Full Text of SB2839 98th General Assembly
SB2839ham002 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. John E. Bradley Filed: 12/1/2014
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2839
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2839, immediately | 3 | | above the enacting clause, by inserting the following: | 4 | | "WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has a strategic interest in | 5 | | the operations of the Illinois International Port District and | 6 | | its Board, whose function is to develop the District's port and | 7 | | harbor facilities, issue construction permits, regulate the | 8 | | District's facilities and waterways, establish and operate | 9 | | foreign trade zones, and govern and administer all the District | 10 | | area within Chicago's corporate limits; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois International Port District is a very | 12 | | significant driver of freight movement and economic activity | 13 | | throughout the State of Illinois, including the downstate | 14 | | waterways and especially the Mississippi River and the Illinois | 15 | | River; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In 2010, cargo shipments at the Port of Chicago | 2 | | directly or indirectly supported 6,930 jobs and generated | 3 | | $425,000,000 in revenue for Illinois firms, according to the | 4 | | Washington D.C.-based American Great Lakes Ports Association; | 5 | | and | 6 | | WHEREAS, The Port of Chicago links rail and trucking lines | 7 | | with barges and ships supplying the Great Lakes and nearby | 8 | | rivers and handles an estimated 26,000,000 cargo tons annually | 9 | | throughout its 1,500 acre complex on the far south side, | 10 | | according to a recent estimate by a consortium of Great Lakes | 11 | | shipping interests; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, In 1978, the Capital Development Board provided | 13 | | funds to the Illinois International Port District as authorized | 14 | | by Section 13 of the Capital Development Board Act, which | 15 | | provides for repayment by the Illinois International Port | 16 | | District using a flexible formula based on specified levels of | 17 | | revenues and profits; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, In the over 30 years since that payment from the | 19 | | Capital Development Board, the Illinois International Port | 20 | | District has never been required to make a single payment to | 21 | | the Capital Development Board because it has never reached the | 22 | | levels of revenues and profits that would require such payment; | 23 | | and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Capital Development Board annually certifies | 2 | | to the Illinois International Port District that it owes no | 3 | | payment for the year to the Capital Development Board; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, It is virtually impossible that the Illinois | 5 | | International Port District will ever reach the level of | 6 | | revenues and profits that would require it to make a payment to | 7 | | the Capital Development Board; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, In its financial statements for each year since at | 9 | | least 2005, the Capital Development Board has "reserved" the | 10 | | entire amount lent to the Illinois International Port District, | 11 | | indicating that it does not expect any payments under the loan, | 12 | | and that non-payment of the loan would not require any future | 13 | | or present cash outlay by the Capital Development Board or the | 14 | | State; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, For the reasons discussed above, the existence of | 16 | | this debt is of no value whatsoever to the State and serves | 17 | | only to limit the investment in the Port of Chicago and the | 18 | | amount of economic activity throughout Illinois water and rail | 19 | | lines; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Official forgiveness of the obligation from the | 21 | | Illinois International Port District to the Capital |
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| 1 | | Development Board would benefit the entire State of Illinois by | 2 | | allowing greater investment in the State's waterways and | 3 | | freight facilities; therefore"; and | 4 | | by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 5 | | following:
| 6 | | "Section 5. The Capital Development Board Act is amended by | 7 | | changing Section 13 as follows:
| 8 | | (20 ILCS 3105/13) (from Ch. 127, par. 783)
| 9 | | Sec. 13.
The Board may provide cargo handling facilities | 10 | | and facilities
designed for the movement of cargo to or from | 11 | | cargo handling facilities for
the use of regional port | 12 | | districts. Pursuant to appropriations setting forth
specific | 13 | | projects and regional port districts, the Board shall contract
| 14 | | with the regional port district named in the Act making the
| 15 | | appropriation for cargo handling facilities. Such contract | 16 | | shall provide
that the regional port district shall remit to | 17 | | the State of Illinois an
amount equal to not more than 20%
of | 18 | | the gross receipts attributable to those facilities, and not | 19 | | less than
20% of the profit attributable to those facilities, | 20 | | whether
collected by the regional port district or through an | 21 | | operator or other
intermediary, until the full amount | 22 | | appropriated and expended by the
State of Illinois has been | 23 | | remitted to the State. The exact amount of,
the manner of, the |
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| 1 | | method of and the time for such remittances shall be
agreed | 2 | | upon by the particular port district and the Board
acting | 3 | | through its Executive Director, and such agreement may, from | 4 | | time to
time, be amended by the parties so as to alter or | 5 | | modify the amount of,
manner of, method of and time for the | 6 | | remittance, including, but not
limited to, the temporary | 7 | | forgiveness, suspension or delay of the
remittances not to | 8 | | exceed 24 months for any single suspension or delay. The
| 9 | | payback is subordinate solely to any outstanding public bond | 10 | | agreements
existing at the time of the contract and solely for | 11 | | the period of time of
the running of those bond agreements. For | 12 | | any contract entered into under this Section, if, for a period | 13 | | of 25 years, a regional port district has not been required to | 14 | | remit any amount because the regional port district has failed | 15 | | to achieve the required level of profit, then the regional port | 16 | | district shall not be required to remit any amount under the | 17 | | contract.
| 18 | | This Section shall apply to all regional port district
| 19 | | facilities to be constructed by the Board, including projects | 20 | | for which
appropriations or reappropriations have been made | 21 | | prior to June 30,
1976, and to all contracts existing prior to | 22 | | January 1, 1986 ( the effective date of Public Act 84-781) this
| 23 | | amendatory Act of 1985 as well as contracts entered into on or | 24 | | after such date.
| 25 | | (Source: P.A. 84-781.)
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| 1 | | Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 2 | | 19-1 as follows:
| 3 | | (105 ILCS 5/19-1)
| 4 | | Sec. 19-1. Debt limitations of school districts.
| 5 | | (a) School districts shall not be subject to the provisions | 6 | | limiting their
indebtedness prescribed in "An Act to limit the | 7 | | indebtedness of counties having
a population of less than | 8 | | 500,000 and townships, school districts and other
municipal | 9 | | corporations having a population of less than 300,000", | 10 | | approved
February 15, 1928, as amended.
| 11 | | No school districts maintaining grades K through 8 or 9 | 12 | | through 12
shall become indebted in any manner or for any | 13 | | purpose to an amount,
including existing indebtedness, in the | 14 | | aggregate exceeding 6.9% on the
value of the taxable property | 15 | | therein to be ascertained by the last assessment
for State and | 16 | | county taxes or, until January 1, 1983, if greater, the sum | 17 | | that
is produced by multiplying the school district's 1978 | 18 | | equalized assessed
valuation by the debt limitation percentage | 19 | | in effect on January 1, 1979,
previous to the incurring of such | 20 | | indebtedness.
| 21 | | No school districts maintaining grades K through 12 shall | 22 | | become
indebted in any manner or for any purpose to an amount, | 23 | | including
existing indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding | 24 | | 13.8% on the value of
the taxable property therein to be | 25 | | ascertained by the last assessment
for State and county taxes |
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| 1 | | or, until January 1, 1983, if greater, the sum that
is produced | 2 | | by multiplying the school district's 1978 equalized assessed
| 3 | | valuation by the debt limitation percentage in effect on | 4 | | January 1, 1979,
previous to the incurring of such | 5 | | indebtedness.
