Chapter 70 — SPECIAL DISTRICTS

(70 ILCS 910/21.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 1271.1) Sec. 21.1. Without submitting the question to the voters of the district and without complying with Section 21 of this Act, a Hospital District may borrow money and issue its notes secured by and payable solely from unencumbered accou…

(70 ILCS 910/21.2) (from Ch. 23, par. 1271.2) Sec. 21.2. The corporate authorities of any Hospital District may enter into installment purchase and lease agreements and issue debt certificates under subsection (b) of Section 17 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act and may issu…

(70 ILCS 910/21.3) Sec. 21.3. Lines of credit. (a) A hospital district may enter into a line of credit secured by and payable from one or more of these sources: property taxes, unencumbered accounts receivable, or other revenues, in an amount not to exceed the greater of the foll…

(70 ILCS 910/22) (from Ch. 23, par. 1272) Sec. 22. Any person, desiring to donate property for the benefit of a hospital, constructed or to be constructed under this Act, may vest title to the property so donated in the board of directors created under this Act, and the Board of …

(70 ILCS 910/23) (from Ch. 23, par. 1273) Sec. 23. In case any Hospital District organized hereunder shall be coterminous with or shall include within its corporate limits in whole or in part any pre-existing public agency authorized to own, operate and maintain a public hospital…

(70 ILCS 910/25) (from Ch. 23, par. 1275) Sec. 25. In case the board of directors of any hospital district organized under this Act finds: (i) that all or any part of the need for hospital services of the inhabitants of the District can be better served on a permanent basis by th…

(70 ILCS 910/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 1253) Sec. 3. (a) "Hospital" means any hospital for in-patient and out-patient medical or surgical care of persons in need thereof. (b) "Public Hospital" means a hospital owned by a Hospital District or other public agency which is used or is in…

(70 ILCS 910/4) (from Ch. 23, par. 1254) Sec. 4. A Hospital District may be created, incorporated and managed as provided in this Act and may exercise the powers herein granted or necessarily implied. A Hospital District may include municipalities or territory not in municipaliti…

(70 ILCS 910/5) (from Ch. 23, par. 1255) Sec. 5. Wherever the creation of a Hospital District is desired, 2,500 or more of the voters residing within the area or 10% of the legal voters residing within the area, whichever is higher, may file with the circuit clerk of the county i…

(70 ILCS 910/6) (from Ch. 23, par. 1256) Sec. 6. The court may continue the hearing on the petition from time to time. Should it appear at such public hearing that a part only of any municipality is included within the territory described in the petition then the petition shall b…

(70 ILCS 910/7) (from Ch. 23, par. 1257) Sec. 7. In addition to the requirements of the general election law, notice of the referendum shall state briefly the purpose of the referendum and shall include a description of the territory. The notice shall further state that any such …

(70 ILCS 910/8) (from Ch. 23, par. 1258) Sec. 8. If a majority of the voters voting upon the question of the adoption of this Act and the establishment of a Hospital District shall be favorable, the inhabitants thereof shall be deemed to have accepted the provisions of this Act, …

(70 ILCS 910/9) (from Ch. 23, par. 1259) Sec. 9. Within 90 days after the order declaring the result of such election has been entered, the Board of Directors shall cause a certified copy of such order to be filed in the office of the county clerk of each county in which the Dist…

(70 ILCS 915/0.01) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5000) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Illinois Medical District Act. (Source: P.A. 89-356, eff. 8-17-95.)

