2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 70 - SPECIAL DISTRICTS › 70 ILCS 925/ - Mid-Illinois Medical District Act.

(70 ILCS 925/1)
Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Mid-Illinois
 Medical District Act.
(Source: P.A. 95-693, eff. 11-5-07.)
(70 ILCS 925/5)
Sec. 5. Creation of District. There is created in the City of Springfield
a medical center district, the Mid-Illinois
 Medical District, whose
boundaries are 11th Street on the east, North Grand Avenue
on the north, Walnut Street on the west, and Madison Street on the south, all in the City of Springfield, Illinois.
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. 95-693, eff. 11-5-07.)
(70 ILCS 925/7)
Sec. 7. District Training Program Area.  The training program area of the Mid-Illinois Medical District may be limited to the following counties in Illinois: Cass,  Christian, Logan,  Macoupin,  Mason,  Menard,  Montgomery,  Morgan, Sangamon, and Scott.
(Source: P.A. 95-693, eff. 11-5-07.)
(70 ILCS 925/10)
Sec. 10. Mid-Illinois
 Medical District Commission.
(a) There is created a body politic and corporate under
the corporate name of the Mid-Illinois
 Medical District Commission
whose general purpose, in addition to and not in limitation of
those purposes and powers set forth in this Act, is to:
(1) maintain the proper surroundings for a medical     center and a related technology center in order to attract, stabilize, and retain within the District hospitals, clinics, research facilities, educational facilities, or other facilities permitted under this Act;
(2) provide for the orderly creation, maintenance,     development, and expansion of (i) health care facilities and other ancillary or related facilities that the Commission may from time to time determine are established and operated (A) for any aspect of the carrying out of the Commission's purposes as set forth in this Act, (B) for the study, diagnosis, and treatment of human ailments and injuries, whether physical or mental, or (C) to promote medical, surgical, and scientific research and knowledge as permitted under this Act; and (ii) medical research and high technology parks, together with the necessary lands, buildings, facilities, equipment, and personal property for those parks; and
(3) convene dialogue among leaders in the public and     the private sectors on topics and issues associated with training in the delivery of health care services in the District's program area.
(b) The Commission has perpetual succession and the power
to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued except in actions
sounding in tort, to plead and be impleaded, 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 Springfield.
(c) The Commission shall consist of the following members: 4 members
appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate; 4
members appointed by the Mayor of Springfield, with the advice
and consent of the Springfield city council; and one member
appointed by the Chairperson of the
County Board of Sangamon County.
The initial members of the Commission appointed by the Governor shall be
appointed for
terms ending, respectively on the second, third, fourth, and fifth
anniversaries of their appointments.
The initial members appointed by the Mayor of Springfield shall be appointed 2
each for terms ending, respectively, on the second and third anniversaries of
their
appointments.  The initial member appointed by the Chairperson of the County
Board of Sangamon
County shall be appointed for a term ending on the fourth anniversary of the
appointment.
Thereafter, all the members shall be appointed to hold office for a term of 5
years and until their successors are appointed as provided in this Act.
Within 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, the Governor shall appoint 2 additional members to the Commission.  One member shall serve for a term of 4 years and one member shall serve for a term of 5 years.  Their successors shall be appointed for 5-year terms.  Those additional members and their successors shall be limited to residents of the following counties in
Illinois: Cass, Christian, Logan, Macoupin, Mason, Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, or Scott.
(d) 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 authority that 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
the expiration of the prior 5-year term notwithstanding when the
appointment is actually made. The Commission shall obtain, under the
provisions of the Personnel Code, such personnel as to the Commission shall
deem advisable to carry out the purposes of this Act and the work of the
Commission.
(e) The Commission shall hold regular meetings annually for the election of
a President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer, for the adoption of a
budget, and for such other business as may properly come before it.  The
Commission shall elect as the President a member of the
Commission appointed by the Mayor of Springfield and as the Vice-President
a member of the Commission appointed by the Governor.
The Commission shall establish the duties and responsibilities of its officers
by rule.  The President or any 4
 members of the Commission
may call special meetings of the Commission.  Each Commissioner shall take an
oath of office for the faithful performance of his or her duties.  The
Commission may
not transact business at a meeting of the Commission unless there is present at
the meeting a quorum consisting of at least 6

 Commissioners.  Meetings may be held
by
telephone conference or other communications equipment by means of which all
persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other.
