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MUNICIPALITIES
(65 ILCS 5/) Illinois Municipal Code.

65 ILCS 5/11-119-4

    (65 ILCS 5/11-119-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-119-4)
    Sec. 11-119-4. Revenue bonds issued hereunder at the option of the municipality, may be made callable prior to their maturity at a price of par and accrued interest, or at a stated premium, provided that in the event such bonds, or any of them, are so made callable, it shall be so stated on the face of each such bond.
    Revenue bonds issued under the provisions of this Division 119 may be refunded in accordance with the provisions of Sections 8-4-14 through 8-4-23.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)

65 ILCS 5/11-119-5

    (65 ILCS 5/11-119-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-119-5)
    Sec. 11-119-5. In case any officer whose signature appears on the specified bonds or the coupons attached thereto ceases to hold his office before the delivery of the bonds to the purchaser, his signature nevertheless shall be valid and sufficient for all purposes, to the same effect as if he had remained in office until the delivery of the bonds. The specified bonds shall have all the qualities of negotiable paper under the law merchant and Article 3 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
(Source: P.A. 76-828.)

65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 119.1

 
    (65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 119.1 heading)
DIVISION 119.1. JOINT MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC POWER AGENCIES

65 ILCS 5/11-119.1-1

    (65 ILCS 5/11-119.1-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-119.1-1)
    Sec. 11-119.1-1. This Division shall be known and may be cited as the Illinois Joint Municipal Electric Power Act.
(Source: P.A. 83-997.)

65 ILCS 5/11-119.1-2

    (65 ILCS 5/11-119.1-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-119.1-2)
    Sec. 11-119.1-2. The General Assembly finds:
    (a) that adequate, economical and reliable sources of electrical energy are essential to the orderly growth and prosperity of municipalities in the State of Illinois and that a shortage of such sources would endanger the safety, health and welfare of the residents of the State of Illinois and the growth and development of its municipalities;
    (b) that municipal utility systems operating in the State of Illinois for the purpose of supplying electrical energy have sustained greatly increased capital and operating costs, causing the postponement of construction of facilities and thereby adversely affecting the availability of adequate, economical and reliable sources of electrical energy;
    (c) that it is desirable for the State of Illinois to authorize municipal utility systems to jointly plan, finance, own and operate facilities relating to electrical energy and the acquisition of fuel for the generation of electrical energy through the creation of joint agencies in order to achieve economies and efficiencies not possible for municipalities acting alone;
    (d) that the joint planning, financing, ownership and operation of facilities relating to electrical energy and the acquisition of fuel for the generation of electrical energy and the issuance of revenue bonds as provided herein is for a public use and serves a valid public purpose and is a means of achieving economy, adequacy and reliability in the supply of electrical energy and meeting the future needs of the State of Illinois and its residents; and
    (e) that the intent and policy of the General Assembly when enacting this Division is to enable municipal utility systems to jointly plan, finance, own and operate facilities for the generation and transmission of electrical power and energy and related facilities or other facilities necessary or convenient for the planning and operation of a system for the production and transmission of electrical power and energy.
(Source: P.A. 83-997.)

65 ILCS 5/11-119.1-3

    (65 ILCS 5/11-119.1-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-119.1-3)
    Sec. 11-119.1-3. The following terms whenever used or referred to in this Division, shall have the following meanings unless the context requires otherwise:
        (1) "Agency agreement" means the written agreement
    
between 2 or more municipalities establishing a municipal power agency.
        (2) "Bonds" means revenue bonds, notes and other
    
evidences of obligations of a municipal power agency issued under the provisions of this Division.
        (3) "Eligible utility" means a public agency or other
    
entity of any type, including an electric cooperative as defined in Section 3.4 of the Electric Supplier Act, which (i) owns, operates or controls any plant or equipment for the generation, transmission or distribution of electric power and energy in connection with the furnishing thereof for sale or resale or (ii) is an independent system operator within the electrical power system, a regional transmission organization within the electrical power system, or an entity that participates as a buyer or seller in an organized independent system operator market or regional transmission organization market.
        (4) "Governing body" means, with respect to a
    
municipality, the council, city council, board of trustees, or other corporate authority of the municipality which exercises the general governmental powers of such municipality.
        (5) "Municipal power agency" means a body politic and
    
corporate, municipal corporation and unit of local government of the State of Illinois organized in accordance with the provisions of this Division.
        (6) "Municipality" means a city, village or
    
incorporated town in the State of Illinois owning or operating an electric utility which furnishes retail electric service to the public.
        (7) "Project" means any plant, works, system,
    
facility, and real and personal property of any nature whatsoever, together with all parts thereof and appurtenances thereto, used or useful in the generation, production, distribution, transmission, purchase, sale, exchange or interchange of electrical energy and in the acquisition, extraction, conversion, transportation, storage or reprocessing of fuel of any kind for any such purposes, or any interest in, or right to the use, services, output or capacity, of any such plant, works, system or facilities.
        (8) "Public agency" means any municipality, political
    
subdivision, municipal corporation, unit of local government, governmental unit, or public corporation operated by or pursuant to the laws of the State of Illinois, of another state or of the United States, and any state, the United States, and any commission, board, bureau or other body declared by the laws of any state or the United States to be a department, agency, or instrumentality thereof.
(Source: P.A. 100-177, eff. 1-1-18.)

65 ILCS 5/11-119.1-4

    (65 ILCS 5/11-119.1-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-119.1-4)
    Sec. 11-119.1-4. Municipal Power Agencies.
    A. Any 2 or more municipalities, contiguous or noncontiguous, and which operate an electric utility system, may form a municipal power agency by the execution of an agency agreement authorized by an ordinance adopted by the governing body of each municipality. The agency agreement may state:
        (1) that the municipal power agency is created and
    
incorporated under the provisions of this Division as a body politic and corporate, municipal corporation and unit of local government of the State of Illinois;
        (2) the name of the agency and the date of its
    
establishment;
        (3) that names of the municipalities which have
    
adopted the agency agreement and constitute the initial members of the municipal power agency;
        (4) the names and addresses of the persons initially
    
appointed in the ordinances adopting the agency agreement to serve on the Board of Directors and act as the representatives of the municipalities, respectively, in the exercise of their powers as members;
        (5) the limitations, if any, upon the terms of office
    
of the directors, provided that such directors shall always be selected and vacancies in their offices declared and filled by ordinances adopted by the governing body of the respective municipalities;
        (6) the location by city, village or incorporated
    
town in the State of Illinois of the principal office of the municipal power agency;
        (7) provisions for the disposition, division or
    
distribution of obligations, property and assets of the municipal power agency upon dissolution; and
        (8) any other provisions for regulating the business
    
