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90_HB3406eng 50 ILCS 425/12 new Amends the Revenue Anticipation Act. Provides that if anticipated revenues under the Act are proceeds or receipts of a loan or grant, or both, from a federal agency in connection with waterworks or wastewater facilities, or both, and related facilities, improvements, and costs, and reasonable provision has been made for the payment of interest on the notes when due while the notes are outstanding; (i) the requirement in the Act for a filing with the County Clerk shall not apply, (ii) the 12-month limit on the due date of the notes in the Act shall be 18 months, and (iii) the 85% limitation on the anticipatory revenues in the Act shall be 100%. LRB9009735KDpc HB3406 Engrossed LRB9009735KDpc 1 AN ACT in relation to government moneys. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 3. The Rural Bond Bank Act is amended by 5 changing Sections 1-3 and 3-3 as follows: 6 (30 ILCS 360/1-3) (from Ch. 17, par. 7201-3) 7 Sec. 1-3. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the 8 context otherwise indicates: 9 (a) "Bank" or "Bond Bank" means the Illinois Rural Bond 10 Bank created by Section 2-1. 11 (b) "Bondholder" or "holder" or "noteholder" or any 12 similar term when used with reference to a bond or note of 13 the Bank means any person who is the bearer of any 14 outstanding bond or note of the Bank registered to bearer or 15 not registered, or the registered owner of any outstanding 16 bond of the Bank which at the time is registered other than 17 to bearer. 18 (c) "Bonds" means bonds of the Bank issued under this 19 Act. 20 (d) "Fully marketable form" means a local governmental 21 security duly executed and accompanied by an approving legal 22 opinion of a bond counsel of recognized standing in the field 23 of local governmental law whose opinions are generally 24 accepted by purchasers of local governmental bonds. The local 25 governmental security so executed need not be printed or 26 lithographed nor be in more than one denomination. 27 (e) "General fund" means the fund established as 28 provided in Section 3-7. 29 (f) "Governmental unit" means any rural county; or any 30 municipality, excluding any home rule municipality in a 31 county contiguous with a county having a population in excess HB3406 Engrossed -2- LRB9009735KDpc 1 of 3,000,000 or any home rule municipality in a county with a 2 population of 3,000,000 or greater, or township having a 3 population less than 25,000, school district, community 4 college district, special district, municipal corporation, 5 public corporation, any other local governmental body, any 6 other local public entity as defined in the Local 7 Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act, or 8 other unit designated as a rural unit of local government by 9 the Governor's Executive Order creating the Rural Fair Share 10 Initiative, located in a rural county or having a majority of 11 the territory within its corporate boundaries and at least 12 90% of its population located in a rural county. 13 (g) "Local governmental security" means a bond or note 14 or evidence of debt issued by a governmental unit and payable 15 from taxes or from rates, charges or assessments. 16 (h) "Notes" means any notes of the Bank issued under 17 this Act. 18 (i) "Required debt service reserve" means the amount 19 required to be on deposit in the reserve fund as prescribed 20 by Section 3-6. 21 (j) "Reserve fund" means the Rural Bond Bank Reserve 22 Fund established as provided in Section 3-6. 23 (k) "Revenues" means all fees, charges, moneys, profits, 24 payments of principal of or interest on local governmental 25 securities and other investments, gifts, grants, 26 contributions, appropriations and all other income derived or 27 to be derived by the Bank under this Act. 28 (l) "Rural county" means any countyother than a county29having a population in excess of 3,000,000. 30 (Source: P.A. 89-211, eff. 8-3-95.) 31 (30 ILCS 360/3-3) (from Ch. 17, par. 7203-3) 32 Sec. 3-3. Bonds and notes of the Bank. 33 (a) The Bank may issue its bonds and notes from time to HB3406 Engrossed -3- LRB9009735KDpc 1 time in any principal amounts that it considers necessary to 2 provide funds for any of the purposes authorized by this Act, 3 including: 4 (1) the making of loans; 5 (2) the payment, funding or refunding of the 6 principal of, or interest or redemption premiums on, any 7 bonds issued by the Bank, whether the bonds or interest 8 to be funded or refunded have or have not become due or 9 subject to redemption before maturity in accordance with 10 their terms; 11 (3) the establishment or increase of reserves to 12 secure or to pay bonds or interest on the bonds; and 13 (4) all other costs or expenses of the Bank 14 incident to and necessary or convenient to carry out its 15 corporate purposes and powers. 16 (b) Except as expressly provided otherwise in this Act 17 or by the Bank, every issue of bonds shall be general 18 obligations of the Bank payable out of any revenues or funds 19 of the Bank, subject only to any agreements with the holders 20 of particular bonds pledging any particular revenues or 21 funds. General obligation bonds may be additionally secured 22 by a pledge of any grants, subsidies, contributions, funds or 23 money from the federal government, the State, any 24 governmental unit, any person or a pledge of any income or 25 revenues, funds or money of the Bank from any source. 26 Not less than 30 days prior to the commitment to issue 27 its bonds, or the making of loans or the purchasing of 28 securities for the purpose of financing residential 29 properties or related improvements, the Bank shall provide 30 notice to the Executive Director of the Illinois Housing 31 Development Authority. Within 30 days after notice is 32 provided, the Illinois Housing Development Authority shall 33 either in writing express interest in financing the 34 residential property or related improvements or notify the HB3406 Engrossed -4- LRB9009735KDpc 1 Bank that it is not interested in providing such financing 2 and the Bank may finance it or seek alternative financing. 