98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB0067

 

Introduced 1/9/2013, by Rep. Lou Lang

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the Illinois Finance Authority Act. Provides that the Illinois Finance Authority has the power to purchase special service area bonds and to accept assignments or pledges, or both, of special service area bonds or agreements relating to public and private green special service area projects. Amends the Special Service Area Tax Law in the Property Tax Code. Provides that the corporate authorities of a county or a municipality may establish a green special service area. Provides that those green special service areas shall include only property for which each owner of record has executed a contract or agreement with the county or municipality consenting to the inclusion of the property within the green special service area. Provides that the owner of record of each parcel of property within a green special service area may arrange for specific energy efficiency improvements, renewable energy improvements, or water use improvements and may obtain financing for those improvements through the process set forth in the ordinance establishing the green special service area. Provides that counties and municipalities may levy property taxes in connection with green special service areas. Provides that counties and municipalities may issue bonds in connection with green special service areas and may sell, assign, or pledge those bonds to the Illinois Finance Authority. Amends the Counties Code and the Illinois Municipal Code to provide that each county or municipality shall have the power and authority to engage in specified activities that relate to green special service areas. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE DEBT IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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1security and insurance forms and rules and regulations it deems
2necessary or appropriate;
3    (i) To provide technical assistance, at the request of any
4unit of local government, with respect to the financing or
5refinancing for any public purpose. In fulfillment of this
6purpose, the Authority may request assistance from the
7Department as necessary; any unit of local government that is
8experiencing either a financial emergency as defined in the
9Local Government Financial Planning and Supervision Act or a
10condition of fiscal crisis evidenced by an impaired ability to
11obtain financing for its public purpose projects from
12traditional financial channels or impaired ability to fully
13fund its obligations to fire, police and municipal employee
14pension funds, or to bond payments or reserves, may request
15technical assistance from the Authority in the form of a
16diagnostic evaluation of its financial condition;
17    (j) To purchase any obligations of the Authority issued
18pursuant to this Article;
19    (k) To sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of local
20government securities purchased or otherwise acquired by the
21Authority pursuant to this Article, including without
22limitation, the sale, transfer or other disposition of
23undivided fractionalized interests in the right to receive
24payments of principal and premium, if any, or the right to
25receive payments of interest or the right to receive payments
26of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on pools of

 

 

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1such local government securities;
2    (l) To acquire, purchase, lease, sell, transfer and
3otherwise dispose of real and personal property, or any
4interest therein, and to issue its bonds and enter into leases,
5contracts and other agreements with units of local government
6in connection with such acquisitions, purchases, leases, sales
7and other dispositions of such real and personal property;
8    (m) To make loans to banks, savings and loans and other
9financial institutions for the purpose of purchasing or
10otherwise acquiring local government securities, and to issue
11its bonds, and enter into agreements and contracts in
12connection with such loans;
13    (n) To enter into agreements or contracts with any person
14necessary or appropriate to place the payment obligations of
15the Authority under any of its bonds in whole or in part on any
16interest rate basis, cash flow basis, or other basis desired by
17the Authority, including without limitation agreements or
18contracts commonly known as "interest rate swap agreements",
19"forward payment conversion agreements", and "futures", or
20agreements or contracts to exchange cash flows or a series of
21payments, or agreements or contracts, including without
22limitation agreements or contracts commonly known as
23"options", "puts" or "calls", to hedge payment, rate spread, or
24similar exposure; provided, that any such agreement or contract
25shall not constitute an obligation for borrowed money, and
26shall not be taken into account under Section 845-5 of this Act

 

 