of the municipal power agency or the conduct of its affairs which may be agreed to by the member municipalities, consistent with this Division, including, without limitation, any provisions for weighted voting among the member municipalities or by the directors.
    B. The presiding officer of the Board of Directors of any municipal power agency established pursuant to this Division or such other officer selected by the Board of Directors, within 3 months after establishment, shall file a certified copy of the agency agreement and a list of the municipalities which have adopted the agreement with the recorder of deeds of the county in which the principal office is located. The recorder of deeds shall record this certified copy and list and shall immediately transmit the certified copy and list to the Secretary of State, together with his certificate of recordation. The Secretary of State shall file these documents and issue his certificate of approval over his signature and the Great Seal of the State. The Secretary of State shall make and keep a register of municipal power agencies established under this Division.
    C. Each municipality which becomes a member of the municipal power agency shall appoint a representative to serve on the Board of Directors, which representative may be a member of the governing body of the municipality. Each appointment shall be made by the mayor, or president, subject to the confirmation of the governing body. The directors so appointed shall hold office for a term of 3 years, or until a successor has been duly appointed and qualified, except that the directors first appointed shall determine by lot at their initial meeting the respective directors which shall serve for a term of one, 2 or 3 years from the date of that meeting. A vacancy shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment.
    The Board of Directors is the corporate authority of the municipal power agency and shall exercise all the powers and manage and control all of the affairs and property of the agency. The Board of Directors shall have full power to pass all necessary ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations for the proper management and conduct of the business of the board, and for carrying into effect the objects for which the agency was established.
    At the initial meeting of the Board of Directors to be held within 30 days after the date of establishment of the municipal power agency, the directors shall elect from their members a presiding officer to preside over the meetings of the Board of Directors and an alternative presiding officer and may elect an executive board. The Board of Directors shall determine and designate in the agency's bylaws the titles for the presiding officers. The directors shall also elect a secretary and treasurer, who need not be directors. The board may select such other officers, employees and agents as deemed to be necessary, who need not be directors or residents of any of the municipalities which are members of the municipal power agency. The board may designate appropriate titles for all other officers, employees, and agents. All persons selected by the board shall hold their respective offices during the pleasure of the board, and give such bond as may be required by the board.
    D. The bylaws of the municipal power agency, and any amendments thereto, shall be adopted by the Board of Directors by a majority vote (adjusted for weighted voting, if provided in the Agency Agreement) to provide the following:
        (1) the conditions and obligations of membership, if
    
any;
        (2) the manner and time of calling regular and
    
special meetings of the Board of Directors;
        (3) the procedural rules of the Board of Directors;
        (4) the composition, powers and responsibilities of
    
any committee or executive board;
        (5) the rights and obligations of new members, and
    
the disposition of rights and obligations upon termination of membership; and
        (6) such other rules or provisions for regulating the
    
affairs of the municipal power agency as the board shall determine to be necessary.
    E. Every municipal power agency shall maintain an office in the State of Illinois to be known as its principal office. When a municipal power agency desires to change the location of such office, it shall file with the Secretary of State a certificate of change of location, stating the new address and the effective date of change. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any place within the State of Illinois, designated by the Board of Directors, after notice. Unless otherwise provided by the bylaws, an act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present is the act of the Board of Directors.
    F. The Board of Directors shall hold at least one meeting each year for the election of officers and for the transaction of any other business. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called for any purpose upon written request to the presiding officer of the Board of Directors or secretary to call the meeting. Such officer shall give notice of the meeting to be held not less than 10 days and not more than 60 days after receipt of such request. Unless the bylaws provide for a different percentage, a quorum for a meeting of the Board of Directors is a majority of all members then in office. All meetings of the board shall be held in compliance with the provisions of "An Act in relation to meetings", approved July 11, 1957, as amended.
    G. The agency agreement may be amended as proposed at any meeting of the Board of Directors for which notice, stating the purpose, shall be given to each director and, unless the bylaws prescribe otherwise, such amendment shall become effective when ratified by ordinances adopted by a majority of the governing bodies of the member municipalities. Each amendment, duly certified, shall be recorded and filed in the same manner as for the original agreement.
    H. Each member municipality shall have full power and authority, subject to the provisions of its charter and laws regarding local finance, to appropriate money for the payment of the expenses of the municipal power agency and of its representative in exercising its functions as a member of the municipal power agency.
    I. Any additional municipality which operates an electric utility system may join the municipal power agency, or any member municipality may withdraw therefrom upon the approval by ordinance adopted by the governing body of the majority of the municipalities which are then members of the municipal power agency. Any new member shall agree to assume its proportionate share of the outstanding obligations of the municipal power agency and any member permitted to withdraw shall remain obligated to make payments under any outstanding contract or agreement with the municipal power agency. Any such change in membership shall be recorded and filed in the same manner as for the original agreement.
    J. Any 2 or more municipal power agencies organized pursuant to this Division may consolidate to form a new municipal power agency when approved by ordinance adopted by the governing body of each municipality which is a member of the respective municipal power agency and by the execution of an agency agreement as provided in this Section.
(Source: P.A. 96-204, eff. 1-1-10.)

