Bill Text: IL HB4953 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Calumet City Community Medical District Act. Creates the Calumet City Community Medical District with boundaries coterminous with the boundaries of Calumet City. Creates the Commission of the District with 9 appointed commissioners and 3 ex officio commissioners. Contains provisions related to the operation of the District, rights and powers of the District and Commission, acquisition, management, and disposition of property, and other provisions. Amends the Eminent Domain Act and State Finance Act making conforming changes. Amends the Court of Claims Act replacing a reference to a dissolved medical district commission with the Calumet City Community Medical District Commission and the other existing medical district commissions. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-07 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB4953 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4953-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4953 Introduced , by Rep. Thaddeus Jones SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
705 ILCS 505/8 from Ch. 37, par. 439.8
705 ILCS 505/22-1 from Ch. 37, par. 439.22-1
705 ILCS 505/22-2 from Ch. 37, par. 439.22-2
735 ILCS 30/15-5-49 new
30 ILCS 105/5.1015 new
Creates the Calumet City Community Medical District Act. Creates the Calumet City Community Medical District with boundaries coterminous with the boundaries of Calumet City. Creates the Commission of the District with 9 appointed commissioners and 3 ex officio commissioners. Contains provisions related to the operation of the District, rights and powers of the District and Commission, acquisition, management, and disposition of property, and other provisions. Amends the Eminent Domain Act and State Finance Act making conforming changes. Amends the Court of Claims Act replacing a reference to a dissolved medical district commission with the Calumet City Community Medical District Commission and the other existing medical district commissions. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Calumet City Community Medical District Act.
Section 5. Creation of District; purpose. The Calumet
City Community Medical District is created with boundaries
coterminous with the boundaries of Calumet City. 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.
Section 10. The Calumet City Community Medical District
Commission.
(a) The Calumet City Community Medical District Commission
is created. The District's general purpose, in addition to
those other 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;

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and
(2) provide for the orderly creation, maintenance,
development, and expansion of (i) health care facilities
and other ancillary or related facilities that the
Commission determines 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.
(b) The Commission has perpetual succession and the power
to contract and be contracted with, to sue and, except in tort
actions, to be sued, to plead and be impleaded, to have and use
a common seal, and to alter the common seal. All tort actions
against the Commission shall be prosecuted in the Court of
Claims. The principal office of the Commission shall be
located at a hospital operated within the District. The
Commission may hire or contract with any personnel as the
Commission deems advisable to carry out the purposes of this
Act and the work of the Commission.
(c) The Commission shall consist of 9 appointed
commissioners and 3 ex officio commissioners. Of the

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commissioners appointed, 3 shall be appointed by the Governor,
3 shall be appointed by the Mayor of Calumet City, and 3 shall
be appointed, with the advice and consent of the Cook County
Board of Commissioners, by the President of the Cook County
Board of Commissioners. All appointed commissioners shall hold
office for a 3-year term ending on December 31 until their
successors are appointed and have qualified; except that, of
the initial appointed commissioners, the Governor, Mayor, and
county commissioner shall each appoint one appointee for a
term ending December 31, 2026, shall each appoint one
appointee for a term ending December 31, 2027, and shall each
appoint one appointee for a term ending December 31, 2028. The
Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity or his or her
designee, the Director of Public Health or his or her
designee, and the Secretary of Human Services or his or her
designee shall serve as ex officio commissioners.
(d) Any vacancy in the office of an appointed commissioner
occurring by reason of the death, resignation,
disqualification, removal, or inability or refusal to act by
the commissioner shall be filled by the authority that
appointed the commissioner for the unexpired term of office of
that commissioner.
(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 any other
business that may properly come before it. The Commission

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shall establish the duties and responsibilities of its
officers by rule. The president or any 3 commissioners 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 7
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 even 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.
(g) Neither the Commission nor the District have any power
to tax.
(h) The Commission is a public body and is subject to the
Open Meetings Act and the Freedom of Information Act.
Section 15. Grants; loans; appropriations; contracts. The
Commission may apply for and accept grants, loans, or
appropriations from the State of Illinois, the federal
government, a state or federal agency or instrumentality, a
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

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federal government, a state or federal instrumentality, a unit
of local government, or any other person or entity in relation
to the grants, matching grants, loans, or appropriations.
The Commission may, by contract, accept and collect from
entities that enter into the contract assessments or fees for
District enhancements 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
benefiting the District.
Section 20. Property; acquisition. The Commission may
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 lease any
real property located 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 those purposes.
The Commission may acquire in its corporate name, under
the provisions for the exercise of the right of eminent domain
under the Eminent Domain Act, all real and personal property
within the District, except for (i) property owned and used
for purposes authorized under this Act by medical institutions