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1or any other debt limit of the Authority or the State of
2Illinois;
3    (o) To make and enter into all other agreements and
4contracts and execute all instruments necessary or incidental
5to performance of its duties and the execution of its powers
6under this Article;
7    (p) To contract for and finance the costs of energy audits,
8project-specific engineering and design specifications, and
9any other related analyses preliminary to an energy
10conservation project; and, to contract for and finance the cost
11of project monitoring and data collection to verify
12post-installation energy consumption and energy-related
13operating costs. Any such contract shall be executed only after
14it has been jointly negotiated by the Authority and the
15Department; and
16    (p-5) To purchase special service area bonds and to accept
17assignments or pledges, or both, of special service area bonds
18or agreements relating to public and private green special
19service area projects, which authority shall be liberally
20construed; and
21    (q) To exercise such other powers as are necessary or
22incidental to the foregoing.
23(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
24    (20 ILCS 3501/820-25)
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1unit of local government is authorized to voluntarily
2participate in this program. Any unit of local government which
3is authorized to issue, sell and deliver its local government
4securities under any provision of the Constitution or laws of
5the State may issue, sell and deliver such local government
6securities to the Authority under this Article; provided that
7and notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
8any such unit of local government may issue and sell any such
9local government security at any interest rate or rates, which
10rate or rates may be established by an index or formula which
11may be implemented by persons appointed or retained for those
12purposes therefor, payable at such time or times, and at such
13price or prices to which the unit of local government and the
14Authority may agree. Any unit of local government may pay any
15amount charged by the Authority pursuant to this Article. Any
16unit of local government participating in this program may pay
17out of the proceeds of its local government securities or out
18of any other moneys or funds available to it for such purposes
19any costs, fees, interest deemed necessary, premium or reserves
20incurred or required for financing or refinancing this program,
21including without limitation any fees charged by the Authority
22pursuant to this Article and its share, as determined by the
23Authority, of any costs, fees, interest deemed necessary,
24premium or reserves incurred or required pursuant to Section
25820-20 of this Act. All local government securities purchased
26or otherwise acquired by the Authority pursuant to this Act

 

 

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1shall upon delivery to the Authority be accompanied by an
2approving opinion of bond counsel as to the validity of such
3securities. The Authority shall have discretion to purchase or
4otherwise acquire those local government securities, as it
5shall deem to be in the best interest of its financing program
6for all units of local government taken as a whole. Any unit of
7local government with the authority in connection with green
8special service area projects to provide special service area
9financing under the Special Service Area Tax Law is authorized
10to issue special service area bonds and sell or assign the
11bonds to the Authority or to assign or pledge special service
12area bonds or agreements, or both, to the Authority.
13(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
14    (20 ILCS 3501/820-37 new)
15    Sec. 820-37. Unit of local government participation;
16bonds. The Authority may assist units of local government by
17establishing and implementing a program to issue its bonds
18secured by special service area agreements assigned or pledged
19to the Authority by the local governments so as to provide
20financing for green special service area projects. The bonds
21shall not constitute an indebtedness or obligation of the
22State, and it shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond
23that it does not constitute an indebtedness or obligation but
24is payable solely from the revenues, income, or other assets of
25the Authority that are pledged.
 

 

 

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1    Section 10. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
2Section 27-5 and by adding Section 27-97 as follows:
 
3    (35 ILCS 200/27-5)
4    Sec. 27-5. Short title; definitions. This Article may be
5cited as the Special Service Area Tax Law.
6    When used in this Article:
7    "Energy efficiency improvement" means any installation,
8modification, or replacement that reduces energy consumption
9in any residential, commercial, or industrial building,
10structure, or other facility, including, but not limited to,
11all of the following:
12        (1) insulation in walls, roofs, floors, foundations,
13    and heating and cooling distribution systems;
14        (2) storm windows and doors, multiglazed windows and
15    doors, heat-absorbing or heat-reflective glazed and coated
16    window and door systems, additional glazing, reductions in
17    glass area, and other window and door system modifications;
18        (3) automatic energy control systems;
19        (4) high efficiency furnaces, lighting fixtures,
20    ventilating, or air conditioning and distribution systems;
21        (5) caulking and weather-stripping;
22        (6) facilities, improvements, or systems to bring
23    natural daylight into buildings; and
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1    facility, improvement, rehabilitation, repair, or
2    remodeling that has the effect of reducing energy
3    consumption.
4    "Green special service area" means a special service area
5created pursuant to Section 27-97 of this Act for the purpose
6of providing special services that are energy efficiency
7improvements, renewable energy improvements, water use
8improvements, or a combination of those improvements. The
9corporate authorities of the municipality or county may
10establish (i) multiple green special service areas pursuant to
11a single ordinance or (ii) multiple buildings, structures,
12facilities, improvements, or lots or parcels of land within a
13single green special service area, which are not required to be
14contiguous. Revenues from multiple green special service areas
15and revenues from multiple buildings, structures, facilities,
16improvements, or lots or parcels of land within a single green
17special service area may be aggregated for a pledge as security
18for bonds issued pursuant to Section 27-45 of this Act.
19    "Renewable energy improvement" means any fixture, product,
20system, device, or interacting group of those items, for or
21serving any residential, commercial, or industrial building,
22structure, or other facility that produces energy from
23renewable energy resources as defined in Section 1-10 of the
24Illinois Power Agency Act.
25    "Special Service Area" means a contiguous area within a
26municipality or county in which, except as provided in this Act

 

 

