Illinois Compiled Statutes 70 ILCS 920 — Tuberculosis Sanitarium District Act.

Short title

Short title. This Act may be cited as the Tuberculosis Sanitarium District Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

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 may petition the circuit court for the county in which such proposed district lies, to caus…

The proposition shall be substantially in the following form: -------------------------------------------------------------- "Shall there be organized atuberculosis sanitarium district inaccordance with the order of the circuit YEScourt of .... county, dated (insert date),to be known as (insert here the name of the ---…

All courts shall take judicial notice of all tuberculosis sanitarium districts organized under this Act

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 board with the advice and consent of the county board, of the county in which the district is…

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 members of the board of directors are appointed. (Source: Laws 1937, p. 470.)

The directors shall, immediately after appointment meet and organize, by election of one of their number as president and one as secretary

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 branches, dispensaries, and other auxiliary institutions connected with the same, within the lim…

Eminent domain

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.)

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 tuberculosis and who require care and treatment therefor who may be committed to, placed in or dir…

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 established and maintained in the district under this Act be closed. When such a recommendation is re…

Cessation of district organization

Cessation of district organization. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a majority vote of the board of directors is in favor of the proposition to annex the district to another district whose boundaries are contiguous, or consolidate the district into a municipality with which the district is coterminous or…

Dissolution of Suburban Cook County Tuberculosis Sanitarium District; disposition of land and real estate; continuation of District levy

Dissolution of Suburban Cook County Tuberculosis Sanitarium District; disposition of land and real estate; continuation of District levy. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the Suburban Cook County Tuberculosis Sanitarium District is dissolved by operation of law one year after the effective date…

The board of directors shall be the corporate authority of such tuberculosis sanitarium district and shall have power to pass and enforce all necessary ordinances, rules and regulations for the management of the property and conduct of the business of such district. Such board shall have power to appoint a secretary an…

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.)

The board of directors shall provide sanitarium care and clinical and follow-up services for the benefit of the inhabitants of the district who may be afflicted with tuberculosis

The board of directors shall provide sanitarium care and clinical and follow-up services for the benefit of the inhabitants of the district who may be afflicted with tuberculosis. Those inhabitants shall be entitled to occupancy, nursing, care, medicines and attendance, according to the rules and regulations prescribed…

For the purposes of this Act, a person is a resident of and entitled to receive the benefits provided for in Section 7 from the district (a) in which he has resided for at least 3 months or who has demonstrated the intent to become a resident at the time he is first diagnosed as having tuberculosis, or suspected of hav…

"Person afflicted with tuberculosis", for the purposes of this Act, means any individual who is diagnosed as suffering from tuberculosis, or any individual who, in the opinion of the board of directors, is suspected of suffering from tuberculosis or its medical consequences. As added by act approved and effective Aug.…

Said board of directors, in the name of the district, may receive from any person any contribution or donation of money or property, and shall pay over to the treasurer of such district all moneys thus received, as often as once in each month, and shall take the receipt of such treasurer therefor; and shall also at eac…

Any person desiring to make any donation or legacy, of money, personal property, or real estate, for the benefit of such sanitarium, shall have the right to vest the title to the money, personal property or real estate so donated, in the board of directors created under this Act, to be held and controlled by such board…

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 used or brought there, shall be subject to such rules and regulations as said board of direc…

All reputable physicians shall have equal privileges in treating patients in any tuberculosis sanitarium district

All reputable physicians shall have equal privileges in treating patients in any tuberculosis sanitarium district. (Source: Laws 1937, p. 470.)

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 board of directors and no such ordinance shall take effect until ten days after it is so p…

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 necessary to be signed and shall execute all contracts entered into by such district and perfo…

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 credit of such district, and to issue bonds therefor. Such district shall not become indebt…