Public Act 097-0583
 
HB3425 EnrolledLRB097 10956 RLJ 51562 b

    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Mid-America Medical District Act is amended
by changing Sections 5 and 10 and by adding Section 32 as
follows:
 
    (70 ILCS 930/5)
    Sec. 5. Creation of District. There is created in the City
of East St. Louis a medical center district, the Mid-America
Medical District, whose boundaries are Martin Luther King Drive
on the Northeast, 10th Street up to Trendley Avenue on the
Southeast, Trendley Avenue and the confluence of I-64, I-70,
and I-55 on the Southwest and West, and a line north of
Collinsville, parallel to Collinsville, so as to include both
sides of Collinsville on the Northwest, excluding any part of
the City Hall complex and any property belonging to the federal
government. The boundaries of the Mid-America Medical District
shall also include the corporate boundaries of the City of
Belleville and the City of O'Fallon. The District is created to
attract and retain academic centers of excellence, viable
health care facilities, medical research facilities, emerging
high technology enterprises, and other facilities and uses as
permitted by this Act.
(Source: P.A. 94-1036, eff. 1-1-07.)
 
    (70 ILCS 930/10)
    Sec. 10. Mid-America Medical District Commission.
    (a) There is created a body politic and corporate under the
corporate name of the Mid-America Medical District Commission
whose general purpose, in addition to and not in limitation of
those purposes and powers set forth in this Act, is to:
        (1) maintain the proper surroundings for a medical
    center and a related technology center in order to attract,
    stabilize, and retain within the District hospitals,
    clinics, research facilities, educational facilities, or
    other facilities permitted under this Act; and
        (2) provide for the orderly creation, maintenance,
    development, and expansion of (i) health care facilities
    and other ancillary or related facilities that the
    Commission may from time to time determine are established
    and operated (A) for any aspect of the carrying out of the
    Commission's purposes as set forth in this Act, (B) for the
    study, diagnosis, and treatment of human ailments and
    injuries, whether physical or mental, or (C) to promote
    medical, surgical, and scientific research and knowledge
    as permitted under this Act; and (ii) medical research and
    high technology parks, together with the necessary lands,
    buildings, facilities, equipment, and personal property
    for those parks; and .
        (3) convene dialogue among leaders in the public and
    the private sectors on topics and issues associated with
    training in the delivery of health care services within the
    District's program area.
    (b) The Commission has perpetual succession and the power
to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued 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 located within the District in the City of
East St. Louis. The Commission shall obtain, under the
provisions of the Personnel Code, such personnel as the
Commission shall deem advisable to carry out the purposes of
this Act and the work of the Commission.
    (c) The Commission shall consist of 15 9 appointed members
and 3 ex-officio members. Three members shall be appointed by
the Governor. Three members shall be appointed by the Mayor of
East St. Louis, with the consent of the city council. Three
members shall be appointed by the Chairman of the County Board
of St. Clair County. Three members shall be appointed by the
Mayor of the City of Belleville with the advice and consent of
the corporate authorities of the City of Belleville. Three
members shall be appointed by the Mayor of the City of O'Fallon
with the advice and consent of the corporate authorities of the
City of O'Fallon. All appointed members shall hold office for a
term of 3 years ending on December 31, and until their
successors are appointed; except that of the initial appointed
members, each appointing authority shall designate one
appointee to serve for a term ending December 31, 2007, one
appointee to serve for a term ending December 31, 2008, and one
appointee to serve for a term ending December 31, 2009. Of the
initial members appointed by the Mayor of the City of
Belleville, with the advice and consent of the corporate
authorities of the City of Belleville, the Mayor shall
designate one appointee to serve for a term ending December 31,
2011, one appointee to serve for a term ending December 31,
2012, and one appointee to serve for a term ending December 31,
2013. Of the initial members appointed by the Mayor of the City
of O'Fallon, with the advice and consent of the corporate
authorities of the City of O'Fallon, the Mayor shall designate
one appointee to serve for a term ending December 31, 2011, one
appointee to serve for a term ending December 31, 2012, and one
appointee to serve for a term ending December 31, 2013.
    The Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity or his or
her designee, the Director of Public Health or his or her
designee, and the Secretary of Human Services or his or her
designee shall serve as ex-officio members.
    (d) Any vacancy in the appointed 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
authority that had appointed the particular member, and for the
unexpired term of office of that particular member.
    (e) The Commission shall hold regular meetings annually for
the election of a President, Vice-President, Secretary, and
Treasurer, for the adoption of a budget, and for such other
business as may properly come before it. The Commission shall
establish the duties and responsibilities of its officers by
rule. The President or any 9 3 members of the Commission may
call special meetings of the Commission. Each Commissioner
shall take an oath of office for the faithful performance of
his or her duties. The Commission may not transact business at
a meeting of the Commission unless there is present at the
meeting a quorum consisting of at least 7 Commissioners.
Meetings may be held by telephone conference or other
communications equipment by means of which all persons
participating in the meeting can communicate with each other.
    (f) 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 with the Legislative Research Unit,
as required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization
Act, and by 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.
    (g) The Auditor General shall conduct audits of the
Commission in the same manner as the Auditor General conducts
audits of State agencies under the Illinois State Auditing Act.
    (h) Neither the Commission nor the District have any power
to tax.
    (i) The Commission is a public body and subject to the Open
Meetings Act and the Freedom of Information Act.
(Source: P.A. 94-1036, eff. 1-1-07.)
 
    (70 ILCS 930/32 new)
    Sec. 32. Bonds. To obtain the funds necessary for financing
the acquisition of land, for the acquisition, construction,
maintenance, and rehabilitation of facilities and equipment
within the District, and for the operation of the District as
set forth in this Act, the Commission may borrow money from any
public or private agency, department, corporation, or person.
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. The bonds may be issued in any
denominations as may be expedient, in any amounts, and at any
rates of interest as the Commission shall deem necessary to
provide sufficient funds to pay all the costs authorized under
this Section. The bonds shall be executed by the President of
the Commission, attested by the Secretary, and sealed with the
Commission's corporate seal. If either of those officers of the
Commission who shall have signed or attested any of the bonds
shall cease to be an officer before delivery of the bonds, the
signature of the officer shall be valid and sufficient to the
same effect as if the officer had remained in office at the
time of delivery. The Commission shall furnish the State
Comptroller with a record of all bonds issued under this Act.
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.