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1 AN ACT concerning medical districts.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Illinois Medical District at Springfield Act.
6 Section 5. Creation of District. There is created in the
7 City of Springfield a medical center district, the Illinois
8 Medical District at Springfield, whose boundaries are 11th
9 Street on the east, North Grand Avenue on the north, Walnut
10 Street on the west, and Madison Street on the south. The
11 District is created to attract and retain academic centers of
12 excellence, viable health care facilities, medical research
13 facilities, emerging high technology enterprises, and other
14 facilities and uses as permitted by this Act.
15 Section 10. Illinois Medical District at Springfield
16 Commission.
17 (a) There is created a body politic and corporate under
18 the corporate name of the Illinois Medical District at
19 Springfield Commission whose general purpose, in addition to
20 and not in limitation of those purposes and powers set forth
21 in this Act, is to:
22 (1) maintain the proper surroundings for a medical
23 center and a related technology center in order to
24 attract, stabilize, and retain within the District
25 hospitals, clinics, research facilities, educational
26 facilities, or other facilities permitted under this Act;
27 and
28 (2) provide for the orderly creation, maintenance,
29 development, and expansion of (i) health care facilities
30 and other ancillary or related facilities that the
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1 Commission may from time to time determine are
2 established and operated (A) for any aspect of the
3 carrying out of the Commission's purposes as set forth in
4 this Act, (B) for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of
5 human ailments and injuries, whether physical or mental,
6 or (C) to promote medical, surgical, and scientific
7 research and knowledge as permitted under this Act; and
8 (ii) medical research and high technology parks, together
9 with the necessary lands, buildings, facilities,
10 equipment, and personal property for those parks.
11 (b) The Commission has perpetual succession and the
12 power to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued
13 except in actions sounding in tort, to plead and be
14 impleaded, to have and use a common seal, and to alter the
15 same at pleasure. All actions sounding in tort against the
16 Commission shall be prosecuted in the Court of Claims. The
17 principal office of the Commission shall be in the City of
18 Springfield.
19 (c) The Commission shall consist of the following
20 members: 4 members of the public appointed by the Governor,
21 with the advice and consent of the Senate; 4 members of the
22 public appointed by the Mayor of Springfield, with the advice
23 and consent of the Springfield city council, at least 2 of
24 whom shall be members of neighborhood organizations located
25 within the District; 2 members appointed by each governing
26 body of each accredited public school of medicine located and
27 conducting programs of study in the District; one member
28 appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the
29 Senate, and one member appointed by the Mayor of Springfield,
30 with the advice and consent of the Springfield city council,
31 representing each licensed non-profit acute care hospital
32 within the District, each of whom must at all times during
33 the term of appointment be and remain an officer of the
34 governing board of, or an officer of, the licensed non-profit
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1 acute care hospital; and 2 physician members representing the
2 chartered county medical society in the county that includes
3 the District, with one member appointed by the Governor, with
4 the advice and consent of the Senate and one member appointed
5 by the Mayor of Springfield, with the advice and consent of
6 the Springfield city council. A licensed non-profit acute
7 care hospital member shall no longer be qualified to be, and
8 shall promptly be replaced as, a Commissioner, as provided in
9 this Act, if and when the member no longer is an officer of
10 the governing board of, or an officer of, the licensed
11 non-profit acute care hospital represented. The members,
12 except the physician members, members representing hospitals,
13 and the members representing a public school of medicine,
14 appointed by the Governor and by the Mayor of Springfield
15 shall not have been at any time during the 2-year period
16 immediately before their appointment as Commissioners, and
17 shall not be at any time during the term of their appointment
18 as Commissioners, (i) members of the faculty of a school of
19 medicine, (ii) members of the medical or dental staff of an
20 acute care hospital, or (iii) directors, trustees, officers,
21 employees, or agents of a person or entity that owns and
22 operates a health care delivery facility or service in
23 Springfield or of any person or entity that controls or owns,
24 is controlled or owned by, or is under common control or
25 ownership with any such person or party. All members of the
26 Commission other than the initial public members appointed by
27 the Governor shall be appointed to hold office for a term of
28 5 years and until their successors are appointed as provided
29 in this Act. The initial public members of the Commission
30 appointed by the Governor shall be appointed for terms
31 ending, respectively on the second, third, fourth, and fifth
32 anniversaries of their appointments. Thereafter, the public
33 members appointed by the Governor shall be appointed to hold
34 office for a term of 5 years and until their successors are
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1 appointed as provided in this Act.
