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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 |
| Mid-America Medical District Act. | 6 |
| Section 5. Creation of District. There is created in the | 7 |
| City of East St. Louis
a medical center district, the | 8 |
| Mid-America Medical District, whose
boundaries are Martin | 9 |
| Luther King Drive on the Northeast, 10th Street up to Trendley | 10 |
| Avenue on the Southeast, Trendley Avenue and the confluence of | 11 |
| I-64, I-70, and I-55 on the Southwest and West, and a line | 12 |
| north of Collinsville, parallel to Collinsville, so as to | 13 |
| include both sides of Collinsville on the Northwest, excluding | 14 |
| any part of the City Hall complex and any property belonging to | 15 |
| the federal government.
The District is created to attract and | 16 |
| retain academic centers of excellence,
viable health care | 17 |
| facilities, medical research facilities, emerging high
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| technology enterprises, and other facilities and uses as | 19 |
| permitted by this
Act. | 20 |
| Section 10. Mid-America Medical District Commission. | 21 |
| (a) There is created a body politic and corporate under
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| corporate name of the Mid-America Medical District Commission
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| whose general purpose, in addition to and not in limitation of
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| those purposes and powers set forth in this Act, is to:
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| (1) maintain the proper surroundings for a medical | 26 |
| center and a related
technology center in order to attract, | 27 |
| stabilize, and retain within the
District hospitals, | 28 |
| clinics, research facilities, educational facilities, or
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| other facilities permitted under this Act; and
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| (2) provide for the orderly creation, maintenance, | 31 |
| development, and
expansion of (i) health care
facilities |
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| and other ancillary or related facilities that the | 2 |
| Commission may
from time to time determine are established | 3 |
| and operated (A) for any aspect of
the carrying out of the | 4 |
| Commission's purposes as set forth in this Act, (B) for
the | 5 |
| study, diagnosis, and treatment of human ailments and | 6 |
| injuries, whether
physical or mental, or (C) to promote | 7 |
| medical, surgical, and scientific
research and knowledge | 8 |
| as permitted under this Act; and (ii) medical research
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| high technology parks, together with the necessary lands, | 10 |
| buildings,
facilities, equipment, and personal property | 11 |
| for those parks.
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| (b) The Commission has perpetual succession and the power
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| to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued except | 14 |
| in actions
sounding in tort, to plead and be impleaded, to have | 15 |
| and use a common
seal, and to alter the same at pleasure. All | 16 |
| actions sounding in tort
against the Commission shall be | 17 |
| prosecuted in the Court of Claims. The
principal office of the | 18 |
| Commission shall be in the City of East St. Louis. The | 19 |
| Commission shall obtain, under the
provisions of the Personnel | 20 |
| Code, such personnel as the Commission shall
deem advisable to | 21 |
| carry out the purposes of this Act and the work of the
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| Commission.
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| (c) The
Commission shall consist of 9 appointed members and | 24 |
| 3 ex-officio members. Three members shall be appointed by the | 25 |
| Governor. Three members shall be appointed by the Mayor of East | 26 |
| St. Louis, with the consent of the city council. Three members | 27 |
| shall be appointed by the Chairman of the County Board of St. | 28 |
| Clair County. All appointed members shall hold office for a | 29 |
| term of 3 years ending on December 31, and until their | 30 |
| successors are appointed; except that of the initial appointed | 31 |
| members, each appointing authority shall designate one | 32 |
| appointee to serve for a term ending December 31, 2007, one | 33 |
| appointee to serve for a term ending December 31, 2008, and one | 34 |
| appointee to serve for a term ending December 31, 2009. | 35 |
| The Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity or his or | 36 |
| her designee, the Director of Public Health or his or her |
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| designee, and the Secretary of Human Services or his or her | 2 |
| designee shall serve as ex-officio members.
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| (d) Any vacancy in the appointed membership of the | 4 |
| Commission
occurring by reason of the death, resignation, | 5 |
| disqualification, removal,
or inability or refusal to act of | 6 |
| any of the members of the Commission
shall be filled by the | 7 |
| authority that had appointed the particular member,
and for the | 8 |
| unexpired term of office of that particular member.
