HB 4951 — MID-AMERICA MEDICAL DISTRICT

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Younge SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

New Act ILCS 105/5.663 new Creates the Mid-America Medical District Act.

Creates the Mid-America Medical District within the City of East Saint Louis.

Provides that the District is governed by the Mid-America Medical District Commission.

Describes the territory of the District.

Contains provisions concerning grants, loans, contracts, property acquisition, construction, relocation assistance, sale or lease of property, hearings, rules, judicial review, master plans, funds, and other matters.

Amends the State Finance Act to create the Mid-America Medical District Income Fund.

LRB094 18729 RCE 54103 b FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR HB4951 LRB094 18729 RCE 54103 b AN ACT concerning local government.

(2) provide for the orderly expansion of (i) various HB4951 Engrossed - 2 - LRB094 18729 RCE 54103 b county and local governmental facilities as permitted under this Act, (ii) other ancillary or related facilities that the Commission may from time to time determine are established and operated for any aspect of the carrying out of the Commission’s purposes as set forth in this Act, or are established and operated for the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of human ailments and injuries, whether physical or mental, or to promote medical, surgical, and scientific research and knowledge as permitted under this Act, (iii) medical research and high technology parks, together with the necessary land, buildings, facilities, equipment, and personal property therefore, and (iv) facilities devoted to the research and advancement of health care related issues and policies.

Clair County Board Chairman shall appoint 3 members for terms expiring, respectively, on December 31, 2007, 2008, and 2009, and the Mayor of East Saint Louis, HB4951 Engrossed - 3 - LRB094 18729 RCE 54103 b with the advice and consent of the City Council, shall appoint 3 members for terms expiring, respectively, on December 31, 2007, 2008, and 2009.

The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the Speaker, the Minority Leader, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader and the Secretary of the Senate, and the Legislative Research Unit, as required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act, and by filing any additional copies with the State Government Report HB4951 Engrossed - 4 - LRB094 18729 RCE 54103 b Distribution Center for the General Assembly that is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act.

The Commission may, in its corporate capacity, construct or cause or permit to be constructed in the District, hospitals, sanitariums, clinics, laboratories, or any other institution, HB4951 Engrossed - 5 - LRB094 18729 RCE 54103 b building or structure or other ancillary or related facilities that the Commission may, from time to time, determine are established and operated for the carrying out of any aspect of the Commission’s purpose as set forth in this Act or are established and operated for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of human ailments and injuries, whether physical or mental, or to promote medical, surgical, and scientific research and knowledge, or for any uses the Commission shall determine will support and nurture facilities, and uses permitted by this Act, or for such nursing, extended care, or other facilities as the Commission shall find useful in the study of, research in, or treatment of illnesses or infirmities peculiar to aged people, after a public hearing to be held by any Commissioner or other person authorized by the Commission to conduct the same, at which Commissioner or other person shall have the power to administer oaths and affirmations and take the testimony of witnesses and receive any documentary evidence as shall be pertinent, the record of which hearing he or she shall certify to the Commission, which record shall become part of the records of the Commission, notice of the time, place, and purpose of the hearings to be given by a single publication notice in a secular newspaper of general circulation in St.

Clair County at least 10 days prior to the date of such hearing, or for such institutions as shall engage in the training, education, or rehabilitation of persons who by reason of illness or physical infirmity are wholly or partially deprived of their powers of vision or hearing or of the use of such other part or parts of their bodies as prevent them from pursuing normal activities of life, or office buildings for physicians or dealers in medical accessories, or dormitories, homes or residences for the medical profession, including interns, nurses, students or other officers or employees of the institutions within the District, or for the use of relatives of patients in the hospitals or other institutions within the District, or for the rehabilitation or establishment of residential structures within a currently effective historic HB4951 Engrossed - 6 - LRB094 18729 RCE 54103 b district properly designated under a federal statute or a State or local statute that has been certified by the Secretary of the Interior to the Secretary of the Treasury as containing criteria which will substantially achieve the purpose of preserving and rehabilitating buildings of historic significance to the District, or such other areas of the District as the Commission shall designate, for research, development and resultant production, in any of the fields of medicine, chemistry, pharmaceuticals, physics, and genetically engineered products, for biotechnology, information technology, medical technology, or environmental technology, or for the research and development of engineering or for computer technology related to any of the purposes for which the Commission may construct structures and improvements within the District.

Notice of the time, place, and purpose of the hearing shall be given by a single publication notice in a secular newspaper of general HB4951 Engrossed - 7 - LRB094 18729 RCE 54103 b circulation in St.

The Commission also may defray the expenses of HB4951 Engrossed - 8 - LRB094 18729 RCE 54103 b the operation of the District development area and technology park, improvements to the District development area and technology park, provision of shared services, common facilities and common area expenses, benefiting owners and occupants of property within the District development area and the technology park by general assessment, special assessment, or the imposition of service or user fees.

HB4951 Engrossed - 9 - LRB094 18729 RCE 54103 b Section 45.

In determining the use value of the real property, the Commission shall take into consideration whether or not said property is to be used by a wholly or partially tax supported body created under the laws of the State of Illinois, HB4951 Engrossed - 10 - LRB094 18729 RCE 54103 b by any department of the State government or any political subdivision of the State, by a charitable institution, or by a private person or institution operating for profit;

All conveyances and leases made by the Commission to any corporation or person for use of serving the residents or any person using the facilities offered within the HB4951 Engrossed - 11 - LRB094 18729 RCE 54103 b District shall be on condition that in the event of violation of any of the restrictions as to the use thereof as the Commission shall have determined will carry out the purposes of this Act, that title to such property shall revert to the Commission.

In the event a reverter of title to any property is ordered by the court pursuant to the terms of this Act, the interest of the Commission shall be subject to any then existing valid mortgage or trust deed in the nature of a mortgage, but in case the title is acquired through foreclosure of the mortgage or trust deed or by deed in lieu of foreclosure of the mortgage or trust deed, then the title to the property shall not revert, but shall be subject to HB4951 Engrossed - 12 - LRB094 18729 RCE 54103 b the restrictions as to use, but not any penalty for nonuse, contained in this Act with respect to any mortgagee in possession or its successor or assigns.

The Commission may 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 HB4951 Engrossed - 13 - LRB094 18729 RCE 54103 b hearings held by it or at its direction, and to alter and amend same.

The Commission shall so improve and manage the District as to provide conditions most favorable for the special care and treatment of the sick and HB4951 Engrossed - 14 - LRB094 18729 RCE 54103 b injured and for the study of disease and for any other purpose in Section 25 of this Act.

When the zoning ordinance is ready for adoption, the Commission shall cause notice of a public hearing to be posted in at least 4 conspicuous places within the District, at least HB4951 Engrossed - 15 - LRB094 18729 RCE 54103 b 10 days before the date of the hearing.

The Commission may provide, contract, and construct facilities HB4951 Engrossed - 16 - LRB094 18729 RCE 54103 b and charge and collect fees necessary to supply these shared services and facilities so approved.

Upon enactment, not later than July 10 of each year, the Commission shall transmit to the State Treasurer for deposit HB4951 Engrossed - 17 - LRB094 18729 RCE 54103 b into the Fund all moneys on hand at June 30 in excess of $500,000 without deduction or offset of any kind, except that the Commission may retain such additional funds as are necessary to pay enforceable contractual obligations existing as of June 30 and that will be paid not later than September 30 of that year.