(70 ILCS 915/1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5001) Sec. 1. Creation of District. There is created in the City of Chicago a medical center district, hereinafter called the District, whose boundaries are Ashland Boulevard on the East, a line co-incidental with Congress Street extending …

(70 ILCS 915/10) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5020) Sec. 10. Disposition of money. The Commission is authorized to use all money received from the sale or lease of any property, in excess of the amount as may be necessary to satisfy the obligation of any revenue bond issued pursuant t…

(70 ILCS 915/11) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5021) Sec. 11. If any provision of this act is held invalid, such provision shall be deemed to be excised from this act and the invalidity thereof shall not affect any of the other provisions of this act. If the application of any provisio…

(70 ILCS 915/12) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5022) Sec. 12. The Attorney General of the State of Illinois shall be the legal advisor to and shall prosecute or defend, as the case may be, all actions brought by or against the Commission. (Source: Laws 1953, p. 1019.)

(70 ILCS 915/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5002) Sec. 2. Illinois Medical District Commission. (a) There is hereby created a political subdivision, unit of local government, body politic and corporate under the corporate name of Illinois Medical District Commission, hereinafter call…

(70 ILCS 915/2.1) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5003) Sec. 2.1. Grants; loans; contracts. The Commission may apply for and accept grants, loans, or appropriations from the State of Illinois, the federal government, any State or federal agency or instrumentality, or any other person or …

(70 ILCS 915/3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5004) Sec. 3. Property; acquisition. The Commission is authorized to acquire the fee simple title to real property lying within the District and personal property required for its purposes, by gift, purchase, or otherwise, and title thereto…

(70 ILCS 915/3.5) Sec. 3.5. Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any power granted under this Act to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the Eminent Domain Act. (Source: P.A. 94-1…

(70 ILCS 915/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5005) Sec. 4. The Commission may, in its corporate capacity, construct or cause or permit to be constructed in such District, hospitals, sanitariums, clinics, laboratories, or any other institution, building or structure or other ancillary …

(70 ILCS 915/4.10) Sec. 4.10. The Commission may provide relocation assistance to persons and entities displaced by the Commission's acquisition of property and improvement of the District. The Commission is also authorized to acquire private real property by gift or voluntary pu…

(70 ILCS 915/4.5) Sec. 4.5. Quick-take powers. For a period of 9 months after November 1, 1993, for the purpose of acquiring a site for the Illinois State Police Forensic Science Laboratory at Chicago, on the block bounded by Roosevelt Road on the north, Wolcott Street on the eas…

(70 ILCS 915/5) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5006) Sec. 5. To obtain the funds necessary for financing the acquisition of land, the acquisition or construction of any building hereinabove mentioned, and for the operation of the District as is in this Act set forth, the Commission may …

(70 ILCS 915/5b) Sec. 5b. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00. Repealed by P.A. 97-825, eff. 7-18-12.)

(70 ILCS 915/6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5009) Sec. 6. The Commission may sell, convey, transfer, or lease any title or interest in real estate owned by it to any person or persons, to be used, subject to the restrictions of this Act, for the purposes stated in Section 4, or for t…

(70 ILCS 915/6.01) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5010) Sec. 6.01. Prior to the holding of any public hearing prescribed in Section 6 of this Act, or any meeting regarding the passage of any resolution to file a law suit, the Commission shall give notice to such grantee or lessee, or hi…

(70 ILCS 915/6.03) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5012) Sec. 6.03. The Commission shall have power to adopt reasonable and proper rules and regulations relative to the exercise of its powers, and proper rules to govern its proceedings, and to regulate the mode and manner of all hearings…

(70 ILCS 915/6.04) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5013) Sec. 6.04. Copies of all official documents, findings and orders of the Commission, certified by a Commissioner or by the Secretary of the Commission to be true copies of the originals thereof, under the official seal of the commis…

(70 ILCS 915/6.06) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5015) Sec. 6.06. Any party may obtain a judicial review of final orders or decision of the Commission in the circuit court of the county in which the property involved in such proceeding is situated, or if such property is situated in mo…

(70 ILCS 915/7) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5017) Sec. 7. The Commission may set apart any part of the District as a park and may construct, control and maintain the same or may provide by contract with the Chicago Park District or the City of Chicago for the construction, control an…