| 6 | | No partial elementary unit district, as defined in Article | 7 | | 11E of this Code, shall become indebted in any manner or for | 8 | | any purpose in an amount, including existing indebtedness, in | 9 | | the aggregate exceeding 6.9% of the value of the taxable | 10 | | property of the entire district, to be ascertained by the last | 11 | | assessment for State and county taxes, plus an amount, | 12 | | including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding | 13 | | 6.9% of the value of the taxable property of that portion of | 14 | | the district included in the elementary and high school | 15 | | classification, to be ascertained by the last assessment for | 16 | | State and county taxes. Moreover, no partial elementary unit | 17 | | district, as defined in Article 11E of this Code, shall become | 18 | | indebted on account of bonds issued by the district for high | 19 | | school purposes in the aggregate exceeding 6.9% of the value of | 20 | | the taxable property of the entire district, to be ascertained | 21 | | by the last assessment for State and county taxes, nor shall | 22 | | the district become indebted on account of bonds issued by the | 23 | | district for elementary purposes in the aggregate exceeding | 24 | | 6.9% of the value of the taxable property for that portion of | 25 | | the district included in the elementary and high school | 26 | | classification, to be ascertained by the last assessment for |
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| 1 | | State and county taxes.
| 2 | | Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the | 3 | | contrary, in any
case in which the voters of a school district | 4 | | have approved a proposition
for the issuance of bonds of such | 5 | | school district at an election held prior
to January 1, 1979, | 6 | | and all of the bonds approved at such election have
not been | 7 | | issued, the debt limitation applicable to such school district
| 8 | | during the calendar year 1979 shall be computed by multiplying | 9 | | the value
of taxable property therein, including personal | 10 | | property, as ascertained
by the last assessment for State and | 11 | | county taxes, previous to the incurring
of such indebtedness, | 12 | | by the percentage limitation applicable to such school
district | 13 | | under the provisions of this subsection (a).
| 14 | | (b) Notwithstanding the debt limitation prescribed in | 15 | | subsection (a)
of this Section, additional indebtedness may be | 16 | | incurred in an amount
not to exceed the estimated cost of | 17 | | acquiring or improving school sites
or constructing and | 18 | | equipping additional building facilities under the
following | 19 | | conditions:
| 20 | | (1) Whenever the enrollment of students for the next | 21 | | school year is
estimated by the board of education to | 22 | | increase over the actual present
enrollment by not less | 23 | | than 35% or by not less than 200 students or the
actual | 24 | | present enrollment of students has increased over the | 25 | | previous
school year by not less than 35% or by not less | 26 | | than 200 students and
the board of education determines |
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| 1 | | that additional school sites or
building facilities are | 2 | | required as a result of such increase in
enrollment; and
| 3 | | (2) When the Regional Superintendent of Schools having | 4 | | jurisdiction
over the school district and the State | 5 | | Superintendent of Education
concur in such enrollment | 6 | | projection or increase and approve the need
for such | 7 | | additional school sites or building facilities and the
| 8 | | estimated cost thereof; and
| 9 | | (3) When the voters in the school district approve a | 10 | | proposition for
the issuance of bonds for the purpose of | 11 | | acquiring or improving such
needed school sites or | 12 | | constructing and equipping such needed additional
building | 13 | | facilities at an election called and held for that purpose.
| 14 | | Notice of such an election shall state that the amount of | 15 | | indebtedness
proposed to be incurred would exceed the debt | 16 | | limitation otherwise
applicable to the school district. | 17 | | The ballot for such proposition
shall state what percentage | 18 | | of the equalized assessed valuation will be
outstanding in | 19 | | bonds if the proposed issuance of bonds is approved by
the | 20 | | voters; or
| 21 | | (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) | 22 | | through (3) of
this subsection (b), if the school board | 23 | | determines that additional
facilities are needed to | 24 | | provide a quality educational program and not
less than 2/3 | 25 | | of those voting in an election called by the school board
| 26 | | on the question approve the issuance of bonds for the |
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| 1 | | construction of
such facilities, the school district may | 2 | | issue bonds for this
purpose; or
| 3 | | (5) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) | 4 | | through (3) of this
subsection (b), if (i) the school | 5 | | district has previously availed itself of the
provisions of | 6 | | paragraph (4) of this subsection (b) to enable it to issue | 7 | | bonds,
(ii) the voters of the school district have not | 8 | | defeated a proposition for the
issuance of bonds since the | 9 | | referendum described in paragraph (4) of this
subsection | 10 | | (b) was held, (iii) the school board determines that | 11 | | additional
facilities are needed to provide a quality | 12 | | educational program, and (iv) a
majority of those voting in | 13 | | an election called by the school board on the
question | 14 | | approve the issuance of bonds for the construction of such | 15 | | facilities,
the school district may issue bonds for this | 16 | | purpose.
| 17 | | In no event shall the indebtedness incurred pursuant to | 18 | | this
subsection (b) and the existing indebtedness of the school | 19 | | district
exceed 15% of the value of the taxable property | 20 | | therein to be
ascertained by the last assessment for State and | 21 | | county taxes, previous
to the incurring of such indebtedness | 22 | | or, until January 1, 1983, if greater,
the sum that is produced | 23 | | by multiplying the school district's 1978 equalized
assessed | 24 | | valuation by the debt limitation percentage in effect on | 25 | | January 1,
1979.
| 26 | | The indebtedness provided for by this subsection (b) shall |
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| 1 | | be in
addition to and in excess of any other debt limitation.
| 2 | | (c) Notwithstanding the debt limitation prescribed in | 3 | | subsection (a)
of this Section, in any case in which a public | 4 | | question for the issuance
of bonds of a proposed school | 5 | | district maintaining grades kindergarten
through 12 received | 6 | | at least 60% of the valid ballots cast on the question at
an | 7 | | election held on or prior to November 8, 1994, and in which the | 8 | | bonds
approved at such election have not been issued, the | 9 | | school district pursuant to
the requirements of Section 11A-10 | 10 | | (now repealed) may issue the total amount of bonds approved
at | 11 | | such election for the purpose stated in the question.
| 12 | | (d) Notwithstanding the debt limitation prescribed in | 13 | | subsection (a)
of this Section, a school district that meets | 14 | | all the criteria set forth in
paragraphs (1) and (2) of this | 15 | | subsection (d) may incur an additional
indebtedness in an | 16 | | amount not to exceed $4,500,000, even though the amount of
the | 17 | | additional indebtedness authorized by this subsection (d), | 18 | | when incurred
and added to the aggregate amount of indebtedness | 19 | | of the district existing
immediately prior to the district | 20 | | incurring the additional indebtedness
authorized by this | 21 | | subsection (d), causes the aggregate indebtedness of the
| 22 | | district to exceed the debt limitation otherwise applicable to | 23 | | that district
under subsection (a):
| 24 | | (1) The additional indebtedness authorized by this | 25 | | subsection (d) is
incurred by the school district through | 26 | | the issuance of bonds under and in
accordance with Section |
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| 1 | | 17-2.11a for the purpose of replacing a school
building | 2 | | which, because of mine subsidence damage, has been closed | 3 | | as provided
in paragraph (2) of this subsection (d) or | 4 | | through the issuance of bonds under
and in accordance with | 5 | | Section 19-3 for the purpose of increasing the size of,
or | 6 | | providing for additional functions in, such replacement | 7 | | school buildings, or
both such purposes.
| 8 | | (2) The bonds issued by the school district as provided | 9 | | in paragraph (1)
above are issued for the purposes of | 10 | | construction by the school district of
a new school | 11 | | building pursuant to Section 17-2.11, to replace an | 12 | | existing
school building that, because of mine subsidence | 13 | | damage, is closed as of the
end of the 1992-93 school year | 14 | | pursuant to action of the regional
superintendent of | 15 | | schools of the educational service region in which the
| 16 | | district is located under Section 3-14.22 or are issued for | 17 | | the purpose of
increasing the size of, or providing for | 18 | | additional functions in, the new
school building being | 19 | | constructed to replace a school building closed as the
| 20 | | result of mine subsidence damage, or both such purposes.
