96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4944

 

Introduced 1/15/2010, by Rep. Suzanne Bassi - Elizabeth Coulson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
55 ILCS 5/5-370012 new

    Amends the Counties Code. Provides that the Cook County Health and Hospitals System created by Cook County Ordinance Number 08-O-35 (known as the "Ordinance Establishing the Cook County Health and Hospitals System"), as amended and in effect on December 30, 2009, shall not terminate but shall exist perpetually in that form unless modified by the General Assembly by law. Denies home rule powers. Effective immediately.


LRB096 16303 RLJ 31561 b

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB4944 LRB096 16303 RLJ 31561 b

1     AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section
5 5-370012 as follows:
 
6     (55 ILCS 5/5-370012 new)
7     Sec. 5-370012. Cook County Health and Hospitals System. The
8 Cook County Health and Hospitals System created by Cook County
9 Ordinance Number 08-O-35, known as the "Ordinance Establishing
10 the Cook County Health and Hospitals System", as amended and in
11 effect on December 30, 2009, shall not terminate but shall
12 exist perpetually in that form unless modified by the General
13 Assembly by law.
14     The regulation of the Cook County Health and Hospitals
15 System is an exclusive power and function of the State. This is
16 a denial and limitation of home rule powers and functions under
17 subsection (h) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois
18 Constitution.
 
19     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20 becoming law.