98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB3004

 

Introduced , by Rep. Cynthia Soto

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 3501/820-10
20 ILCS 3501/820-20
20 ILCS 3501/820-25
20 ILCS 3501/820-37 new
35 ILCS 200/27-5
35 ILCS 200/27-97 new
55 ILCS 5/5-1005  from Ch. 34, par. 5-1005
65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 15.4 heading new
65 ILCS 5/11-15.4-1 new

    Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that municipalities and counties may establish green energy special service areas. Provides that those green energy special service areas shall include only property for which each owner of record has executed a contract or agreement with the county or municipality consenting to the inclusion of the property within the green energy special service area. Provides that green energy special service areas are not subject to certain notice and hearing requirements set forth in the Property Tax Code. Provides that the owner of record of each parcel of property within a green energy special service area may arrange, through an agreement with the municipality or county, for specific energy efficiency improvements or renewable energy improvements and may obtain financing for such improvements through the process set forth in the ordinance establishing the special service area. Provides that counties and municipalities may levy property taxes in connection with green energy special service areas. Provides that counties and municipalities may issue bonds in connection with those special service area projects and may sell, assign, or pledge those bonds to the Illinois Finance Authority. Amends the Illinois Finance Authority Act to make conforming changes. Contains other provisions. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Finance Authority Act is amended by
5changing Sections 820-10, 820-20, and 820-25 and by adding
6Section 820-37 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 3501/820-10)
8    Sec. 820-10. Definitions. The following words or terms,
9whenever used or referred to in this Article, shall have the
10following meanings ascribed to them, except where the context
11clearly requires otherwise:
12    (a) "Department" means the Illinois Department of Commerce
13and Economic Opportunity.
14    (b) "Unit of local government" means any unit of local
15government, as defined in Article VII, Section 1 of the 1970
16State Constitution and any local public entity as that term is
17defined by the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees
18Tort Immunity Act and also includes the State and any
19instrumentality, office, officer, department, division,
20bureau, commission, college or university thereof.
21    (c) "Energy conservation project" means any improvement,
22repair, alteration or betterment of any building or facility or
23any equipment, including but not limited to an Energy

 

 

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1Efficiency Project, as defined in item (iii) of subsection (b)
2of Section 825-65, in connection with any school district or
3community college district project, and any fixture or
4furnishing including its energy using mechanical devices to be
5added to or used in any building or facility that the Director
6of the Department has certified to the Authority will be a
7cost-effective energy-related project that will lower energy
8or utility costs in connection with the operation or
9maintenance of such building or facility, and will achieve
10energy cost savings sufficient to cover bond debt service and
11other project costs within 10 years from the date of project
12installation.
13    (d) "Green energy special service area project" means any
14energy efficiency improvement or renewable energy improvement
15as such terms are defined in Section 27-5 of the Special
16Service Area Tax Law of the Property Tax Code.
17(Source: P.A. 97-760, eff. 7-6-12.)
 
18    (20 ILCS 3501/820-20)
19    Sec. 820-20. Powers and Duties; Illinois Local Government
20Financing Assistance Program. The Authority has the power:
21    (a) To purchase from time to time pursuant to negotiated
22sale or to otherwise acquire from time to time any local
23government securities issued by one or more units of local
24government upon such terms and conditions as the Authority may
25prescribe;

 

 

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1    (b) To issue bonds in one or more series pursuant to one or
2more resolutions of the Authority for any purpose authorized
3under this Article, including without limitation purchasing or
4acquiring local government securities, providing for the
5payment of any interest deemed necessary on such bonds, paying
6for the cost of issuance of such bonds, providing for the
7payment of the cost of any guarantees, letters of credit,
8insurance contracts or other similar credit support or
9liquidity instruments, or providing for the funding of any
10reserves deemed necessary in connection with such bonds and
11refunding or advance refunding of any such bonds and the
12interest and any premium thereon, pursuant to this Act;
13    (c) To provide for the funding of any reserves or other
14funds or accounts deemed necessary by the Authority in
15connection with any bonds issued by the Authority or local
16government securities purchased or otherwise acquired by the
17Authority;
18    (d) To pledge any local government security, including any
19payments thereon, and any other funds of the Authority or funds
20made available to the Authority which may be applied to such
21purpose, as security for any bonds or any guarantees, letters
22of credit, insurance contracts or similar credit support or
23liquidity instruments securing the bonds;
24    (e) To enter into agreements or contracts with third
25parties, whether public or private, including without
26limitation the United States of America, the State, or any