| 21 | | (e) (Blank).
| 22 | | (f) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of | 23 | | this Section or of
any other law, bonds in not to exceed the | 24 | | aggregate amount of $5,500,000 and
issued by a school district | 25 | | meeting the following criteria shall not be
considered | 26 | | indebtedness for purposes of any statutory limitation and may |
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| 1 | | be
issued in an amount or amounts, including existing | 2 | | indebtedness, in excess of
any heretofore or hereafter imposed | 3 | | statutory limitation as to indebtedness:
| 4 | | (1) At the time of the sale of such bonds, the board of | 5 | | education of the
district shall have determined by | 6 | | resolution that the enrollment of students in
the district | 7 | | is projected to increase by not less than 7% during each of | 8 | | the
next succeeding 2 school years.
| 9 | | (2) The board of education shall also determine by | 10 | | resolution that the
improvements to be financed with the | 11 | | proceeds of the bonds are needed because
of the projected | 12 | | enrollment increases.
| 13 | | (3) The board of education shall also determine by | 14 | | resolution that the
projected increases in enrollment are | 15 | | the result of improvements made or
expected to be made to | 16 | | passenger rail facilities located in the school
district.
| 17 | | Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this | 18 | | Section or of any other law, a school district that has availed | 19 | | itself of the provisions of this subsection (f) prior to July | 20 | | 22, 2004 (the effective date of Public Act 93-799) may also | 21 | | issue bonds approved by referendum up to an amount, including | 22 | | existing indebtedness, not exceeding 25% of the equalized | 23 | | assessed value of the taxable property in the district if all | 24 | | of the conditions set forth in items (1), (2), and (3) of this | 25 | | subsection (f) are met.
| 26 | | (g) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of |
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| 1 | | this Section or any
other law, bonds in not to exceed an | 2 | | aggregate amount of 25% of the equalized
assessed value of the | 3 | | taxable property of a school district and issued by a
school | 4 | | district meeting the criteria in paragraphs (i) through (iv) of | 5 | | this
subsection shall not be considered indebtedness for | 6 | | purposes of any statutory
limitation and may be issued pursuant | 7 | | to resolution of the school board in an
amount or amounts, | 8 | | including existing indebtedness, in
excess of any statutory | 9 | | limitation of indebtedness heretofore or hereafter
imposed:
| 10 | | (i) The bonds are issued for the purpose of | 11 | | constructing a new high school
building to replace two | 12 | | adjacent existing buildings which together house a
single | 13 | | high school, each of which is more than 65 years old, and | 14 | | which together
are located on more than 10 acres and less | 15 | | than 11 acres of property.
| 16 | | (ii) At the time the resolution authorizing the | 17 | | issuance of the bonds is
adopted, the cost of constructing | 18 | | a new school building to replace the existing
school | 19 | | building is less than 60% of the cost of repairing the | 20 | | existing school
building.
| 21 | | (iii) The sale of the bonds occurs before July 1, 1997.
| 22 | | (iv) The school district issuing the bonds is a unit | 23 | | school district
located in a county of less than 70,000 and | 24 | | more than 50,000 inhabitants,
which has an average daily | 25 | | attendance of less than 1,500 and an equalized
assessed | 26 | | valuation of less than $29,000,000.
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| 1 | | (h) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section or | 2 | | the
provisions of any other law, until January 1, 1998, a | 3 | | community unit school
district maintaining grades K through 12 | 4 | | may issue bonds up to an amount,
including existing | 5 | | indebtedness, not exceeding 27.6% of the equalized assessed
| 6 | | value of the taxable property in the district, if all of the | 7 | | following
conditions are met:
| 8 | | (i) The school district has an equalized assessed | 9 | | valuation for calendar
year 1995 of less than $24,000,000;
| 10 | | (ii) The bonds are issued for the capital improvement, | 11 | | renovation,
rehabilitation, or replacement of existing | 12 | | school buildings of the district,
all of which buildings | 13 | | were originally constructed not less than 40 years ago;
| 14 | | (iii) The voters of the district approve a proposition | 15 | | for the issuance of
the bonds at a referendum held after | 16 | | March 19, 1996; and
| 17 | | (iv) The bonds are issued pursuant to Sections 19-2 | 18 | | through 19-7 of this
Code.
| 19 | | (i) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section or | 20 | | the provisions
of any other law, until January 1, 1998, a | 21 | | community unit school district
maintaining grades K through 12 | 22 | | may issue bonds up to an amount, including
existing | 23 | | indebtedness, not exceeding 27% of the equalized assessed value | 24 | | of the
taxable property in the district, if all of the | 25 | | following conditions are met:
| 26 | | (i) The school district has an equalized assessed |
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| 1 | | valuation for calendar
year 1995 of less than $44,600,000;
| 2 | | (ii) The bonds are issued for the capital improvement, | 3 | | renovation,
rehabilitation, or replacement
of existing | 4 | | school buildings of the district, all of which
existing | 5 | | buildings were originally constructed not less than 80 | 6 | | years ago;
| 7 | | (iii) The voters of the district approve a proposition | 8 | | for the issuance of
the bonds at a referendum held after | 9 | | December 31, 1996; and
| 10 | | (iv) The bonds are issued pursuant to Sections 19-2 | 11 | | through 19-7 of this
Code.
| 12 | | (j) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section or | 13 | | the
provisions of any other law, until January 1, 1999, a | 14 | | community unit school
district maintaining grades K through 12 | 15 | | may issue bonds up to an amount,
including existing | 16 | | indebtedness, not exceeding 27% of the equalized assessed
value | 17 | | of the taxable property in the district if all of the following
| 18 | | conditions are met:
| 19 | | (i) The school district has an equalized assessed | 20 | | valuation for calendar
year 1995 of less than $140,000,000 | 21 | | and a best 3 months
average daily
attendance for the | 22 | | 1995-96 school year of at least 2,800;
| 23 | | (ii) The bonds are issued to purchase a site and build | 24 | | and equip a new
high school, and the school district's | 25 | | existing high school was originally
constructed not less | 26 | | than 35
years prior to the sale of the bonds;
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| 1 | | (iii) At the time of the sale of the bonds, the board | 2 | | of education
determines
by resolution that a new high | 3 | | school is needed because of projected enrollment
| 4 | | increases;
| 5 | | (iv) At least 60% of those voting in an election held
| 6 | | after December 31, 1996 approve a proposition
for the | 7 | | issuance of
the bonds; and
| 8 | | (v) The bonds are issued pursuant to Sections 19-2 | 9 | | through
19-7 of this Code.