(f) 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 by 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.
(g) The Auditor General shall conduct audits of the Commission in the same
manner as the Auditor General conducts audits of State agencies under the
Illinois State Auditing Act.
(h) Neither the Commission nor the District have any power to tax.
(i) The Commission is a public body and subject to the Open Meetings Act and
the Freedom of Information Act.
(Source: P.A. 100-1148, eff. 12-10-18.)
(70 ILCS 925/15)
Sec. 15. 
		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, any unit of local
government, or any other person or entity to be used for any of the purposes of
the District.  The Commission may enter into any agreement with the State of
Illinois, the federal government, any State or federal instrumentality, any
unit of local government, or any other 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 from entities who
enter into such a contractual agreement for District enhancement and
improvements, common area shared services, shared facilities, or other
activities or expenditures in furtherance of the purposes of this Act.
The Commission may make grants to neighborhood organizations within the
District for the purpose of benefitting the community.
(Source: P.A. 92-870, eff. 1-3-03.)
(70 ILCS 925/20)
Sec. 20. 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. Title
shall be taken in the corporate name of the Commission. The Commission may
acquire by lease any real  property lying within the District 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 those 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 those institutions
located in the District, or any real property that is used for offices or for
recreational purposes in connection with those 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 that 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. The Commission has no
quick-take powers, no zoning powers, and no power to establish or enforce
building codes.
The Commission may not acquire any property pursuant to this Section before a
comprehensive master plan has been approved under Section 70.
(Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)
(70 ILCS 925/22)
Sec. 22. 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 925/25)
Sec. 25. 
		Construction. 
		The Commission may, in its corporate capacity,
construct or cause to be constructed within the District, hospitals,
sanitariums, clinics, laboratories, or any other institution, building, or
structure or other ancillary or related facilities that the Commission may,
from time to time, determine are established and operated (i) for the carrying
out of any aspect of the Commission's purposes as set forth in this Act, 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, 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 hearing, which Commissioner or other person has 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 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 the City of Springfield at least
10 days before the date of the hearing, or (ii) 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, for office buildings for physicians or dealers in medical accessories,
for dormitories, homes, or residences for the medical profession, including
interns, nurses, students, or other officers or employees of the
institutions within the District, for the use of relatives of patients
in the hospitals or other institutions within the District, for the
rehabilitation or establishment of residential structures within
a 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
that 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, 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. All
such structures and improvements shall be erected and constructed in accordance
with the provisions of the Illinois Procurement Code that apply to State
agencies.
No construction may be undertaken pursuant to this Section before a
comprehensive master plan has been approved under Section 70.
(Source: P.A. 92-870, eff. 1-3-03.)
(70 ILCS 925/30)
Sec. 30. 
		Relocation assistance. 
		The Commission shall provide relocation
assistance to persons and entities displaced by the Commission's acquisition of
property and improvement of the District.
Relocation assistance shall not be less than provided under the federal Uniform
Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 and
the regulations under that Act, including the eligibility criteria.  Relocation
assistance may include assistance with the moving of a residential unit to a
new location.  The Commission shall establish a single point of contact for all
relocation assistance under this Section.
(Source: P.A. 92-870, eff. 1-1-03.)
(70 ILCS 925/35)
Sec. 35. 
		Bonds. 
		To obtain the funds necessary for financing the
acquisition of land, for the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and
rehabilitation of facilities and equipment within the District, and for the
operation of the District as set forth in this Act, the Commission may
borrow money from any public or private agency, department, corporation, or
person. 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. The bonds may be issued in such
denominations as may be expedient, in such amounts, and at such rates of
interest as the Commission shall deem necessary to provide sufficient funds to
pay all the costs authorized under this Section. The bonds shall be executed by
the President of the Commission, attested by the Secretary, and sealed with the
Commission's corporate seal. If either of those officers of the
Commission who shall have signed or attested any of the bonds shall
have ceased to be such officer before delivery of the bonds, the
signature of the officer shall be valid and sufficient to the same
effect as if the officer had remained in office at the time of
delivery. The Commission shall furnish the State Comptroller
with a record of all bonds issued under this Act.