 

 

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1department or agency thereof to obtain any appropriations,
2grants, loans or guarantees which are deemed necessary or
3desirable by the Authority. Any such guarantee, agreement or
4contract may contain terms and provisions necessary or
5desirable in connection with the program, subject to the
6requirements established by this Article;
7    (f) To charge reasonable fees to defray the cost of
8obtaining letters of credit, insurance contracts or other
9similar documents, and to charge such other reasonable fees to
10defray the cost of trustees, depositories, paying agents, bond
11registrars, escrow agents and other administrative expenses.
12Any such fees shall be payable by units of local government
13whose local government securities are purchased or otherwise
14acquired by the Authority pursuant to this Article, in such
15amounts and at such times as the Authority shall determine, and
16the amount of the fees need not be uniform among the various
17units of local government whose local government securities are
18purchased or otherwise acquired by the Authority pursuant to
19this Article;
20    (g) To obtain and maintain guarantees, letters of credit,
21insurance contracts or similar credit support or liquidity
22instruments which are deemed necessary or desirable in
23connection with any bonds or other obligations of the Authority
24or any local government securities;
25    (h) To establish application fees and other service fees
26and prescribe application, notification, contract, agreement,

 

 

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1security and insurance forms and rules and regulations it deems
2necessary or appropriate;
3    (i) To provide technical assistance, at the request of any
4unit of local government, with respect to the financing or
5refinancing for any public purpose. In fulfillment of this
6purpose, the Authority may request assistance from the
7Department as necessary; any unit of local government that is
8experiencing either a financial emergency as defined in the
9Local Government Financial Planning and Supervision Act or a
10condition of fiscal crisis evidenced by an impaired ability to
11obtain financing for its public purpose projects from
12traditional financial channels or impaired ability to fully
13fund its obligations to fire, police and municipal employee
14pension funds, or to bond payments or reserves, may request
15technical assistance from the Authority in the form of a
16diagnostic evaluation of its financial condition;
17    (j) To purchase any obligations of the Authority issued
18pursuant to this Article;
19    (k) To sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of local
20government securities purchased or otherwise acquired by the
21Authority pursuant to this Article, including without
22limitation, the sale, transfer or other disposition of
23undivided fractionalized interests in the right to receive
24payments of principal and premium, if any, or the right to
25receive payments of interest or the right to receive payments
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1such local government securities;
2    (l) To acquire, purchase, lease, sell, transfer and
3otherwise dispose of real and personal property, or any
4interest therein, and to issue its bonds and enter into leases,
5contracts and other agreements with units of local government
6in connection with such acquisitions, purchases, leases, sales
7and other dispositions of such real and personal property;
8    (m) To make loans to banks, savings and loans and other
9financial institutions for the purpose of purchasing or
10otherwise acquiring local government securities, and to issue
11its bonds, and enter into agreements and contracts in
12connection with such loans;
13    (n) To enter into agreements or contracts with any person
14necessary or appropriate to place the payment obligations of
15the Authority under any of its bonds in whole or in part on any
16interest rate basis, cash flow basis, or other basis desired by
17the Authority, including without limitation agreements or
18contracts commonly known as "interest rate swap agreements",
19"forward payment conversion agreements", and "futures", or
20agreements or contracts to exchange cash flows or a series of
21payments, or agreements or contracts, including without
22limitation agreements or contracts commonly known as
23"options", "puts" or "calls", to hedge payment, rate spread, or
24similar exposure; provided, that any such agreement or contract
25shall not constitute an obligation for borrowed money, and
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1or any other debt limit of the Authority or the State of
2Illinois;
3    (o) To make and enter into all other agreements and
4contracts and execute all instruments necessary or incidental
5to performance of its duties and the execution of its powers
6under this Article;
7    (p) To contract for and finance the costs of energy audits,
8project-specific engineering and design specifications, and
9any other related analyses preliminary to an energy
10conservation project; and, to contract for and finance the cost
11of project monitoring and data collection to verify
12post-installation energy consumption and energy-related
13operating costs. Any such contract shall be executed only after
14it has been jointly negotiated by the Authority and the
15Department; and
16    (p-5) To purchase special service area bonds and to accept
17assignments, pledges, or both of special service area bonds,
18agreements relating to public and private green energy special
19service area projects, or both; this authority shall be
20liberally construed; and
21    (q) To exercise such other powers as are necessary or
22incidental to the foregoing.
23(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
24    (20 ILCS 3501/820-25)
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1unit of local government is authorized to voluntarily
2participate in this program. Any unit of local government which
3is authorized to issue, sell and deliver its local government
4securities under any provision of the Constitution or laws of
5the State may issue, sell and deliver such local government
6securities to the Authority under this Article; provided that
7and notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
8any such unit of local government may issue and sell any such
9local government security at any interest rate or rates, which
10rate or rates may be established by an index or formula which
11may be implemented by persons appointed or retained therefor,
12payable at such time or times, and at such price or prices to
13which the unit of local government and the Authority may agree.
14Any unit of local government may pay any amount charged by the
15Authority pursuant to this Article. Any unit of local
16government participating in this program may pay out of the
17proceeds of its local government securities or out of any other
18moneys or funds available to it for such purposes any costs,
19fees, interest deemed necessary, premium or reserves incurred
20or required for financing or refinancing this program,
21including without limitation any fees charged by the Authority
22pursuant to this Article and its share, as determined by the
23Authority, of any costs, fees, interest deemed necessary,
24premium or reserves incurred or required pursuant to Section
25820-20 of this Act. All local government securities purchased
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1shall upon delivery to the Authority be accompanied by an
2approving opinion of bond counsel as to the validity of such
3securities. The Authority shall have discretion to purchase or
4otherwise acquire those local government securities, as it
5shall deem to be in the best interest of its financing program
6for all units of local government taken as a whole. Any unit of
7local government with the authority to provide special service
8area financing in connection with green energy special service
9area projects, as provided in the Special Service Area Tax Law,
10is authorized to do any of the following: (i) issue special
11service area bonds, (ii) sell or assign those bonds to the
12Authority, and (iii) assign or pledge those special service
13area bonds, agreements relating to public and private green
14energy special service area projects, or both to the Authority.
15(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
16    (20 ILCS 3501/820-37 new)
17    Sec. 820-37. Special service area bonds. The Authority may
18assist units of local government by establishing and
19implementing a program to issue its bonds secured by special
20service area agreements assigned or pledged to the Authority by
21the units of local government so as to provide financing for
22green energy special service area projects. Such bonds shall
23not constitute an indebtedness or obligation of the State of
24Illinois and it shall be plainly stated on the face of each
25bond that it does not constitute such an indebtedness or

