(55 ILCS 5/6-12003) (from Ch. 34, par. 6-12003)
Sec. 6-12003.
Issuance of bonds; maturity.
All bonds
issued under the provisions of this Division shall be signed
in the name of the county by the chairman of the county board and shall be
countersigned by the county clerk and shall have the seal of the county
attached thereto. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times as is fixed
by said county board provided that all of such bonds shall mature within 20
years from their date and bear interest at not to exceed the maximum rate
authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the
making of the contract, payable annually or semi-annually, and may be sold
as the county board may direct at not less than par and accrued interest,
and the proceeds derived from the sale thereof shall be used solely and
only for the payment of such claims, or the bonds may be exchanged par for
par for such claims, such bonds may be delivered from time to time or all
at one time.
With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under this
Section or its predecessor either before, on, or after the effective date
of Public Act 86-4, it is and always has been the intention of the General
Assembly (i) that the Omnibus Bond Acts are and always have been
supplementary grants of power to issue instruments in accordance with the
Omnibus Bond Acts, regardless of any provision of this Division or "An Act
to authorize any county having a population of less than 5,000 to issue
funding bonds and to provide for the validation of claims to
be paid by or
from the proceeds of such bonds, and to provide for a tax to pay the
principal and interest of said bonds", approved August 15, 1961, that may
appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts, (ii) that
the provisions of this Section or its predecessor are not a limitation on
the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts, and (iii)
that instruments issued under this Section or its predecessor within the
supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts are not invalid
because of any provision of this Division or "An Act to authorize any
county having a population of less than 5,000 to issue funding bonds and to
provide for the validation of claims to be paid by or from the proceeds of
such bonds, and to provide for a tax to pay the principal and interest of
said bonds", approved August 15, 1961, that may appear to be or to have
been more restrictive than those Acts.
(Source: P.A. 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
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