2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS › 70 ILCS 915/ - Illinois Medical District Act.

(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 from Ashland Boulevard in a westerly
direction to Oakley Boulevard on the north, Oakley Boulevard
on the west, and a line coincidental with the north line of the
property at or near 14th and 15th Streets owned or used by the
Chicago Northwestern Transportation Company, its successor and
assigns for railroad purposes on the south.
The District is created to attract and retain academic centers of excellence,
viable health care facilities, medical research facilities, emerging high
technology enterprises, and other facilities and uses as permitted by this
Act.
(Source: P.A. 89-356, eff. 8-17-95.)
(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 called the
Commission, whose general purpose in addition to and not in limitation of
those purposes and powers set forth in other Sections of this Act shall be to:
(1) maintain the proper surroundings for a medical     center and a related technology center in order to attract, stabilize, and retain therein hospitals, clinics, research facilities, educational facilities, or other facilities permitted under this Act;
(2) provide for the orderly creation and expansion of     (i) various county, and local governmental facilities as permitted under this Act, including, but not limited to, juvenile detention facilities, (ii) other ancillary or related facilities which 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, and treatment 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 lands, buildings, facilities, equipment, and personal property therefore, and (iv) other facility development to generate and maintain revenue streams sufficient to fund the operations of the Commission and for the District, and to provide for any cash reserves as the Commission shall deem prudent.
(b) The Commission shall have perpetual succession, power
to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued in its corporate name, but judgment shall not in any case be issued against any property of the Commission, to have and use a common
seal, and to alter the same at pleasure. All actions sounding in tort
against the Commission shall be prosecuted in the Court of Claims. The
principal office of the Commission shall be in the city of Chicago, and
the Commission may establish such other offices within the state of
Illinois at such places as to the Commission shall seem advisable. Such
Commission shall consist of 7 members, 4 of whom shall be appointed by the
Governor, 2 by the Mayor of Chicago, and one by the President of the County
Board of Cook County. All members shall hold office for a term of 5 years
and until their successors are appointed as provided in this
Act; provided, that as soon as possible after the effective date of this
amendatory Act, the Governor shall appoint 4 members for terms
expiring, respectively, on June 30, 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1955. The terms
of all members heretofore appointed by the Governor shall expire upon
the commencement of the terms of the members appointed pursuant to this
amendatory Act. Any vacancy in the membership of the Commission
occurring by reason of the death, resignation, disqualification, removal
or inability or refusal to act of any of the members of the Commission
shall be filled by the person who had appointed the particular member,
and for the unexpired term of office of that particular member. A vacancy
caused by the expiration of the period for which the member was appointed
shall be filled by a new appointment for a term of 5 years from the date of
such expiration of the prior 5 year term notwithstanding when such
appointment is actually made. The Commission shall obtain such personnel as to the Commission shall
seem advisable to carry out the purposes of this Act and the work of the
Commission.  The Commission may appoint a General Attorney and define the
duties of that General Attorney.
The Commission shall hold regular meetings annually for the election
of a president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer and for the
adoption of a budget. Special meetings may be called by the President or
by any 2 members. Each member shall take an oath of office for the
faithful performance of his duties. Four members of the Commission shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
The Commission shall submit, to the General Assembly not later than
March 1 of each odd-numbered year, a detailed report covering its
operations for the 2 preceding calendar years and a statement of its
program for the next 2 years.
The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall be satisfied
by filing copies of the report as required by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act,
and filing such additional copies with the State Government Report
Distribution Center for the General Assembly as is required under paragraph
(t) of Section 7 of the State Library Act.
(Source: P.A. 100-1148, eff. 12-10-18.)
(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 entity to be used for any of the purposes of the District and enter into any
agreement with the State of Illinois, the federal government, any State or
federal instrumentality, or any person or entity in relation to the grants,
matching grants, loans, or appropriations.  The Commission also may, by
contractual agreement, accept and collect assessments or fees for District
enhancement and improvements, common area shared services, shared facilities,
or other activities or expenditures in furtherance of the purposes of this
Act.
(Source: P.A. 89-356, eff. 8-17-95.)