 

 

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1obligation but is payable solely from the revenues, income, or
2other assets of the Authority pledged for those purposes.
 
3    Section 10. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
4Section 27-5 and by adding Section 27-97 as follows:
 
5    (35 ILCS 200/27-5)
6    Sec. 27-5. Short title; definitions. This Article may be
7cited as the Special Service Area Tax Law.
8    When used in this Article:
9    "Energy efficiency improvement" means any installation,
10modification, or replacement that is intended to reduce energy
11consumption in any residential, commercial, or industrial
12building, structure, or other facility, including, but not
13limited to, the following:
14        (1) insulation in walls, roofs, floors, foundations,
15    and heating and cooling distribution systems;
16        (2) storm windows and doors, multiglazed windows and
17    doors, heat-absorbing or heat-reflective glazed and coated
18    window and door systems, additional glazing, reductions in
19    glass area, and other window and door system modifications;
20        (3) automatic energy control systems;
21        (4) high-efficiency furnaces, lighting fixtures,
22    ventilating, or air conditioning and distribution systems;
23        (5) caulking and weather-stripping;
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1    natural daylight into buildings;
2        (7) installation of energy management systems,
3    upgraded electrical circuits, panels, electric vehicle
4    charging station devises including batteries to enable
5    energy efficiency, renewable energy, transportation
6    electrification and smart grid technology; and
7        (8) any other installation, modification, replacement,
8    facility, improvement, rehabilitation, repair, or
9    remodeling that has the effect of reducing energy
10    consumption.
11    "Green energy special service area" means a special service
12area created pursuant to Section 27-97 of this Code for the
13purpose of providing special services that are energy
14efficiency improvements, renewable energy improvements, or a
15combination of both. The corporate authorities may establish by
16ordinance (i) multiple green energy special service areas
17pursuant to a single ordinance or (ii) a single green energy
18special service area comprised of multiple buildings,
19structures, facilities, improvements, lots, or parcels of
20land, which are not required to be contiguous. Revenues from
21multiple green energy special service areas and revenues from
22multiple buildings, structures, facilities, improvements,
23lots, or parcels of land within a single green energy special
24service area may be aggregated for a pledge as security for
25bonds issued pursuant to Section 27-45.
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1system, device, or interacting group thereof, for any
2residential, commercial, or industrial building, structure, or
3other facility that produces energy from renewable energy
4resources, as the term "renewable energy resources" is defined
5in Section 1-10 of the Illinois Power Agency Act.
6    "Special Service Area" means a contiguous area within a
7municipality or county in which, except as provided in Section
827-97 concerning green energy special services, special
9governmental services are provided in addition to those
10services provided generally throughout the municipality or
11county, the cost of the special services to be paid from
12revenues collected from taxes levied or imposed upon property
13within that area. Territory shall be considered contiguous for
14purposes of this Article even though certain completely
15surrounded portions of the territory are excluded from the
16special service area. A county may create a special service
17area within a municipality or municipalities when the
18municipality or municipalities consent to the creation of the
19special service area. A municipality may create a special
20service area within a municipality and the unincorporated area
21of a county or within another municipality when the county or
22other municipality consents to the creation of the special
23service area.
24    "Special Services" means all forms of services pertaining
25to the government and affairs of the municipality or county,
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1efficiency improvements, renewable energy improvements, and
2improvements permissible under Article 9 of the Illinois
