60 ILCS 1/ Township Code.

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60 ILCS 1/170-30

(60 ILCS 1/170-30)

Sec. 170-30.

Tax; annual appropriation ordinance.

(a) The board of directors may levy a tax on all the taxable property within
the township for the purpose of maintaining and operating the public hospital
and for the purpose of repairing, improving, extending, and equipping the
public hospital. The aggregate amount of the tax for any one year, exclusive of
the amount necessary to be levied for the purpose of paying any bonded
indebtedness as authorized in this Article, shall not exceed the rate of3 mills
on each dollar of assessed value of taxable property in the township as
assessed and equalized for State and county taxes.

(b) The board of directors shall establish by resolution the beginning and
ending of its fiscal year and annually within the first quarter of the fiscal
year shall adopt an appropriation ordinance appropriating the sums of money
deemed necessary to pay the cost of operating and maintaining the public
hospital and other expenses for the hospital, specifying the objects and
purposes for which the appropriations are made.

(c) After adopting the appropriation ordinance, and on or before the second
Tuesday in September of each year, the board of directors shall ascertain the
total amount of appropriations legally made that are to be provided from the
tax levy for that year. Then, by an ordinance specifying the purposes for which
the appropriations are made, the board of directors shall levy not more than
the total amount ascertained upon all the property subject to taxation within
the township as the property is assessed and equalized for State and county
purposes. The Illinois Municipal Budget Law does not apply to the making of
appropriations by the board of directors.

(Source: Laws 1945, p. 1735; P.A. 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/170-35

(60 ILCS 1/170-35)

Sec. 170-35.

Bonds; referendum.

(a) The board of directors may borrow money and issue bonds for the purpose
of acquiring by purchase, constructing, improving, extending, repairing, or
equipping any public hospital in and for the township in any amount not to
exceed 5.75% on the valuation of taxable property in the township to be
ascertained by the last assessment for State and county taxes before the
indebtedness is incurred or, until January 1, 1983, if greater, the sum that is
produced by multiplying the township's 1978 equalized assessed valuation by the
debt limitation percentage in effect on January 1, 1979.

(b) Whenever the board of directors desires to issue bonds under this
Article, they shall adopt a resolution for that purpose, authorizing the
issuance of the bonds, prescribing all the details of the bonds, and stating
the time or times when the principal of and the interest on the bonds shall
become payable and the place of payment of the principal and interest.  The
bonds shall be payable within not less than 3 nor more than 20 years from the
date of issuance and shall be issued to bear interest at not to exceed the
greater of (i) the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as
amended at the time of the making of the contract, or (ii) the rate of 9% per
annum.  The resolution shall provide for the levy and collection of a direct
annual tax upon all the taxable property within the corporate limits of the
township sufficient to meet the principal of and interest on the bonds as it
matures.  The tax shall be in addition to and in excess of any
other tax authorized to be levied by the township.

(c) A certified copy of the resolution providing for the issuance of the
bonds shall be filed with the county clerk of the county in which the township
is located and shall constitute the basis and authority of the county clerk for
the extension and collection of the tax necessary to pay the principal of and
interest upon the bonds issued under the resolution.

(d) No resolution providing for the issuance of bonds under this Article
shall be effective until it has been certified to the proper election
officials, who shall then submit the resolution to a referendum of the electors
of the township in accordance with the general election law.  The election
shall be conducted and notice given in accordance with the general election
law. If a majority of those voting upon the proposition at the election vote in
favor of issuing the bonds, the resolution shall immediately become effective.

(e) With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under this
Section either before, on, or after June 6, 1989, it is and always has been the
intention of the General Assembly (i) that the Omnibus Bond Acts are and always
have been supplementary grants of power to issue instruments in accordance with
the Omnibus Bond Acts, regardless of any provision of this Article that may
appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts, (ii) that the
provisions of this Section are not a limitation on the supplementary authority
granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts, and (iii) that instruments issued under this
Section within the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts are
not invalid because of any provision of this Article that may appear to be or
to have been more restrictive than those Acts.

(Source: P.A. 86-4; 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/170-40

(60 ILCS 1/170-40)

Sec. 170-40.

Rules and regulations for operation of hospital.

(a) Every public hospital established under this Article shall be maintained
for the benefit of the inhabitants of the township by which it is established
who are sick, injured, or maimed, but every inhabitant of the township who is
not a pauper shall pay to the board of directors or to a designated employee of
the board reasonable compensation for occupancy, nursing, care, medicine, or
attendance, according to the rules and regulations prescribed by the board. The
public hospital shall always be subject to reasonable rules and regulations
adopted by the board of directors to render the use of the hospital of the
greatest benefit to the greatest number. The board of directors may exclude
from the use of the hospital all inhabitants and persons who wilfully violate
any of the reasonable rules and regulations established by the board. The board
of directors may extend the privileges and use of the public hospital to
persons residing outside of the township upon terms and conditions prescribed
by the board of directors in its rules and regulations.

(b) When a public hospital is established and in operation, the physicians,
nurses, attendants, patients, and all persons approaching or coming within the
limits of the public hospital, and all furniture and other articles used or
brought there, shall be subject to rules and regulations prescribed by the
board of directors.

(Source: Laws 1945, p. 1735; P.A. 86-739; 88-62.)

60 ILCS 1/170-45

(60 ILCS 1/170-45)

Sec. 170-45.

Donated property.

Any person desiring to donate property for
the benefit of a public hospital may vest title to the property donated in the
board of directors. The board of directors shall hold and control the property
according to the terms of the deed, gift, or legacy and shall be a trustee of
the property. The board of directors shall take title to all property it may
acquire in the name of the township and shall control that property for the
purposes provided in this Article.

(Source: P.A. 83-388; 88-62.)