65 ILCS 5/11-119.1-5

    (65 ILCS 5/11-119.1-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-119.1-5)
    Sec. 11-119.1-5. Agencies. A. A municipal power agency shall have all the powers enumerated in this Section in furtherance of the purposes of this Division. In the exercise thereof it shall be deemed to be performing an essential governmental function and exercising a part of the sovereign powers of the State of Illinois, separate and distinct from member municipalities, and shall have the privileges, immunities and rights of a public body politic and corporate, municipal corporation and unit of local government, but shall not have taxing power. All powers of the municipal power agency shall be exercised by its Board of Directors unless otherwise provided by the bylaws.
    B. A municipal power agency may plan, finance, acquire, construct, reconstruct, own, lease, operate, maintain, repair, improve, extend or otherwise participate in, individually or jointly with other persons, public agencies, eligible utilities or other entities of any type, one or more projects, proposed, existing or under construction, within or without the State of Illinois, acquire any interest in or any right to products and services of a project, purchase, own, sell, dispose of or otherwise participate in securities issued in connection with the financing of a project or any portion thereof, and may act as agent, or designate one or more persons, public agencies, eligible utilities or other entities of any type, whether or not participating in a project, to act as its agent, in connection with the planning, financing, acquisition, construction, reconstruction, ownership, lease, operation, maintenance, repair, extension or improvement of the project. Any acquisition by eminent domain under this subsection is subject to the provisions of Section 11-119.1-7.
    C. A municipal power agency may investigate the desirability of and necessity for additional sources and supplies of electrical energy and fuel of any kind for such purpose, and make studies, surveys, and estimates as may be necessary to determine the feasibility and cost thereof.
    D. A municipal power agency may cooperate with other persons public agencies, eligible utilities or other entities of any type in the development of sources and supplies of electrical energy and fuel of any kind for such purposes, and give assistance with personnel and equipment in any project.
    E. A municipal power agency may apply for consents, authorizations or approvals required for any project within its powers and take all actions necessary to comply with the conditions thereof.
    F. A municipal power agency may perform any act authorized by this Division through, or by means of, its officers, agents, or employees or by contract with others, including, without limitation, the employment of engineers, architects, attorneys, appraisers, financial advisors, and such other consultants and employees as may be required in the judgment of the municipal power agency, and fix and pay their compensation from funds available to the municipal power agency therefor.
    G. A municipal power agency may, individually or jointly with other persons, public agencies, eligible utilities or other entities of any type, acquire, hold, use, and dispose of income, revenues, funds and money.
    H. A municipal power agency may, individually or jointly with other persons, public agencies, eligible utilities or other entities of any type, acquire, own, hire, use, operate and dispose of personal property and any interest therein.
    I. A municipal power agency may, individually or jointly with other persons, public agencies, eligible utilities or other entities of any type, acquire, own, use, lease as lessor or lessee, operate and dispose of real property and interests in real property, including projects existing, proposed or under construction, and make improvements thereon.
    J. A municipal power agency may grant the use by franchise, lease or otherwise and make charges for the use of any property or facility owned or controlled by it.
    K. A municipal power agency may borrow money and issue negotiable bonds, secured or unsecured, in accordance with this Division.
    L. A municipal power agency may invest money of the municipal power agency not required for immediate use, including proceeds from the sale of any bonds, in such obligations, securities, and other investments as authorized by the provisions of "An Act relating to certain investments of public funds by public agencies", approved July 23, 1943, as amended.
    M. A municipal power agency may exercise the power of eminent domain in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-119.1-7.
    N. A municipal power agency may determine the location and character of, and all other matters in connection with, any and all projects it is authorized to acquire, hold, establish, effectuate, operate or control.
    O. A municipal power agency may contract with any persons, public agencies, eligible utilities or other entities of any type for the planning, development, construction or operation of any project or for the sale, transmission or distribution of the products and services of any project, or for any interest therein or any right to the products and services thereof, on such terms and for such period of time as its Board of Directors shall determine; provided, however, contracts for the sale, transmission or distribution of electric power and energy may only be made with eligible utilities.
    P. A municipal power agency may enter into any contract or agreement necessary, appropriate or incidental to the effectuation of its lawful purposes and the exercise of the powers granted by this Division, including without limitation, contracts or agreements for the purchase, sale, exchange, interchange, wheeling, pooling, transmission, distribution or storage of electrical energy, and fuel of any kind for any such purposes, within and without the State of Illinois, in such amounts as it shall determine to be necessary and appropriate to make the most effective use of its powers and to meet its responsibilities, on such terms and for such period of time as its Board of Directors determines. Any such contract or agreement may include provisions for requirements purchases, restraints on resale or other dealings, exclusive dealing, pricing, territorial division, and other conduct or arrangements which may have an anti-competitive effect.
    Q. A municipal power agency may procure insurance against any losses in connection with its property, operations, or assets in such amounts and from such insurers as it deems desirable, or may self-insure against such losses.
    R. A municipal power agency may contract for and accept any gifts or grants or loans of funds or property or financial or other aid in any form from any source, and may comply, subject to the provisions of this Division, with the terms and conditions thereof.
    S. A municipal power agency may mortgage, pledge and grant a security interest in any or all of its real and personal property to secure the payment of its bonds or contracts.
    T. That part of a project owned by a municipal power agency shall be exempt from property taxes. However, each municipal power agency owning all or any part of a project shall, in lieu of property taxes, pay to any governmental unit authorized to levy property taxes the amount which would be assessed as taxes on real property of a project if such project were otherwise subject to valuation and assessment. Such payments in lieu of taxes shall be due and shall bear interest if unpaid, as in the cases of taxes on other property. Payments in lieu of taxes made under this Division shall be treated in the same manner as taxes for purposes of all procedural and substantive provisions of law, except that no lien may be placed upon such property to enforce the payment of such taxes. The remedy for such payment shall be limited to mandamus or other civil action requesting an order directing the agency to pay such taxes and interest, if any.
    U. No municipal power agency shall be authorized by this Division to sell energy directly to other than a member municipality or an eligible utility; provided further, that no such sale of energy is authorized except for the purpose of resale by such purchaser, or for use by the member municipality.
    V. A municipal power agency may adopt a corporate seal, and may sue and be sued.
    W. A municipal power agency may exercise all other powers not inconsistent with the Constitution of the State of Illinois or the United States Constitution, which powers may be reasonably necessary or appropriate for or incidental to effectuate its authorized purposes or to the exercise of any of the powers enumerated in this Division.
(Source: P.A. 83-997.)

65 ILCS 5/11-119.1-6

    (65 ILCS 5/11-119.1-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-119.1-6)
    Sec. 11-119.1-6. A. A municipal power agency may from time to time issue its bonds in such principal amounts as the municipal power agency shall deem necessary to provide sufficient funds to carry out any of its corporate purposes and powers, including, without limitation, the acquisition, construction or termination of any project to be owned or leased, as lessor or lessee, by the municipal power agency, or the acquisition of any interest therein or any right to the products or services thereof, the funding or refunding of the principal of, redemption premium, if any, and interest on, any bonds issued by it whether or not such bonds or interest to be funded or refunded have or have not become due, the payment of engineering, legal and other expenses, together with interest to a date one year subsequent to the estimated date of completion of the project, the establishment or increase of reserves to secure or to pay such bonds or interest thereon, the providing of working capital and the payment of all other costs or expenses of the municipal power agency incident to and necessary or convenient to carry out its corporate purposes and powers.
    B. Every issue of bonds of such municipal power agency shall be payable out of the revenues or funds of such municipal power agency, subject to any agreements with the holders of particular bonds pledging any particular revenues or funds. A municipal power agency may issue such types of bonds as it may determine, including bonds as to which the principal and interest are payable exclusively from the revenues from one or more projects, or from an interest therein or a right to the products and services thereof, or from one or more revenue producing contracts made by the municipal power agency, or its revenues generally. Any such bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of any grant, subsidy, or contribution from any source or a pledge of any income or revenues, funds, or moneys of the municipal power agency from any source whatsoever.
    C. All bonds of a municipal power agency shall have all the qualities of negotiable instruments under the laws of this State.
    D. Bonds of a municipal power agency shall be authorized by ordinance of its Board of Directors and may be issued under such ordinance or under a trust indenture or other security agreement, in one or more series, and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times within the estimated period of usefulness of the project involved and in any event not more than 40 years from the date thereof, bear interest at such rate or rates without regard to any limitation in any other law, be in such denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such conversion, registration, and exchange privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment at such place or places within or without the State of Illinois, be subject to such terms of redemption with or without premium, and contain or be subject to such other terms as the ordinance, trust indenture, or other security agreement may provide, and shall not be restricted by the provisions of any other law limiting the amounts, maturities, interest rates, or other terms of obligations of public agencies or private parties. The bonds shall be sold in such manner and at such price as the Board of Directors shall determine, at private or public sale.
    E. Bonds of a municipal power agency may be issued and delivered notwithstanding that one or more of the officers executing them shall have ceased to hold office at the time the bonds are actually delivered.
    F. Pending preparation of definitive bonds a municipal power agency may issue temporary bonds which shall be exchanged for the definitive bonds.
    G. Bonds of a municipal power agency may be issued under the provisions of this Division without obtaining the consent of any department, division, commission, board, bureau, or agency of the State of Illinois and without any other proceeding or the happening of any other condition or occurrence except as specifically required by this Division.
    H. The ordinance, trust indenture, or other security agreement under which any bonds are issued shall constitute a contract with the holders of the bonds and may contain provisions, among others, prescribing:
    (1) the terms and provisions of the bonds;
    (2) the mortgage or pledge of and the grant of a security interest in any real or personal property and all or any part of the revenue from any project or any revenue producing contract made by the municipal power agency to secure the payment of bonds, subject to any agreements with the holders of bonds which might then exist;
    (3) the custody, collection, securing, investments, and payment of any revenues, assets, money, funds, or property with respect to which the municipal power agency may have any rights or interest;
    (4) the rates or charges for electrical energy or other services rendered by the municipal power agency, the amount to be raised by the rates or charges, and the use and disposition of any or all revenue;
    (5) the creation of reserves or sinking funds and the regulation and disposition thereof;
    (6) the purposes to which the proceeds from the sale of any bonds then or thereafter to be issued may be applied, and the pledge of revenues to secure the payment of the bonds;
    (7) the limitations on the issuance of any additional bonds, the terms upon which additional bonds may be issued and secured, and the refunding of outstanding bonds;
    (8) the rank or priority of any bonds with respect to any lien or security;
    (9) the creation of special funds or moneys to be held in trust or otherwise for operational expenses, payment, or redemption of bonds, reserves or other purposes, and the use and disposition of moneys held in such funds;
    (10) the procedure by which the terms of any contract with or for the benefit of the holders of bonds may be amended or revised, the amount of bonds the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which consent may be given;
    (11) the definition of the acts or omissions to act which shall constitute a default in the duties of the municipal power agency to holders of its bonds, and the rights and remedies of the holders in the event of default, including, if the municipal power agency so determines, the right to accelerate the due date of the bonds or the right to appoint a receiver or receivers of the property or revenues subject to the lien of the ordinance, trust indenture, or other security agreement;
    (12) any other or additional agreements with or for the benefit of the holders of bonds or any covenants or restrictions necessary or desirable to safeguard the interests of the holders;
    (13) the custody of its properties or investments, the safekeeping thereof, the insurance to be carried thereon, and the use and disposition of insurance proceeds;
    (14) the vesting in a trustee or trustees, within or without the State of Illinois, of such properties, rights, powers and duties in trust as the municipal power agency may determine; or the limiting or abrogating of the rights of the holders of any bonds to appoint a trustee, or the limiting of the rights, powers and duties of such trustee; or
    (15) the appointment of and the establishment of the duties and obligations of any paying agent or other fiduciary within or without the State of Illinois.
    I. For the security of bonds issued or to be issued by a municipal power agency, the municipal power agency may mortgage or execute deeds of trust of the whole or any part of its property and franchises. Any pledge of revenues, securities, contract rights or other personal property made by a municipal power agency pursuant to this Division shall be valid and binding from the date the pledge is made. The revenues, securities, contract rights or other personal property so pledged and then held or thereafter received by the municipal power agency or any fiduciary shall immediately be subject to the lien of the pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of the pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the municipal power agency without regard to whether such parties have notice thereto. The ordinance, trust indenture, security agreement or other instrument by which a pledge is created shall be recorded in the county in which the principal office is located in the manner provided by law.
    J. Neither the officials, the directors, nor the members of a municipal power agency nor any person executing bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof. A municipal power agency shall have power to indemnify and to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any director, officer, employee, or agent of the municipal power agency, in connection with any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding.
    K. A municipal power agency shall have power to purchase out of any funds available therefor, bonds, and to hold, pledge, cancel, or retire the bonds and coupons prior to maturity, subject to and in accordance with any agreements with the holders.
    L. The principal of and interest upon any bonds issued by a municipal power agency shall be payable solely from the revenues or funds pledged or available for their payment as authorized in this Division. Each bond shall contain a statement that it constitutes an obligation of the municipal power agency issuing the bond, that the principal thereof and interest thereon are payable solely from revenues or funds of such municipal power agency and that neither the State of Illinois nor any political subdivision thereof, except the issuer, nor any municipality which is a member of the municipal power agency, is obligated to pay the principal or interest on the bonds and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State of Illinois or any such political subdivision thereof or of any such municipality is pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the bonds.
(Source: P.A. 83-997.)