3Municipal Code, and contracts for the supply of water as
4described in Section 11-124-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code
5which may be entered into by the municipality or by the county
6on behalf of a county service area.
7(Source: P.A. 86-1324; 88-445.)
 
8    (35 ILCS 200/27-97 new)
9    Sec. 27-97. Green Energy Special Service Areas.
10    (a) The corporate authorities of each municipality or
11county may establish a green energy special service area, or
12multiple green energy special service areas under a single
13ordinance, for the purpose of arranging and financing energy
14efficiency improvements, renewable energy improvements, or
15both. Each green energy special service area shall include only
16property for which each owner of record has executed a contract
17or agreement consenting to the inclusion of the property within
18the green energy special service area. That consent may occur
19subsequent to the adoption of the ordinance of the corporate
20authorities establishing the green energy special service
21area. The inclusion (or, as applicable, deletion) of the
22property within the green energy special service area
23subsequent to the adoption of the ordinance of the corporate
24authorities establishing the green energy special service area
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1amending ordinance of the corporate authorities or (ii)
2pursuant to authority in the establishing ordinance
3designating one or more county or municipal officers, as
4applicable, to include (or, as applicable, delete) other
5properties from the special service area. Green energy special
6service areas are exempt from the provisions of Sections 27-20,
727-25, 27-30, 27-35, 27-45, 27-55, 27-60, 27-65, and 27-70.
8Each owner of record of property within a green energy special
9service area may arrange for specific energy efficiency
10improvements or renewable energy improvements and may obtain
11financing for such improvements through the process set forth
12in the ordinance establishing the green energy special service
13area. A green energy special service area may consist of a
14single building, structure, facility, improvement, lot, or
15parcel of land. The corporate authorities may establish
16multiple green energy special service areas pursuant to a
17single ordinance or include multiple buildings, structures,
18facilities, improvements, lots, or parcels of land within a
19single green energy special service area, whether or not those
20buildings, structures, facilities, improvements, lots, or
21parcels of land are contiguous. Revenues from multiple green
22energy special service areas and revenues from multiple
23buildings, structures, facilities, improvements or lots or
24parcels of land within a single green energy special service
25area may be aggregated for a pledge as security for bonds
26issued pursuant to Section 27-45.

 

 

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1    (b) The corporate authorities of any municipality or county
2that establishes a green energy special service area shall levy
3a tax pursuant to Section 27-75 on property located within the
4green energy special service area if each owner of record_of
5the property has entered into a contract or agreement for those
6improvements. The contract or agreement entered into with the
7owner of the property shall be conclusive as to the
8authorization and establishment of the applicable green energy
9special service area as it relates to that property and to the
10amount of special tax to be levied and extended against the
11property for those improvements. The contract or agreement may
12specify tax levies pursuant to Section 27-75 related (i) to the
13applicable energy efficiency or green energy improvements,
14(ii) as applicable to the principal of and interest on bonds
15issued for financing such improvements, including bonds issued
16as a part of a larger pooled or composite issue, or (iii) to
17both the applicable improvements and the applicable principal
18of and interest on bonds. The specified tax levies in the
19contract or agreement, when recorded as provided in subsection
20(c) below and filed with the county clerk, shall be authority
21for each affected county to extend and collect such levied
22taxes for the applicable municipality or county with respect to
23the contract or agreement.
24    (c) The contract or agreement in subsection (b) shall be in
25recordable form and shall be recorded in the office of the
26recorder in the county where the property is located.