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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, (ii) real property that
is used for offices or for recreational purposes in connection
with the institutions listed in (i), or (iii) any improved
residential property within a historical district properly
designated under a federal statute or a State or local statute
that has been certified by the Secretary of the Interior of the
United States to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United
States as containing criteria that will substantially achieve
the purpose of preserving and rehabilitating buildings of
historical significance to the District.
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 60. Property owned by and exclusively used by
the Commission is exempt from taxation.
Section 25. Construction and improvements.
(a) The Commission may, within the District and in its
corporate capacity, construct or make improvements to, or
cause to be constructed or improved, a hospital, sanitarium,
clinic, laboratory, or any other institution, building,
structure, or ancillary or related facility that the

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Commission determines should be established and operated for
any one or more of the following purposes:
(1) carrying out of any aspect of the Commission's
purposes as set forth in this Act;
(2) studying, diagnosing, and treating human ailments
and injuries, whether physical or mental, or promoting
medical, surgical, and scientific research and knowledge;
(3) supporting and nurturing facilities and uses
permitted by this Act;
(4) providing a nursing facility, extended care
facility, or other facilities that the Commission finds
useful in the study of, research in, or treatment of
illnesses or infirmities specific to the elderly;
(5) providing institutions that engage in the
training, education, or rehabilitation of persons with a
disability, as that term is defined in Section 10 of the
Disabilities Services Act of 2003;
(6) providing office buildings for physicians or
dealers in medical accessories;
(7) providing 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;
(8) rehabilitating or establishing of residential

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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 of the
United States to the Secretary of the Treasury of the
United States as containing criteria that will
substantially achieve the purpose of preserving and
rehabilitating buildings of historic significance to the
District, or any other areas of the District as the
Commission may designate;
(9) facilitating research, development, and
production, in any of the fields of medicine, chemistry,
pharmaceuticals, or physics, of genetically engineered
products;
(10) providing biotechnology, information technology,
medical technology, or environmental technology; and
(11) researching and developing engineering or
computer technology related to the medical field.
The Commission may construct or improve, or cause to be
constructed or improved, these institutions, buildings,
structures, or ancillary or related facilities after a public
hearing is held by any commissioner or other person authorized
by the Commission to conduct the hearing.
(b) The Illinois Procurement Code applies to any
construction or improvements undertaken pursuant to this
Section, and the Commission shall conduct all procurements in
a manner that is consistent with that Code. Construction or

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improvement may not be undertaken pursuant to this Section
before a comprehensive master plan has been approved by the
Commission under Section 65.
Section 30. Relocation assistance. The Commission may
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 would be provided by the federal government to a
displaced person under the federal Uniform Relocation
Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970
and the regulations promulgated under that Act. As used in
this Section, "displaced person" has the meaning ascribed to
that term in 42 U.S.C. 4601. Relocation assistance may include
assistance with the moving of a residential unit to a new
location. The Commission shall identify an individual to serve
as a single point of contact for information about relocation
assistance provided under this Section.
Section 35. Disposition of Property.
(a) The Commission may sell, convey, 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 this Act,
for the purpose of serving persons using the facilities
offered within the District, or for carrying out of any aspect

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of the Commission's purposes under Section 10, subject to the
restrictions on the use of the real property as the Commission
determines will carry out the purpose of this Act. To ensure
that real property sold, conveyed, or leased under this
subsection is used in accordance with this Act, the Commission
shall inquire into and satisfy itself concerning the financial
ability of the purchaser, conveyee, or lessee to complete the
project for which the real property is sold, conveyed, or
leased in accordance with a written plan to be submitted by the
purchaser, conveyee, or lessee to the Commission. Under the
plan, the purchaser, conveyee, or lessee shall promise (i) to
use the land for the purposes designated in the presented
plan, (ii) to commence and complete the construction of the
buildings or other structures to be included in the project
within the periods of time that the Commission determines, and
(iii) to comply with any other conditions that the Commission
determines are necessary to carry out the project.
All sales, conveyances, and leases authorized in this
subsection shall be made on the condition that, if used other
than for the purposes prescribed in this Act, or unused for a
period of at least one year, title to the property reverts to
the Commission. All sales, conveyances, and leases made by the
Commission to any person for use by residents or any other
person shall be on the condition that if the resident or other
person violates any of the restrictions as to the use of the
property as the Commission has determined will carry out the