65 ILCS 5/11-119.1-7

    (65 ILCS 5/11-119.1-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-119.1-7)
    Sec. 11-119.1-7. Except as otherwise provided by this Division, a municipal power agency may acquire all real or personal property that it deems necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Division, whether in fee simple absolute or a lesser interest, by condemnation and the exercise of the power of eminent domain in the manner provided in the Eminent Domain Act. A municipal power agency shall have no power of eminent domain with respect to any real or personal property owned or leased by any eligible utility as part of a system, whether existing, under construction or being planned, of facilities for the generation, transmission, production or distribution of electrical power.
    The authority of a municipal power agency to acquire real or personal property by condemnation or the exercise of the power of eminent domain shall be a continuing power, and no exercise thereof shall exhaust it.
(Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)

65 ILCS 5/11-119.1-8

    (65 ILCS 5/11-119.1-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-119.1-8)
    Sec. 11-119.1-8. Other Charges. A municipal power agency may establish, levy, and collect or may authorize, by contract, franchise, lease, or otherwise, the establishment, levying and collection of rents, rates and other charges for the products and services afforded by the municipal power agency or by or in connection with any project or properties which it may construct, acquire, own, operate, or control or with respect to which it may have any interest or any right to the products and services thereof as it may deem necessary, proper, desirable or reasonable. Rents, rates, and other charges shall be at least sufficient to meet the operation, maintenance and other expenses thereof, including reasonable reserves, interest, and principal payments, including payments into one or more sinking funds for the retirement of principal. A municipal power agency may pledge its rates, rents, and other revenue, or any part thereof, as security for the repayment, with interest and premium, if any, of any moneys borrowed by it or advanced to it for any of its authorized purposes and as security for the payment of amounts due and owing by it under any contract.
(Source: P.A. 83-997.)

65 ILCS 5/11-119.1-9

    (65 ILCS 5/11-119.1-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-119.1-9)
    Sec. 11-119.1-9. A. In order to accomplish the purposes of this Division, a municipality may enter into and carry out contracts and agreements for the purchase from a municipal power agency of power and energy, transmission services, power supply development services and other services.
    (1) Each such contract and agreement shall be for a period not to exceed 50 years and shall contain such other terms, conditions and provisions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Division, as the governing body of such municipality shall approve, including, without limitation, provisions whereby the municipality is obligated to pay for the products and services of a municipal power agency without set-off or counterclaim and irrespective of whether such products or services are furnished, made available or delivered to the municipality or whether any project contemplated by any such contract and agreement is completed, operable or operating, and notwithstanding suspension, interruption, interference, reduction or curtailment of the products and services of such project.
    (2) Each such contract and agreement may be pledged by such municipal power agency to secure its obligations and may provide that if one or more municipalities defaults in the payment of its obligations under such contract and agreement, the remaining municipalities having such contracts and agreements shall be required to pay for and shall be entitled proportionately to use or otherwise dispose of the products and services which were to be purchased by the defaulting municipality.
    (3) Each such contract and agreement shall be a limited obligation of a municipality payable from and secured by a pledge of, and lien and charge upon, all or any part of the revenues derived or to be derived from the ownership and operation of its electric utility system as an expense of operation and maintenance thereof, and shall not constitute an indebtedness of such municipality for the purpose of any statutory limitation.
    (4) Nothing in this Division shall be construed to preclude a municipality from appropriating and using taxes and other revenues received in any year to make payments due or to comply with covenants to be performed during that year under any contract or agreement for a term of years entered into as contemplated in this Division, subject to the provisions of laws regarding local financing.
    B. Any such contract or agreement may include provisions for requirements purchases, restraints on resale or other dealings, exclusive dealing, pricing, territorial division, and other conduct or arrangements which may have an anti-competitive effect.
(Source: P.A. 83-997.)

65 ILCS 5/11-119.1-10

    (65 ILCS 5/11-119.1-10) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-119.1-10)
    Sec. 11-119.1-10. Exercise of powers. A municipal power agency may exercise any and all of the powers enumerated in this Division, except the power of eminent domain, without the consent and approval of the Illinois Commerce Commission. The exercise of the power of eminent domain by a municipal power agency shall be subject to the consent and approval of the Illinois Commerce Commission in the same manner and to the same extent as public utilities under the Public Utilities Act, including the issuance of a certificate of public convenience and necessity as provided for in Section 8-406 of that Act. During the consideration of any petition for authority to exercise the power of eminent domain the Illinois Commerce Commission shall evaluate and give due consideration to the impact of the acquisition on farmlands in the State with the goal of preserving the land to the fullest extent reasonably possible.
(Source: P.A. 90-416, eff. 1-1-98.)