 

 

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1    (d) This Section 27-97 shall be liberally construed to
2affect the legislative purpose of enabling taxpayers to make
3energy efficiency improvements or renewable energy
4improvements to their properties.
 
5    Section 15. The Counties Code is amended by changing
6Section 5-1005 as follows:
 
7    (55 ILCS 5/5-1005)  (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1005)
8    Sec. 5-1005. Powers. Each county shall have power:
9        1. To purchase and hold the real and personal estate
10    necessary for the uses of the county, and to purchase and
11    hold, for the benefit of the county, real estate sold by
12    virtue of judicial proceedings in which the county is
13    plaintiff.
14        2. To sell and convey or lease any real or personal
15    estate owned by the county.
16        3. To make all contracts and do all other acts in
17    relation to the property and concerns of the county
18    necessary to the exercise of its corporate powers.
19        4. To take all necessary measures and institute
20    proceedings to enforce all laws for the prevention of
21    cruelty to animals.
22        5. To purchase and hold or lease real estate upon which
23    may be erected and maintained buildings to be utilized for
24    purposes of agricultural experiments and to purchase, hold

 

 

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1    and use personal property for the care and maintenance of
2    such real estate in connection with such experimental
3    purposes.
4        6. To cause to be erected, or otherwise provided,
5    suitable buildings for, and maintain a county hospital and
6    necessary branch hospitals and/or a county sheltered care
7    home or county nursing home for the care of such sick,
8    chronically ill or infirm persons as may by law be proper
9    charges upon the county, or upon other governmental units,
10    and to provide for the management of the same. The county
11    board may establish rates to be paid by persons seeking
12    care and treatment in such hospital or home in accordance
13    with their financial ability to meet such charges, either
14    personally or through a hospital plan or hospital
15    insurance, and the rates to be paid by governmental units,
16    including the State, for the care of sick, chronically ill
17    or infirm persons admitted therein upon the request of such
18    governmental units. Any hospital maintained by a county
19    under this Section is authorized to provide any service and
20    enter into any contract or other arrangement not prohibited
21    for a hospital that is licensed under the Hospital
22    Licensing Act, incorporated under the General
23    Not-For-Profit Corporation Act, and exempt from taxation
24    under paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of Section 501 of the
25    Internal Revenue Code.
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1    building, maintaining, and supporting any non-sectarian
2    public hospital located within its limits as the county
3    board of the county shall deem proper.
4        8. To purchase and hold real estate for the
5    preservation of forests, prairies and other natural areas
6    and to maintain and regulate the use thereof.
7        9. To purchase and hold real estate for the purpose of
8    preserving historical spots in the county, to restore,
9    maintain and regulate the use thereof and to donate any
10    historical spot to the State.
11        10. To appropriate funds from the county treasury to be
12    used in any manner to be determined by the board for the
13    suppression, eradication and control of tuberculosis among
14    domestic cattle in such county.
15        11. To take all necessary measures to prevent forest
16    fires and encourage the maintenance and planting of trees
17    and the preservation of forests.
18        12. To authorize the closing on Saturday mornings of
19    all offices of all county officers at the county seat of
20    each county, and to otherwise regulate and fix the days and
21    the hours of opening and closing of such offices, except
22    when the days and the hours of opening and closing of the
23    office of any county officer are otherwise fixed by law;
24    but the power herein conferred shall not apply to the
25    office of State's Attorney and the offices of judges and
26    clerks of courts and, in counties of 500,000 or more

 

 