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purposes of this Act, then title to the property reverts 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, building, or improvement is subject to such
a reverter provision, the finding shall be made by the
Commission after a public hearing is held. Upon the finding
being made, the Commission may cause the real property to be
conveyed free of a reverter provision if at least 7
commissioners vote in favor of the sale, conveyance, or lease
without the reverter provision. The Commission may also
include, in the sales agreement, conveyance, lease agreement,
or other documentation, provisions for notice of the
violations or default and how to cure violations or default
for the benefit of any lender or mortgagee as the Commission
may determine is appropriate.
If, at a regularly scheduled meeting, the Commission
resolves that a parcel of real estate conveyed or 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 unused for a period of at least one year, the
Commission may file a lawsuit in the Cook County Circuit Court
to enforce the terms of the sale, conveyance, 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

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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.
(b) If, at a regularly scheduled meeting, the Commission
resolves that a parcel of real estate that is owned by the
Commission is no longer needed for District purposes, the
Commission may authorize the sale or public auction of the
parcel. The resolution shall direct the sale to be conducted
by (i) the staff of the Commission, (ii) listing with local
licensed real estate agencies, in which case the terms of the
agent's compensation shall be included in the resolution,
(iii) or public auction. The resolution shall be published at
the first opportunity following its passage in a newspaper
published in the District or, if none, then in a newspaper
published in the county where the District is located. The
resolution shall also contain pertinent information concerning
the size, use, and zoning of the parcel and the terms of sale.
(c) The Commission may not sell, convey, or lease any
property pursuant to this Section before a comprehensive
master plan has been approved under Section 60.

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Section 40. Notice. Before holding a public hearing
required under Section 35 or a meeting regarding the passage
of a resolution to file a lawsuit, 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 statement,
setting forth any act or things done or omitted to be done in
violation, or claimed to be in violation, of any restriction
on the use of the property, whether the restriction is
prescribed in any of the terms of this Act or by any
restriction on 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 any
person as the Commission deems 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.
Section 45. Rules. The Commission may adopt rules,
pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act,
regarding the exercise of its powers, governing its
proceedings, and regulating all hearings held by it or at its
direction, and it may also amend those rules.

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Section 50. Certified copies of 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 as if those
copies were the originals.
Section 55. Judicial review. A party may obtain a judicial
review of a final order or decision of the Commission in the
Cook County Circuit Court only in accordance with the
provisions of the Administrative Review Law and the rules
adopted under that Law. The Cook County Circuit Court shall
take judicial notice of all the rules of practice and
procedure of the Commission.
Section 60. 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 Commission.
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, for the study of disease,

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and for any other purpose set forth in 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 nonprofit acute care hospitals
within the District.
Section 65. Public hearings. The Commission shall conduct
a public hearing before taking any of the actions described in
Section 25, making specified reverter-related findings under
Section 35, or approving a comprehensive master plan under
Section 60. 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. If
there is no law governing a specific type of public hearing,
the Commission shall conduct that public hearing pursuant to
the Open Meetings Act and this Section.
The Commission may authorize a commissioner or other
person of legal age to conduct a hearing not otherwise
required by law. The commissioner or other authorized person
may (i) administer oaths and affirmations, (ii) take the
testimony of witnesses, (iii) take and receive the production
of papers, books, records, accounts, and documents, (iv)
receive pertinent evidence, and (v) 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

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secular newspaper of general circulation within Cook County at
least 10 days before the date of the hearing.
Section 70. Disposition of money; income fund; rental
moneys; audits.
(a) Money received by the Commission from the sale,
conveyance, or lease of any property, in excess of the amount
expended by the Commission for authorized purposes under this
Act, shall be deposited into the Calumet City Community
Medical District Income Fund, a special fund that is created
in the State treasury, and may be expended as provided in this
Section and this Act.
(b) The Commission may use all money deposited into the
Calumet City Community Medical District Income Fund from
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.
(c) 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. 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.

