093_HB3179 LRB093 10153 SJM 10406 b 1 AN ACT concerning public funds. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Public Funds Investment Act is amended by 5 changing Section 1 as follows: 6 (30 ILCS 235/1) (from Ch. 85, par. 901) 7 Sec. 1. Definitions. The words "public funds", as used 8 in this Act, mean current operating funds, special funds, 9 interest and sinking funds, and funds of any kind or 10 character belonging to or in the custody of any public 11 agency. 12 The words "public agency", as used in this Act, mean the 13 State of Illinois, the various counties, townships, cities, 14 towns, villages, school districts, educational service 15 regions, special road districts, public water supply 16 districts, fire protection districts, drainage districts, 17 levee districts, sewer districts, housing authorities, the 18 Illinois Bank Examiners' Education Foundation, the Chicago 19 Park District, and all other political corporations or 20 subdivisions of the State of Illinois, now or hereafter 21 created, whether herein specifically mentioned or not. This 22 Act does not apply to the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Trust 23 Fund, private funds collected by the Illinois Conservation 24 Foundation, or pension funds or retirement systems 25 established under the Illinois Pension Code, except as 26 otherwise provided in that Code. 27 (Source: P.A. 91-669, eff. 1-1-00; 92-797, eff. 8-15-02.)