Public Act 098-0590
 
SB0496 EnrolledLRB098 04713 OMW 34741 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 Township Code is amended by adding Section
170-65 as follows:
 
    (60 ILCS 1/170-65 new)
    Sec. 170-65. Dissolution of the Wood River Township
Hospital.
    (a) Dissolution.
        (1) The Wood River Township Hospital is dissolved 180
    days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
    98th General Assembly.
        (2) In the 180-day period prior to dissolution, the
    hospital board shall be vested with the powers to wrap up
    the affairs of the closed hospital under subsection (b) of
    this Section, and to transfer any remaining hospital funds
    under subsection (c) of this Section.
    (b) Wrapping up the affairs of the Wood River Township
Hospital.
        (1) Within the first 10 business days of the 180-day
    period provided in paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of this
    Section, the chairman of the hospital board shall cause an
    audit of all claims against the Wood River Township
    Hospital, all receipts of the Wood River Township Hospital,
    the inventory of all real and personal property owned by
    the Wood River Township Hospital or under its control or
    management, and any debts owed by the Wood River Township
    Hospital. The chairman may, at his or her discretion,
    undertake any other audit of the Wood River Township
    Hospital. The person or entity conducting such audit shall
    report the findings of the audit to the hospital board
    within 30 days.
        (2) Following the return of the audit provided in
    paragraph (1) of this subsection, the hospital board shall:
            (i) Pay the debts, obligations, and liabilities of
        the Wood River Township Hospital that are outstanding
        upon completion of the audit in paragraph (1) of this
        subsection and all necessary expenses of closing up the
        affairs of the Wood River Township Hospital.
            (ii) Enter into an agreement with a hospital within
        Madison County to ensure all patient records are
        properly transferred. If no hospital in Madison County
        is able or willing to accept the records, the records
        may be transferred to a hospital within a neighboring
        county contiguous to Madison County. The Wood River
        Township Hospital will be responsible for paying a
        reasonable service fee to the hospital that accepts and
        retains records pursuant to this subsection. Following
        successful transfer of the patient records, the
        receiving hospital shall retain and destroy the
        transferred patient records in accordance with the
        receiving hospital's record retention schedule and
        policies.
            (iii) Sell the property of the Wood River Township
        Hospital if any excess remains after all the
        liabilities of the Wood River Township Hospital are
        paid.
    (c) Transfer of surplus funds. If any funds are available,
the hospital board shall transfer, no later than 10 business
days prior to the conclusion of the 180-day period provided in
subsection (a) of this Section, all surplus funds, if any, to
the Madison County Treasurer to be maintained in the Wood River
Township Hospital Fund and be disposed of pursuant to
subsection (d) of this Section.
    If any liabilities remain, the funds available shall be set
apart by the Madison County Treasurer and held for the purpose
of retiring such liabilities.
    (d) Payment of remaining liabilities and disposal of
surplus funds. The Madison County Clerk shall pay any remaining
liabilities of the Wood River Township Hospital from the Wood
River Township Hospital Fund. After all the liabilities of the
Wood River Township Hospital are paid, the Madison County Clerk
shall distribute any funds remaining in the Wood River Township
Hospital Fund to the property owners in Wood River Township as
of the date of dissolution of Wood River Township Hospital. The
distribution shall be proportional to the assessed value of the
property in the 2005 levy year.
    (e) Outstanding indebtedness.
        (1) In the event that the Wood River Township Hospital
    has notes outstanding which are a lien on funds available
    in the Wood River Township Hospital Fund at the time of
    dissolution, such lien shall be unimpaired by such
    dissolution and the lien shall continue in favor of the
    note holders.
        (2) In the event that the Wood River Township Hospital
    has unsecured debts outstanding at the time of dissolution,
    any funds in the Wood River Township Hospital Fund or
    otherwise available and not committed shall, to the extent
    necessary, be applied to the payment of such debts.
        (3) Madison County may levy a tax, on behalf of the
    Wood River Township Hospital, upon all taxable real
    property located in Wood River Township for the purpose of
    paying the outstanding debts and obligations of the Wood
    River Township Hospital.
    (f) Tax collection and enforcement. The dissolution of the
Wood River Township Hospital shall not adversely affect
proceedings for the collection or enforcement of any tax. Those
proceedings shall continue to finality as though no dissolution
had taken place. The proceeds thereof shall be paid over to the
Madison County Treasurer to be transferred pursuant to
subsection (c) of this Section. Proceedings to collect and
enforce such taxes may be instituted and carried on in the name
of the Wood River Township Hospital.
    (g) Litigation. All suits pending in any court on behalf of
or against the Wood River Township Hospital may be prosecuted
or defended in the name of Madison County by the State's
attorney. All judgments obtained for the Wood River Township
Hospital shall be collected and enforced by Madison County and
transferred and disposed of pursuant to subsections (c) and (d)
of this Section respectively.
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.