2 (d) Any vacancy in the membership of the Commission
3 occurring by reason of the death, resignation,
4 disqualification, removal, or inability or refusal to act of
5 any of the members of the Commission shall be filled by the
6 entity that had appointed the particular member, and for the
7 unexpired term of office of that particular member. A vacancy
8 caused by the expiration of the period for which the member
9 was appointed shall be filled by a new appointment for a term
10 of 5 years from the date of the expiration of the prior
11 5-year term notwithstanding when the appointment is actually
12 made. The Commission shall obtain, under the provisions of
13 the Personnel Code, such personnel as to the Commission shall
14 deem advisable to carry out the purposes of this Act and the
15 work of the Commission.
16 (e) The Commission shall hold regular meetings annually
17 for the election of a President, Vice-President, Secretary,
18 and Treasurer, for the adoption of a budget, and for such
19 other business as may properly come before it. The
20 Commission shall elect as the President a public member of
21 the Commission appointed by the Mayor of Springfield and as
22 the Vice-President a public member of the Commission
23 appointed by the Governor. The Commission shall establish
24 the duties and responsibilities of its officers by rule. The
25 President or any 4 members of the Commission may call special
26 meetings of the Commission. Each Commissioner shall take an
27 oath of office for the faithful performance of his or her
28 duties. The Commission may not transact business at a
29 meeting of the Commission unless there is present at the
30 meeting a quorum consisting of at least three-fourths of the
31 entire number of Commissioners then in office (but not less
32 than 12). Meetings may be held by telephone conference or
33 other communications equipment by means of which all persons
34 participating in the meeting can communicate with each other.
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1 The Commission may not take an action at a meeting of the
2 Commission at which a quorum is present unless at least a
3 majority of the entire number of Commissioners then in office
4 (but not less than 10), including at least one Commissioner
5 appointed by the governing body of each accredited school of
6 medicine and at least one Commissioner representing each
7 licensed non-profit acute care hospital within the District
8 approves the action.
9 (f) The Commission shall submit to the General Assembly,
10 not later than March 1 of each odd-numbered year, a detailed
11 report covering its operations for the 2 preceding calendar
12 years and a statement of its program for the next 2 years.
13 The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly
14 shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the
15 Speaker, the Minority Leader, and the Clerk of the House of
16 Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader, and
17 the Secretary of the Senate and with the Legislative Research
18 Unit, as required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly
19 Organization Act, and by filing such additional copies with
20 the State Government Report Distribution Center for the
21 General Assembly as is required under paragraph (t) of
22 Section 7 of the State Library Act.
23 (g) The Auditor General shall conduct audits of the
24 Commission in the same manner as the Auditor General conducts
25 audits of State agencies under the Illinois State Auditing
26 Act.
27 (h) Neither the Commission nor the District have any
28 power to tax.
29 (i) The Commission is a public body and subject to the
30 Open Meetings Act and the Freedom of Information Act.
31 Section 15. Grants; loans; contracts. The Commission may
32 apply for and accept grants, loans, or appropriations from
33 the State of Illinois, the federal government, any State or
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1 federal agency or instrumentality, any unit of local
2 government, or any other person or entity to be used for any
3 of the purposes of the District. The Commission may enter
4 into any agreement with the State of Illinois, the federal
5 government, any State or federal instrumentality, any unit of
6 local government, or any other person or entity in relation
7 to the grants, matching grants, loans, or appropriations.
8 The Commission also may, by contractual agreement, accept and
9 collect assessments or fees from entities who enter into such
10 a contractual agreement for District enhancement and
11 improvements, common area shared services, shared facilities,
12 or other activities or expenditures in furtherance of the
13 purposes of this Act. The Commission may make grants to
14 neighborhood organizations within the District for the
15 purpose of benefitting the community.