| 10 | | (k) Notwithstanding the debt limitation prescribed in | 11 | | subsection (a) of
this Section, a school district that meets | 12 | | all the criteria set forth in
paragraphs (1) through (4) of | 13 | | this subsection (k) may issue bonds to incur an
additional | 14 | | indebtedness in an amount not to exceed $4,000,000 even though | 15 | | the
amount of the additional indebtedness authorized by this | 16 | | subsection (k), when
incurred and added to the aggregate amount | 17 | | of indebtedness of the school
district existing immediately | 18 | | prior to the school district incurring such
additional | 19 | | indebtedness, causes the aggregate indebtedness of the school
| 20 | | district to exceed or increases the amount by which the | 21 | | aggregate indebtedness
of the district already exceeds the debt | 22 | | limitation otherwise applicable to
that school district under | 23 | | subsection (a):
| 24 | | (1) the school district is located in 2 counties, and a | 25 | | referendum to
authorize the additional indebtedness was | 26 | | approved by a majority of the voters
of the school district |
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| 1 | | voting on the proposition to authorize that
indebtedness;
| 2 | | (2) the additional indebtedness is for the purpose of | 3 | | financing a
multi-purpose room addition to the existing | 4 | | high school;
| 5 | | (3) the additional indebtedness, together with the | 6 | | existing indebtedness
of the school district, shall not | 7 | | exceed 17.4% of the value of the taxable
property in the | 8 | | school district, to be ascertained by the last assessment | 9 | | for
State and county taxes; and
| 10 | | (4) the bonds evidencing the additional indebtedness | 11 | | are issued, if at
all, within 120 days of the effective | 12 | | date of this amendatory Act of 1998.
| 13 | | (l) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section or | 14 | | the
provisions of any other law, until January 1, 2000, a | 15 | | school district
maintaining grades kindergarten through 8 may | 16 | | issue bonds up to an amount,
including existing indebtedness, | 17 | | not exceeding 15% of the equalized assessed
value of the | 18 | | taxable property in the district if all of the following
| 19 | | conditions are met:
| 20 | | (i) the district has an equalized assessed valuation | 21 | | for calendar year
1996 of less than $10,000,000;
| 22 | | (ii) the bonds are issued for capital improvement, | 23 | | renovation,
rehabilitation, or replacement of one or more | 24 | | school buildings of the district,
which buildings were | 25 | | originally constructed not less than 70 years ago;
| 26 | | (iii) the voters of the district approve a proposition |
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| 1 | | for the issuance of
the bonds at a referendum held on or | 2 | | after March 17, 1998; and
| 3 | | (iv) the bonds are issued pursuant to Sections 19-2 | 4 | | through 19-7 of this
Code.
| 5 | | (m) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section or | 6 | | the provisions
of
any other law, until January 1, 1999, an | 7 | | elementary school district maintaining
grades K through 8 may | 8 | | issue bonds up to an amount, excluding existing
indebtedness, | 9 | | not exceeding 18% of the equalized assessed value of the | 10 | | taxable
property in the district, if all of the following | 11 | | conditions are met:
| 12 | | (i) The school district has an equalized assessed | 13 | | valuation for calendar
year 1995 or less than $7,700,000;
| 14 | | (ii) The school district operates 2 elementary | 15 | | attendance centers that
until
1976 were operated as the | 16 | | attendance centers of 2 separate and distinct school
| 17 | | districts;
| 18 | | (iii) The bonds are issued for the construction of a | 19 | | new elementary school
building to replace an existing | 20 | | multi-level elementary school building of the
school | 21 | | district that is not handicapped accessible at all levels | 22 | | and parts of
which were constructed more than 75 years ago;
| 23 | | (iv) The voters of the school district approve a | 24 | | proposition for the
issuance of the bonds at a referendum | 25 | | held after July 1, 1998; and
| 26 | | (v) The bonds are issued pursuant to Sections 19-2 |
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| 1 | | through 19-7 of this
Code.
| 2 | | (n) Notwithstanding the debt limitation prescribed in | 3 | | subsection (a) of
this Section or any other provisions of this | 4 | | Section or of any other law, a
school district that meets all | 5 | | of the criteria set forth in paragraphs (i)
through (vi) of | 6 | | this subsection (n) may incur additional indebtedness by the
| 7 | | issuance of bonds in an amount not exceeding the amount | 8 | | certified by the
Capital Development Board to the school | 9 | | district as provided in paragraph (iii)
of
this subsection (n), | 10 | | even though the amount of the additional indebtedness so
| 11 | | authorized, when incurred and added to the aggregate amount of | 12 | | indebtedness of
the district existing immediately prior to the | 13 | | district incurring the
additional indebtedness authorized by | 14 | | this subsection (n), causes the aggregate
indebtedness of the | 15 | | district to exceed the debt limitation otherwise applicable
by | 16 | | law to that district:
| 17 | | (i) The school district applies to the State Board of | 18 | | Education for a
school construction project grant and | 19 | | submits a district facilities plan in
support
of its | 20 | | application pursuant to Section 5-20 of
the School | 21 | | Construction Law.
| 22 | | (ii) The school district's application and facilities | 23 | | plan are approved
by,
and the district receives a grant | 24 | | entitlement for a school construction project
issued by, | 25 | | the State Board of Education under the School Construction | 26 | | Law.
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| 1 | | (iii) The school district has exhausted its bonding | 2 | | capacity or the unused
bonding capacity of the district is | 3 | | less than the amount certified by the
Capital Development | 4 | | Board to the district under Section 5-15 of the School
| 5 | | Construction Law as the dollar amount of the school | 6 | | construction project's cost
that the district will be | 7 | | required to finance with non-grant funds in order to
| 8 | | receive a school construction project grant under the | 9 | | School Construction Law.
| 10 | | (iv) The bonds are issued for a "school construction | 11 | | project", as that
term is defined in Section 5-5 of the | 12 | | School Construction Law, in an amount
that does not exceed | 13 | | the dollar amount certified, as provided in paragraph
(iii) | 14 | | of this subsection (n), by the Capital Development Board
to | 15 | | the school
district under Section 5-15 of the School | 16 | | Construction Law.
| 17 | | (v) The voters of the district approve a proposition | 18 | | for the issuance of
the bonds at a referendum held after | 19 | | the criteria specified in paragraphs (i)
and (iii) of this | 20 | | subsection (n) are met.
| 21 | | (vi) The bonds are issued pursuant to Sections 19-2 | 22 | | through 19-7 of the
School Code.
| 23 | | (o) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section or | 24 | | the
provisions of any other law, until November 1, 2007, a | 25 | | community unit
school district maintaining grades K through 12 | 26 | | may issue bonds up to
an amount, including existing |
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| 1 | | indebtedness, not exceeding 20% of the
equalized assessed value | 2 | | of the taxable property in the district if all of the
following | 3 | | conditions are met:
| 4 | | (i) the school district has an equalized assessed | 5 | | valuation
for calendar year 2001 of at least $737,000,000 | 6 | | and an enrollment
for the 2002-2003 school year of at least | 7 | | 8,500;
| 8 | | (ii) the bonds are issued to purchase school sites, | 9 | | build and
equip a new high school, build and equip a new | 10 | | junior high school,
build and equip 5 new elementary | 11 | | schools, and make technology
and other improvements and | 12 | | additions to existing schools;
| 13 | | (iii) at the time of the sale of the bonds, the board | 14 | | of
education determines by resolution that the sites and | 15 | | new or
improved facilities are needed because of projected | 16 | | enrollment
increases;
| 17 | | (iv) at least 57% of those voting in a general election | 18 | | held
prior to January 1, 2003 approved a proposition for | 19 | | the issuance of
the bonds; and
| 20 | | (v) the bonds are issued pursuant to Sections 19-2 | 21 | | through
19-7 of this Code.