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1    population, the offices of county clerk.
2        13. To provide for the conservation, preservation and
3    propagation of insectivorous birds through the expenditure
4    of funds provided for such purpose.
5        14. To appropriate funds from the county treasury and
6    expend the same for care and treatment of tuberculosis
7    residents.
8        15. In counties having less than 1,000,000
9    inhabitants, to take all necessary or proper steps for the
10    extermination of mosquitoes, flies or other insects within
11    the county.
12        16. To install an adequate system of accounts and
13    financial records in the offices and divisions of the
14    county, suitable to the needs of the office and in
15    accordance with generally accepted principles of
16    accounting for governmental bodies, which system may
17    include such reports as the county board may determine.
18        17. To purchase and hold real estate for the
19    construction and maintenance of motor vehicle parking
20    facilities for persons using county buildings, but the
21    purchase and use of such real estate shall not be for
22    revenue producing purposes.
23        18. To acquire and hold title to real property located
24    within the county, or partly within and partly outside the
25    county by dedication, purchase, gift, legacy or lease, for
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1    fees for the use of or admission to any such park or
2    recreational area and to provide police protection for such
3    park or recreational area. Personnel employed to provide
4    such police protection shall be conservators of the peace
5    within such park or recreational area and shall have power
6    to make arrests on view of the offense or upon warrants for
7    violation of any of the ordinances governing such park or
8    recreational area or for any breach of the peace in the
9    same manner as the police in municipalities organized and
10    existing under the general laws of the State. All such real
11    property outside the county shall be contiguous to the
12    county and within the boundaries of the State of Illinois.
13        19. To appropriate funds from the county treasury to be
14    used to provide supportive social services designed to
15    prevent the unnecessary institutionalization of elderly
16    residents, or, for operation of, and equipment for, senior
17    citizen centers providing social services to elderly
18    residents.
19        20. To appropriate funds from the county treasury and
20    loan such funds to a county water commission created under
21    the "Water Commission Act", approved June 30, 1984, as now
22    or hereafter amended, in such amounts and upon such terms
23    as the county may determine or the county and the
24    commission may agree. The county shall not under any
25    circumstances be obligated to make such loans. The county
26    shall not be required to charge interest on any such loans.

 

 

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1        21. To appropriate and expend funds from the county
2    treasury for economic development purposes, including the
3    making of grants to any other governmental entity or
4    commercial enterprise deemed necessary or desirable for
5    the promotion of economic development in the county.
6        22. To lease space on a telecommunications tower to a
7    public or private entity.
8        23. In counties having a population of 100,000 or less
9    and a public building commission organized by the county
10    seat of the county, to cause to be erected or otherwise
11    provided, and to maintain or cause to be maintained,
12    suitable facilities to house students pursuing a
13    post-secondary education at an academic institution
14    located within the county. The county may provide for the
15    management of the facilities.
16        24. To engage in and undertake activities related to
17    and in connection with governmental and private energy
18    efficiency improvements and renewable energy improvements,
19    as defined in the Special Service Area Tax Law of the
20    Property Tax Code, including, but not limited to, special
21    service areas related to green energy special service area
22    financing for energy efficiency improvements and renewable
23    energy improvements, whether on public or private
24    property, under the Special Service Area Tax Law. This item
25    24 shall be liberally construed to effect the legislative
26    purpose of enabling taxpayers to make energy efficiency

 

 

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1    improvements or renewable energy improvements to their
2    properties.
3    All contracts for the purchase of coal under this Section
4shall be subject to the provisions of "An Act concerning the
5use of Illinois mined coal in certain plants and institutions",
6filed July 13, 1937, as amended.
7(Source: P.A. 95-197, eff. 8-16-07; 95-813, eff. 1-1-09;
896-622, eff. 8-24-09.)
 
9    Section 20. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
10adding Division 15.4 to Article 11 as follows:
 
11    (65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 15.4 heading new)
12
DIVISION 15.4. GREEN ENERGY

 
13    (65 ILCS 5/11-15.4-1 new)
14    Sec. 11-15.4-1. Green Energy Special Service Areas. Each
15municipality shall have the power and authority to engage in
16and undertake activities related to and in connection with
17governmental and private energy efficiency improvements and
18renewable energy improvements, as defined in the Special
19Service Area Tax Law of the Property Tax Code, including, but
20not limited to, special service area financing related to green
21energy special service areas for energy efficiency
22improvements and renewable energy improvements, whether on
23public or private property, under the Special Service Area Tax

 

 

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1Law. This Section shall be liberally construed to effect the
2legislative purpose of enabling taxpayers to make energy
3efficiency improvements or renewable energy improvements to
4their properties.
 
5    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6becoming law.