Bill Text: IL SB3355 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Counties Code. Requires that the Cook County Board of Commissioners establish a permanent independent governing body for the Cook County Public Health System. Requires that the General Assembly must, by joint resolution, determine the independence of the governing body. Provides that if the Cook County Board of Commissioners does not establish a governing body and the General Assembly does not approve the governing body within 120 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, then the Cook County Public Health System may not receive any State moneys until the governing body is established and approved. Limits home rule powers. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-19 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB3355 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB3355-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB3355 Introduced 2/10/2010, by Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
55 ILCS 5/5-370012 new
Amends the Counties Code. Requires that the Cook County Board of Commissioners establish a permanent independent governing body for the Cook County Public Health System. Requires that the General Assembly must, by joint resolution, determine the independence of the governing body. Provides that if the Cook County Board of Commissioners does not establish a governing body and the General Assembly does not approve the governing body within 120 days after the effective date of the amendatory Act, then the Cook County Public Health System may not receive any State moneys until the governing body is established and approved. Limits home rule powers. Effective immediately.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY HOME RULE NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
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 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section
5-370012 as follows:
(55 ILCS 5/5-370012 new)
Sec. 5-370012. Cook County Public Health System; board. The
Cook County Board of Commissioners must establish a permanent
independent governing body for the Cook County Public Health
System. The General Assembly must, by joint resolution,
determine the independence of the governing body established
pursuant to this Section. If the Cook County Board of
Commissioners does not establish a governing body and the
General Assembly does not approve the governing body within 120
days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
96th General Assembly, then the Cook County Public Health
System may not receive any State moneys until the governing
body is established and approved.
Cook County may not regulate the Cook County Public Health
System in a manner that is inconsistent with the provisions of
this Section. This Section is a denial and limitation of home
rule powers and functions under subsection (i) of Section 6 of
Article VII of the Illinois Constitution on the concurrent

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exercise by home rule units of the powers and functions
exercised by the State.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.