(Source: P.A. 92-870, eff. 1-3-03.)
(70 ILCS 925/40)
Sec. 40. 
		Power to sell or lease. 
		The Commission may sell, convey,
transfer, or lease, all at fair market value, any title or interest in real
property owned by it to any person or persons, to be used, subject to the
restrictions of this Act, for the purposes stated in Section 25, 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 purposes as set forth in
Section 10 of this Act, subject to such restrictions as to the use of the real
property 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 the real property 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. Under the plan, the purchaser or
lessee shall 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.
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 the property shall revert to the
Commission. All conveyances and leases made by the Commission to
any corporation or person for the 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
of the property as the Commission shall have determined will carry out the
purposes of this Act, that title to the property shall revert to the
Commission.  If, however, 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 a 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 Springfield at least 10 days before the date of the
hearing, the notice to specify the time, place, and purpose for the
hearing, and upon that finding being made, the Commission may cause the
real property to be conveyed free of a reverter provision, provided
that at least 7 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 Sangamon County
to enforce the terms of the sale or lease. If
a reverter of title to any property is ordered by the court under
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 if
the title is acquired through foreclosure of that mortgage or trust deed
or by deed in lieu of foreclosure of that 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.
The Commission may not sell, convey, transfer, or lease any property pursuant
to this Section before a comprehensive master plan has been approved under
Section 70.
(Source: P.A. 92-870, eff. 1-3-03.)
(70 ILCS 925/45)
Sec. 45. 
		Notice. 
		Before holding any public hearing prescribed
in Section 40 of this Act, or any meeting regarding the passage of any
resolution to file a law suit, the Commission shall give notice to the grantee
or lessee, or his or her legal representatives, successors, or assigns,
of the time and place of the proceeding. The 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 the
property, whether the restriction be prescribed in any of the terms of
this Act or by any restriction as to the use of the property determined
by the Commission under the terms of this Act. The notice of the
time and place fixed for the proceeding shall also be given
to such person or persons as the Commission shall deem necessary. The notice
may be given by registered mail, addressed to the grantee, lessee, or
legal representatives, successors, or assigns, at the last known address
of the grantee, lessee, or legal representatives, successors, or assigns.
(Source: P.A. 92-870, eff. 1-3-03.)
(70 ILCS 925/50)
Sec. 50. 
		Rules. 
		The Commission may adopt reasonable and
proper rules, in accordance with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act,
relative to the exercise of its powers, and proper rules to govern its
proceedings, to regulate the mode and manner of all hearings held by it or
at its direction, and to alter and amend those rules.
(Source: P.A. 92-870, eff. 1-3-03.)
(70 ILCS 925/55)
Sec. 55. 
		Official documents. 
		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, under the
official seal of the Commission, shall be evidence in like manner as the
originals.
(Source: P.A. 92-870, eff. 1-3-03.)
(70 ILCS 925/60)
Sec. 60. 
		Judicial review. 
		Any party may obtain a judicial review of a
final order or decision of the Commission in the circuit court of Sangamon
County only under and in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative
Review Law and the rules adopted under that Law. The circuit court shall take
judicial notice of all the rules of practice and procedure of the Commission.
(Source: P.A. 92-870, eff. 1-3-03.)
(70 ILCS 925/65)
Sec. 65. 
		Parks. 
		The Commission may set apart any part of the District as
a park, except those areas owned, operated, or used for purposes authorized
under this Act by organizations or institutions engaged in the delivery or
conduct of health care services, education, or research, and may construct,
control, and maintain the same or may provide by
contract with the Springfield Park District or the City of Springfield for the
construction, control, and maintenance of any area within the District set
apart as a park.
(Source: P.A. 92-870, eff. 1-3-03.)
(70 ILCS 925/70)
Sec. 70. 
		Master plan; improvement and management of District. 
		The
Commission shall prepare and approve a comprehensive master plan for the
orderly development and management of all property within the District.
