support of a specific project, activity, or | ||||||
10 | development if that
request is made by a unanimous | ||||||
11 | recommendation of all of the members of the
member council.
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12 | (Source: P.A. 89-356, eff. 8-17-95.)
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13 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
14 | becoming law.
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