96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0649


 
Introduced 2/6/2009, by Rep. Mary E. Flowers
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		








  



805 ILCS 105/112.35
  from Ch. 32, par. 112.35



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    Amends the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. Requires a hospital incorporated under the Act to post in plain view the National Standards of Care. Provides that if (i) a court or administrative agency, in any proceeding properly before the court or agency, finds that a hospital that is incorporated under the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986 has provided substandard care to a member of a minority group, (ii) that finding is incorporated into an order of the court or administrative agency that is final and not appealable, and (iii)  the Secretary of State receives notice of that final and nonappealable order, then the Secretary of State shall require the hospital to dissolve voluntarily and, if the hospital wishes to continue to operate as a hospital, organize under the Business Corporation Act of 1983 within a period of time as provided by the Secretary by rule. Provides that if a not-for-profit hospital does not voluntarily dissolve within the period required by rule, the Secretary shall dissolve the corporation administratively. Effective immediately.
















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    AN ACT concerning business.

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


 
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    Section 5. The General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 
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1986 is amended  by changing Section 112.35 and  by adding 
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Section 112.37 as follows:
 



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    (805 ILCS 105/112.35)  (from Ch. 32, par. 112.35)



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    Sec. 112.35. Grounds for administrative dissolution. The 
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Secretary of State may dissolve any corporation

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administratively if:

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    (a) It has failed to file its annual report as required by

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this Act before the first day of the anniversary month of
the 
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corporation of the year in which such annual report
becomes 
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due;

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    (b) It has failed to file in the office of the Secretary of

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State any report after the expiration of the period
prescribed 
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in this Act for filing such report;

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    (c) It has failed to pay any fees or charges prescribed by 
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this Act;

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    (d) It has failed to appoint and maintain a registered

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agent in this State;

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    (e) It has misrepresented any material matter in any 
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application,
report, affidavit, or other document filed by the 
 


 






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corporation pursuant to this
Act; or

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    (f) The Secretary of State receives notification from a

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local liquor commissioner, pursuant to Section 4-4(3) of
"The 
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Liquor Control Act of 1934," as now or hereafter
amended, that 
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an organization incorporated under this Act
and functioning as 
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a club has violated that Act by selling
or offering for sale at 
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retail alcoholic liquors without a
retailer's license; or .

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    (g) It has failed to dissolve voluntarily as required under 
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Section 112.37. 
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(Source: P.A. 92-33, eff. 7-1-01.)

 
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    (805 ILCS 105/112.37  new)
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    Sec. 112.37. Not-for-profit hospital; substandard care to 
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member of minority group. 
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    Any hospital incorporated under this Act must post in plain 
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view for the benefit of all patients the National Standards of 
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Care. If (i) a court or administrative agency, in any 
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proceeding properly before the court or agency, finds that a 
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hospital that is incorporated under this Act has provided 
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substandard care to a member of a minority group, (ii) that 
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finding is incorporated into an order of the court or 
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administrative agency that is final and not appealable, and 
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(iii)  the Secretary of State receives notice of that final and 
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nonappealable order, then the Secretary of State shall require 
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the hospital to dissolve voluntarily and, if the hospital 
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wishes to continue to operate as a hospital, organize under the 
 


 






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Business Corporation Act of 1983 within a period of time as 
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provided by the Secretary by rule. If a hospital incorporated 
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under this Act does not voluntarily dissolve within the period 
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required by rule, as required under this Section, the Secretary 
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shall dissolve the corporation administratively as provided in 
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this Act. 
 

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