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| (e) The Commission shall hold regular meetings annually for | 10 |
| the election of
a President, Vice-President, Secretary, and | 11 |
| Treasurer, for the adoption of a
budget, and for such other | 12 |
| business as may properly come before it. The Commission shall | 13 |
| establish the duties and responsibilities of its officers
by | 14 |
| rule. The President or any 3 members of the Commission
may call | 15 |
| special meetings of the Commission. Each Commissioner shall | 16 |
| take an
oath of office for the faithful performance of his or | 17 |
| her duties. The
Commission may
not transact business at a | 18 |
| meeting of the Commission unless there is present at
the | 19 |
| meeting a quorum consisting of at least 7
Commissioners. | 20 |
| Meetings may be held
by
telephone conference or other | 21 |
| communications equipment by means of which all
persons | 22 |
| participating in the meeting can communicate with each other.
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| (f) The Commission shall submit to the General Assembly, | 24 |
| not later than
March 1 of each odd-numbered year, a detailed | 25 |
| report covering its
operations for the 2 preceding calendar | 26 |
| years and a statement of its
program for the next 2 years.
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| The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall | 28 |
| be satisfied
by filing copies of the report with the Speaker, | 29 |
| the Minority Leader, and
the Clerk of the House of | 30 |
| Representatives and the President, the Minority
Leader, and the | 31 |
| Secretary of the Senate and with the Legislative Research
Unit, | 32 |
| as required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization | 33 |
| Act,
and by filing such additional copies with the State | 34 |
| Government Report
Distribution Center for the General Assembly | 35 |
| as is required under paragraph
(t) of Section 7 of the State | 36 |
| Library Act.
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| (g) The Auditor General shall conduct audits of the | 2 |
| Commission in the same
manner as the Auditor General conducts | 3 |
| audits of State agencies under the
Illinois State Auditing Act.
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| (h) Neither the Commission nor the District have any power | 5 |
| to tax.
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| (i) The Commission is a public body and subject to the Open | 7 |
| Meetings Act and
the Freedom of Information Act. | 8 |
| Section 15. Grants; loans; contracts. The Commission may | 9 |
| apply for and
accept grants, loans, or appropriations from the | 10 |
| State of Illinois, the federal
government, any State or federal | 11 |
| agency or instrumentality, any unit of local
government, or any | 12 |
| other person or entity to be used for any of the purposes of
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| the District. The Commission may enter into any agreement with | 14 |
| the State of
Illinois, the federal government, any State or | 15 |
| federal instrumentality, any
unit of local government, or any | 16 |
| other person or entity in relation to the
grants, matching | 17 |
| grants, loans, or appropriations. The Commission also may, by
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| contractual agreement, accept and collect assessments or fees | 19 |
| from entities who
enter into such a contractual agreement for | 20 |
| District enhancement and
improvements, common area shared | 21 |
| services, shared facilities, or other
activities or | 22 |
| expenditures in furtherance of the purposes of this Act.
The | 23 |
| Commission may make grants to neighborhood organizations | 24 |
| within the
District for the purpose of benefitting the | 25 |
| community. | 26 |
| Section 20. Property; acquisition. The Commission is | 27 |
| authorized to acquire
the fee simple title to real property | 28 |
| lying within the District and personal
property required for | 29 |
| its purposes, by gift, purchase, or otherwise. Title
shall be | 30 |
| taken in the corporate name of the Commission. The Commission | 31 |
| may
acquire by lease any real property located within the | 32 |
| District and personal
property found by the Commission to be | 33 |
| necessary for its purposes and to which
the Commission finds | 34 |
| that it need not acquire the fee simple title for
carrying out |
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| of those purposes. All real and personal property within the
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| District, except that owned and used for purposes authorized | 3 |
| under this Act by
medical institutions or allied educational | 4 |
| institutions, hospitals,
dispensaries, clinics, dormitories or | 5 |
| homes for the nurses, doctors, students,
instructors, or other | 6 |
| officers or employees of those institutions
located in the | 7 |
| District, or any real property that is used for offices or for
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| recreational purposes in connection with those institutions,
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| or any improved residential property within a currently | 10 |
| effective historical
district properly designated under a | 11 |
| federal statute or a State or local
statute that has been | 12 |
| certified by the Secretary of the Interior to the
Secretary of | 13 |
| the Treasury as containing criteria that will substantially
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| achieve the purpose of preserving and rehabilitating buildings | 15 |
| of historical
significance to the district, may be acquired by | 16 |
| the Commission in its
corporate name under the provisions for | 17 |
| the exercise of the right of eminent
domain under Article VII | 18 |
| of the Code of Civil Procedure. The Commission has no
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| quick-take powers, no zoning powers, and no power to establish | 20 |
| or enforce
building codes.