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1concerning green special service areas, special governmental
2services are provided in addition to those services provided
3generally throughout the municipality or county, the cost of
4the special services to be paid from revenues collected from
5taxes levied or imposed upon property within that area.
6Territory shall be considered contiguous for purposes of this
7Article even though certain completely surrounded portions of
8the territory are excluded from the special service area. A
9county may create a special service area within a municipality
10or municipalities when the municipality or municipalities
11consent to the creation of the special service area. A
12municipality may create a special service area within a
13municipality and the unincorporated area of a county or within
14another municipality when the county or other municipality
15consents to the creation of the special service area.
16    "Special Services" means all forms of services pertaining
17to the government and affairs of the municipality or county,
18including, but not limited to, weather modification, energy
19efficiency improvements, renewable energy improvements, water
20use improvements, and improvements permissible under Article 9
21of the Illinois Municipal Code, and contracts for the supply of
22water as described in Section 11-124-1 of the Illinois
23Municipal Code which may be entered into by the municipality or
24by the county on behalf of a county service area.
25    "Water use improvement" means any fixture, product,
26system, device, or interacting group of those items, for or

 

 

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1serving any residential, commercial, or industrial building,
2structure, or other facility that has the effect of conserving
3water resources through improved water management or
4efficiency.
5(Source: P.A. 86-1324; 88-445.)
 
6    (35 ILCS 200/27-97 new)
7    Sec. 27-97. Green special service areas.
8    (a) The corporate authorities of a municipality or county
9may establish a green special service area, or multiple green
10special service areas under a single ordinance, for the purpose
11of arranging and financing energy efficiency improvements,
12renewable energy improvements, or water use improvements. Each
13green special service area shall include only property for
14which each owner of record has executed a contract or agreement
15consenting to the inclusion of the property within the green
16special service area, and the contract may be executed
17subsequent to the adoption of the ordinance of the corporate
18authorities establishing the green special service area. The
19inclusion, or, as applicable, deletion, of property within the
20green special service area subsequent to the adoption of the
21ordinance of the corporate authorities establishing the green
22special service area may be made either (i) by the adoption of
23a supplemental or amending ordinance of the corporate
24authorities or (ii) pursuant to authority in the establishing
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1as applicable, to include, or, as applicable, delete, other
2properties. Green special service areas are exempt from the
3provisions of Sections 27-20, 27-25, 27-30, 27-35, 27-40,
427-55, 27-60, 27-65, and 27-70 of this Act. A municipality or
5county may create a green special service area by an ordinance
6establishing the green special service area. Each owner of
7record of property within a green special service area may
8arrange for the specific energy efficiency improvements,
9renewable energy improvements, or water use improvements and
10may obtain financing for those improvements through the process
11set forth in the ordinance establishing the green special
12service area. A green special service area may consist of a
13single building, structure, facility, improvement, or lot or
14parcel of land. The corporate authorities of a municipality or
15county may establish multiple green special service areas
16pursuant to a single ordinance or, within a single green
17special service area, identify multiple buildings, structures,
18facilities, improvements, or lots or parcels of land, whether
19or not contiguous. Revenues from multiple green special service
20areas or revenues from multiple buildings, structures,
21facilities, improvements, or lots or parcels of land within a
22single green special service area may be aggregated for a
23pledge as security for bonds issued pursuant to Section 27-45
24of this Act.
25    Municipalities and counties shall have the power to issue
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1this Section 27-97, provided that it is not necessary to
2conduct a public hearing, as required in Section 27-45, in
3connection with the issuance of those bonds.
4    (b) The corporate authorities of a county or municipality
5that establishes a green special service area shall levy a tax
6pursuant to Section 27-75 of this Act on all property in a
7green special service area where each owner of record has
8entered into a contract or agreement for improvements, provided
9that it is not necessary to file a copy of the notice of public
10hearing with the County Clerk as otherwise required by Section
1127-45. The contract or agreement entered into with the owner of
12the property shall be conclusive as to the due authorization
13and establishment of the applicable green special service area
14as it relates to that property and to the amount of special tax
15to be levied and extended against the property for the
16improvements. A contract or agreement may specify tax levies
17pursuant to Section 27-75 of this Act related to the applicable
18energy efficiency improvements, renewable energy improvements,
19water use improvements, or a combination thereof, or as
20applicable to the principal of and interest on bonds issued,
21including as a part of a larger pooled or composite issue, for
22financing those improvements. The specified tax levies in a
23contract or agreement when recorded as provided in subsection
24(c) of this Section and filed with the county clerk shall be
25authority for each affected county to extend and collect the
26levied taxes for the applicable municipality or county, or

 

 