65 ILCS 5/11-119.1-11

    (65 ILCS 5/11-119.1-11) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-119.1-11)
    Sec. 11-119.1-11. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the State of Illinois and all its public officers, governmental units, agencies and instrumentalities, all banks, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and others carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and others carrying on any insurance business, and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, money, or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds issued pursuant to this Division and the bonds shall be authorized security for any and all public deposits.
(Source: P.A. 83-997.)

65 ILCS 5/11-119.1-12

    (65 ILCS 5/11-119.1-12) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-119.1-12)
    Sec. 11-119.1-12. A. This Division shall be construed liberally to effectuate its legislative intent and purpose, as complete and independent authority for the performance of each and every act and thing authorized by this Division, and all authority granted shall be broadly interpreted to effectuate this intent and purpose and not as a limitation of powers. This Division is expressly not a limit on any of the powers granted any unit of local government of this State by constitution, statute, charter or otherwise, other than when the unit of local government is acting expressly pursuant to this Division.
    B. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between this Division and any other law or charter provision, the provisions of this Division shall prevail.
    C. Any provision of this Division which may be determined by competent authority to be prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
(Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)

65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 119.2

 
    (65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 119.2 heading)
DIVISION 119.2. JOINT MUNICIPAL NATURAL GAS AGENCIES

65 ILCS 5/11-119.2-1

    (65 ILCS 5/11-119.2-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-119.2-1)
    Sec. 11-119.2-1. This Division shall be known and may be cited as the Illinois Joint Municipal Natural Gas Act.
(Source: P.A. 84-1221.)

65 ILCS 5/11-119.2-2

    (65 ILCS 5/11-119.2-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-119.2-2)
    Sec. 11-119.2-2. The General Assembly finds:
    (a) that adequate, economical and reliable sources of natural gas are essential to the orderly growth and prosperity of municipalities in the State of Illinois and that a shortage of such sources would endanger the safety, health and welfare of the residents of the State of Illinois and the growth and development of its municipalities;
    (b) that municipal utility systems operating in the State of Illinois for the purpose of supplying natural gas have sustained greatly increased capital and operating costs, thereby adversely affecting the availability of adequate, economical and reliable sources of natural gas;
    (c) that it is desirable for the State of Illinois to authorize municipal utility systems to jointly plan, finance, own and operate facilities relating to natural gas, plants and systems through the creation of joint agencies in order to achieve economies and efficiencies not possible for municipalities acting alone;
    (d) that the joint planning, financing, ownership and operation of facilities relating to natural gas, plants and systems and the issuance of revenue bonds as provided herein is for a public use and serves a valid public purpose and is a means of achieving economy, adequacy and reliability in the supply of natural gas and meeting the future needs of the State of Illinois and its residents; and
    (e) that the intent and policy of the General Assembly when enacting this Division is to enable municipal utility systems to jointly plan, finance, own and operate facilities for the exploration, production, acquisition, storage, transmission or distribution of natural gas and related facilities or other facilities necessary or convenient for the planning and operation of a system for production, acquisition, storage, transmission or distribution of natural gas.
(Source: P.A. 84-1221.)

65 ILCS 5/11-119.2-3

    (65 ILCS 5/11-119.2-3) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-119.2-3)
    Sec. 11-119.2-3. The following terms whenever used or referred to in this Division, shall have the following meanings unless the context requires otherwise:
    (1) "Agency agreement" means the written agreement between 2 or more municipalities establishing a municipal natural gas agency.
    (2) "Bonds" means revenue bonds, notes and other evidences of obligations of a municipal natural gas agency issued under the provisions of this Division.
    (3) "Eligible utility" means a public agency or other entity of any type, which owns, operates or controls any plant or equipment for the exploration, production, acquisition, storage, transmission or distribution of natural gas in connection with the furnishing thereof for sale or resale.
    (4) "Governing body" means, with respect to a municipality, the council, city council, board of trustees, or other corporate authority of the municipality which exercises the general governmental powers of such municipality.
    (5) "Municipal natural gas agency" means a body politic and corporate, municipal corporation and unit of local government of the State of Illinois organized in accordance with the provisions of this Division.
    (6) "Municipality" means a city, village or incorporated town in the State of Illinois, or any other state in the United States, owning or operating a natural gas plant or system which furnishes natural gas service to the public.
    (7) "Project" means any plant, works, system, facility, and real and personal property of any nature whatsoever, together with all parts thereof and appurtenances thereto, used or useful in the storage, acquisition, exploration, production, distribution, transmission, purchase, sale, exchange or interchange of natural gas and in the acquisition, extraction, conversion, transportation, storage or reprocessing of fuel of any kind for any such purposes, or any interest in, or right to the use, services, output or capacity, of any such plant, works, system or facilities.
    (8) "Public agency" means any municipality, political subdivision, municipal corporation, unit of local government, governmental unit, or public corporation operated by or pursuant to the laws of the State of Illinois, of another state or of the United States, and any state, the United States, and any commission, board, bureau or other body declared by the laws of any state or the United States to be a department, agency, or instrumentality thereof.
    (9) "Natural gas" means any gaseous heating fuel which is naturally or synthetically produced.
(Source: P.A. 94-731, eff. 4-19-06.)

65 ILCS 5/11-119.2-4

    (65 ILCS 5/11-119.2-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-119.2-4)
    Sec. 11-119.2-4. A. Any 2 or more municipalities, contiguous or noncontiguous, and which operate a natural gas plant or system, may form a municipal natural gas agency by the execution of an agency agreement authorized by an ordinance adopted by the governing body of each municipality. The agency agreement may state:
        (1) that the municipal natural gas agency is created
    
and incorporated under the provisions of this Division as a body politic and corporate, municipal corporation and unit of local government of the State of Illinois;
        (2) the name of the agency and the date of its
    
establishment;
        (3) the names of the municipalities which have
    
adopted the agency agreement and constitute the initial members of the municipal natural gas agency;
        (4) the names and addresses of the persons initially
    
appointed in the ordinances adopting the agency agreement to serve on the Board of Directors and act as the representatives of the municipalities, respectively, in the exercise of their powers as members;
        (5) the limitations, if any, upon the terms of office
    
of the directors, provided that such directors shall always be selected and vacancies in their offices declared and filled by ordinances adopted by the governing body of the respective municipalities;
        (6) the location by city, village or incorporated
    
town in the State of Illinois of the principal office of the municipal natural gas agency;
        (7) provisions for the disposition, division or
    
distribution of obligations, property and assets of the municipal natural gas agency upon dissolution; and
        (8) any other provisions for regulating the business
    