(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 shall be taken in the corporate name of the Commission. The
Commission may acquire by lease such real and personal property found by
the Commission to be necessary for its purposes and to which the
Commission finds that it need not acquire the fee simple title for
carrying out of such purposes. All real and personal property within the
District,
except that owned and used for purposes authorized under this Act by
medical institutions or allied educational institutions, hospitals,
dispensaries, clinics, dormitories or homes for the nurses, doctors,
students, instructors or other officers or employees of the aforesaid
institutions located in the District, or any real property which is used
for offices or for recreational purposes in connection with the
aforesaid institutions,
or any improved residential property within a currently effective historical
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 historical significance to the
district,
may be acquired by the Commission in its
corporate name under the provisions for the
exercise of the right of eminent domain under the Eminent Domain Act.
(Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
(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. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
(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 or related facilities which 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, which Commissioner or other person shall have the power to
administer oaths and affirmations and take the testimony of witnesses and
receive such documentary evidence as shall be pertinent, the record of
which hearing he shall certify to the Commission, which record shall become
part of the records of the Commission, notice of the time, place, and
purpose of such hearings to be given by a single publication notice in a
secular newspaper of general circulation in the city of Chicago at least
ten 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 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
in the area of such District located west of South Damen Avenue and north
of West Polk Street, commonly known as the Chicago Technology Park 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. The Commission shall administer and exercise ultimate
authority with respect to the development and operation of the Chicago
Technology Park, and any extensions or expansion thereof.
In addition, the Commission may create a development area within the area of
the District located south of Roosevelt Road, called the District
Development Area in this Act.  Within the District Development Area the
Commission may
cause to be acquired or constructed commercial and other types of development,
public and private, if
the Commission determines that the commercial developments are ancillary to
and necessary for the support of facilities within the District and any
other purposes of the District, after a public hearing held by a commissioner
or the person authorized by the Commission to conduct the hearing.  The
Commissioner or other authorized persons shall have the power to administer
oaths and affirmations, take the testimony of witnesses, receive pertinent
evidence, and certify the record of the hearing to the Commission.  The
record of the hearing shall become part of the Commissions records.  Notice
of the time, place, and purpose of the hearing shall be given by a single
publication notice in a secular newspaper of general circulation in the
City of Chicago at least 10 days before the date of the hearing.
In addition to
the powers set forth above, the Commission may sell, lease,
develop, operate, and manage for any person,
firm, partnership, or corporation, either public or private, all or any part of
the land, buildings, facilities, equipment, or other property included in the
District Development Area and any medical research and high technology
park or the designated commercial
development area upon the terms and conditions the
Commission may deem advisable, and may enter into any contract or agreement
with any person, firm, partnership, or corporation, either public or
private, or any combination of the foregoing, as may be necessary or
suitable for the creation, marketing, development,
construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, financing, operation and
maintenance, and management of the District Development Area and any
technology
park or designated commercial development area; and may sell or lease
to any person, firm, partnership, or
corporation, either public or private, any part or all of the land,
building, facilities, equipment, or other property of the park or the
designated commercial development area upon the
rentals, terms, and conditions as the Commission may deem advisable; and
may finance all or part of the cost of the Commission's development and
operation of the District Development Area as well as any park or the
designated commercial
development area, including the creation, marketing,
development, purchase, lease, construction, reconstruction,
rehabilitation, improvement,
remodeling, addition to, extension, and maintenance of all or part of
the high technology park or the designated commercial development area, and all
equipment and furnishings, by legislative
appropriations, government grants, contracts, private gifts, loans,
bonds,
receipts from the sale or lease of land for the operation of the District and
any high
technology park or the designated commercial development area, rentals,
and similar receipts or other sources of revenue legally available for these
purposes.
The Commission shall promulgate rules concerning the procurement of contracts and purchases. The Commission also may defray the expenses of 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.  As to the entities
eligible to be members of the advisory District Member Council,
such assessments or impositions may be undertaken only
with District Member Council
consent as provided in Section 8.
For a period of 6 years after July 1, 1995, the Commission may
acquire any real and personal property within the Development Area of the
District by immediate vesting of title, commonly referred to as "quick-take",
pursuant to Sections 7-103 through 7-112 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(Source: P.A. 97-825, eff. 7-18-12.)