The Commission may not acquire any | 21 |
| property pursuant to this Section before a
comprehensive master | 22 |
| plan has been approved under Section 65. | 23 |
| Section 25. Construction. The Commission may, in its | 24 |
| corporate capacity,
construct or cause to be constructed within | 25 |
| the District hospitals,
sanitariums, clinics, laboratories, or | 26 |
| any other institution, building, or
structure or other | 27 |
| ancillary or related facilities that the Commission may,
from | 28 |
| time to time, determine are established and operated (i) for | 29 |
| the carrying
out of any aspect of the Commission's purposes as | 30 |
| set forth in this Act, for
the study, diagnosis, and treatment | 31 |
| of human
ailments and injuries, whether physical or mental, or | 32 |
| to promote medical,
surgical, and scientific research and | 33 |
| knowledge, for any uses the
Commission shall determine will | 34 |
| support and nurture facilities and uses
permitted by this Act, | 35 |
| or for such nursing, extended care, or other
facilities as the |
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| Commission
shall find useful in the study of, research in, or | 2 |
| treatment of illnesses
or infirmities peculiar to aged people, | 3 |
| after a public hearing to be held
by any Commissioner or other | 4 |
| person authorized by the Commission to conduct
the hearing, | 5 |
| which Commissioner or other person has the power to
administer | 6 |
| oaths and affirmations and take the testimony of witnesses and
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| receive such documentary evidence as shall be pertinent, the | 8 |
| record of
which hearing he or she shall certify to the | 9 |
| Commission, which record shall
become part of the records of | 10 |
| the Commission, notice of the time, place, and
purpose of the | 11 |
| hearings to be given by a single publication notice in a
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| secular newspaper of general circulation in St. Clair County at | 13 |
| least
10 days before the date of the hearing, or (ii) for such | 14 |
| institutions as
shall engage in the training, education, or | 15 |
| rehabilitation of persons who
by reason of illness or physical | 16 |
| infirmity are wholly or partially deprived
of their powers of | 17 |
| vision or hearing or of the use of such other part or
parts of | 18 |
| their bodies as prevent them from pursuing normal activities of
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| life, for office buildings for physicians or dealers in medical | 20 |
| accessories,
for dormitories, homes, or residences for the | 21 |
| medical profession, including
interns, nurses, students, or | 22 |
| other officers or employees of the
institutions within the | 23 |
| District, for the use of relatives of patients
in the hospitals | 24 |
| or other institutions within the District, for the
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| rehabilitation or establishment of residential structures | 26 |
| within
a historic district properly designated under a federal
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| statute or a State or local statute that has been certified by | 28 |
| the Secretary
of the Interior to the Secretary of the Treasury | 29 |
| as containing criteria
that will substantially achieve the | 30 |
| purpose of preserving and rehabilitating
buildings of historic | 31 |
| significance to the district, or
such other areas of the | 32 |
| District as the Commission shall designate, for
research, | 33 |
| development, and resultant production in any of the fields of
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| medicine, chemistry, pharmaceuticals, physics, and genetically | 35 |
| engineered
products, for biotechnology, information | 36 |
| technology, medical technology, or
environmental technology, |
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| for the research and development of engineering,
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| computer technology related to any of the purposes for which | 3 |
| the
Commission may construct structures and improvements | 4 |
| within the District. All
such structures and improvements shall | 5 |
| be erected and constructed in accordance
with the provisions of | 6 |
| the Illinois Procurement Code that apply to State
agencies.
No | 7 |
| construction may be undertaken pursuant to this Section before | 8 |
| a
comprehensive master plan has been approved under Section 65. | 9 |
| Section 30. Relocation assistance. The Commission shall | 10 |
| provide relocation
assistance to persons and entities | 11 |
| displaced by the Commission's acquisition of
property and | 12 |
| improvement of the District.