of the municipal natural gas agency or the conduct of its affairs which may be agreed to by the member municipalities, consistent with this Division, including, without limitation, any provisions for weighted voting among the member municipalities or by the directors.
    B. The presiding officer of the Board of Directors of any municipal natural gas agency established pursuant to this Division or such other officer selected by the Board of Directors, within 3 months after establishment, shall file a certified copy of the agency agreement and a list of the municipalities which have adopted the agreement with the recorder of the county in which the principal office is located. The recorder shall record this certified copy and list and shall immediately transmit the certified copy and list to the Secretary of State, together with his certificate of recordation. The Secretary of State shall file these documents and issue his certificate of approval over his signature and the Great Seal of the State. The Secretary of State shall make and keep a register of municipal natural gas agencies established under this Division.
    C. Each municipality which becomes a member of the municipal natural gas agency shall appoint a representative to serve on the Board of Directors, which representative may be a member of the governing body of the municipality. Each appointment shall be made by the mayor, or president, subject to the confirmation of the governing body. The directors so appointed shall hold office for a term of 3 years, or until a successor has been duly appointed and qualified, except that the directors first appointed shall determine by lot at their initial meeting the respective directors which shall serve for a term of one, 2 or 3 years from the date of that meeting. A vacancy shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment.
    The Board of Directors is the corporate authority of the municipal natural gas agency and shall exercise all the powers and manage and control all of the affairs and property of the agency. The Board of Directors shall have full power to pass all necessary ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations for the proper management and conduct of the business of the board, and for carrying into effect the objects for which the agency was established.
    At the initial meeting of the Board of Directors to be held within 30 days after the date of establishment of the municipal natural gas agency, the directors shall elect from their members a presiding officer to preside over the meetings of the Board of Directors and an alternate presiding officer and may elect an executive board. The Board of Directors shall determine and designate in the agency's bylaws the titles for the presiding officers. The directors shall also elect a secretary and treasurer, who need not be directors. The board may select such other officers, employees and agents as deemed to be necessary, who need not be directors or residents of any of the municipalities which are members of the municipal natural gas agency. The board may designate appropriate titles for all other officers, employees, and agents. All persons selected by the board shall hold their respective offices during the pleasure of the board, and give such bond as may be required by the board.
    D. The bylaws of the municipal natural gas agency, and any amendments thereto, shall be adopted by the Board of Directors by a majority vote (adjusted for weighted voting, if provided in the Agency Agreement) to provide the following:
        (1) the conditions and obligations of membership, if
    
any;
        (2) the manner and time of calling regular and
    
special meetings of the Board of Directors;
        (3) the procedural rules of the Board of Directors;
        (4) the composition, powers and responsibilities of
    
any committee or executive board;
        (5) the rights and obligations of new members, and
    
the disposition of rights and obligations upon termination of membership; and
        (6) such other rules or provisions for regulating the
    
affairs of the municipal natural gas agency as the board shall determine to be necessary.
    E. Every municipal natural gas agency shall maintain an office in the State of Illinois to be known as its principal office. When a municipal natural gas agency desires to change the location of such office, it shall file with the Secretary of State a certificate of change of location, stating the new address and the effective date of change. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any place within the State of Illinois, designated by the Board of Directors, after notice. Unless otherwise provided by the bylaws, an act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present is the act of the Board of Directors.
    F. The Board of Directors shall hold at least one meeting each year for the election of officers and for the transaction of any other business. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called for any purpose upon written request to the presiding officer of the Board of Directors or secretary to call the meeting. Such officer shall give notice of the meeting to be held not less than 10 days and not more than 60 days after receipt of such request. Unless the bylaws provide for a different percentage, a quorum for a meeting of the Board of Directors is a majority of all members then in office. All meetings of the board shall be held in compliance with the provisions of the Open Meetings Act.
    G. The agency agreement may be amended as proposed at any meeting of the Board of Directors for which notice, stating the purpose, shall be given to each director and, unless the bylaws prescribe otherwise, such amendment shall become effective when ratified by ordinances adopted by a majority of the governing bodies of the member municipalities. Each amendment, duly certified, shall be recorded and filed in the same manner as for the original agreement.
    H. Each member municipality shall have full power and authority, subject to the provisions of its charter and laws regarding local finance, to appropriate money for the payment of the expenses of the municipal natural gas agency and of its representative in exercising its functions as a member of the municipal natural gas agency.
    I. Any additional municipality which operates a natural gas plant or system may join the municipal natural gas agency, or any member municipality may withdraw therefrom upon the approval by ordinance adopted by the governing body of the majority of the municipalities which are then members of the municipal natural gas agency. Any new member shall agree to assume its proportionate share of the outstanding obligations of the municipal natural gas agency and any member permitted to withdraw shall remain obligated to make payments under any outstanding contract or agreement with the municipal natural gas agency. Any such change in membership shall be recorded and filed in the same manner as for the original agreement.
    J. Any 2 or more municipal natural gas agencies organized pursuant to this Division may consolidate to form a new municipal natural gas agency when approved by ordinance adopted by the governing body of each municipality which is a member of the respective municipal natural gas agency and by the execution of an agency agreement as provided in this Section.
(Source: P.A. 96-204, eff. 1-1-10.)