(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 east, Washburn Street on the south, and Damen Avenue on
the west in Chicago, Illinois, the Commission may, by the exercise of
quick-take eminent domain by immediate vesting of title under Sections 7-103
through
7-112 of the Code of Civil Procedure, acquire any real or personal property or
any interest in that property that the Commission is authorized to acquire
under Section 4 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 88-526.)
(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 purchase without the District if the Commission
finds that the acquisition by gift or voluntary purchase is reasonably
necessary to further and carry out the purposes of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 89-356, eff. 8-17-95.)
(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 borrow money from any public or private agency,
department, corporation
or person, and mortgage, pledge, or otherwise encumber the property or funds of the Commission. In
evidence of and as security for funds borrowed, the Commission may issue
revenue bonds in its corporate capacity to be payable from the
revenues derived from the operation of the institutions or buildings,
owned, leased, or operated by or on behalf of the Commission, but the
bonds shall in no event constitute an
indebtedness of the Commission or a claim against the property of the
Commission. Such bonds may be issued in such denominations as may be
expedient, and in such amounts and at such rates of interest as the
Commission shall deem necessary to provide sufficient funds to pay all
the costs of acquiring land, the construction, acquisition, equipping
and operation of buildings within the District, including engineering
and other expenses. Such bonds shall be executed by the president of the
Commission, attested by the secretary thereof and sealed with the
Commission's corporate seal. In case either of said officers of the
Commission who shall have signed or attested any of such bonds shall
have ceased to be such officer before delivery of such bonds, the
signature of such officer shall be valid and sufficient to the same
effect as if such officer had remained in office at the time of such
delivery. The Commission shall furnish the State Comptroller
with a record of all bonds issued under this Act.
(Source: P.A. 97-825, eff. 7-18-12.)
(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 the purpose of serving persons using the facilities
offered within the District or for carrying out of any aspect of the
Commission's purpose as set forth in Section 2 of this Act, subject to such
restrictions as to the use thereof as the Commission shall determine
will carry out the purpose of this Act. To assure that the use of the
real property so sold or leased is in accordance with the provisions of
this Act, the Commission shall inquire into and satisfy itself
concerning the financial ability of the purchaser to complete the
project for which said real estate is sold or leased in accordance with
a plan to be presented by the purchaser or lessee, which plan shall be
submitted, in writing, to the Commission. Such purchaser or lessee shall
under such plan undertake (1) to use the land for the purposes
designated in the plan so presented; (2) to commence and complete the
construction of the buildings or other structures to be included in the
project within such periods of time as the Commission fixes as
reasonable; and (3) to comply with such other conditions as the
Commission shall determine are necessary to carry out the project. Any
real property sold by the Commission pursuant to the provisions of this
Act shall be sold at its use value, which may be more or less than its
acquisition cost, and which use value represents the value at which the
Commission determines, after a hearing by the Commission or by such
person as the Commission designates to hold such hearing, such real
property should be made available for sale or rental in order that it
may be developed for the accomplishment of the purposes of this Act. 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, 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; and the Commission
shall also consider the contribution that the project will make toward
the development of the District and the furtherance of the purposes of
this Act in determining such use price, provided, however, that the
Commission may convey the fee simple title to land acquired by it,
without the payment of any consideration, to the State of Illinois, any
political subdivision thereof or to any body politic and corporate or
public corporation created under the laws of the State of Illinois for
the carrying out of any function of the State. At any hearing for the
purpose of the Commission's making the aforesaid determinations, an
investigation should be made and such witnesses and documentary evidence
examined as will have bearing on the use value of the property to be
sold or leased as is herein provided. The Commission shall designate a
Commissioner or other person of legal age to conduct the hearing
provided for herein, and such Commissioner or other person so designated
by the Commission shall give reasonable notice to the interested parties
of the time, place and purpose for the holding of such hearing. Such
Commissioner or other person designated by the Commission to hold such
hearing shall have the power to administer oaths and affirmations, and
shall cause to be taken the testimony of witnesses and the production of
papers, books, records, accounts and documents; and the person so
designated to hold such hearing shall certify to the Commission the
record of the proceedings held before him in connection with such
hearing. Such record of proceedings shall become a part of the records
of the Commission. All conveyances and leases
authorized in this Section shall be on condition that, in the event of use
for other than the purposes prescribed in this Act, or of nonuse for a
period of one year, title to such property shall revert to the
Commission. 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 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. However, if the Commission
finds that financing necessary for the acquisition or lease of any real
estate or for the construction of any building or improvement
to be used for purposes prescribed in this Act cannot be
obtained if title to the land or building or improvement is subject
to such reverter provision, which finding shall
be made by the Commission after public hearing held pursuant to a single
publication notice given in a secular newspaper of general circulation
in the City of Chicago at least 10 days prior to the date of such
hearing, such notice to specify the time, place and purpose for such
hearing, and upon such finding being made, the Commission may cause such
real property to be conveyed free of such reverter provision, provided
that at least 5 members of the Commission vote in favor thereof.