| 22 | | (p) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section or | 23 | | the provisions of any other law, a community unit school | 24 | | district maintaining grades K through 12 may issue bonds up to | 25 | | an amount, including indebtedness, not exceeding 27% of the | 26 | | equalized assessed value of the taxable property in the |
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| 1 | | district if all of the following conditions are met: | 2 | | (i) The school district has an equalized assessed | 3 | | valuation for calendar year 2001 of at least $295,741,187 | 4 | | and a best 3 months' average daily attendance for the | 5 | | 2002-2003 school year of at least 2,394. | 6 | | (ii) The bonds are issued to build and equip 3 | 7 | | elementary school buildings; build and equip one middle | 8 | | school building; and alter, repair, improve, and equip all | 9 | | existing school buildings in the district. | 10 | | (iii) At the time of the sale of the bonds, the board | 11 | | of education determines by resolution that the project is | 12 | | needed because of expanding growth in the school district | 13 | | and a projected enrollment increase. | 14 | | (iv) The bonds are issued pursuant to Sections 19-2 | 15 | | through 19-7 of this Code.
| 16 | | (p-5) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section | 17 | | or the provisions of any other law, bonds issued by a community | 18 | | unit school district maintaining grades K through 12 shall not | 19 | | be considered indebtedness for purposes of any statutory | 20 | | limitation and may be issued in an amount or amounts, including | 21 | | existing indebtedness, in excess of any heretofore or hereafter | 22 | | imposed statutory limitation as to indebtedness, if all of the | 23 | | following conditions are met: | 24 | | (i) For each of the 4 most recent years, residential | 25 | | property comprises more than 80% of the equalized assessed | 26 | | valuation of the district. |
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| 1 | | (ii) At least 2 school buildings that were constructed | 2 | | 40 or more years prior to the issuance of the bonds will be | 3 | | demolished and will be replaced by new buildings or | 4 | | additions to one or more existing buildings. | 5 | | (iii) Voters of the district approve a proposition for | 6 | | the issuance of the bonds at a regularly scheduled | 7 | | election. | 8 | | (iv) At the time of the sale of the bonds, the school | 9 | | board determines by resolution that the new buildings or | 10 | | building additions are needed because of an increase in | 11 | | enrollment projected by the school board. | 12 | | (v) The principal amount of the bonds, including | 13 | | existing indebtedness, does not exceed 25% of the equalized | 14 | | assessed value of the taxable property in the district. | 15 | | (vi) The bonds are issued prior to January 1, 2007, | 16 | | pursuant to Sections 19-2 through 19-7 of this Code.
| 17 | | (p-10) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this | 18 | | Section or the provisions of any other law, bonds issued by a | 19 | | community consolidated school district maintaining grades K | 20 | | through 8 shall not be considered indebtedness for purposes of | 21 | | any statutory limitation and may be issued in an amount or | 22 | | amounts, including existing indebtedness, in excess of any | 23 | | heretofore or hereafter imposed statutory limitation as to | 24 | | indebtedness, if all of the following conditions are met: | 25 | | (i) For each of the 4 most recent years, residential | 26 | | and farm property comprises more than 80% of the equalized |
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| 1 | | assessed valuation of the district. | 2 | | (ii) The bond proceeds are to be used to acquire and | 3 | | improve school sites and build and equip a school building. | 4 | | (iii) Voters of the district approve a proposition for | 5 | | the issuance of the bonds at a regularly scheduled | 6 | | election. | 7 | | (iv) At the time of the sale of the bonds, the school | 8 | | board determines by resolution that the school sites and | 9 | | building additions are needed because of an increase in | 10 | | enrollment projected by the school board. | 11 | | (v) The principal amount of the bonds, including | 12 | | existing indebtedness, does not exceed 20% of the equalized | 13 | | assessed value of the taxable property in the district. | 14 | | (vi) The bonds are issued prior to January 1, 2007, | 15 | | pursuant to Sections 19-2 through 19-7 of this Code.
| 16 | | (p-15) In addition to all other authority to issue bonds, | 17 | | the Oswego Community Unit School District Number 308 may issue | 18 | | bonds with an aggregate principal amount not to exceed | 19 | | $450,000,000, but only if all of the following conditions are | 20 | | met: | 21 | | (i) The voters of the district have approved a | 22 | | proposition for the bond issue at the general election held | 23 | | on November 7, 2006. | 24 | | (ii) At the time of the sale of the bonds, the school | 25 | | board determines, by resolution, that: (A) the building and | 26 | | equipping of the new high school building, new junior high |
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| 1 | | school buildings, new elementary school buildings, early | 2 | | childhood building, maintenance building, transportation | 3 | | facility, and additions to existing school buildings, the | 4 | | altering, repairing, equipping, and provision of | 5 | | technology improvements to existing school buildings, and | 6 | | the acquisition and improvement of school sites, as the | 7 | | case may be, are required as a result of a projected | 8 | | increase in the enrollment of students in the district; and | 9 | | (B) the sale of bonds for these purposes is authorized by | 10 | | legislation that exempts the debt incurred on the bonds | 11 | | from the district's statutory debt limitation.
| 12 | | (iii) The bonds are issued, in one or more bond issues, | 13 | | on or before November 7, 2011, but the aggregate principal | 14 | | amount issued in all such bond issues combined must not | 15 | | exceed $450,000,000.
| 16 | | (iv) The bonds are issued in accordance with this | 17 | | Article 19. | 18 | | (v) The proceeds of the bonds are used only to | 19 | | accomplish those projects approved by the voters at the | 20 | | general election held on November 7, 2006. | 21 | | The debt incurred on any bonds issued under this subsection | 22 | | (p-15) shall not be considered indebtedness for purposes of any | 23 | | statutory debt limitation.
| 24 | | (p-20) In addition to all other authority to issue bonds, | 25 | | the Lincoln-Way Community High School District Number 210 may | 26 | | issue bonds with an aggregate principal amount not to exceed |
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| 1 | | $225,000,000, but only if all of the following conditions are | 2 | | met: | 3 | | (i) The voters of the district have approved a | 4 | | proposition for the bond issue at the general primary | 5 | | election held on March 21, 2006. | 6 | | (ii) At the time of the sale of the bonds, the school | 7 | | board determines, by resolution, that: (A) the building and | 8 | | equipping of the new high school buildings, the altering, | 9 | | repairing, and equipping of existing school buildings, and | 10 | | the improvement of school sites, as the case may be, are | 11 | | required as a result of a projected increase in the | 12 | | enrollment of students in the district; and (B) the sale of | 13 | | bonds for these purposes is authorized by legislation that | 14 | | exempts the debt incurred on the bonds from the district's | 15 | | statutory debt limitation.
| 16 | | (iii) The bonds are issued, in one or more bond issues, | 17 | | on or before March 21, 2011, but the aggregate principal | 18 | | amount issued in all such bond issues combined must not | 19 | | exceed $225,000,000.
| 20 | | (iv) The bonds are issued in accordance with this | 21 | | Article 19. | 22 | | (v) The proceeds of the bonds are used only to | 23 | | accomplish those projects approved by the voters at the | 24 | | primary election held on March 21, 2006. | 25 | | The debt incurred on any bonds issued under this subsection | 26 | | (p-20) shall not be considered indebtedness for purposes of any |
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| 1 | | statutory debt limitation.
| 2 | | (p-25) In addition to all other authority to issue bonds, | 3 | | Rochester Community Unit School District 3A may issue bonds | 4 | | with an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $18,500,000, | 5 | | but only if all of the following conditions are met: | 6 | | (i) The voters of the district approve a proposition | 7 | | for the bond issuance at the general primary election held | 8 | | in 2008.