16 Section 20. Property; acquisition. The Commission is
17 authorized to acquire the fee simple title to real property
18 lying within the District and personal property required for
19 its purposes, by gift, purchase, or otherwise. Title shall be
20 taken in the corporate name of the Commission. The Commission
21 may acquire by lease any real property lying within the
22 District and personal property found by the Commission to be
23 necessary for its purposes and to which the Commission finds
24 that it need not acquire the fee simple title for carrying
25 out of those purposes. All real and personal property within
26 the District, except that owned and used for purposes
27 authorized under this Act by medical institutions or allied
28 educational institutions, hospitals, dispensaries, clinics,
29 dormitories or homes for the nurses, doctors, students,
30 instructors, or other officers or employees of those
31 institutions located in the District, or any real property
32 that is used for offices or for recreational purposes in
33 connection with those institutions, or any improved
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1 residential property within a currently effective historical
2 district properly designated under a federal statute or a
3 State or local statute that has been certified by the
4 Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of the Treasury as
5 containing criteria that will substantially achieve the
6 purpose of preserving and rehabilitating buildings of
7 historical significance to the district, may be acquired by
8 the Commission in its corporate name under the provisions for
9 the exercise of the right of eminent domain under Article VII
10 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The Commission has no
11 quick-take powers, no zoning powers, and no power to
12 establish or enforce building codes. The Commission may not
13 acquire any property pursuant to this Section before a
14 comprehensive master plan has been approved under Section 70.
15 Section 25. Construction. The Commission may, in its
16 corporate capacity, construct or cause to be constructed
17 within the District, hospitals, sanitariums, clinics,
18 laboratories, or any other institution, building, or
19 structure or other ancillary or related facilities that the
20 Commission may, from time to time, determine are established
21 and operated (i) for the carrying out of any aspect of the
22 Commission's purposes as set forth in this Act, for the
23 study, diagnosis, and treatment of human ailments and
24 injuries, whether physical or mental, or to promote medical,
25 surgical, and scientific research and knowledge, for any uses
26 the Commission shall determine will support and nurture
27 facilities and uses permitted by this Act, or for such
28 nursing, extended care, or other facilities as the Commission
29 shall find useful in the study of, research in, or treatment
30 of illnesses or infirmities peculiar to aged people, after a
31 public hearing to be held by any Commissioner or other person
32 authorized by the Commission to conduct the hearing, which
33 Commissioner or other person has the power to administer
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1 oaths and affirmations and take the testimony of witnesses
2 and receive such documentary evidence as shall be pertinent,
3 the record of which hearing he or she shall certify to the
4 Commission, which record shall become part of the records of
5 the Commission, notice of the time, place, and purpose of the
6 hearings to be given by a single publication notice in a
7 secular newspaper of general circulation in the City of
8 Springfield at least 10 days before the date of the hearing,
9 or (ii) for such institutions as shall engage in the
10 training, education, or rehabilitation of persons who by
11 reason of illness or physical infirmity are wholly or
12 partially deprived of their powers of vision or hearing or of
13 the use of such other part or parts of their bodies as
14 prevent them from pursuing normal activities of life, for
15 office buildings for physicians or dealers in medical
16 accessories, for dormitories, homes, or residences for the
17 medical profession, including interns, nurses, students, or
18 other officers or employees of the institutions within the
19 District, for the use of relatives of patients in the
20 hospitals or other institutions within the District, for the
21 rehabilitation or establishment of residential structures
22 within a historic district properly designated under a
23 federal statute or a State or local statute that has been
24 certified by the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary
25 of the Treasury as containing criteria that will
26 substantially achieve the purpose of preserving and
27 rehabilitating buildings of historic significance to the
28 district, or such other areas of the District as the
29 Commission shall designate, for research, development, and
30 resultant production in any of the fields of medicine,
31 chemistry, pharmaceuticals, physics, and genetically
32 engineered products, for biotechnology, information
33 technology, medical technology, or environmental technology,
34 for the research and development of engineering, or for
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1 computer technology related to any of the purposes for which
2 the Commission may construct structures and improvements
3 within the District. All such structures and improvements
4 shall be erected and constructed in accordance with the
5 provisions of the Illinois Procurement Code that apply to
6 State agencies. No construction may be undertaken pursuant to
7 this Section before a comprehensive master plan has been
8 approved under Section 70.
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
13 be 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
19 relocation assistance under this Section.