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1both, with respect to each such contract or agreement.
2Municipalities must have consent from the County Clerk before
3creating a green special service area.
4    (c) The contract or agreement in subsection (b) of this
5Section shall be in recordable form and shall be recorded in
6the office of the recorder in the county where the property is
7located.
8    (d) Any unit of local government with the authority to
9provide special service area financing in connection with green
10special service area projects, as provided in the Special
11Service Area Tax Law, is authorized to do any of the following:
12(i) issue special service area bonds, (ii) sell or assign those
13bonds to the Authority, and (iii) assign or pledge those
14special service area bonds, agreements relating to public and
15private green special service area projects, or both to the
16Illinois Finance Authority.
17    (e) This Section shall be liberally construed to effect the
18legislative purpose of enabling taxpayers to make energy
19efficiency improvements, renewable energy improvements, or
20water use improvements to their properties.
 
21    Section 15. The Counties Code is amended by changing
22Section 5-1005 as follows:
 
23    (55 ILCS 5/5-1005)  (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1005)
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1        1. To purchase and hold the real and personal estate
2    necessary for the uses of the county, and to purchase and
3    hold, for the benefit of the county, real estate sold by
4    virtue of judicial proceedings in which the county is
5    plaintiff.
6        2. To sell and convey or lease any real or personal
7    estate owned by the county.
8        3. To make all contracts and do all other acts in
9    relation to the property and concerns of the county
10    necessary to the exercise of its corporate powers.
11        4. To take all necessary measures and institute
12    proceedings to enforce all laws for the prevention of
13    cruelty to animals.
14        5. To purchase and hold or lease real estate upon which
15    may be erected and maintained buildings to be utilized for
16    purposes of agricultural experiments and to purchase, hold
17    and use personal property for the care and maintenance of
18    such real estate in connection with such experimental
19    purposes.
20        6. To cause to be erected, or otherwise provided,
21    suitable buildings for, and maintain a county hospital and
22    necessary branch hospitals and/or a county sheltered care
23    home or county nursing home for the care of such sick,
24    chronically ill or infirm persons as may by law be proper
25    charges upon the county, or upon other governmental units,
26    and to provide for the management of the same. The county

 

 

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1    board may establish rates to be paid by persons seeking
2    care and treatment in such hospital or home in accordance
3    with their financial ability to meet such charges, either
4    personally or through a hospital plan or hospital
5    insurance, and the rates to be paid by governmental units,
6    including the State, for the care of sick, chronically ill
7    or infirm persons admitted therein upon the request of such
8    governmental units. Any hospital maintained by a county
9    under this Section is authorized to provide any service and
10    enter into any contract or other arrangement not prohibited
11    for a hospital that is licensed under the Hospital
12    Licensing Act, incorporated under the General
13    Not-For-Profit Corporation Act, and exempt from taxation
14    under paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of Section 501 of the
15    Internal Revenue Code.
16        7. To contribute such sums of money toward erecting,
17    building, maintaining, and supporting any non-sectarian
18    public hospital located within its limits as the county
19    board of the county shall deem proper.
20        8. To purchase and hold real estate for the
21    preservation of forests, prairies and other natural areas
22    and to maintain and regulate the use thereof.
23        9. To purchase and hold real estate for the purpose of
24    preserving historical spots in the county, to restore,
25    maintain and regulate the use thereof and to donate any
26    historical spot to the State.

 

 

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1        10. To appropriate funds from the county treasury to be
2    used in any manner to be determined by the board for the
3    suppression, eradication and control of tuberculosis among
4    domestic cattle in such county.
5        11. To take all necessary measures to prevent forest
6    fires and encourage the maintenance and planting of trees
7    and the preservation of forests.
8        12. To authorize the closing on Saturday mornings of
9    all offices of all county officers at the county seat of
10    each county, and to otherwise regulate and fix the days and
11    the hours of opening and closing of such offices, except
12    when the days and the hours of opening and closing of the
13    office of any county officer are otherwise fixed by law;
14    but the power herein conferred shall not apply to the
15    office of State's Attorney and the offices of judges and
16    clerks of courts and, in counties of 500,000 or more
17    population, the offices of county clerk.
18        13. To provide for the conservation, preservation and
19    propagation of insectivorous birds through the expenditure
20    of funds provided for such purpose.
21        14. To appropriate funds from the county treasury and
22    expend the same for care and treatment of tuberculosis
23    residents.
24        15. In counties having less than 1,000,000
25    inhabitants, to take all necessary or proper steps for the
26    extermination of mosquitoes, flies or other insects within

 

 

