Full Text of HB4597 98th General Assembly
HB4597 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB4597 Introduced , by Rep. Robert F. Martwick SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 70 ILCS 1205/6-4 | from Ch. 105, par. 6-4 | 70 ILCS 1205/6-7 new | |
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Amends the Park District Code. Provides that the board of a park district may borrow money for any corporate purpose from a bank or other financial institution, provided that the money shall be repaid within 2 years from the general funds of the park district and such other sources of payment as are otherwise lawfully available. Prohibits the indebtedness incurred, when aggregated with the existing indebtedness of the park district, from exceeding the debt limitation otherwise provided for by law. Defines "financial institution". Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Park District Code is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 6-4 and by adding Section 6-7 as follows:
| 6 | | (70 ILCS 1205/6-4) (from Ch. 105, par. 6-4)
| 7 | | Sec. 6-4. The issue of bonds or notes by any park district | 8 | | shall be
authorized by ordinance, and a copy of that ordinance | 9 | | properly certified
by the secretary shall be filed in the | 10 | | office of the clerk in each of
the counties wherein such | 11 | | district lies. Except as otherwise provided
in this Section, | 12 | | bonds and notes the aggregate outstanding unpaid
principal | 13 | | balance of which exceeds 0.575% of the total assessed valuation
| 14 | | of all taxable property in the district may not be issued by | 15 | | any park
district, until the proposition to issue the same has | 16 | | been certified by the
secretary to the proper election | 17 | | officials who shall submit the proposition
at an election in | 18 | | accordance with the general election law. Notice of the
| 19 | | referendum shall be given and the referendum shall be conducted | 20 | | in the
manner provided by the general election law.
| 21 | | Submission of any proposition of issuing bonds or notes | 22 | | shall be
authorized by resolution to be adopted by the board | 23 | | which shall designate the
election at which the proposition is |
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| 1 | | to be submitted and designate the amount
of bonds and purpose | 2 | | for which the bonds are to be issued.
| 3 | | Any proposition to issue bonds shall be in substantially | 4 | | the following form:
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| 6 | | Shall bonds or notes of the
| 7 | | ..... Park District (name it) to YES
| 8 | | the amount of..... Dollars
| 9 | | ($.....) be issued for the ---------------------------
| 10 | | purpose of.....? (Here insert
| 11 | | any one or more of the NO
| 12 | | purposes authorized in
| 13 | | Section 6-2 hereof)
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| 15 | | This Section shall not be construed to require a referendum for | 16 | | bonds
issued under Section 9-2b nor for bonds to refund any | 17 | | maturing bond
issues as provided in the Park District Refunding | 18 | | Bond Act, or to refund any judgment indebtedness including
any | 19 | | unpaid public benefits and amounts assessed against any park | 20 | | district,
whether due or not due under Division 2 of Article 9 | 21 | | of the Illinois
Municipal Code, but bonds may be issued for | 22 | | such purposes without referendum.
| 23 | | Bonds heretofore or hereafter issued and outstanding that | 24 | | are approved by
referendum, refunding bonds issued under the | 25 | | Park District Refunding Bond Act (70 ILCS 1270/) that refund or | 26 | | continue to refund bonds approved by referendum, bonds issued |
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| 1 | | under this Section that have been paid in full or for
which
| 2 | | provisions for payment have been made by an irrevocable deposit | 3 | | of funds in an
amount
sufficient to pay the principal and | 4 | | interest on those bonds to their respective
maturity
date, | 5 | | non-referendum bonds issued under any other provision of this | 6 | | Act, promissory notes or similar debt instruments issued under | 7 | | Section 6-7, and
bonded
indebtedness assumed from another park | 8 | | district do not limit in any way the
right of a
park district | 9 | | to issue non-referendum bonds in accordance with this Section.
| 10 | | This Section shall not be construed to permit issuance of | 11 | | bonds for the
purpose of refunding revenue bonds as provided in | 12 | | Section 6-2 until the
proposition to issue the same has been | 13 | | submitted as herein provided at an
election in accordance with | 14 | | the general election law.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 94-628, eff. 1-1-06.)
| 16 | | (70 ILCS 1205/6-7 new) | 17 | | Sec. 6-7. Borrowing from financial institutions. The board | 18 | | may borrow money for any corporate purpose from any bank or | 19 | | other financial institution provided such money shall be repaid | 20 | | within 2 years from the time the money is borrowed. The | 21 | | president and secretary shall execute a promissory note or | 22 | | similar debt instrument to evidence the indebtedness incurred | 23 | | by the borrowing. The obligation to make the payments due under | 24 | | the promissory note or other debt instrument shall be a lawful | 25 | | direct general obligation of the park district payable from the |
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| 1 | | general funds of that district and such other sources of | 2 | | payment as are otherwise lawfully available. The promissory | 3 | | note or other debt instrument shall be authorized by an | 4 | | ordinance passed by the board and shall be valid whether or not | 5 | | an appropriation with respect to that ordinance is included in | 6 | | any annual or supplemental appropriation adopted by the board. | 7 | | The indebtedness incurred under this Section, when aggregated | 8 | | with the existing indebtedness of the park district, may not | 9 | | exceed any debt limitation otherwise provided for by law. | 10 | | "Financial institution" means any bank subject to the Illinois | 11 | | Banking Act, any savings and loan association subject to the | 12 | | Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985, any savings bank subject | 13 | | to the Savings Bank Act, any credit union subject to the | 14 | | Illinois Credit Union Act, and any federally chartered | 15 | | commercial bank, savings and loan association, savings bank, or | 16 | | credit union organized and operated in this State pursuant to | 17 | | the laws of the United States.
| 18 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 19 | | becoming law.
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