| 9 | | (ii) At the time of the sale of the bonds, the school | 10 | | board determines, by resolution, that: (A) the building and | 11 | | equipping of a new high school building; the addition of | 12 | | classrooms and support facilities at the high school, | 13 | | middle school, and elementary school; the altering, | 14 | | repairing, and equipping of existing school buildings; and | 15 | | the improvement of school sites, as the case may be, are | 16 | | required as a result of a projected increase in the | 17 | | enrollment of students in the district; and (B) the sale of | 18 | | bonds for these purposes is authorized by a law that | 19 | | exempts the debt incurred on the bonds from the district's | 20 | | statutory debt limitation. | 21 | | (iii) The bonds are issued, in one or more bond issues, | 22 | | on or before December 31, 2012, but the aggregate principal | 23 | | amount issued in all such bond issues combined must not | 24 | | exceed $18,500,000. | 25 | | (iv) The bonds are issued in accordance with this | 26 | | Article 19. |
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| 1 | | (v) The proceeds of the bonds are used to accomplish | 2 | | only those projects approved by the voters at the primary | 3 | | election held in 2008.
| 4 | | The debt incurred on any bonds issued under this subsection | 5 | | (p-25) shall not be considered indebtedness for purposes of any | 6 | | statutory debt limitation.
| 7 | | (p-30) In addition to all other authority to issue bonds, | 8 | | Prairie Grove Consolidated School District 46 may issue bonds | 9 | | with an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $30,000,000, | 10 | | but only if all of the following conditions are met:
| 11 | | (i) The voters of the district approve a proposition | 12 | | for the bond issuance at an election held in 2008.
| 13 | | (ii) At the time of the sale of the bonds, the school | 14 | | board determines, by resolution, that (A) the building and | 15 | | equipping of a new school building and additions to | 16 | | existing school buildings are required as a result of a | 17 | | projected increase in the enrollment of students in the | 18 | | district and (B) the altering, repairing, and equipping of | 19 | | existing school buildings are required because of the age | 20 | | of the existing school buildings.
| 21 | | (iii) The bonds are issued, in one or more bond | 22 | | issuances, on or before December 31, 2012; however, the | 23 | | aggregate principal amount issued in all such bond | 24 | | issuances combined must not exceed $30,000,000.
| 25 | | (iv) The bonds are issued in accordance with this | 26 | | Article.
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| 1 | | (v) The proceeds of the bonds are used to accomplish | 2 | | only those projects approved by the voters at an election | 3 | | held in 2008.
| 4 | | The debt incurred on any bonds issued under this subsection | 5 | | (p-30) shall not be considered indebtedness for purposes of any | 6 | | statutory debt limitation.
| 7 | | (p-35) In addition to all other authority to issue bonds, | 8 | | Prairie Hill Community Consolidated School District 133 may | 9 | | issue bonds with an aggregate principal amount not to exceed | 10 | | $13,900,000, but only if all of the following conditions are | 11 | | met:
| 12 | | (i) The voters of the district approved a proposition | 13 | | for the bond issuance at an election held on April 17, | 14 | | 2007.
| 15 | | (ii) At the time of the sale of the bonds, the school | 16 | | board determines, by resolution, that (A) the improvement | 17 | | of the site of and the building and equipping of a school | 18 | | building are required as a result of a projected increase | 19 | | in the enrollment of students in the district and (B) the | 20 | | repairing and equipping of the Prairie Hill Elementary | 21 | | School building is required because of the age of that | 22 | | school building.
| 23 | | (iii) The bonds are issued, in one or more bond | 24 | | issuances, on or before December 31, 2011, but the | 25 | | aggregate principal amount issued in all such bond | 26 | | issuances combined must not exceed $13,900,000.
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| 1 | | (iv) The bonds are issued in accordance with this | 2 | | Article.
| 3 | | (v) The proceeds of the bonds are used to accomplish | 4 | | only those projects approved by the voters at an election | 5 | | held on April 17, 2007.
| 6 | | The debt incurred on any bonds issued under this subsection | 7 | | (p-35) shall not be considered indebtedness for purposes of any | 8 | | statutory debt limitation.
| 9 | | (p-40) In addition to all other authority to issue bonds, | 10 | | Mascoutah Community Unit District 19 may issue bonds with an | 11 | | aggregate principal amount not to exceed $55,000,000, but only | 12 | | if all of the following conditions are met: | 13 | | (1) The voters of the district approve a proposition | 14 | | for the bond issuance at a regular election held on or | 15 | | after November 4, 2008. | 16 | | (2) At the time of the sale of the bonds, the school | 17 | | board determines, by resolution, that (i) the building and | 18 | | equipping of a new high school building is required as a | 19 | | result of a projected increase in the enrollment of | 20 | | students in the district and the age and condition of the | 21 | | existing high school building, (ii) the existing high | 22 | | school building will be demolished, and (iii) the sale of | 23 | | bonds is authorized by statute that exempts the debt | 24 | | incurred on the bonds from the district's statutory debt | 25 | | limitation. | 26 | | (3) The bonds are issued, in one or more bond |
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| 1 | | issuances, on or before December 31, 2011, but the | 2 | | aggregate principal amount issued in all such bond | 3 | | issuances combined must not exceed $55,000,000. | 4 | | (4) The bonds are issued in accordance with this | 5 | | Article. | 6 | | (5) The proceeds of the bonds are used to accomplish | 7 | | only those projects approved by the voters at a regular | 8 | | election held on or after November 4, 2008. | 9 | | The debt incurred on any bonds issued under this subsection | 10 | | (p-40) shall not be considered indebtedness for purposes of any | 11 | | statutory debt limitation. | 12 | | (p-45) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of | 13 | | this Section or of any other law, bonds issued pursuant to | 14 | | Section 19-3.5 of this Code shall not be considered | 15 | | indebtedness for purposes of any statutory limitation if the | 16 | | bonds are issued in an amount or amounts, including existing | 17 | | indebtedness of the school district, not in excess of 18.5% of | 18 | | the value of the taxable property in the district to be | 19 | | ascertained by the last assessment for State and county taxes. | 20 | | (p-50) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of
| 21 | | this Section or of any other law, bonds issued pursuant to
| 22 | | Section 19-3.10 of this Code shall not be considered
| 23 | | indebtedness for purposes of any statutory limitation if the
| 24 | | bonds are issued in an amount or amounts, including existing
| 25 | | indebtedness of the school district, not in excess of 43% of
| 26 | | the value of the taxable property in the district to be
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| 1 | | ascertained by the last assessment for State and county taxes. | 2 | | (p-55) In addition to all other authority to issue bonds, | 3 | | Belle Valley School District 119 may issue bonds with an | 4 | | aggregate principal amount not to exceed $47,500,000, but only | 5 | | if all of the following conditions are met: | 6 | | (1) The voters of the district approve a proposition | 7 | | for the bond issuance at an election held on or after April | 8 | | 7, 2009. | 9 | | (2) Prior to the issuance of the bonds, the school | 10 | | board determines, by resolution, that (i) the building and | 11 | | equipping of a new school building is required as a result | 12 | | of mine subsidence in an existing school building and | 13 | | because of the age and condition of another existing school | 14 | | building and (ii) the issuance of bonds is authorized by | 15 | | statute that exempts the debt incurred on the bonds from | 16 | | the district's statutory debt limitation. | 17 | | (3) The bonds are issued, in one or more bond | 18 | | issuances, on or before March 31, 2014, but the aggregate | 19 | | principal amount issued in all such bond issuances combined | 20 | | must not exceed $47,500,000. | 21 | | (4) The bonds are issued in accordance with this | 22 | | Article. | 23 | | (5) The proceeds of the bonds are used to accomplish | 24 | | only those projects approved by the voters at an election | 25 | | held on or after April 7, 2009. | 26 | | The debt incurred on any bonds issued under this subsection |
