Public Act 0781 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB3224 Enrolled LRB098 19559 OMW 54748 b

Public Act 098-0781

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The General Obligation Bond Act is amended by changing Sections 2, 4, and 7 as follows:

(30 ILCS 330/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 652)

Sec. 2. Authorization for Bonds. The State of Illinois is authorized to issue, sell and provide for the retirement of General Obligation Bonds of the State of Illinois for the categories and specific purposes expressed in Sections 2 through 8 of this Act, in the total amount of $49,917,925,743 $49,317,925,743.

The bonds authorized in this Section 2 and in Section 16 of this Act are herein called "Bonds".

Of the total amount of Bonds authorized in this Act, up to $2,200,000,000 in aggregate original principal amount may be issued and sold in accordance with the Baccalaureate Savings Act in the form of General Obligation College Savings Bonds.

Of the total amount of Bonds authorized in this Act, up to $300,000,000 in aggregate original principal amount may be issued and sold in accordance with the Retirement Savings Act in the form of General Obligation Retirement Savings Bonds.

Of the total amount of Bonds authorized in this Act, the additional $10,000,000,000 authorized by Public Act 93-2, the $3,466,000,000 authorized by Public Act 96-43, and the $4,096,348,300 authorized by Public Act 96-1497 shall be used solely as provided in Section 7.2.

The issuance and sale of Bonds pursuant to the General Obligation Bond Act is an economical and efficient method of financing the long-term capital needs of the State. This Act will permit the issuance of a multi-purpose General Obligation Bond with uniform terms and features. This will not only lower the cost of registration but also reduce the overall cost of issuing debt by improving the marketability of Illinois General Obligation Bonds.

(Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-771, eff. 7-10-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 98-94, eff. 7-17-13; 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.)

(30 ILCS 330/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 654)

Sec. 4. Transportation. The amount of $15,948,199,000 $14,848,199,000 is authorized for use by the Department of Transportation for the specific purpose of promoting and assuring rapid, efficient, and safe highway, air and mass transportation for the inhabitants of the State by providing monies, including the making of grants and loans, for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, extension and improvement of the following transportation facilities and equipment, and for the acquisition of real property and interests in real property required or expected to be required in connection therewith as follows:

(a) $5,432,129,000 for State highways, arterial highways, freeways, roads, bridges, structures separating highways and railroads and roads, and bridges on roads maintained by counties, municipalities, townships or road districts for the following specific purposes:

(1) $3,330,000,000 for use statewide,

(2) $3,677,000 for use outside the Chicago urbanized area,

(3) $7,543,000 for use within the Chicago urbanized area,

(4) $13,060,600 for use within the City of Chicago,

(5) $58,987,500 for use within the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will,

(6) $18,860,900 for use outside the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will, and

(7) $2,000,000,000 for use on projects included in either (i) the FY09-14 Proposed Highway Improvement Program as published by the Illinois Department of Transportation in May 2008 or (ii) the FY10-15 Proposed Highway Improvement Program to be published by the Illinois Department of Transportation in the spring of 2009; except that all projects must be maintenance projects for the existing State system with the goal of reaching 90% acceptable condition in the system statewide and further except that all projects must reflect the generally accepted historical distribution of projects throughout the State.

(b) $5,379,670,000 for rail facilities and for mass transit facilities, as defined in Section 2705-305 of the Department of Transportation Law (20 ILCS 2705/2705-305), including rapid transit, rail, bus and other equipment used in connection therewith by the State or any unit of local government, special transportation district, municipal corporation or other corporation or public authority authorized to provide and promote public transportation within the State or two or more of the foregoing jointly, for the following specific purposes:

(1) $4,283,870,000 statewide,

(2) $83,350,000 for use within the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will,

(3) $12,450,000 for use outside the counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will, and

(4) $1,000,000,000 for use on projects that shall reflect the generally accepted historical distribution of projects throughout the State.

(c) $482,600,000 for airport or aviation facilities and any equipment used in connection therewith, including engineering and land acquisition costs, by the State or any unit of local government, special transportation district, municipal corporation or other corporation or public authority authorized to provide public transportation within the State, or two or more of the foregoing acting jointly, and for the making of deposits into the Airport Land Loan Revolving Fund for loans to public airport owners pursuant to the Illinois Aeronautics Act.

(d) $4,653,800,000 $3,553,800,000 for use statewide for State or local highways, arterial highways, freeways, roads, bridges, and structures separating highways and railroads and roads, and for grants to counties, municipalities, townships, or road districts for planning, engineering, acquisition, construction, reconstruction, development, improvement, extension, and all construction-related expenses of the public infrastructure and other transportation improvement projects which are related to economic development in the State of Illinois.

(Source: P.A. 97-771, eff. 7-10-12; 98-94, eff. 7-17-13.)

(30 ILCS 330/7) (from Ch. 127, par. 657)

Sec. 7. Coal and Energy Development. The amount of $242,700,000 $742,700,000 is authorized to be used by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (formerly Department of Commerce and Community Affairs) for coal and energy development purposes, pursuant to Sections 2, 3 and 3.1 of the Illinois Coal and Energy Development Bond Act, for the purposes specified in Section 8.1 of the Energy Conservation and Coal Development Act, for the purposes specified in Section 605-332 of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, and for the purpose of facility cost reports prepared pursuant to Sections 1-58 or 1-75(d)(4) of the Illinois Power Agency Act and for the purpose of development costs pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Energy Conservation and Coal Development Act. Of this amount:

(a) $143,500,000 is for the specific purposes of acquisition, development, construction, reconstruction, improvement, financing, architectural and technical planning and installation of capital facilities consisting of buildings, structures, durable equipment, and land for the purpose of capital development of coal resources within the State and for the purposes specified in Section 8.1 of the Energy Conservation and Coal Development Act;

(b) $35,000,000 is for the purposes specified in Section 8.1 of the Energy Conservation and Coal Development Act and making grants to generating stations and coal gasification facilities within the State of Illinois and to the owner of a generating station located in Illinois and having at least three coal-fired generating units with accredited summer capability greater than 500 megawatts each at such generating station as provided in Section 6 of that Bond Act;

(c) $13,200,000 is for research, development and demonstration of forms of energy other than that derived from coal, either on or off State property;

(d) $0 $500,000,000 is for the purpose of providing financial assistance to new electric generating facilities as provided in Section 605-332 of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois; and

(e) $51,000,000 is for the purpose of facility cost reports prepared for not more than one facility pursuant to Section 1-75(d)(4) of the Illinois Power Agency Act and not more than one facility pursuant to Section 1-58 of the Illinois Power Agency Act and for the purpose of up to $6,000,000 of development costs pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Energy Conservation and Coal Development Act.

(Source: P.A. 98-94, eff. 7-17-13.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.

Effective Date: 7/22/2014