20 Section 35. Bonds. To obtain the funds necessary for
21 financing the acquisition of land, for the acquisition,
22 construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation of facilities
23 and equipment within the District, and for the operation of
24 the District as set forth in this Act, the Commission may
25 borrow money from any public or private agency, department,
26 corporation, or person. In evidence of and as security for
27 funds borrowed, the Commission may issue revenue bonds in its
28 corporate capacity to be payable from the revenues derived
29 from the operation of the institutions or buildings owned,
30 leased, or operated by or on behalf of the Commission, but
31 the bonds shall in no event constitute an indebtedness of the
32 Commission or a claim against the property of the Commission.
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1 The bonds may be issued in such denominations as may be
2 expedient, in such amounts, and at such rates of interest as
3 the Commission shall deem necessary to provide sufficient
4 funds to pay all the costs authorized under this Section. The
5 bonds shall be executed by the President of the Commission,
6 attested by the Secretary, and sealed with the Commission's
7 corporate seal. If either of those officers of the Commission
8 who shall have signed or attested any of the bonds shall have
9 ceased to be such officer before delivery of the bonds, the
10 signature of the officer shall be valid and sufficient to the
11 same effect as if the officer had remained in office at the
12 time of delivery. The Commission shall furnish the State
13 Comptroller with a record of all bonds issued under this Act.
14 Section 40. Power to sell or lease. The Commission may
15 sell, convey, transfer, or lease, all at fair market value,
16 any title or interest in real property owned by it to any
17 person or persons, to be used, subject to the restrictions of
18 this Act, for the purposes stated in Section 25, or for the
19 purpose of serving persons using the facilities offered
20 within the District or for carrying out of any aspect of the
21 Commission's purposes as set forth in Section 10 of this Act,
22 subject to such restrictions as to the use of the real
23 property as the Commission shall determine will carry out the
24 purpose of this Act. To assure that the use of the real
25 property so sold or leased is in accordance with the
26 provisions of this Act, the Commission shall inquire into and
27 satisfy itself concerning the financial ability of the
28 purchaser to complete the project for which the real property
29 is sold or leased in accordance with a plan to be presented
30 by the purchaser or lessee, which plan shall be submitted, in
31 writing, to the Commission. Under the plan, the purchaser or
32 lessee shall undertake (1) to use the land for the purposes
33 designated in the plan so presented; (2) to commence and
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1 complete the construction of the buildings or other
2 structures to be included in the project within such periods
3 of time as the Commission fixes as reasonable; and (3) to
4 comply with such other conditions as the Commission shall
5 determine are necessary to carry out the project. All
6 conveyances and leases authorized in this Section shall be on
7 condition that, in the event of use for other than the
8 purposes prescribed in this Act, or of nonuse for a period of
9 one year, title to the property shall revert to the
10 Commission. All conveyances and leases made by the Commission
11 to any corporation or person for the use of serving the
12 residents or any person using the facilities offered within
13 the District shall be on condition that in the event of
14 violation of any of the restrictions as to the use of the
15 property as the Commission shall have determined will carry
16 out the purposes of this Act, that title to the property
17 shall revert to the Commission. If, however, the Commission
18 finds that financing necessary for the acquisition or lease
19 of any real estate or for the construction of any building or
20 improvement to be used for purposes prescribed in this Act
21 cannot be obtained if title to the land or building or
22 improvement is subject to such a reverter provision, which
23 finding shall be made by the Commission after public hearing
24 held pursuant to a single publication notice given in a
25 secular newspaper of general circulation in the City of
26 Springfield at least 10 days before the date of the hearing,
27 the notice to specify the time, place, and purpose for the
28 hearing, and upon that finding being made, the Commission may
29 cause the real property to be conveyed free of a reverter
30 provision, provided that at least 10 members of the
31 Commission vote in favor thereof. The Commission may also
32 provide in the conveyances, leases, or other documentation
33 provisions for notice of such violations or default and the
34 cure thereof for the benefit of any lender or mortgagee as
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1 the Commission shall determine are appropriate. If, at a
2 regularly scheduled meeting, the Commission resolves that a
3 parcel of real estate leased by it, or in which it has sold
4 the fee simple title or any lesser estate, is not being used
5 for the purposes prescribed in this Act or has been in nonuse
6 for a period of one year, the Commission may file a law suit
7 in the circuit court of Sangamon County to enforce the terms
8 of the sale or lease. If a reverter of title to any property
9 is ordered by the court under the terms of this Act, the
10 interest of the Commission shall be subject to any then
11 existing valid mortgage or trust deed in the nature of a
12 mortgage, but if the title is acquired through foreclosure of
13 that mortgage or trust deed or by deed in lieu of foreclosure
14 of that mortgage or trust deed, then the title to the
15 property shall not revert, but shall be subject to the
16 restrictions as to use, but not any penalty for nonuse,
17 contained in this Act with respect to any mortgagee in
18 possession or its successor or assigns.
