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90_HB0956

      20 ILCS 3105/1A-3         from Ch. 127, par. 783.3
      30 ILCS 330/2             from Ch. 127, par. 652
      30 ILCS 330/5             from Ch. 127, par. 655
          Amends the Capital Development Board Act by changing  the
      grant  index  applicable  to  grants  to school districts for
      school construction projects to an enrollment  based  formula
      from a weighted average daily attendance based formula.  Also
      amends  the  General  Obligation  Bond  Act  to  increase the
      State's bonding authority by $1,000,000,000, earmarking  that
      increase   exclusively   for   specified   types   of  school
      construction  projects  over  a  10-year  period.   Effective
      immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT  relating  to  bonds  for  school   construction,
 2    amending named Acts.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Capital Development Board Act is  amended
 6    by changing Section 1A-3 as follows:
 7        (20 ILCS 3105/1A-3) (from Ch. 127, par. 783.3)
 8        Sec.  1A-3.  The  Grant  Index for any school district is
 9    equal to one minus the  ratio  of  the  district's  equalized
10    assessed  valuation  per  enrolled  pupil in weighted average
11    daily attendance to  the  equalized  assessed  valuation  per
12    enrolled  pupil  in  weighted average daily attendance of the
13    district  located  at  the  ninetieth  percentile   for   all
14    districts  of  the  same type. The Grant Index for any school
15    district shall be no less than 0.30 .20 and no  greater  than
16    0.90  .70.  The product of the district's Grant Index and the
17    Recognized Project Cost, as determined by the Board,  for  an
18    approved  school  construction  project equals the amount the
19    Board shall expend on behalf of the district;  however,  that
20    amount   for  the  purpose  of  a  special  education  school
21    construction project  shall  be  reduced  by  the  amount  of
22    unexpended   State   reimbursement   received  under  Section
23    14-13.02 of the School Code.  The Grant Index  shall  not  be
24    used in cases where the General Assembly and Governor approve
25    appropriations  designated for specifically identified school
26    district construction projects.
27    (Source: P.A. 87-184.)
28        Section 10.  The General Obligation Bond Act  is  amended
29    by changing Sections 2 and 5 as follows:
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 1        (30 ILCS 330/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 652)
 2        Sec.  2.  Authorization for Bonds.  The State of Illinois
 3    is authorized to issue, sell and provide for  the  retirement
 4    of  General  Obligation Bonds of the State of Illinois in the
 5    total amount of $9,805,508,392 $8,805,508,392  herein  called
 6    "Bonds".
 7        Of  the  total  amount  of  bonds authorized above, up to
 8    $2,200,000,000 in aggregate original principal amount may  be
 9    issued  and sold in accordance with the Baccalaureate Savings
10    Act in the form of General Obligation College Savings Bonds.
11        Of the total amount of  bonds  authorized  above,  up  to
12    $300,000,000  in  aggregate  original principal amount may be
13    issued and sold in accordance with the Retirement Savings Act
14    in the form of General Obligation Retirement Savings Bonds.
15        The issuance and sale of Bonds pursuant  to  the  General
16    Obligation  Bond Act is an economical and efficient method of
17    financing the capital needs of  the  State.   This  Act  will
18    permit  the  issuance  of  a multi-purpose General Obligation
19    Bond with uniform terms and features.   This  will  not  only
20    lower  the  cost  of registration but also reduce the overall
21    cost of  issuing  debt  by  improving  the  marketability  of
22    Illinois General Obligation Bonds.
23        Bonds  shall  be  issued  for the categories and specific
24    purposes expressed in Sections 2 through 8 and Section 16  of
25    this Act.
26    (Source: P.A. 90-1, eff. 2-20-97.)
27        (30 ILCS 330/5) (from Ch. 127, par. 655)
28        Sec.   5.    School   Construction.  (a)  The  amount  of
29    $58,450,000 is authorized to  make  grants  to  local  school
30    districts  for  the  acquisition,  development, construction,
31    reconstruction,   rehabilitation,   improvement,   financing,
32    architectural   planning   and   installation   of    capital
33    facilities,  including  but not limited to those required for
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 1    special education building projects provided for  in  Article
 2    14  of  the School Code, consisting of buildings, structures,
 3    and  durable  equipment,  and   for   the   acquisition   and
 4    improvement  of  real property and interests in real property
 5    required,  or  expected  to  be   required,   in   connection
 6    therewith.
 7        The additional $1,000,000,000 bond authorization added by
 8    this  amendatory Act of 1997 shall be used for grants for the
 9    purposes authorized by this subsection, using the Grant Index
10    of Section 1A-3 of the Capital Development  Board  Act.   The
11    bonds shall be issued over a 10-year period in amounts not to
12    exceed  the  following  for  each year of the 10-year period,
13    provided that bonds authorized but not issued in  an  earlier
14    year may be issued in any later year:
15             Year                        Amount
16                1                   $50,000,000
17                2                   $75,000,000
18                3                  $100,000,000
19                4                  $125,000,000
20                5                  $125,000,000
21                6                  $125,000,000
22             7-10                  $100,000,000 each such year
23        The  State Board of Education shall develop standards for
24    the determination of priority needs.
25        (b)  $22,550,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary,
26    for grants to school districts for the  making  of  principal
27    and  interest  payments, required to be made, on bonds issued
28    by such school districts after January 1, 1969,  pursuant  to
29    any  indenture,  ordinance, resolution, agreement or contract
30    to  provide   funds   for   the   acquisition,   development,
31    construction,  reconstruction,  rehabilitation,  improvement,
32    architectural planning and installation of capital facilities
33    consisting  of  buildings,  structures, durable equipment and
34    land for educational purposes or for lease payments  required
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 1    to  be  made  by a school district for principal and interest
 2    payments on bonds issued  by  a  Public  Building  Commission
 3    after January 1, 1969.
 4        (c)  $10,000,000  for  grants to school districts for the
 5    acquisition,   development,   construction,   reconstruction,
 6    rehabilitation,  improvement,  architectural   planning   and
 7    installation  of  capital  facilities consisting of buildings
 8    structures, durable equipment and land for special  education
 9    building projects.
10        (d)  $9,000,000  for  grants  to school districts for the
11    reconstruction, rehabilitation,  improvement,  financing  and
12    architectural   planning  of  capital  facilities,  including
13    construction at another  location  to  replace  such  capital
14    facilities,  consisting  of those public school buildings and
15    temporary school facilities which, prior to January 1,  1984,
16    were  condemned  by the regional superintendent under Section
17    3-14.22 of The School Code or by any  State  official  having
18    jurisdiction over building safety.
19    (Source: P.A. 84-1227.)
20        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
21    becoming a law.

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