The Commission may also provide in the conveyances, leases, or other
documentation provisions for notice of such violations or default and the cure
thereof for the benefit of any lender or mortgagee as the Commission shall
determine are appropriate.
If, at a regularly scheduled meeting, the Commission resolves that a parcel
of real estate leased by it, or in which it has sold the fee simple title
or any lesser estate, is not being used for the purposes prescribed in this
Act or has been in nonuse for a period of one year, the Commission may
file a law suit in the circuit court of the county in which the property
is located to enforce the terms of the sale or lease. 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
such mortgage or trust deed or by deed in lieu of foreclosure of such
mortgage or trust deed, then the title to the property shall not revert, but
shall be subject to 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.
No conveyance of real property shall be executed by the Commission
without the prior written approval of the Governor.
Commission property leased or occupied by others for purposes permitted under
this Act or Commission property held for redevelopment shall not constitute
"property" for the purposes of the State Property Control Act.
(Source: P.A. 89-356, eff. 8-17-95.)
(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 his or their legal representatives, successors or assigns,
of the time and place of such proceeding. Such notice shall
be accompanied by a statement signed by the Secretary of the Commission,
or by any person authorized by the Commission to sign the same, setting
forth any act or things done or omitted to be done in violation, or
claimed to be in violation, of any restriction as to the use of such
property, whether such restriction be prescribed in any of the terms of
this Act or by any restriction as to the use of such property determined
by the Commission pursuant to the terms of this Act. Such notice of the
time and place fixed for such proceeding shall also be given
to such person
or persons as the Commission shall deem necessary. Such notice may be
given by registered mail, addressed to such grantee, lessee, or to their
legal representatives, successors or assigns, at the last known address
of such grantee, lessee, or their legal representatives, successors or
assigns.
(Source: P.A. 83-858.)
(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 held by it or at its direction, and to alter and
amend same.
(Source: Laws 1947, p. 1191.)
(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 commission, shall be evidence in like manner as the
originals.
(Source: Laws 1947, p. 1191.)
(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 more than one county, then of any one of such
counties, only under and in accordance with the provisions of
the Administrative Review Law, and all existing and
future amendments and modifications thereof, and the rules now or
hereafter adopted pursuant thereto. Such circuit court shall take
judicial notice of all the rules of practice and procedure of the Commission.
(Source: P.A. 82-783.)
(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 and maintenance of any area within such District
set apart as a park.
(Source: Laws 1941, vol. 1, p. 303.)
(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 so improve and manage such District as
to provide conditions most favorable for the special care and treatment
of the sick and injured and for the study of disease and for any other
purpose in Section 4 of this Act. The Commission
shall, by ordinance in the manner hereinafter set forth, classify,
regulate and restrict the location and construction of all buildings within
the District, shall regulate the height and
size of such buildings, determine the area of open space within and
around such buildings, fix standards of construction, control and
regulate additions to or alterations of existing buildings and prohibit
the use of buildings and structures incompatible with the character of
the District, to the end that adequate light, air, quietness and safety
from fire and from the communication of diseases and other dangers may
be secured: Provided, that the power herein conferred shall not be so
exercised as to deprive any owner of any existing property of its use or
maintenance for the purpose to which it is now lawfully devoted nor to limit
the expansion, design, location, maintenance, use, or occupancy of real
property to be
used
by any governmental body, agency, or instrumentality in any manner set forth
in this Section, provided that the property is devoted to any use or
purpose permitted under this Act.
