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30 ILCS 305/1

(30 ILCS 305/1) (from Ch. 17, par. 6601)

Sec. 1.

(a) As used in this Act "public corporations" mean any body corporate
organized by or pursuant to the laws of this State to carry out a public
governmental or proprietary function, including, without limitation of the
foregoing, the state, any school district, park district, city, village,
incorporated town, county, drainage or any other type of district,
commission, authority, university, public community college or any combination thereof,
acting through the corporate authorities thereof.

(b) "Bonds" or "other evidences of indebtedness" mean any instrument
providing for the payment of money executed by or on behalf of a public
corporation or which the public corporation has assumed or agreed to pay,
including, without limitation of the foregoing, bonds, notes, contracts,
leases, certificates and tax anticipation warrants.

(Source: P.A. 82-622.)