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Section 75. Attorney General. The Attorney General 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.
Section 80. Extraterritorial authority. The Commission may
contract with the State, a unit of local government, the
federal government or any subdivision of the federal
government, the State of Indiana or any subdivision of the
State of Indiana, or any individual, corporation, or other
person to ensure service of all persons inside and near
Calumet City who may use the services of the District or to
coordinate services with the communities surrounding Calumet
City. The Commission must consider the benefit to the District
and the financial contribution and responsibilities of the
parties that will be contracting with the District before
deciding to enter into a contract under this Section.
Section 900. The Court of Claims Act is amended by
changing Sections 8, 22-1, and 22-2 as follows:
(705 ILCS 505/8) (from Ch. 37, par. 439.8)
Sec. 8. Court of Claims jurisdiction; deliberation
periods. The court shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear
and determine the following matters:
(a) All claims against the State founded upon any law

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of the State of Illinois or upon any regulation adopted
thereunder by an executive or administrative officer or
agency; provided, however, the court shall not have
jurisdiction (i) to hear or determine claims arising under
the Workers' Compensation Act or the Workers' Occupational
Diseases Act, or claims for expenses in civil litigation,
or (ii) to review administrative decisions for which a
statute provides that review shall be in the circuit or
appellate court.
(b) All claims against the State founded upon any
contract entered into with the State of Illinois.
(c) All claims against the State for time unjustly
served in prisons of this State when the person imprisoned
received a pardon from the Governor stating that such
pardon is issued on the ground of innocence of the crime
for which he or she was imprisoned or he or she received a
certificate of innocence from the Circuit Court as
provided in Section 2-702 of the Code of Civil Procedure;
provided, the amount of the award is at the discretion of
the court; and provided, the court shall make no award in
excess of the following amounts: for imprisonment of 5
years or less, not more than $85,350; for imprisonment of
14 years or less but over 5 years, not more than $170,000;
for imprisonment of over 14 years, not more than $199,150;
and provided further, the court shall fix attorney's fees
not to exceed 25% of the award granted. On or after the

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effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General
Assembly, the court shall annually adjust the maximum
awards authorized by this subsection (c) to reflect the
increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index For All
Urban Consumers for the previous calendar year, as
determined by the United States Department of Labor,
except that no annual increment may exceed 5%. For the
annual adjustments, if the Consumer Price Index decreases
during a calendar year, there shall be no adjustment for
that calendar year. The transmission by the Prisoner
Review Board or the clerk of the circuit court of the
information described in Section 11(b) to the clerk of the
Court of Claims is conclusive evidence of the validity of
the claim. The changes made by this amendatory Act of the
95th General Assembly apply to all claims pending on or
filed on or after the effective date.
(d) All claims against the State for damages in cases
sounding in tort, if a like cause of action would lie
against a private person or corporation in a civil suit,
and all like claims sounding in tort against the Illinois
Medical District Center Commission, the Mid-Illinois
Medical District Commission, the Mid-America Medical
District Commission, the Roseland Community Medical
District Commission, the Calumet City Community Medical
District Commission, the Board of Trustees of the
University of Illinois, the Board of Trustees of Southern

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Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Chicago
State University, the Board of Trustees of Eastern
Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Governors
State University, the Board of Trustees of Illinois State
University, the Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois
University, the Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois
University, the Board of Trustees of Western Illinois
University, or the Board of Trustees of the Illinois
Mathematics and Science Academy; provided, that an award
for damages in a case sounding in tort, other than certain
cases involving the operation of a State vehicle described
in this paragraph, shall not exceed the sum of $2,000,000
to or for the benefit of any claimant. The $2,000,000
limit prescribed by this Section does not apply to an
award of damages in any case sounding in tort arising out
of the operation by a State employee of a vehicle owned,
leased or controlled by the State. The defense that the
State, or the Illinois Medical District Center Commission,
the Mid-Illinois Medical District Commission, the
Mid-America Medical District Commission, the Roseland
Community Medical District Commission, the Calumet City
Community Medical District Commission, or the Board of
Trustees of the University of Illinois, the Board of
Trustees of Southern Illinois University, the Board of
Trustees of Chicago State University, the Board of
Trustees of Eastern Illinois University, the Board of

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Trustees of Governors State University, the Board of
Trustees of Illinois State University, the Board of
Trustees of Northeastern Illinois University, the Board of
Trustees of Northern Illinois University, the Board of
Trustees of Western Illinois University, or the Board of
Trustees of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
is not liable for the negligence of its officers, agents,
and employees in the course of their employment is not
applicable to the hearing and determination of such
claims. The changes to this Section made by this
amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly apply only to
claims filed on or after July 1, 2015.
The court shall annually adjust the maximum awards
authorized by this subsection to reflect the increase, if
any, in the Consumer Price Index For All Urban Consumers
for the previous calendar year, as determined by the
United States Department of Labor. The Comptroller shall
make the new amount resulting from each annual adjustment
available to the public via the Comptroller's official
website by January 31 of every year.
(e) All claims for recoupment made by the State of
Illinois against any claimant.
(f) All claims pursuant to the Line of Duty
Compensation Act. A claim under that Act must be heard and
determined within one year after the application for that
claim is filed with the Court as provided in that Act.