Further provided, the power herein conferred shall not be exercised to
restrict the use for any State or county purpose of any buildings existing
within the District as of May 1, 1995 and either owned, operated, or managed on
behalf of the county or by the Department of Central Management Services or for
which the Department of Central Management Services shall be otherwise
responsible as provided by law.
The Commission shall request the City Plan Commission of the City of
Chicago to recommend appropriate zoning regulations for the District
which co-ordinate with the zoning of the surrounding sections of the
City of Chicago. If, at the end of 60 days following such request, an
ordinance has not been submitted to the Commission, the Commission may
prepare a zoning ordinance either with or without the advice of the City
Plan Commission. When such 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 10 days
before the date of such hearing. It shall also publish notice of such
hearing in some newspaper of general circulation in the City of Chicago
for 3 consecutive days. The hearing shall be held not earlier than
ten days after the date of the last publication. Both types of notice
shall contain the time and place of such hearing and the place where
copies of the proposed ordinance may be examined. The hearing shall be
held at the time and place specified and shall be adjourned from time to
time until all interested parties have had an opportunity to be heard.
The Commission shall invite the Chicago Plan Commission to attend such
hearing and shall ask for suggestions of the Chicago Plan Commission as
to the
modification of the proposed ordinance.  But all ordinances adopted by the
Commission shall be subject to all restrictions upon the use and maintenance of
property within the District prescribed by the Chicago zoning ordinance.  After
the adoption of said zoning
ordinance or any other proper ordinance of the Commission, it may institute any
appropriate action to prevent or abate any unlawful act within the District.
Any government body,
agency, or instrumentality owning or occupying property within the
District may consent to be bound in whole or in part by the provisions of such
master plan or development ordinance adopted by the Commission or the City.
 The Commission may establish an advisory council of 2 representatives of
each of the major district members owning or occupying facilities within the
District totaling a minimum of 500,000 square feet. Council members shall be
appointed by and serve at the pleasure of their respective governing boards.
The council may assist the Commission in the fulfillment of its statutory
purposes and responsibilities and the
maintenance of the District.  At the Commission's request, the council may
review and make recommendations to the Commission with respect to the
comprehensive master plan to be adopted by the Commission or any plan of
development or occupancy of its facilities within the District presented to the
Commission by any governmental body, agency, or instrumentality.  The
Commission
may upon a unanimous request of the council provide for shared services and
facilities within the District for members of the council.  The Commission may
provide, contract, and construct facilities and charge and collect fees
necessary
to supply these shared services and facilities so approved.  The Commission may
utilize any powers specified within this Act regardless of geographic boundary
for or in support of a specific project, activity, or development if that
request is made by a unanimous recommendation of all of the members of the
member council.
(Source: P.A. 89-356, eff. 8-17-95.)
(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 generally except such as are expressly granted to
the Commission by Section 8 of this Act. The property of the Commission
shall be exempt from taxation, and shall be subject to condemnation by
the State and any municipal corporation or agency of the state for any
State or municipal purpose under the provisions
for the exercise of the right of eminent domain under the Eminent Domain Act.
(Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
(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 to Section 5 and may also use all
money received as rentals for the purposes of planning, acquisition, and
development of property within the District and operation, maintenance and
improvement of property of the Commission and for all purposes and powers set
forth in this Act. The Commission shall annually cause to be audited by a certified public accountant all records and accounts of
the Commission pertaining to the operation of the District. The Commission shall provide the General Assembly with the audits and shall post a copy on the Commission's website.
(Source: P.A. 97-825, eff. 7-18-12; 98-37, eff. 6-28-13.)
(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 provision of this act to any person or circumstance
is held invalid, it shall not affect the application of such provision
to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held
invalid.
(Source: Laws 1947, p. 1191.)
(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.)