19 No conveyance of real property shall be executed by the
20 Commission without the prior written approval of the
21 Governor. The Commission may not sell, convey, transfer, or
22 lease any property pursuant to this Section before a
23 comprehensive master plan has been approved under Section 70.
24 Section 45. Notice. Before holding any public hearing
25 prescribed in Section 40 of this Act, or any meeting
26 regarding the passage of any resolution to file a law suit,
27 the Commission shall give notice to the grantee or lessee, or
28 his or her legal representatives, successors, or assigns, of
29 the time and place of the proceeding. The notice shall be
30 accompanied by a statement signed by the Secretary of the
31 Commission, or by any person authorized by the Commission to
32 sign the same, setting forth any act or things done or
33 omitted to be done in violation, or claimed to be in
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1 violation, of any restriction as to the use of the property,
2 whether the restriction be prescribed in any of the terms of
3 this Act or by any restriction as to the use of the property
4 determined by the Commission under the terms of this Act. The
5 notice of the time and place fixed for the proceeding shall
6 also be given to such person or persons as the Commission
7 shall deem necessary. The notice may be given by registered
8 mail, addressed to the grantee, lessee, or legal
9 representatives, successors, or assigns, at the last known
10 address of the grantee, lessee, or legal representatives,
11 successors, or assigns.
12 Section 50. Rules. The Commission may adopt reasonable
13 and proper rules, in accordance with the Illinois
14 Administrative Procedure Act, relative to the exercise of its
15 powers, and proper rules to govern its proceedings, to
16 regulate the mode and manner of all hearings held by it or at
17 its direction, and to alter and amend those rules.
18 Section 55. Official documents. Copies of all official
19 documents, findings, and orders of the Commission, certified
20 by a Commissioner or by the Secretary of the Commission to be
21 true copies of the originals, under the official seal of the
22 Commission, shall be evidence in like manner as the
23 originals.
24 Section 60. Judicial review. Any party may obtain a
25 judicial review of a final order or decision of the
26 Commission in the circuit court of Sangamon County only under
27 and in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative
28 Review Law and the rules adopted under that Law. The circuit
29 court shall take judicial notice of all the rules of practice
30 and procedure of the Commission.
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1 Section 65. Parks. The Commission may set apart any
2 part of the District as a park, except those areas owned,
3 operated, or used for purposes authorized under this Act by
4 organizations or institutions engaged in the delivery or
5 conduct of health care services, education, or research, and
6 may construct, control, and maintain the same or may provide
7 by contract with the Springfield Park District or the City of
8 Springfield for the construction, control, and maintenance of
9 any area within the District set apart as a park.
10 Section 70. Master plan; improvement and management of
11 District. The Commission shall prepare and approve a
12 comprehensive master plan for the orderly development and
13 management of all property within the District. The master
14 plan, and any amendment to the master plan, shall not take
15 effect, however, until it has been approved by the advisory
16 council and the Springfield city council. The Commission
17 shall take the actions permitted to be taken by it under this
18 Act as it may determine are appropriate to provide conditions
19 most favorable for the special care and treatment of the sick
20 and injured and for the study of disease and for any other
21 purpose in Section 25 of this Act. In the master plan, the
22 Commission may provide for shared services and facilities
23 within the District for the accredited schools of medicine
24 and the licensed non-profit acute care hospitals within the
25 District.
26 Section 75. Advisory Council. The Commission must
27 establish an advisory council consisting of 2
28 representatives, appointed for one-year terms by the Mayor of
29 Springfield, of each recognized neighborhood organization
30 that the Mayor determines has a legitimate interest in the
31 development and improvement of the District. There is no
32 limit on the number of terms to which a person may be
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1 appointed as a member. The advisory council shall review and
2 make recommendations to the Commission with respect to the
3 comprehensive master plan to be adopted by the Commission.