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(g) All claims filed pursuant to the Crime Victims
Compensation Act.
(h) All claims pursuant to the Illinois National
Guardsman's Compensation Act. A claim under that Act must
be heard and determined within one year after the
application for that claim is filed with the Court as
provided in that Act.
(i) All claims authorized by subsection (a) of Section
10-55 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act for the
expenses incurred by a party in a contested case on the
administrative level.
(Source: P.A. 100-1124, eff. 11-27-18.)
(705 ILCS 505/22-1) (from Ch. 37, par. 439.22-1)
Sec. 22-1. Within 1 year from the date that such an injury
was received or such a cause of action accrued, any person who
is about to commence any action in the Court of Claims against
the State of Illinois, the Illinois Medical District Center
Commission, the Mid-Illinois Medical District Commission, the
Mid-America Medical District Commission, the Roseland
Community Medical District Commission, the Calumet City
Community Medical District Commission, the Board of Trustees
of the University of Illinois, the Board of Trustees of
Southern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Chicago
State University, the Board of Trustees of Eastern Illinois
University, the Board of Trustees of Governors State

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University, the Board of Trustees of Illinois State
University, the Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois
University, the Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois
University, the Board of Trustees of Western Illinois
University, or the Board of Trustees of the Illinois
Mathematics and Science Academy, for damages on account of any
injury to his person shall file in the office of the Attorney
General and also in the office of the Clerk of the Court of
Claims, either by himself, his agent, or attorney, giving the
name of the person to whom the cause of action has accrued, the
name and residence of the person injured, the date and about
the hour of the accident, the place or location where the
accident occurred, a brief description of how the accident
occurred, and the name and address of the attending physician,
if any, except as otherwise provided by the Crime Victims
Compensation Act.
In actions for death by wrongful act, neglect or default,
the executor of the estate, or in the event there is no will,
the administrator or other personal representative of the
decedent, shall file within 1 year of the date of death or the
date that the executor or administrator is qualified,
whichever occurs later, in the office of the Attorney General
and also in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Claims,
giving the name of the person to whom the cause of action has
accrued, the name and last residence of the decedent, the date
of the accident causing death, the date of the decedent's

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demise, the place or location where the accident causing the
death occurred, the date and about the hour of the accident, a
brief description of how the accident occurred, and the names
and addresses of the attending physician and treating hospital
if any, except as otherwise provided by the Crime Victims
Compensation Act.
A claimant is not required to file the notice required by
this Section if he or she files his or her claim within one
year of its accrual.
(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96; 90-492, eff. 8-17-97.)
(705 ILCS 505/22-2) (from Ch. 37, par. 439.22-2)
Sec. 22-2. If the notice provided for by Section 22-1 is
not filed as provided in that Section, any such action
commenced against the State of Illinois, the Illinois Medical
District Center Commission, the Mid-Illinois Medical District
Commission, the Mid-America Medical District Commission, the
Roseland Community Medical District Commission, the Calumet
City Community Medical District Commission, the Board of
Trustees of the University of Illinois, the Board of Trustees
of Southern Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of
Chicago State University, the Board of Trustees of Eastern
Illinois University, the Board of Trustees of Governors State
University, the Board of Trustees of Illinois State
University, the Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois
University, the Board of Trustees of Northern Illinois

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University, the Board of Trustees of Western Illinois
University, or the Board of Trustees of the Illinois
Mathematics and Science Academy, shall be dismissed and the
person to whom any such cause of action accrued for any
personal injury shall be forever barred from further action in
the Court of Claims for such personal injury, except as
otherwise provided by the Crime Victims Compensation Act.
(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)
Section 905. The Eminent Domain Act is amended by changing
Section 15-5-49 as follows:
(735 ILCS 30/15-5-49 new)
Sec. 15-5-49. Eminent domain powers in new Acts. The
following provisions of law may include express grants of the
power to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain:
Calumet City Community Medical District Act; medical district;
for general purposes.
Section 910. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
Section 5.1015 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/5.1015 new)
Sec. 5.1015. The Calumet City Community Medical District
Income Fund.
Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

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