The master plan, and any amendment to the master plan, shall not take effect,
however, until it has been approved by the advisory council
and the Springfield city council. The
Commission shall take the actions permitted to be taken by it under this Act as
it may determine are appropriate 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 25 of this Act.  In the master plan, the
Commission may provide for shared services and facilities within the District
for the accredited schools of medicine and the licensed non-profit acute care
hospitals within the District.
(Source: P.A. 92-870, eff. 1-3-03.)
(70 ILCS 925/75)
Sec. 75. 
		Advisory Council. 
		The Commission must establish an advisory
council consisting of 2 representatives, appointed for one-year terms by the
Mayor of Springfield, of each recognized neighborhood
organization that the Mayor determines has a legitimate interest in the
development and improvement of the District.
There is no limit on the number of terms to which a person may be appointed as
a
member.
The advisory council shall review and make
recommendations to the Commission with respect to the comprehensive master plan
to be adopted by the Commission.  The advisory council may fulfill such other
responsibilities as the Commission may request
in furtherance of the purposes of this Act.  The advisory council shall meet at
the call of the President of the Commission and shall conduct its affairs in
accordance with the rules that the Commission may adopt from
time to time for the governance and operation of the advisory council.
(Source: P.A. 92-870, eff. 1-3-03.)
(70 ILCS 925/80)
Sec. 80. 
		Public hearing. 
		The Commission shall conduct a public hearing
prior to either acquiring through eminent domain under Section 20 of this Act
real or personal property within the District or approving under Section 70 of
this Act a comprehensive master plan.  The Commission shall also conduct a
public hearing whenever it is otherwise required by law to do so, and may
conduct a public hearing whenever it may elect to do so.
The Commission shall conduct the public hearing called by it in accordance
with the requirements of the law mandating it, if any, or in accordance with
the provisions of this Section
if either the law mandating it is silent as to the procedures for its holding
or if the Commission elects to hold a public hearing in the absence of any law
mandating it.
In the absence of any law, or of any procedures in any law, mandating the
holding of a public hearing, the Commission may authorize a Commissioner or
other person of legal age to conduct a hearing.  The Commissioner or other
authorized person has the power to administer oaths and affirmations,
take the testimony of witnesses, take and receive the production of papers,
books, records, accounts, and documents, receive pertinent evidence, and
certify
the record of the hearing.  The record of the hearing shall become part of the
Commission's record.  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 Springfield at least 10 days before the date of the
hearing.
(Source: P.A. 92-870, eff. 1-3-03.)
(70 ILCS 925/85)
Sec. 85. Jurisdiction. This Act shall not be construed to limit the
jurisdiction of the City of Springfield to territory outside the limits of the
District nor to impair any power now possessed by or hereafter granted to the
City of Springfield or to cities generally. Property owned by and exclusively
used by 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 925/90)
Sec. 90. Disposition of money; income fund. All money received by the
Commission from the sale or lease
of any property, in excess of the amount expended by the Commission for
authorized purposes under this Act or as may be necessary to satisfy
the obligation of any revenue bond issued pursuant to Section 35, shall
be paid into the State treasury for deposit into the Mid-Illinois
 Medical
District Income Fund.  The Commission is authorized to use all
money received
as rentals for the purposes of planning, acquisition, and development of
property within the District, for the operation, maintenance, and
improvement of property of the Commission, and for all purposes and powers set
forth in this Act.   All moneys held pursuant to this Section shall be
maintained in a depository approved by the State Treasurer. The Auditor General
shall, at least biennially, audit or cause to be audited all records and
accounts of the Commission pertaining to the operation of the District.
(Source: P.A. 96-328, eff. 8-11-09.)
(70 ILCS 925/95)
Sec. 95. 
		Attorney General. 
		The Attorney General of the State of Illinois
is the legal advisor to the Commission and shall prosecute or defend, as the
case may be, all actions brought by or against the Commission.
(Source: P.A. 92-870, eff. 1-3-03.)
(70 ILCS 925/900)
Sec. 900. 
		(Amendatory provisions; text omitted).
(Source: P.A. 92-870, eff. 1-3-03; text omitted.)
(70 ILCS 925/999)
Sec. 999. 
		Effective date. 
		This Act takes effect on January 1, 2003.
(Source: P.A. 92-870, eff. 1-3-03.)