65 ILCS 5/11-119.2-5

    (65 ILCS 5/11-119.2-5) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-119.2-5)
    Sec. 11-119.2-5. A. A municipal natural gas agency shall have all the powers enumerated in this Section in furtherance of the purposes of this Division. In the exercise thereof it shall be deemed to be performing an essential governmental function and exercising a part of the sovereign powers of the State of Illinois, separate and distinct from member municipalities, and shall have the privileges, immunities and rights of a public body politic and corporate, municipal corporation and unit of local government, but shall not have taxing power. All powers of the municipal natural gas agency shall be exercised by its Board of Directors unless otherwise provided by the bylaws.
    B. A municipal natural gas agency may plan, finance, acquire, construct, reconstruct, own, lease, operate, maintain, repair, improve, extend or otherwise participate in, individually or jointly with other persons, public agencies, eligible utilities or other entities of any type, one or more projects, proposed, existing or under construction, within or without the State of Illinois, acquire any interest in or any right to products and services of a project, purchase, own, sell, dispose of or otherwise participate in securities issued in connection with the financing of a project or any portion thereof, and may act as agent, or designate one or more persons, public agencies, eligible utilities or other entities of any type, whether or not participating in a project, to act as its agent, in connection with the planning, financing, acquisition, construction, reconstruction, ownership, lease, operation, maintenance, repair, extension or improvement of the project. Any acquisition by eminent domain under this subsection is subject to the provisions of Section 11-119.2-7.
    C. A municipal natural gas agency may investigate the desirability of and necessity for additional sources and supplies of natural gas and fuel of any kind for such purpose, and make studies, surveys, and estimates as may be necessary to determine the feasibility and cost thereof.
    D. A municipal natural gas agency may cooperate with other persons, public agencies, eligible utilities or other entities of any type in the development of sources and supplies of natural gas and fuel of any kind for such purposes, and give assistance with personnel and equipment in any project.
    E. A municipal natural gas agency may apply for consents, authorizations or approvals required for any project within its powers and take all actions necessary to comply with the conditions thereof.
    F. A municipal natural gas agency may perform any act authorized by this Division through, or by means of, its officers, agents, or employees or by contract with others, including, without limitation, the employment of engineers, architects, attorneys, appraisers, financial advisors, and such other consultants and employees as may be required in the judgment of the municipal natural gas agency, and fix and pay their compensation from funds available to the municipal natural gas agency therefor.
    G. A municipal natural gas agency may, individually or jointly with other persons, public agencies, eligible utilities or other entities of any type, acquire, hold, use, and dispose of income, revenues, funds and money.
    H. A municipal natural gas agency may, individually or jointly with other persons, public agencies, eligible utilities or other entities of any type, acquire, own, hire, use, operate and dispose of personal property and any interest therein.
    I. A municipal natural gas agency may, individually or jointly with other persons, public agencies, eligible utilities or other entities of any type, acquire, own, use, lease as lessor or lessee, operate and dispose of real property and interests in real property, including projects existing, proposed or under construction, and make improvements thereon.
    J. A municipal natural gas agency may grant the use by franchise, lease or otherwise and make charges for the use of any property or facility owned or controlled by it.
    K. A municipal natural gas agency may borrow money and issue negotiable bonds, secured or unsecured, in accordance with this Division.
    L. A municipal natural gas agency may invest money of the municipal natural gas agency not required for immediate use, including proceeds from the sale of any bonds, in such obligations, securities, and other investments as authorized by the provisions of "An Act relating to certain investments of public funds by public agencies", approved July 23, 1943, as amended.
    M. A municipal natural gas agency may exercise the power of eminent domain in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-119.2-7.
    N. A municipal natural gas agency may determine the location and character of, and all other matters in connection with, any and all projects it is authorized to acquire, hold, establish, effectuate, operate or control.
    O. A municipal natural gas agency may contract with any persons, public agencies, eligible utilities or other entities of any type for the planning, development, construction or operation of any project or for the sale, transmission or distribution of the products and services of any project, or for any interest therein or any right to the products and services thereof, on such terms and for such period of time as its Board of Directors shall determine.
    P. A municipal natural gas agency may enter into any contract or agreement necessary, appropriate or incidental to the effectuation of its lawful purposes and the exercise of the powers granted by this Division, including without limitation, contracts or agreements for the purchase, sale, exchange, interchange, wheeling, pooling, transmission, distribution or storage of natural gas and fuel of any kind for any such purposes, within and without the State of Illinois, in such amounts as it shall determine to be necessary and appropriate to make the most effective use of its powers and to meet its responsibilities, on such terms and for such period of time as its Board of Directors determines. Any such contract or agreement may include provisions for requirements purchases, restraints on resale or other dealings, exclusive dealing, pricing, territorial division, and other conduct or arrangements which may have an anti-competitive effect.
    Q. A municipal natural gas agency may procure insurance against any losses in connection with its property, operations, or assets in such amounts and from such insurers as it deems desirable, or may self-insure against such losses.
    R. A municipal natural gas agency may contract for and accept any gifts or grants or loans of funds or property or financial or other aid in any form from any source, and may comply, subject to the provisions of this Division, with the terms and conditions thereof.
    S. A municipal natural gas agency may mortgage, pledge and grant a security interest in any or all of its real and personal property to secure the payment of its bonds or contracts.
    T. That part of a project owned by a municipal natural gas agency shall be exempt from property taxes. However, each municipal natural gas agency owning all or any part of a project shall, in lieu of property taxes, pay to any governmental unit authorized to levy property taxes the amount which would be assessed as taxes on real property of a project if such project were otherwise subject to valuation and assessment. Such payments in lieu of taxes shall be due and shall bear interest if unpaid, as in the cases of taxes on other property. Payments in lieu of taxes made under this Division shall be treated in the same manner as taxes for purposes of all procedural and substantive provisions of law, except that no lien may be placed upon such property to enforce the payment of such taxes. The remedy for such payment shall be limited to mandamus or other civil action requesting an order directing the agency to pay such taxes and interest, if any.
    U. No municipal natural gas agency shall be authorized by this Division to sell natural gas directly to other than a member municipality or an eligible utility.
    V. A municipal natural gas agency may adopt a corporate seal, and may sue and be sued.
    W. A municipal natural gas agency may exercise all other powers not inconsistent with the Constitution of the State of Illinois or the United States Constitution, which powers may be reasonably necessary or appropriate for or incidental to effectuate its authorized purposes or to the exercise of any of the powers enumerated in this Division.
(Source: P.A. 84-1221.)

65 ILCS 5/11-119.2-6

    (65 ILCS 5/11-119.2-6) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-119.2-6)
    Sec. 11-119.2-6. A. A municipal natural gas agency may from time to time issue its bonds in such principal amounts as the municipal natural gas agency shall deem necessary to provide sufficient funds to carry out any of its corporate purposes and powers, including, without limitation, the acquisition, construction or termination of any project to be owned or leased, as lessor or lessee, by the municipal natural gas agency, or the acquisition of any interest therein or any right to the products or services thereof, the funding or refunding of the principal of, redemption premium, if any, and interest on, any bonds issued by it whether or not such bonds or interest to be funded or refunded have or have not become due, the payment of engineering, legal and other expenses, together with interest to a date one year subsequent to the estimated date of completion of the project, the establishment or increase of reserves to secure or to pay such bonds or interest thereon, the providing of working capital and the payment of all other costs or expenses of the municipal natural gas agency incident to and necessary or convenient to carry out its corporate purposes and powers.
    B. Every issue of bonds of such municipal natural gas agency shall be payable out of the revenues or funds of such municipal natural gas agency, subject to any agreements with the holders of particular bonds pledging any particular revenues or funds. A municipal natural gas agency may issue such types of bonds as it may determine, including bonds as to which the principal and interest are payable exclusively from the revenues from one or more projects, or from an interest therein or a right to the products and services thereof, or from one or more revenue producing contracts made by the municipal natural gas agency, or its revenues generally. Any such bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of any grant, subsidy, or contribution from any source or a pledge of any income or revenues, funds, or moneys of the municipal natural gas agency from any source whatsoever.
    C. All bonds of a municipal natural gas agency shall have all the qualities of negotiable instruments under the laws of this State.
    D. Bonds of a municipal natural gas agency shall be authorized by ordinance of its Board of Directors and may be issued under such ordinance or under a trust indenture or other security agreement, in one or more series, and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times within the estimated period of usefulness of the project involved and in any event not more than 40 years from the date thereof, bear interest at such rate or rates without regard to any limitation in any other law, be in such denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such conversion, registration, and exchange privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment at such place or places within or without the State of Illinois, be subject to such terms of redemption with or without premium, and contain or be subject to such other terms as the ordinance, trust indenture, or other security agreement may provide, and shall not be restricted by the provisions of any other law limiting the amounts, maturities, interest rates, or other terms of obligations of public agencies or private parties. The bonds shall be sold in such manner and at such price as the Board of Directors shall determine, at private or public sale.
    E. Bonds of a municipal natural gas agency may be issued and delivered notwithstanding that one or more of the officers executing them shall have ceased to hold office at the time the bonds are actually delivered.
    F. Pending preparation of definitive bonds a municipal natural gas agency may issue temporary bonds which shall be exchanged for the definitive bonds.
    G. Bonds of a municipal natural gas agency may be issued under the provisions of this Division without obtaining the consent of any department, division, commission, board, bureau, or agency of the State of Illinois and without any other proceeding or the happening of any other condition or occurrence except as specifically required by this Division.
    H. The ordinance, trust indenture, or other security agreement under which any bonds are issued shall constitute a contract with the holders of the bonds and may contain provisions, among others, prescribing:
    (1) the terms and provisions of the bonds;
    (2) the mortgage or pledge of and the grant of a security interest in any real or personal property and all or any part of the revenue from any project or any revenue producing contract made by the municipal natural gas agency to secure the payment of bonds, subject to any agreements with the holders of bonds which might then exist;
    (3) the custody, collection, securing, investments, and payment of any revenues, assets, money, funds, or property with respect to which the municipal natural gas agency may have any rights or interest;
    (4) the rates or charges for natural gas or other services rendered by the municipal natural gas agency, the amount to be raised by the rates or charges, and the use and disposition of any or all revenue;
    (5) the creation of reserves or sinking funds and the regulation and disposition thereof;
    (6) the purposes to which the proceeds from the sale of any bonds then or thereafter to be issued may be applied, and the pledge of revenues to secure the payment of the bonds;
    (7) the limitations on the issuance of any additional bonds, the terms upon which additional bonds may be issued and secured, and the refunding of outstanding bonds;
    (8) the rank or priority of any bonds with respect to any lien or security;
    (9) the creation of special funds or moneys to be held in trust or otherwise for operational expenses, payment, or redemption of bonds, reserves or other purposes, and the use and disposition of moneys held in such funds;
    (10) the procedure by which the terms of any contract with or for the benefit of the holders of bonds may be amended or revised, the amount of bonds the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which consent may be given;
    (11) the definition of the acts or omissions to act which shall constitute a default in the duties of the municipal natural gas agency to holders of its bonds, and the rights and remedies of the holders in the event of default, including, if the municipal natural gas agency so determines, the right to accelerate the due date of the bonds or the right to appoint a receiver or receivers of the property or revenues subject to the lien of the ordinance, trust indenture, or other security agreement;
    (12) any other or additional agreements with or for the benefit of the holders of bonds or any covenants or restrictions necessary or desirable to safeguard the interests of the holders;
    (13) the custody of its properties or investments, the safekeeping thereof, the insurance to be carried thereon, and the use and disposition of insurance proceeds;
    (14) the vesting in a trustee or trustees, within or without the State of Illinois, of such properties, rights, powers and duties in trust as the municipal natural gas agency may determine; or the limiting or abrogating of the rights of the holders of any bonds to appoint a trustee, or the limiting of the rights, powers and duties of such trustee; or
    (15) the appointment of and the establishment of the duties and obligations of any paying agent or other fiduciary within or without the State of Illinois.
    I. For the security of bonds issued or to be issued by a municipal natural gas agency, the municipal natural gas agency may mortgage or execute deeds of trust of the whole or any part of its property and franchises. Any pledge of revenues, securities, contract rights or other personal property made by a municipal natural gas agency pursuant to this Division shall be valid and binding from the date the pledge is made. The revenues, securities, contract rights or other personal property so pledged and then held or thereafter received by the municipal natural gas agency or any fiduciary shall immediately be subject to the lien of the pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of the pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the municipal natural gas agency without regard to whether such parties have notice thereto. The ordinance, trust indenture, security agreement or other instrument by which a pledge is created shall be recorded in the county in which the principal office is located in the manner provided by law.
    J. Neither the officials, the directors, nor the members of a municipal natural gas agency nor any person executing bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof. A municipal natural gas agency shall have power to indemnify and to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any director, officer, employee, or agent of the municipal natural gas agency, in connection with any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding.
    K. A municipal natural gas agency shall have power to purchase out of any funds available therefor, bonds, and to hold, pledge, cancel, or retire the bonds and coupons prior to maturity, subject to and in accordance with any agreements with the holders.
    L. The principal of and interest upon any bonds issued by a municipal natural gas agency shall be payable solely from the revenues or funds pledged or available for their payment as authorized in this Division. Each bond shall contain a statement that it constitutes an obligation of the municipal natural gas agency issuing the bond, that the principal thereof and interest thereon are payable solely from revenues or funds of such municipal natural gas agency and that neither the State of Illinois nor any political subdivision thereof, except the issuer, nor any municipality which is a member of the municipal power agency, is obligated to pay the principal or interest on the bonds and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State of Illinois or any such political subdivision thereof or of any such municipality is pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the bonds.
(Source: P.A. 84-1221.)