(70 ILCS 915/8) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5018) Sec. 8. Master plan; improvement and management of District; building regulations; zoning. The Commission shall prepare a comprehensive master plan for the orderly development of all property within the District. The Commission shall …

(70 ILCS 915/9) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5019) Sec. 9. This Act shall not be construed to limit the jurisdiction of the City of Chicago to territory outside the limits of the District nor to impair any power now possessed by or hereafter granted to the City of Chicago or to cities…

(70 ILCS 920/0.01) (from Ch. 23, par. 1700) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Tuberculosis Sanitarium District Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(70 ILCS 920/1) (from Ch. 23, par. 1701) Sec. 1. Any area of contiguous territory lying wholly within one county may be incorporated as a tuberculosis sanitarium district in the following manner, to wit: Any 100 legal voters residing within the limits of such proposed district ma…

(70 ILCS 920/10) (from Ch. 23, par. 1710) Sec. 10. When any such sanitarium is established, the physicians, nurses, attendants, the persons sick therein, and all persons approaching or coming within the limits of the same or grounds thereof, and all furniture and other articles u…

(70 ILCS 920/11) (from Ch. 23, par. 1711) Sec. 11. All reputable physicians shall have equal privileges in treating patients in any tuberculosis sanitarium district. (Source: Laws 1937, p. 470.)

(70 ILCS 920/12) (from Ch. 23, par. 1712) Sec. 12. All ordinances making any appropriation of moneys, shall within ten days after their passage, be published at least once in some newspaper published in such district or having a general circulation therein to be designated by the…

(70 ILCS 920/13) (from Ch. 23, par. 1713) Sec. 13. The president of the board of directors of any district organized hereunder, shall preside at all meetings of the board and be the executive officer of such district; he shall sign all ordinances, resolutions and other papers nec…

(70 ILCS 920/14) (from Ch. 23, par. 1714) Sec. 14. The board of directors of any tuberculosis sanitarium district organized hereunder shall have power to raise money by general taxation, for any of the purposes enumerated in this Act, and power to borrow money upon the faith and …

(70 ILCS 920/2) (from Ch. 23, par. 1702) Sec. 2. The proposition shall be substantially in the following form: -------------------------------------------------------------- "Shall there be organized a tuberculosis sanitarium district in accordance with the order of the circuit Y…

(70 ILCS 920/3) (from Ch. 23, par. 1703) Sec. 3. All courts shall take judicial notice of all tuberculosis sanitarium districts organized under this Act. The affairs of such district shall be managed by a board of 3 directors, appointed by the presiding officer of the county boar…

(70 ILCS 920/4) (from Ch. 23, par. 1704) Sec. 4. Whenever any member of the board of directors shall, from any cause, cease to be a legal voter of the district, his office shall thereupon become vacant, and a successor shall be appointed for the remainder of the term as other mem…

(70 ILCS 920/5) (from Ch. 23, par. 1705) Sec. 5. The directors shall, immediately after appointment meet and organize, by election of one of their number as president and one as secretary. The board shall have power to establish and maintain a tuberculosis sanitarium, and branche…

(70 ILCS 920/5.05) Sec. 5.05. Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any power granted under this Act to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the Eminent Domain Act. (Source: P.A. 94…

(70 ILCS 920/5.1) (from Ch. 23, par. 1705.1) Sec. 5.1. Said board of directors shall also have power to adapt and equip a sanitarium building or buildings or part thereof to fit the same for the accommodation, reception, detention, care and treatment of persons afflicted with tub…

(70 ILCS 920/5.2) (from Ch. 23, par. 1705.2) Sec. 5.2. If the board of directors finds that it is no longer necessary to provide an in-patient facility to serve the residents suffering from tuberculosis, it may recommend to the county board that the tuberculosis sanitarium establ…

(70 ILCS 920/5.3) (from Ch. 23, par. 1705.3) Sec. 5.3. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 86-619; 86-1252. Repealed by P.A. 102-587, eff. 1-1-22.)