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1    AN ACT concerning local government.

 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly: 

 
4    Section 5. The Township Code is amended  by adding Section 
5170-65 as follows:
 
6    (60 ILCS 1/170-65 new)
7    Sec. 170-65. Dissolution of the Wood River Township 
8Hospital. 
9    (a) Dissolution.
10        (1) The Wood River Township Hospital is dissolved 180 
11    days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 
12    98th General Assembly.
13        (2) In the 180-day period prior to dissolution, the 
14    hospital board shall be vested with the powers to wrap up 
15    the affairs of the closed hospital under subsection (b) of 
16    this Section, and to transfer any remaining hospital funds 
17    under subsection (c) of this Section.
18    (b) Wrapping up the affairs of the Wood River Township 
19Hospital.
20        (1) Within the first 10 business days of the 180-day 
21    period provided in paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of this 
22    Section, the chairman of the hospital board shall cause an 
23    audit of all claims against the Wood River Township 
 
 
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1    Hospital, all receipts of the Wood River Township Hospital, 
2    the inventory of all real and personal property owned by 
3    the Wood River Township Hospital or under its control or 
4    management, and any debts owed by the Wood River Township 
5    Hospital. The chairman may, at his or her discretion, 
6    undertake any other audit of the Wood River Township 
7    Hospital. The person or entity conducting such audit shall 
8    report the findings of the audit to the hospital board 
9    within 30 days.
10        (2) Following the return of the audit provided in 
11    paragraph (1) of this subsection, the hospital board shall:
12            (i) Pay the debts, obligations, and liabilities of 
13        the Wood River Township Hospital that are outstanding 
14        upon completion of the audit in paragraph (1) of this 
15        subsection  and all necessary expenses of closing up the 
16        affairs of the Wood River Township Hospital.
17            (ii) Enter into an agreement with a hospital within 
18        Madison County to ensure all patient records are 
19        properly transferred.  If no hospital in Madison County 
20        is able or willing to accept the records, the records 
21        may be transferred to a hospital within a neighboring 
22        county contiguous to Madison County. The Wood River 
23        Township Hospital will be responsible for paying a 
24        reasonable service fee to the hospital that accepts and 
25        retains records pursuant to this subsection. Following 
26        successful transfer of the patient records, the 
 
 
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1        receiving hospital shall retain and destroy the 
2        transferred patient records in accordance with the 
3        receiving hospital's record retention schedule and 
4        policies.
5            (iii) Sell the property of the Wood River Township 
6        Hospital if any excess remains after all the 
7        liabilities of the Wood River Township Hospital are 
8        paid.
9    (c) Transfer of surplus funds. If any funds are available, 
10the hospital board shall transfer, no later than 10 business 
11days prior to the conclusion of the 180-day period provided in 
12subsection (a) of this Section, all surplus funds, if any, to 
13the Madison County Treasurer to be maintained in the Wood River 
14Township Hospital Fund and be disposed of pursuant to 
15subsection (d) of this Section.
16    If any liabilities remain, the funds available shall be set 
17apart by the Madison County Treasurer and held for the purpose 
18of retiring such liabilities.
19    (d) Payment of remaining liabilities and disposal of 
20surplus funds. The Madison County Clerk shall pay any remaining 
21liabilities of the Wood River Township Hospital from the Wood 
22River Township Hospital Fund. After all the liabilities of the 
23Wood River Township Hospital are paid, the Madison County Clerk 
24shall distribute any funds remaining in the Wood River Township 
25Hospital Fund to the property owners in Wood River Township as 
26of the date of dissolution of Wood River Township Hospital. The 
 
 
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1distribution shall be proportional to the assessed value of the 
2property in the 2005 levy year.
3    (e) Outstanding indebtedness.
4        (1) In the event that the Wood River Township Hospital 
5    has notes outstanding which are a lien on funds available 
6    in the Wood River Township Hospital Fund at the time of 
7    dissolution, such lien shall be unimpaired by such 
8    dissolution and the lien shall continue in favor of the 
9    note holders.
10        (2) In the event that the Wood River Township Hospital 
11    has unsecured debts outstanding at the time of dissolution, 
12    any funds in the Wood River Township Hospital Fund or 
13    otherwise available and not committed shall, to the extent 
14    necessary, be applied to the payment of such debts.
15        (3) Madison County may levy a tax, on behalf of the 
16    Wood River Township Hospital, upon all taxable real 
17    property located in Wood River Township for the purpose of 
18    paying the outstanding debts and obligations of the Wood 
19    River Township Hospital.
20    (f) Tax collection and enforcement. The dissolution of the 
21Wood River Township Hospital shall not adversely affect 
22proceedings for the collection or enforcement of any tax. Those 
23proceedings shall continue to finality as though no dissolution 
24had taken place. The proceeds thereof shall be paid over to the 
25Madison County Treasurer to be transferred pursuant to 
26subsection (c) of this Section. Proceedings to collect and 
 
 
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1enforce such taxes may be instituted and carried on in the name 
2of the Wood River Township Hospital. 
3    (g) Litigation. All suits pending in any court on behalf of 
4or against the Wood River Township Hospital may be prosecuted 
5or defended in the name of Madison County by the State's 
6attorney. All judgments obtained for the Wood River Township 
7Hospital  shall be collected and enforced by Madison County and 
8transferred and disposed of pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) 
9of this Section respectively.
 

10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
11becoming law.