Relocation assistance shall not be | 13 |
| less than provided under the federal Uniform
Relocation | 14 |
| Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 | 15 |
| and
the regulations under that Act, including the eligibility | 16 |
| criteria. Relocation
assistance may include assistance with | 17 |
| the moving of a residential unit to a
new location. The | 18 |
| Commission shall establish a single point of contact for all
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| relocation assistance under this Section. | 20 |
| Section 35. Power to sell or lease. The Commission may | 21 |
| sell, convey,
transfer, or lease, all at fair market value, any | 22 |
| title or interest in real
property owned by it to any person or | 23 |
| persons, to be used, subject to the
restrictions of this Act, | 24 |
| for the purposes stated in Section 25, or for the
purpose of | 25 |
| serving persons using the facilities offered within the | 26 |
| District or
for carrying out of any aspect of the Commission's | 27 |
| purposes as set forth in
Section 10 of this Act, subject to | 28 |
| such restrictions as to the use of the real
property as the | 29 |
| Commission shall determine
will carry out the purpose of this | 30 |
| Act. To assure that the use of the
real property so sold or | 31 |
| leased is in accordance with the provisions of
this Act, the | 32 |
| Commission shall inquire into and satisfy itself
concerning the | 33 |
| financial ability of the purchaser to complete the
project for | 34 |
| which the real property is sold or leased in accordance with
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| plan to be presented by the purchaser or lessee, which plan | 2 |
| shall be
submitted, in writing, to the Commission. Under the | 3 |
| plan, the purchaser or
lessee shall undertake (1) to use the | 4 |
| land for the purposes
designated in the plan so presented; (2) | 5 |
| to commence and complete the
construction of the buildings or | 6 |
| other structures to be included in the
project within such | 7 |
| periods of time as the Commission fixes as
reasonable; and (3) | 8 |
| to comply with such other conditions as the
Commission shall | 9 |
| determine are necessary to carry out the project.
All | 10 |
| conveyances and leases
authorized in this Section shall be on | 11 |
| condition that, in the event of use
for other than the purposes | 12 |
| prescribed in this Act, or of nonuse for a
period of one year, | 13 |
| title to the property shall revert to the
Commission. All | 14 |
| conveyances and leases made by the Commission to
any | 15 |
| corporation or person for the use of serving the residents or | 16 |
| any person
using the facilities offered within the District | 17 |
| shall be on condition
that in the event of violation of any of | 18 |
| the restrictions as to the use
of the property as the | 19 |
| Commission shall have determined will carry out the
purposes of | 20 |
| this Act, that title to the property shall revert to the
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| Commission. If, however, the Commission
finds that financing | 22 |
| necessary for the acquisition or lease of any real
estate or | 23 |
| for the construction of any building or improvement
to be used | 24 |
| for purposes prescribed in this Act cannot be
obtained if title | 25 |
| to the land or building or improvement is subject
to such a | 26 |
| reverter provision, which finding shall
be made by the | 27 |
| Commission after public hearing held pursuant to a single
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| publication notice given in a secular newspaper of general | 29 |
| circulation
in St. Clair County at least 10 days before the | 30 |
| date of the
hearing, the notice to specify the time, place, and | 31 |
| purpose for the
hearing, and upon that finding being made, the | 32 |
| Commission may cause the
real property to be conveyed free of a | 33 |
| reverter provision, provided
that at least 7 members of the | 34 |
| Commission vote in favor thereof.
The Commission may also | 35 |
| provide in the conveyances, leases, or other
documentation | 36 |
| provisions for notice of such violations or default and the |
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thereof for the benefit of any lender or mortgagee as the | 2 |
| Commission shall
determine are appropriate. If, at a regularly | 3 |
| scheduled meeting, the Commission
resolves that a parcel of | 4 |
| real estate leased by it, or in which it has sold the
fee | 5 |
| simple title or any lesser estate, is not being used for the | 6 |
| purposes
prescribed in this Act or has been in nonuse for a | 7 |
| period of one year, the
Commission may file a lawsuit in the | 8 |
| circuit court of St. Clair County
to enforce the terms of the | 9 |
| sale or lease. If
a reverter of title to any property is | 10 |
| ordered by the court under
the terms of this Act, the interest | 11 |
| of the Commission shall be subject to any
then existing valid | 12 |
| mortgage or trust deed in the nature of a mortgage, but if
the | 13 |
| title is acquired through foreclosure of that mortgage or trust | 14 |
| deed
or by deed in lieu of foreclosure of that mortgage or | 15 |
| trust deed, then the
title to the property shall not revert, | 16 |
| but shall be subject to the
restrictions as to use, but not any | 17 |
| penalty for nonuse, contained in this Act
with respect to any | 18 |
| mortgagee in possession or its successor or assigns.