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| 1 | | (p-55) shall not be considered indebtedness for purposes of any | 2 | | statutory debt limitation. Bonds issued under this subsection | 3 | | (p-55) must mature within not to exceed 30 years from their | 4 | | date, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary. | 5 | | (p-60) In addition to all other authority to issue bonds, | 6 | | Wilmington Community Unit School District Number 209-U may | 7 | | issue bonds with an aggregate principal amount not to exceed | 8 | | $2,285,000, but only if all of the following conditions are | 9 | | met: | 10 | | (1) The proceeds of the bonds are used to accomplish | 11 | | only those projects approved by the voters at the general | 12 | | primary election held on March 21, 2006. | 13 | | (2) Prior to the issuance of the bonds, the school | 14 | | board determines, by resolution, that (i) the projects | 15 | | approved by the voters were and are required because of the | 16 | | age and condition of the school district's prior and | 17 | | existing school buildings and (ii) the issuance of the | 18 | | bonds is authorized by legislation that exempts the debt | 19 | | incurred on the bonds from the district's statutory debt | 20 | | limitation. | 21 | | (3) The bonds are issued in one or more bond issuances | 22 | | on or before March 1, 2011, but the aggregate principal | 23 | | amount issued in all those bond issuances combined must not | 24 | | exceed $2,285,000. | 25 | | (4) The bonds are issued in accordance with this | 26 | | Article. |
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| 1 | | The debt incurred on any bonds issued under this subsection | 2 | | (p-60) shall not be considered indebtedness for purposes of any | 3 | | statutory debt limitation. | 4 | | (p-65) In addition to all other authority to issue bonds, | 5 | | West Washington County Community Unit School District 10 may | 6 | | issue bonds with an aggregate principal amount not to exceed | 7 | | $32,200,000 and maturing over a period not exceeding 25 years, | 8 | | but only if all of the following conditions are met: | 9 | | (1) The voters of the district approve a proposition | 10 | | for the bond issuance at an election held on or after | 11 | | February 2, 2010. | 12 | | (2) Prior to the issuance of the bonds, the school | 13 | | board determines, by resolution, that (A) all or a portion | 14 | | of the existing Okawville Junior/Senior High School | 15 | | Building will be demolished; (B) the building and equipping | 16 | | of a new school building to be attached to and the | 17 | | alteration, repair, and equipping of the remaining portion | 18 | | of the Okawville Junior/Senior High School Building is | 19 | | required because of the age and current condition of that | 20 | | school building; and (C) the issuance of bonds is | 21 | | authorized by a statute that exempts the debt incurred on | 22 | | the bonds from the district's statutory debt limitation. | 23 | | (3) The bonds are issued, in one or more bond | 24 | | issuances, on or before March 31, 2014, but the aggregate | 25 | | principal amount issued in all such bond issuances combined | 26 | | must not exceed $32,200,000. |
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| 1 | | (4) The bonds are issued in accordance with this | 2 | | Article. | 3 | | (5) The proceeds of the bonds are used to accomplish | 4 | | only those projects approved by the voters at an election | 5 | | held on or after February 2, 2010. | 6 | | The debt incurred on any bonds issued under this subsection | 7 | | (p-65) shall not be considered indebtedness for purposes of any | 8 | | statutory debt limitation. | 9 | | (p-70) In addition to all other authority to issue bonds, | 10 | | Cahokia Community Unit School District 187 may issue bonds with | 11 | | an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $50,000,000, but | 12 | | only if all the following conditions are met: | 13 | | (1) The voters of the district approve a proposition | 14 | | for the bond issuance at an election held on or after | 15 | | November 2, 2010. | 16 | | (2) Prior to the issuance of the bonds, the school | 17 | | board determines, by resolution, that (i) the building and | 18 | | equipping of a new school building is required as a result | 19 | | of the age and condition of an existing school building and | 20 | | (ii) the issuance of bonds is authorized by a statute that | 21 | | exempts the debt incurred on the bonds from the district's | 22 | | statutory debt limitation. | 23 | | (3) The bonds are issued, in one or more issuances, on | 24 | | or before July 1, 2016, but the aggregate principal amount | 25 | | issued in all such bond issuances combined must not exceed | 26 | | $50,000,000. |
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| 1 | | (4) The bonds are issued in accordance with this | 2 | | Article. | 3 | | (5) The proceeds of the bonds are used to accomplish | 4 | | only those projects approved by the voters at an election | 5 | | held on or after November 2, 2010. | 6 | | The debt incurred on any bonds issued under this subsection | 7 | | (p-70) shall not be considered indebtedness for purposes of any | 8 | | statutory debt limitation. Bonds issued under this subsection | 9 | | (p-70) must mature within not to exceed 25 years from their | 10 | | date, notwithstanding any other law, including Section 19-3 of | 11 | | this Code, to the contrary. | 12 | | (p-75) Notwithstanding the debt limitation prescribed in | 13 | | subsection (a) of this Section
or any other provisions of this | 14 | | Section or of any other law, the execution of leases on or
| 15 | | after January 1, 2007 and before July 1, 2011 by the Board of | 16 | | Education of Peoria School District 150 with a public building | 17 | | commission for leases entered into pursuant to the Public
| 18 | | Building Commission Act shall not be considered indebtedness | 19 | | for purposes of any
statutory debt limitation. | 20 | | This subsection (p-75) applies only if the State Board of | 21 | | Education or the Capital Development Board makes one or more | 22 | | grants to Peoria School District 150 pursuant to the School | 23 | | Construction Law. The amount exempted from the debt limitation | 24 | | as prescribed in this subsection (p-75) shall be no greater | 25 | | than the amount of one or more grants awarded to Peoria School | 26 | | District 150 by the State Board of Education or the Capital |
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| 1 | | Development Board. | 2 | | (p-80) In addition to all other authority to issue bonds, | 3 | | Ridgeland School District 122 may issue bonds with an aggregate | 4 | | principal amount not to exceed $50,000,000 for the purpose of | 5 | | refunding or continuing to refund bonds originally issued | 6 | | pursuant to voter approval at the general election held on | 7 | | November 7, 2000, and the debt incurred on any bonds issued | 8 | | under this subsection (p-80) shall not be considered | 9 | | indebtedness for purposes of any statutory debt limitation. | 10 | | Bonds issued under this subsection (p-80) may be issued in one | 11 | | or more issuances and must mature within not to exceed 25 years | 12 | | from their date, notwithstanding any other law, including | 13 | | Section 19-3 of this Code, to the contrary. | 14 | | (p-85) In addition to all other authority to issue bonds, | 15 | | Hall High School District 502 may issue bonds with an aggregate | 16 | | principal amount not to exceed $32,000,000, but only if all the | 17 | | following conditions are met: | 18 | | (1) The voters of the district approve a proposition
| 19 | | for the bond issuance at an election held on or after April | 20 | | 9, 2013. | 21 | | (2) Prior to the issuance of the bonds, the school
| 22 | | board determines, by resolution, that (i) the building and | 23 | | equipping of a new school building is required as a result | 24 | | of the age and condition of an existing school building, | 25 | | (ii) the existing school building should be demolished in | 26 | | its entirety or the existing school building should be |