65 ILCS 5/11-119.2-7

    (65 ILCS 5/11-119.2-7) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-119.2-7)
    Sec. 11-119.2-7. Except as otherwise provided by this Division, a municipal natural gas agency may acquire all real or personal property that it deems necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Division, whether in fee simple absolute or a lesser interest, by condemnation and the exercise of the power of eminent domain in the manner provided in the Eminent Domain Act. A municipal natural gas agency shall have no power of eminent domain with respect to any real or personal property owned or leased by any eligible utility as part of a system, whether existing, under construction or being planned, of facilities for the storage, exploration, transmission, production or distribution of natural gas.
    The authority of a municipal natural gas agency to acquire real or personal property by condemnation or the exercise of the power of eminent domain shall be a continuing power, and no exercise thereof shall exhaust it.
(Source: P.A. 94-1055, eff. 1-1-07.)

65 ILCS 5/11-119.2-8

    (65 ILCS 5/11-119.2-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-119.2-8)
    Sec. 11-119.2-8. A municipal natural gas agency may establish, levy, and collect or may authorize, by contract, franchise, lease, or otherwise, the establishment, levying and collection of rents, rates and other charges for the products and services afforded by the municipal natural gas agency or by or in connection with any project or properties which it may construct, acquire, own, operate, or control or with respect to which it may have any interest or any right to the products and services thereof as it may deem necessary, proper, desirable or reasonable. Rents, rates, and other charges shall be at least sufficient to meet the operation, maintenance and other expenses thereof, including reasonable reserves, interest, and principal payments, including payments into one or more sinking funds for the retirement of principal. A municipal natural gas agency may pledge its rates, rents, and other revenue, or any part thereof, as security for the repayment, with interest and premium, if any, of any moneys borrowed by it or advanced to it for any of its authorized purposes and as security for the payment of amounts due and owing by it under any contract.
(Source: P.A. 84-1221.)

65 ILCS 5/11-119.2-9

    (65 ILCS 5/11-119.2-9) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-119.2-9)
    Sec. 11-119.2-9. A. In order to accomplish the purposes of this Division, a municipality may enter into and carry out contracts and agreements for the purchase from a municipal natural gas agency of natural gas and natural gas transmission services, natural gas supply development services and other services.
    (1) Each such contract and agreement shall be for a period not to exceed 50 years and shall contain such other terms, conditions and provisions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Division, as the governing body of such municipality shall approve, including, without limitation, provisions whereby the municipality is obligated to pay for the products and services of a municipal natural gas agency without set-off or counterclaim and irrespective of whether such products or services are furnished, made available or delivered to the municipality or whether any project contemplated by any such contract and agreement is completed, operable or operating, and notwithstanding suspension, interruption, interference, reduction or curtailment of the products and services of such project.
    (2) Each such contract and agreement may be pledged by such municipal natural gas agency to secure its obligations and may provide that if one or more municipalities defaults in the payment of its obligations under such contract and agreement, the remaining municipalities having such contracts and agreements shall be required to pay for and shall be entitled proportionately to use or otherwise dispose of the products and services which were to be purchased by the defaulting municipality.
    (3) Each such contract and agreement shall be a limited obligation of a municipality payable from and secured by a pledge of, and lien and charge upon, all or any part of the revenues derived or to be derived from the ownership and operation of its natural gas system as an expense of operation and maintenance thereof, and shall not constitute an indebtedness of such municipality for the purpose of any statutory limitation.
    (4) Nothing in this Division shall be construed to preclude a municipality from appropriating and using taxes and other revenues received in any year to make payments due or to comply with covenants to be performed during that year under any contract or agreement for a term of years entered into as contemplated in this Division, subject to the provisions of laws regarding local financing.
    B. Any such contract or agreement may include provisions for requirements purchases, restraints on resale or other dealings, exclusive dealing, pricing, territorial division, and other conduct or arrangements which may have an anti-competitive effect.
(Source: P.A. 84-1221.)