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91_HB2330eng HB2330 Engrossed LRB9104810DHmg 1 AN ACT to amend the Counties Code by changing Section 2 5-25012. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing 6 Section 5-25012 as follows: 7 (55 ILCS 5/5-25012) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-25012) 8 Sec. 5-25012. Board of health. Except in those cases 9 where a board of 12 members is provided for as authorized in 10 this Section, each county health department shall be managed 11 by a board of health consisting of 98members appointed by 12 the president or chairman of the county board, with the 13 approval of the county board, for a 3 year term, except that 14 of the first appointees 2 shall serve for one year, 2 for 2 15 years, 3 for 3 years and the term of the member appointed 16 from the county board, as provided in this Section, shall be 17 one year and shall continue until reappointment or until a 18 successor is appointed. The additional member added by this 19 amendatory Act of the 91st General Assembly shall first be 20 appointed within 90 days after the effective date of this 21 amendatory Act for a term ending July 1, 2002. 22 The county health department in a county having a 23 population of 200,000 or more may, if the county board, by 24 resolution, so provides, be managed by a board of health 25 consisting of 12 members appointed by the president or 26 chairman of the county board, with the approval of the county 27 board, for a 3 year term, except that of the first appointees 28 3 shall serve for one year, 4 for 2 years, 4 for 3 years and 29 the term of the member appointed from the county board, as 30 provided in this Section, shall be one year and shall 31 continue until reappointment or until a successor is HB2330 Engrossed -2- LRB9104810DHmg 1 appointed. In counties with a population of 200,000 or more 2 which have a board of health of 8 members, the county board 3 may, by resolution, increase the size of the board of health 4 to 12 members, in which case the 4 members added shall be 5 appointed, as of the next anniversary of the present 6 appointments, 2 for terms of 3 years, one for 2 years and one 7 for one year. 8 The county board in counties with a population of more 9 than 100,000 but less than 3,000,000 inhabitants and 10 contiguous to any county with a metropolitan area with more 11 than 1,000,000 inhabitants, may establish compensation for 12 the board of health, as remuneration for their services as 13 members of the board of health. Monthly compensation shall 14 not exceed $200 except in the case of the president of the 15 board of health whose monthly compensation shall not exceed 16 $400. 17 Each multiple-county health department shall be managed 18 by a board of health consisting of 4 members appointed from 19 each county by the president or chairman of the county board 20 with the approval of the county board for a 3 year term, 21 except that of the first appointees from each county one 22 shall serve for one year, one for 2 years, one for 3 years 23 and the term of the member appointed from the county board of 24 each member county, as hereinafter provided, shall be one 25 year and shall continue until reappointment or until a 26 successor is appointed. 27 The term of office of original appointees shall begin on 28 July 1 following their appointment, and the term of all 29 members shall continue until their successors are appointed. 30 All members shall serve without compensation but may be 31 reimbursed for actual necessary expenses incurred in the 32 performance of their duties. At least 2 members of each 33 county board of health shall be physicians licensed in 34 Illinois to practice medicine in all of its branches and at HB2330 Engrossed -3- LRB9104810DHmg 1 least one member shall be a dentist licensed in Illinois. In 2 counties with a population under 500,000, one member shall be 3 chosen from the county board or the board of county 4 commissioners as the case may be. In counties with a 5 population over 500,000, two members shall be chosen from the 6 county board or the board of county commissioners as the case 7 may be. At least one member from each county on each 8 multiple-county board of health shall be a physician licensed 9 in Illinois to practice medicine in all of its branches, one 10 member from each county on each multiple-county board of 11 health shall be chosen from the county board or the board of 12 county commissioners, as the case may be, and at least one 13 member of the board of health shall be a dentist licensed in 14 Illinois. Whenever possible, at least one member shall have 15 experience in the field of mental health. All members shall 16 be chosen for their special fitness for membership on the 17 board. 18 Any member may be removed for misconduct or neglect of 19 duty by the chairman or president of the county board, with 20 the approval of the county board, of the county which 21 appointed him. 22 Vacancies shall be filled as in the case of appointment 23 for a full term. 24 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the 25 contrary, a county with a population of 240,000 or more 26 inhabitants that does not currently have a county health 27 department may, by resolution of the county board, establish 28 a board of health consisting of the members of such board. 29 Such board of health shall be advised by a committee which 30 shall consist of at least 5 members appointed by the 31 president or chairman of the county board with the approval 32 of the county board for terms of 3 years; except that of the 33 first appointees at least 2 shall serve for 3 years, at least 34 2 shall serve for 2 years and at least one shall serve for HB2330 Engrossed -4- LRB9104810DHmg 1 one year. At least one member of the advisory committee 2 shall be a physician licensed in Illinois to practice 3 medicine in all its branches, at least one shall be a dentist 4 licensed in Illinois, and one shall be a nurse licensed in 5 Illinois. All members shall be chosen for their special 6 fitness for membership on the advisory committee. 7 (Source: P.A. 88-535.) 8 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 9 becoming law.