Executive Report

Attorney General Opinions

Licensing methadone programs
AUTHORITY to regulate and license methadone maintenance clinics is an exclusive state power because the General Assembly has specifically delegated it to the Dangerous Drugs Commission. The city of Chicago and other home rule units may not exercise that power. However, "the Chicago Board of Health, when requested, is required to cooperate with the Dangerous Drugs Commission in investigating these facilities," said the attorney general (S-1238).
The Commission on Human Relations does not have the authority to send lists of residential property owners to real estate agents, advising them the owners do not wish to be solicited for sale of their property (S-1236).
The Illinois Racing Board may license an applicant to conduct a scheduled race at a site other than that originally allotted if "adequate alternate race track facilities" are found (S-1235). Monies in the race track improvement fund may be spent by the racing board for repairs at tracks other than where such "breakage" monies were earned. Both opinions relate to the destruction of the Washington Park Race Track (S-1244).
Coroner's juries do not have the authority to make recommendations to coroners or other public officials. Such recommendations "are not legally binding" (S-1239).
Election judges are county employees, and are therefore covered by workmen's compensation insurance while performing their duties (S-1240).

Board of Education extends deadline for Chicago desegregation
THE Illinois Board of Education voted against cutting off state and federal funds to Chicago public schools last June 10. The board had threatened to do so unless adequate desegregation plans were implemented, but decided instead to extend the system's probationary status until next March 15.
The extension was granted, according to board member Donald Muirheid of Decatur, "to recognize the uniqueness of Chicago and to commend the first steps" adopted by the Chicago School Board in striving toward complete desegregation of student bodies.
The state board's desegregation committee recommended the extension along with periodic checks to test whether progress was being made. Some advances are called for by this September under the Chicago system's own timetable. These moves include: establishment of integrated study centers, the beginning of voluntary busing programs and closing of some mobile classrooms. More sweeping long range plans are expected to be announced in December.
Along with Chicago district 299, there were three other public school districts on probation as of last June because of failure to comply with desegregation mandates. Those three others were: Aurora East district 131, Maywood district 89, and Chicago Heights district 170. Earlier in June Rockford had been taken off probation after adopting strict desegregation policies.
28 / August 1977 / Illinois Issues

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