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| 1 | | demolished except for the 1914 west wing of the building, | 2 | | and (iii) the issuance of bonds is authorized by a statute | 3 | | that exempts the debt incurred on the bonds from the | 4 | | district's statutory debt limitation. | 5 | | (3) The bonds are issued, in one or more issuances, not | 6 | | later than 5 years after the date of the referendum | 7 | | approving the issuance of the bonds, but the aggregate | 8 | | principal amount issued in all such bond issuances combined | 9 | | must not exceed $32,000,000. | 10 | | (4) The bonds are issued in accordance with this
| 11 | | Article. | 12 | | (5) The proceeds of the bonds are used to accomplish
| 13 | | only those projects approved by the voters at an election | 14 | | held on or after April 9, 2013. | 15 | | The debt incurred on any bonds issued under this subsection | 16 | | (p-85) shall not be considered indebtedness for purposes of any | 17 | | statutory debt limitation. Bonds issued under this subsection | 18 | | (p-85) must mature within not to exceed 30 years from their | 19 | | date, notwithstanding any other law, including Section 19-3 of | 20 | | this Code, to the contrary. | 21 | | (p-90) In addition to all other authority to issue bonds, | 22 | | Lebanon Community Unit School District 9 may issue bonds with | 23 | | an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $7,500,000, but | 24 | | only if all of the following conditions are met: | 25 | | (1) The voters of the district approved a proposition | 26 | | for the bond issuance at the general primary election on |
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| 1 | | February 2, 2010. | 2 | | (2) At or prior to the time of the sale of the bonds, | 3 | | the school board determines, by resolution, that (i) the | 4 | | building and equipping of a new elementary school building | 5 | | is required as a result of a projected increase in the | 6 | | enrollment of students in the district and the age and | 7 | | condition of the existing Lebanon Elementary School | 8 | | building, (ii) a portion of the existing Lebanon Elementary | 9 | | School building will be demolished and the remaining | 10 | | portion will be altered, repaired, and equipped, and (iii) | 11 | | the sale of bonds is authorized by a statute that exempts | 12 | | the debt incurred on the bonds from the district's | 13 | | statutory debt limitation. | 14 | | (3) The bonds are issued, in one or more bond | 15 | | issuances, on or before April 1, 2014, but the aggregate | 16 | | principal amount issued in all such bond issuances combined | 17 | | must not exceed $7,500,000. | 18 | | (4) The bonds are issued in accordance with this | 19 | | Article. | 20 | | (5) The proceeds of the bonds are used to accomplish | 21 | | only those projects approved by the voters at the general | 22 | | primary election held on February 2, 2010. | 23 | | The debt incurred on any bonds issued under this subsection | 24 | | (p-90) shall not be considered indebtedness for purposes of any | 25 | | statutory debt limitation. | 26 | | (p-95) In addition to all other authority to issue bonds, |
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| 1 | | Monticello Community Unit School District 25 may issue bonds | 2 | | with an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $35,000,000, | 3 | | but only if all of the following conditions are met: | 4 | | (1) The voters of the district approve a proposition | 5 | | for the bond issuance at an election held on or after | 6 | | November 4, 2014. | 7 | | (2) Prior to the issuance of the bonds, the school | 8 | | board determines, by resolution, that (i) the building and | 9 | | equipping of a new school building is required as a result | 10 | | of the age and condition of an existing school building and | 11 | | (ii) the issuance of bonds is authorized by a statute that | 12 | | exempts the debt incurred on the bonds from the district's | 13 | | statutory debt limitation. | 14 | | (3) The bonds are issued, in one or more issuances, on | 15 | | or before July 1, 2020, but the aggregate principal amount | 16 | | issued in all such bond issuances combined must not exceed | 17 | | $35,000,000. | 18 | | (4) The bonds are issued in accordance with this | 19 | | Article. | 20 | | (5) The proceeds of the bonds are used to accomplish | 21 | | only those projects approved by the voters at an election | 22 | | held on or after November 4, 2014. | 23 | | The debt incurred on any bonds issued under this subsection | 24 | | (p-95) shall not be considered indebtedness for purposes of any | 25 | | statutory debt limitation. Bonds issued under this subsection | 26 | | (p-95) must mature within not to exceed 25 years from their |
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| 1 | | date, notwithstanding any other law, including Section 19-3 of | 2 | | this Code, to the contrary. | 3 | | (p-100) (p-95) In addition to all other authority to issue | 4 | | bonds, the community unit school district created in the | 5 | | territory comprising Milford Community Consolidated School | 6 | | District 280 and Milford Township High School District 233, as | 7 | | approved at the general primary election held on March 18, | 8 | | 2014, may issue bonds with an aggregate principal amount not to | 9 | | exceed $17,500,000, but only if all the following conditions | 10 | | are met: | 11 | | (1) The voters of the district approve a proposition | 12 | | for the bond issuance at an election held on or after | 13 | | November 4, 2014. | 14 | | (2) Prior to the issuance of the bonds, the school | 15 | | board determines, by resolution, that (i) the building and | 16 | | equipping of a new school building is required as a result | 17 | | of the age and condition of an existing school building and | 18 | | (ii) the issuance of bonds is authorized by a statute that | 19 | | exempts the debt incurred on the bonds from the district's | 20 | | statutory debt limitation. | 21 | | (3) The bonds are issued, in one or more issuances, on | 22 | | or before July 1, 2020, but the aggregate principal amount | 23 | | issued in all such bond issuances combined must not exceed | 24 | | $17,500,000. | 25 | | (4) The bonds are issued in accordance with this | 26 | | Article. |
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| 1 | | (5) The proceeds of the bonds are used to accomplish | 2 | | only those projects approved by the voters at an election | 3 | | held on or after November 4, 2014. | 4 | | The debt incurred on any bonds issued under this subsection | 5 | | (p-100) (p-95) shall not be considered indebtedness for | 6 | | purposes of any statutory debt limitation. Bonds issued under | 7 | | this subsection (p-100) (p-95) must mature within not to exceed | 8 | | 25 years from their date, notwithstanding any other law, | 9 | | including Section 19-3 of this Code, to the contrary. | 10 | | (p-105) In addition to all other authority to issue bonds, | 11 | | Sandoval Community Unit School District 501 may issue bonds | 12 | | with an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $2,000,000, | 13 | | but only if all of the following conditions are met: | 14 | | (1) The voters of the district approved a proposition | 15 | | for the bond issuance at an election held on March 20, | 16 | | 2012. | 17 | | (2) Prior to the issuance of the bonds, the school | 18 | | board determines, by resolution, that (i) the building and | 19 | | equipping of a new school building is required because of | 20 | | the age and current condition of the Sandoval Elementary | 21 | | School building and (ii) the issuance of bonds is | 22 | | authorized by a statute that exempts the debt incurred on | 23 | | the bonds from the district's statutory debt limitation. | 24 | | (3) The bonds are issued, in one or more bond | 25 | | issuances, on or before March 19, 2017, but the aggregate | 26 | | principal amount issued in all such bond issuances combined |
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| 1 | | must not exceed $2,000,000. | 2 | | (4) The bonds are issued in accordance with this | 3 | | Article. | 4 | | (5) The proceeds of the bonds are used to accomplish | 5 | | only those projects approved by the voters at the election | 6 | | held on March 20, 2012. | 7 | | The debt incurred on any bonds issued under this subsection | 8 | | (p-105) shall not be considered indebtedness for purposes of | 9 | | any statutory debt limitation. | 10 | | (q) A school district must notify the State Board of | 11 | | Education prior to issuing any form of long-term or short-term | 12 | | debt that will result in outstanding debt that exceeds 75% of | 13 | | the debt limit specified in this Section or any other provision | 14 | | of law.
| 15 | | (Source: P.A. 97-333, eff. 8-12-11; 97-834, eff. 7-20-12; | 16 | | 97-1146, eff. 1-18-13; 98-617, eff. 1-7-14; 98-912, eff. | 17 | | 8-15-14; 98-916, eff. 8-15-14; revised 10-1-14.)".
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