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SCHOOLS
(105 ILCS 5/) School Code.

105 ILCS 5/19-14

    (105 ILCS 5/19-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-14)
    Sec. 19-14. Validity of indebtedness-Validity of bonds. Purchasers of such bonds shall not be obligated to inquire into the validity of the indebtedness funded, and bonds issued under sections 19-8 through 19-11 shall be the valid and binding obligations of the school district, notwithstanding the fact that the bonds, together with existing indebtedness, either in whole or in part, exceed any statutory debt limitation in force at the time the bonds are issued.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)

105 ILCS 5/prec. Sec. 19-15

 
    (105 ILCS 5/prec. Sec. 19-15 heading)
REFUNDING BONDS

105 ILCS 5/19-15

    (105 ILCS 5/19-15) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-15)
    Sec. 19-15. Authority to refund bonds. When a school district has issued bonds or other evidence of indebtedness for any purposes which are binding and subsisting legal obligations and remaining outstanding, the school board of the district may, upon the surrender of the bonds or other evidences of indebtedness, issue in lieu thereof to the holders or owners thereof or to other persons for money with which to pay them, new bonds or other evidences of indebtedness, according to the subsequent provisions of this Article.
    For the purposes of Sections 19-15 through 19-26 "school district" includes any non-high school district.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)

105 ILCS 5/19-16

    (105 ILCS 5/19-16) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-16)
    Sec. 19-16. Resolution for issuance. The corporate authorities of any school district, without submitting the question to the electors thereof for approval, may authorize by resolution the issuance of refunding bonds (1) to refund its bonds prior to their maturity; (2) to refund its unpaid matured bonds; (3) to refund matured coupons evidencing interest upon its unpaid bonds; (4) to refund interest at the coupon rate upon its unpaid matured bonds that has accrued since the maturity of those bonds; (5) to refund its bonds which by their terms are subject to redemption before maturity; and (6) to refund other valid and subsisting evidences of indebtedness that are due and payable. The refunding bonds and the procedure for issuing them shall comply with Sections 19-5 through 19-7.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)

105 ILCS 5/19-17

    (105 ILCS 5/19-17) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-17)
    Sec. 19-17. Registrability - Interest - Time and place of payment. The refunding bonds may be made registerable as to principal and may bear interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract, if issued before January 1, 1972 and not to exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract, if issued after January 1, 1972, payable at such time and place as may be provided in the bond resolution. They shall remain valid even though one or more of the officers executing the bonds ceases to hold his or their offices before the bonds are delivered.
    With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under this Section either before, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, it is and always has been the intention of the General Assembly (i) that the Omnibus Bond Acts are and always have been supplementary grants of power to issue instruments in accordance with the Omnibus Bond Acts, regardless of any provision of this Act that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts, (ii) that the provisions of this Section are not a limitation on the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts, and (iii) that instruments issued under this Section within the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts are not invalid because of any provision of this Act that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts.
(Source: P.A. 86-4.)

105 ILCS 5/19-18

    (105 ILCS 5/19-18) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-18)
    Sec. 19-18. Details prescribed-Levy and collection of tax.
    The resolution authorizing refunding bonds shall prescribe all details thereof and shall provide for the levy and collection of a direct annual tax upon all the taxable property within the school district sufficient to pay the principal thereof and interest thereon as it matures. The tax shall be levied and collected in like manner as the general taxes for the school district and shall not be included within any limitation of rate for general purposes as now or hereafter provided by law but shall be excluded therefrom and be in addition thereto and in excess thereof.
    A certified copy of the bond resolution shall be filed with the county clerk of the county in which the school district or any portion thereof is situated, and shall constitute the authority for the extension and collection of refunding bond and interest taxes as required by the constitution.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)

105 ILCS 5/19-19

    (105 ILCS 5/19-19) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-19)
    Sec. 19-19. Sale or exchange-Use of proceeds-Cancellation.
    The refunding bonds may be exchanged for the bonds to be refunded on the basis of dollar for dollar for the par value of the bonds, interest coupons, and interest not represented by coupons, if any, or they may be sold at not less than their par value and accrued interest. The proceeds received from their sale shall be used to pay the bonds, interest coupons, and interest not represented by coupons, if any, without any prior appropriation therefor under any budget law.
    Bonds and interest coupons which have been received in exchange or paid shall be cancelled and the obligation for interest, not represented by coupons, which has been discharged, shall be evidenced by a written acknowledgment of the exchange or payment thereof.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)

105 ILCS 5/19-20

    (105 ILCS 5/19-20) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-20)
    Sec. 19-20. Execution-Maturity-Callable. The refunding bonds shall be of such form and denomination, payable at such place, bear such date, and be executed by such officials as may be provided by the corporate authorities of the school district in the bond resolution. They shall mature within not to exceed 20 years from their date, and may be made callable on any interest payment date at par and accrued interest after notice has been given at the time and in the manner provided in the bond resolution; however, the limitation shall be 25 years for bonds issued by Valley View Community Unit School District 365U that refund (i) bonds authorized under Section 19-3 of this Code or (ii) bonds refunding or continuing to refund bonds authorized under Section 19-3 of this Code.
(Source: P.A. 96-1546, eff. 3-10-11.)