4 The advisory council may fulfill such other responsibilities
5 as the Commission may request in furtherance of the purposes
6 of this Act. The advisory council shall meet at the call of
7 the President of the Commission and shall conduct its affairs
8 in accordance with the rules that the Commission may adopt
9 from time to time for the governance and operation of the
10 advisory council.
11 Section 80. Public hearing. The Commission shall
12 conduct a public hearing prior to either acquiring through
13 eminent domain under Section 20 of this Act real or personal
14 property within the District or approving under Section 70 of
15 this Act a comprehensive master plan. The Commission shall
16 also conduct a public hearing whenever it is otherwise
17 required by law to do so, and may conduct a public hearing
18 whenever it may elect to do so.
19 The Commission shall conduct the public hearing called by
20 it in accordance with the requirements of the law mandating
21 it, if any, or in accordance with the provisions of this
22 Section if either the law mandating it is silent as to the
23 procedures for its holding or if the Commission elects to
24 hold a public hearing in the absence of any law mandating it.
25 In the absence of any law, or of any procedures in any
26 law, mandating the holding of a public hearing, the
27 Commission may authorize a Commissioner or other person of
28 legal age to conduct a hearing. The Commissioner or other
29 authorized person has the power to administer oaths and
30 affirmations, take the testimony of witnesses, take and
31 receive the production of papers, books, records, accounts,
32 and documents, receive pertinent evidence, and certify the
33 record of the hearing. The record of the hearing shall
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1 become part of the Commission's record. Notice of the time,
2 place, and purpose of the hearing shall be given by a single
3 publication notice in a secular newspaper of general
4 circulation in the City of Springfield at least 10 days
5 before the date of the hearing.
6 Section 85. Jurisdiction. This Act shall not be
7 construed to limit the jurisdiction of the City of
8 Springfield to territory outside the limits of the District
9 nor to impair any power now possessed by or hereafter granted
10 to the City of Springfield or to cities generally. Property
11 owned by and exclusively used by the Commission shall be
12 exempt from taxation and shall be subject to condemnation by
13 the State and any municipal corporation or agency of the
14 State for any State or municipal purpose under the provisions
15 for the exercise of the right of eminent domain under Article
16 VII of the Code of Civil Procedure.
17 Section 90. Disposition of money; income fund. All money
18 received by the Commission from the sale or lease of any
19 property, in excess of the amount expended by the Commission
20 for authorized purposes under this Act or as may be necessary
21 to satisfy the obligation of any revenue bond issued pursuant
22 to Section 35, shall be paid into the State treasury for
23 deposit into the Illinois Medical District at Springfield
24 Income Fund. The Commission is authorized to use all money
25 received as rentals for the purposes of planning,
26 acquisition, and development of property within the District,
27 for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of property
28 of the Commission, and for all purposes and powers set forth
29 in this Act. All moneys held pursuant to this Section shall
30 be maintained in a depository approved by the State
31 Treasurer. The Auditor General shall, at least biennially,
32 audit or cause to be audited all records and accounts of the
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1 Commission pertaining to the operation of the District.
2 Section 95. Attorney General. The Attorney General of
3 the State of Illinois is the legal advisor to the Commission
4 and shall prosecute or defend, as the case may be, all
5 actions brought by or against the Commission.
6 Section 900. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
7 Sections 5.570 and 6z-56 as follows:
8 (30 ILCS 105/5.570 new)
9 Sec. 5.570. The Illinois Medical District at Springfield
10 Income Fund.
11 (30 ILCS 105/6z-56 new)
12 Sec. 6z-56. Illinois Medical District at Springfield
13 Income Fund. All payments received from the Illinois Medical
14 District at Springfield Commission for deposit into the
15 Illinois Medical District at Springfield Income Fund shall be
16 expended only pursuant to appropriation. Amounts in the Fund
17 may be appropriated to the Commission for use in purchasing
18 real estate.
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