Illinois Compiled Statutes 70 ILCS 910 — Hospital District Law.

This Act may be cited as the Hospital District Law

This Act may be cited as the Hospital District Law. (Source: P.A. 86-1475.)

The establishment, maintenance and operation of safe and accessible hospitals within the State of Illinois and the creation of Hospital Districts having powers necessary or desirable for the establishment and continued maintenance and operation of such hospitals are declared and determined to be in the interest of publ…

(a) "Hospital" means any hospital for in-patient and out-patient medical or surgical care of persons in need thereof

(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 intended for use by the public including paupers. (c) "Facilities" means and includes real…

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 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 municipalities or both or territory in one or more counties; provided, that the provisions of this Ac…

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 in which the territory or the greater part thereof is situated, a petition requesting the…

The court may continue the hearing on the petition from time to time

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 be amended upon motion of the petitioners either to include or exclude all of such municip…

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

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 District upon its establishment shall have the powers, objects and purposes provided by t…

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, and the territory shall thenceforth be deemed an organized Hospital District under this A…

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 District is situated and in the office of the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of State…

Petitions for annexation; petitions to detach previously annexed territory

Petitions for annexation; petitions to detach previously annexed territory. A petition for annexation of land to a Hospital District shall be signed by not less than 10% or 50 voters, whichever is fewer, residing within the territory therein described proposed for annexation and shall be filed with the circuit clerk of…

Every District so established shall be governed by a board of 9 directors appointed in districts wholly contained within a single county by the presiding officer of the county board with the advice and consent of the county board. If the district is located in more than one county, the number of directors who are resid…

All courts shall take judicial notice of the existence of a Hospital District and of the area of jurisdiction of an existing District

All courts shall take judicial notice of the existence of a Hospital District and of the area of jurisdiction of an existing District. (Source: Laws 1949, p. 361.)

Qualification and removal of directors

Qualification and removal of directors. (a) The qualification of individuals to serve on the board of directors of any Hospital District shall be determined in accordance with Sections 3 and 3.2 of the Public Officer Prohibited Activities Act. (a-5) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), at least one member…

The board of directors of a District shall possess and exercise all of its legislative and executive powers

The board of directors of a District shall possess and exercise all of its legislative and executive powers. Within thirty days after the appointment of the initial directors, the board shall meet. The time and place of the first meeting of the board shall be designated by the circuit court. At its first meeting the bo…

A Hospital District shall constitute a municipal corporation and body politic separate and apart from any other municipality, the State of Illinois or any other public or governmental agency and shall have and exercise the following governmental powers, and all other powers incidental, necessary, convenient, or desirab…

A hospital district also has power to organize, join, incorporate, belong to, or participate in hospital service organizations organized as not for profit corporations or as co-operatives and organized solely for providing laundry services to member hospitals, institutions or facilities providing public health or nursi…

Purchases made pursuant to this Act shall be made in compliance with the "Local Government Prompt Payment Act", approved by the Eighty-fourth General Assembly

Purchases made pursuant to this Act shall be made in compliance with the "Local Government Prompt Payment Act", approved by the Eighty-fourth General Assembly. (Source: P.A. 84-731.)

Disposition of facilities

Disposition of facilities. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, the board of directors of a Hospital District, by public or private offer, may provide for the transfer, sale, lease, or other disposition of a public hospital and its facilities, in whole or in part, as provided in this Section. (b) The b…

Eminent domain

Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Law, any power granted under this Law 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.)

In all cases where land in fee simple, rights in land, air or water, easements or other interests in land, air, or water or property or property rights are acquired by a District by condemnation, the procedure shall be, as nearly as may be, in accordance with that provided for the exercise of the right of eminent domai…

Action of the board of directors of a Hospital District of a legislative character shall be in the form of an ordinance, and after adoption shall be filed with the secretary and shall be made a matter of public record in the office of the District. Other action of the board may be by resolution, motion or in other appr…

The Board shall provide for the proper and safe keeping of its permanent records and for the recording of the corporate action of the District

The Board shall provide for the proper and safe keeping of its permanent records and for the recording of the corporate action of the District. It shall keep a true and accurate account of its receipts and an annual audit shall be made of its books, records and accounts. All officers and employees authorized to receive…

Whenever an ordinance shall be adopted by the board of directors of a District by a two-thirds vote of the membership to change the name of such District, a certified copy of such ordinance shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county wherein such District or any portion thereof is located and in the…

Except as otherwise provided in this Section, every District created under this Act is empowered to levy and collect a general tax on all of the taxable property within the corporate limits of the District for the purposes of paying the cost of operating and maintaining the hospital or any hospital facility of the Dist…

A District may secure the necessary funds to finance part or all of the cost of acquiring, establishing, constructing, developing, expanding, extending or further improving a hospital or hospital facilities within its corporate limits, through the issuance of bonds, the principal amount of which at any one time outstan…