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| No conveyance of real property shall be executed by the | 20 |
| Commission
without the prior written approval of the Governor.
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| The Commission may not sell, convey, transfer, or lease any | 22 |
| property pursuant
to this Section before a comprehensive master | 23 |
| plan has been approved under
Section 65. | 24 |
| Section 40. Notice. Before holding any public hearing | 25 |
| prescribed
in Section 35 of this Act, or any meeting regarding | 26 |
| the passage of any
resolution to file a lawsuit, the Commission | 27 |
| shall give notice to the grantee
or lessee, or his or her legal | 28 |
| representatives, successors, or assigns,
of the time and place | 29 |
| of the proceeding. The notice shall
be accompanied by a | 30 |
| statement signed by the Secretary of the Commission,
or by any | 31 |
| person authorized by the Commission to sign the same, setting
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| forth any act or things done or omitted to be done in | 33 |
| violation, or
claimed to be in violation, of any restriction as | 34 |
| to the use of the
property, whether the restriction be | 35 |
| prescribed in any of the terms of
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| restriction as to the use of the property determined
by the | 2 |
| Commission under the terms of this Act. The notice of the
time | 3 |
| and place fixed for the proceeding shall also be given
to such | 4 |
| person or persons as the Commission shall deem necessary. The | 5 |
| notice
may be given by registered mail, addressed to the | 6 |
| grantee, lessee, or
legal representatives, successors, or | 7 |
| assigns, at the last known address
of the grantee, lessee, or | 8 |
| legal representatives, successors, or assigns. | 9 |
| Section 45. Rules. The Commission may adopt reasonable and
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| proper rules, in accordance with the Illinois Administrative | 11 |
| Procedure Act,
relative to the exercise of its powers, and | 12 |
| proper rules to govern its
proceedings, to regulate the mode | 13 |
| and manner of all hearings held by it or
at its direction, and | 14 |
| to alter and amend those rules.
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| Section 50. Official documents. Copies of all official | 16 |
| documents, findings,
and orders of the Commission, certified by | 17 |
| a Commissioner or by the Secretary
of the Commission to be true | 18 |
| copies of the originals, under the
official seal of the | 19 |
| Commission, shall be evidence in like manner as the
originals. | 20 |
| Section 55. Judicial review. Any party may obtain a | 21 |
| judicial review of a
final order or decision of the Commission | 22 |
| in the circuit court of St. Clair County only under and in | 23 |
| accordance with the provisions of the Administrative
Review Law | 24 |
| and the rules adopted under that Law. The circuit court shall | 25 |
| take
judicial notice of all the rules of practice and procedure | 26 |
| of the Commission. | 27 |
| Section 60. Parks. The Commission may set apart any part of | 28 |
| the District as
a park, except those areas owned, operated, or | 29 |
| used for purposes authorized
under this Act by organizations or | 30 |
| institutions engaged in the delivery or
conduct of health care | 31 |
| services, education, or research, and may construct,
control, | 32 |
| and maintain the same or may provide by
contract with the East |
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| St. Louis Park District or the City of East St. Louis for the
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| construction, control, and maintenance of any area within the | 3 |
| District set
apart as a park. | 4 |
| Section 65. Master plan; improvement and management of | 5 |
| District. The
Commission shall prepare and approve a | 6 |
| comprehensive master plan for the
orderly development and | 7 |
| management of all property within the District.
The master | 8 |
| plan, and any amendment to the master plan, shall not take | 9 |
| effect,
however, until it has been approved by the advisory | 10 |
| council
and the East St. Louis city council. The
Commission | 11 |
| shall take the actions permitted to be taken by it under this | 12 |
| Act as
it may determine are appropriate to provide conditions | 13 |
| most favorable for the
special care and treatment of the sick | 14 |
| and injured and for the study of disease
and for any other | 15 |
| purpose in Section 25 of this Act. In the master plan, the
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| Commission may provide for shared services and facilities | 17 |
| within the District
for the accredited schools of medicine and | 18 |
| the licensed non-profit acute care
hospitals within the | 19 |
| District. | 20 |
| Section 70. Advisory Council. The Commission must | 21 |
| establish an advisory
council consisting of 2 representatives, | 22 |
| appointed for one-year terms by the
Mayor of East St. Louis, of | 23 |
| each recognized neighborhood
organization that the Mayor | 24 |
| determines has a legitimate interest in the
development and | 25 |
| improvement of the District.