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1    the county.
2        16. To install an adequate system of accounts and
3    financial records in the offices and divisions of the
4    county, suitable to the needs of the office and in
5    accordance with generally accepted principles of
6    accounting for governmental bodies, which system may
7    include such reports as the county board may determine.
8        17. To purchase and hold real estate for the
9    construction and maintenance of motor vehicle parking
10    facilities for persons using county buildings, but the
11    purchase and use of such real estate shall not be for
12    revenue producing purposes.
13        18. To acquire and hold title to real property located
14    within the county, or partly within and partly outside the
15    county by dedication, purchase, gift, legacy or lease, for
16    park and recreational purposes and to charge reasonable
17    fees for the use of or admission to any such park or
18    recreational area and to provide police protection for such
19    park or recreational area. Personnel employed to provide
20    such police protection shall be conservators of the peace
21    within such park or recreational area and shall have power
22    to make arrests on view of the offense or upon warrants for
23    violation of any of the ordinances governing such park or
24    recreational area or for any breach of the peace in the
25    same manner as the police in municipalities organized and
26    existing under the general laws of the State. All such real

 

 

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1    property outside the county shall be contiguous to the
2    county and within the boundaries of the State of Illinois.
3        19. To appropriate funds from the county treasury to be
4    used to provide supportive social services designed to
5    prevent the unnecessary institutionalization of elderly
6    residents, or, for operation of, and equipment for, senior
7    citizen centers providing social services to elderly
8    residents.
9        20. To appropriate funds from the county treasury and
10    loan such funds to a county water commission created under
11    the "Water Commission Act", approved June 30, 1984, as now
12    or hereafter amended, in such amounts and upon such terms
13    as the county may determine or the county and the
14    commission may agree. The county shall not under any
15    circumstances be obligated to make such loans. The county
16    shall not be required to charge interest on any such loans.
17        21. To appropriate and expend funds from the county
18    treasury for economic development purposes, including the
19    making of grants to any other governmental entity or
20    commercial enterprise deemed necessary or desirable for
21    the promotion of economic development in the county.
22        22. To lease space on a telecommunications tower to a
23    public or private entity.
24        23. In counties having a population of 100,000 or less
25    and a public building commission organized by the county
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1    provided, and to maintain or cause to be maintained,
2    suitable facilities to house students pursuing a
3    post-secondary education at an academic institution
4    located within the county. The county may provide for the
5    management of the facilities.
6        24. To engage in and undertake activities related to
7    and in connection with governmental and private energy
8    efficiency improvements, renewable energy improvements,
9    and water use improvements as defined in the Special
10    Service Area Tax Law, including, but not limited to,
11    special service areas related to green special service area
12    financing for energy efficiency improvements, renewable
13    energy improvements, and water use improvements whether on
14    public or private property, under the Special Service Area
15    Tax Law. This item shall be liberally construed to effect
16    the legislative purpose of enabling taxpayers to make
17    energy efficiency improvements, renewable energy
18    improvements, and water use improvements to or serving the
19    designated properties.
20    All contracts for the purchase of coal under this Section
21shall be subject to the provisions of "An Act concerning the
22use of Illinois mined coal in certain plants and institutions",
23filed July 13, 1937, as amended.
24(Source: P.A. 95-197, eff. 8-16-07; 95-813, eff. 1-1-09;
2596-622, eff. 8-24-09.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 20. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
2adding Division 15.4 to Article 11 as follows:
 
3    (65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 15.4 heading new)
4
DIVISION 15.4. GREEN SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS

 
5    (65 ILCS 5/11-15.4-1 new)
6    Sec. 11-15.4-1. Green special service areas. Each
7municipality shall have the power and authority to engage in
8and undertake activities related to and in connection with
9governmental and private energy efficiency improvements,
10renewable energy improvements, and water use improvements as
11defined in the Special Service Area Tax Law, including, but not
12limited to, special service area financing related to green
13special service areas for energy efficiency improvements,
14renewable energy improvements, and water use improvements
15whether on public or private property, under the Special
16Service Area Tax Law. This Section shall be liberally construed
17to effect the legislative purpose of enabling taxpayers to make
18energy efficiency improvements, renewable energy improvements,
19or water use improvements to or serving the designated
20properties.
 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22becoming law.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    20 ILCS 3501/820-10
4    20 ILCS 3501/820-20
5    20 ILCS 3501/820-25
6    20 ILCS 3501/820-37 new
7    35 ILCS 200/27-5
8    35 ILCS 200/27-97 new
9    55 ILCS 5/5-1005from Ch. 34, par. 5-1005
10    65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div.
11    15.4 heading new
12    65 ILCS 5/11-15.4-1 new