SB3355 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB3355

Introduced 2/10/2010, by Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

55 ILCS 5/5-370012 new

Amends the Counties Code. Requires that the Cook County Board of Commissioners establish a permanent independent governing body for the Cook County Public Health System. Requires that the General Assembly must, by joint resolution, determine the independence of the governing body. Provides that if the Cook County Board of Commissioners does not establish a governing body and the General Assembly does not approve the governing body within 120 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, then the Cook County Public Health System may not receive any State moneys until the governing body is established and approved. Limits home rule powers. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning local government.

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

Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section 5-370012 as follows:

(55 ILCS 5/5-370012 new)

Sec. 5-370012. Cook County Public Health System; board. The Cook County Board of Commissioners must establish a permanent independent governing body for the Cook County Public Health System. The General Assembly must, by joint resolution, determine the independence of the governing body established pursuant to this Section. If the Cook County Board of Commissioners does not establish a governing body and the General Assembly does not approve the governing body within 120 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, then the Cook County Public Health System may not receive any State moneys until the governing body is established and approved.

Cook County may not regulate the Cook County Public Health System in a manner that is inconsistent with the provisions of this Section. This Section is a denial and limitation of home rule powers and functions under subsection (i) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent exercise by home rule units of the powers and functions exercised by the State.

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