There is no limit on the number of | 26 |
| terms to which a person may be appointed as
a
member.
The | 27 |
| advisory council shall review and make
recommendations to the | 28 |
| Commission with respect to the comprehensive master plan
to be | 29 |
| adopted by the Commission. The advisory council may fulfill | 30 |
| such other
responsibilities as the Commission may request
in | 31 |
| furtherance of the purposes of this Act. The advisory council | 32 |
| shall meet at
the call of the President of the Commission and | 33 |
| shall conduct its affairs in
accordance with the rules that the | 34 |
| Commission may adopt from
time to time for the governance and |
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| operation of the advisory council. | 2 |
| Section 75. Public hearing. The Commission shall conduct a | 3 |
| public hearing
prior to either acquiring through eminent domain | 4 |
| under Section 20 of this Act
real or personal property within | 5 |
| the District or approving under Section 70 of
this Act a | 6 |
| comprehensive master plan. The Commission shall also conduct a
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| public hearing whenever it is otherwise required by law to do | 8 |
| so, and may
conduct a public hearing whenever it may elect to | 9 |
| do so.
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| The Commission shall conduct the public hearing called by | 11 |
| it in accordance
with the requirements of the law mandating it, | 12 |
| if any, or in accordance with
the provisions of this Section
if | 13 |
| either the law mandating it is silent as to the procedures for | 14 |
| its holding
or if the Commission elects to hold a public | 15 |
| hearing in the absence of any law
mandating it.
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| In the absence of any law, or of any procedures in any law, | 17 |
| mandating the
holding of a public hearing, the Commission may | 18 |
| authorize a Commissioner or
other person of legal age to | 19 |
| conduct a hearing. The Commissioner or other
authorized person | 20 |
| has the power to administer oaths and affirmations,
take the | 21 |
| testimony of witnesses, take and receive the production of | 22 |
| papers,
books, records, accounts, and documents, receive | 23 |
| pertinent evidence, and
certify
the record of the hearing. The | 24 |
| record of the hearing shall become part of the
Commission's | 25 |
| record. Notice of the time, place, and purpose of the hearing
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| shall be given by a single publication notice in a secular | 27 |
| newspaper of general
circulation in St. Clair County at least | 28 |
| 10 days before the date of the
hearing. | 29 |
| Section 80. Jurisdiction. This Act shall not be construed | 30 |
| to limit the
jurisdiction of the City of East St. Louis to | 31 |
| territory outside the limits of the
District nor to impair any | 32 |
| power now possessed by or hereafter granted to the
City of East | 33 |
| St. Louis or to cities generally. Property owned by and | 34 |
| exclusively
used by the Commission
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| taxation and shall be subject to condemnation by the State
and | 2 |
| any municipal corporation or agency of the State for any State | 3 |
| or municipal
purpose under the provisions for the exercise of | 4 |
| the right of eminent domain
under Article VII of the Code of | 5 |
| Civil Procedure. | 6 |
| Section 85. Disposition of money; income fund. All money | 7 |
| received by the
Commission from the sale or lease
of any | 8 |
| property, in excess of the amount expended by the Commission | 9 |
| for
authorized purposes under this Act shall
be paid into the | 10 |
| State treasury for deposit into the Mid-America Medical | 11 |
| District Income Fund. The Commission is authorized to use all
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| money received
as rentals for the purposes of planning, | 13 |
| acquisition, and development of
property within the District, | 14 |
| for the operation, maintenance, and
improvement of property of | 15 |
| the Commission, and for all purposes and powers set
forth in | 16 |
| this Act. All moneys held pursuant to this Section shall be
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| maintained in a depository approved by the State Treasurer. The | 18 |
| Auditor General
shall, at least biennially, audit or cause to | 19 |
| be audited all records and
accounts of the Commission | 20 |
| pertaining to the operation of the District. | 21 |
| Section 90. Attorney General. The Attorney General of the | 22 |
| State of Illinois
is the legal advisor to the Commission and | 23 |
| shall prosecute or defend, as the
case may be, all actions | 24 |
| brought by or against the Commission. | 25 |
| Section 905. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | 26 |
| Section 5.663 as follows: | 27 |
| (30 ILCS 105/5.663 new) | 28 |
| Sec. 5.663. The Mid-America Medical District Income Fund. |
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