3 (c)(1) The Bank may issue its notes for any 4 corporate purpose of the Bank from time to time, in any 5 principal amounts that it considers necessary, and may 6 renew or pay and retire or refund the notes from the 7 proceeds of bonds or of other notes, or from any other 8 funds or money of the Bank available or to be made 9 available for that purpose in accordance with any 10 contract between the Bank and the noteholders, not 11 otherwise pledged. The notes shall be issued in the same 12 manner as bonds. The notes and the resolution or 13 resolutions authorizing the notes may contain any 14 provisions, conditions or limitations which the bonds or 15 a bond resolution of the Bank may contain. 16 (2) Unless provided otherwise in any contract 17 between the Bank and the noteholders, and unless the 18 notes have been otherwise paid, funded or refunded, the 19 proceeds of any bonds of the Bank issued, among other 20 things, to fund such outstanding notes, shall be held, 21 used and applied by the Bank to the payment and 22 retirement of the principal of these notes and the 23 interest due and payable on the notes. 24 (3) The Bank may make contracts for the future sale 25 from time to time of the notes under which the purchaser 26 is committed to purchase the notes from time to time on 27 terms and conditions stated in the contracts. The Bank 28 may pay any consideration that it determines proper for 29 these commitments. 30 (d) Whether or not the bonds or notes of the Bank are of 31 such form and character as to be negotiable instruments under 32 Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code, the bonds and notes 33 shall be and are made negotiable instruments within the 34 meaning of and for all the purposes of the Uniform Commercial HB3406 Engrossed -5- LRB9009735KDpc 1 Code, subject only to the provisions of the bonds and notes 2 for registration. 3 (e) Bonds or notes of the Bank shall be authorized by 4 resolution of the Bank and may be issued in one or more 5 series. The resolution or resolutions may provide: 6 (1) the date or dates the bonds or notes will bear; 7 (2) the time or times the bonds or notes will 8 mature; 9 (3) the rate or rates of interest per year the 10 bonds or notes will bear; 11 (4) the denomination or denominations of the bonds 12 or notes; 13 (5) the form of the bonds or notes, either coupon 14 or registered; 15 (6) the conversion or registration privileges 16 carried by the bonds or notes; 17 (7) the rank or priority of the bonds or notes; 18 (8) the manner of execution of the bonds or notes; 19 (9) the sources, medium and place or places, within 20 or outside this State, of payment; and 21 (10) the terms of redemption of the bonds or notes, 22 with or without premium. 23 (f) Bonds or notes of the Bank may be sold at public or 24 private sale at the time or times and at the price or prices 25 determined by the Bank. 26 (g) Upon approval of the Governor, except as otherwise 27 provided herein, bonds or notes of the Bank may be issued 28 under this Act without obtaining the consent of any other 29 department, division, commission, board, bureau or agency of 30 the State, and without any other proceeding or the happening 31 of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, 32 conditions or things which are specifically required by this 33 Act. Approval of the Governor is not required for issuances 34 of bonds or notes as to which the Bank has determined that HB3406 Engrossed -6- LRB9009735KDpc 1 subsection (c) of Section 2-6 shall not apply. 2 (h) The Bank may from time to time issue its notes as 3 provided in this Act and pay and retire or fund or refund 4 those notes from proceeds of bonds or of other notes, or from 5 any other funds or money of the Bank available or to be made 6 available for those purposes in accordance with any contract 7 between the Bank and the noteholders. Unless provided 8 otherwise in any contract between the Bank and the holders of 9 notes, and unless the notes have been otherwise paid, funded 10 or refunded, the proceeds of any bonds of the Bank issued, 11 among other things, to fund those outstanding notes, shall be 12 held, used and applied by the Bank to the payments and 13 retirement of the principal of the notes and the interest due 14 and payable on the notes. 15 (i) The total aggregate original principal amount of all 16 bonds and notes issued by the Bank shall not exceed 17 $200,000,000$150,000,000. No more than $50,000,000 18$25,000,000in aggregate original principal amount of all 19 bonds and notes issued by the Bank shall be used to purchase 20 local governmental securities issued by governmental units 21 located in a county having a population in excess of 22 3,000,000 or in a County contiguous with a county having a 23 population in excess of 3,000,000. 24 The bonds and notes issued by the Bank may bear interest 25 at such rate or rates not exceeding the maximum rate 26 permitted by the Bond Authorization Act. 27 (j) The State of Illinois pledges to and agrees with the 28 holders of the bonds and notes of the Bank issued pursuant to 29 this Act that the State will not limit or alter the rights 30 and powers vested in the Bank by this Act so as to impair the 31 terms of any contract made by the Bank with those holders or 32 in any way impair the rights and remedies of those holders 33 until those bonds and notes, together with interest thereon, 34 with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all HB3406 Engrossed -7- LRB9009735KDpc 1 costs and expenses in connection with any action or 2 proceedings by or on behalf of such holders, are fully met 3 and discharged. In addition, the State pledges to and agrees 4 with the holders of the bonds and notes of the Bank issued 5 pursuant to this Act that the State will not limit or alter 6 the basis on which State funds are to be paid to the Bank as 7 provided in this Act, or the use of such funds, so as to 8 impair the terms of any such contract. The Bank is authorized 9 to include these pledges and agreements of the State in any 10 contract with the holders of bonds or notes issued pursuant 11 to this Act. 12 (Source: P.A. 89-211, eff. 8-3-95.) 13 Section 5. The Revenue Anticipation Act is amended by 14 adding Section 12 as follows: 15 (50 ILCS 425/12 new) 16 Sec. 12. Anticipation of certain federal revenues. In 17 the event the anticipated revenues under this Act are 18 proceeds or receipts of a loan or grant, or both, from a 19 federal agency in connection with waterworks or wastewater 20 facilities, or both, and related facilities, improvements, 21 and costs, and reasonable provision has been made for the 22 payment of interest on the notes when due while the notes are 23 outstanding; (i) the requirement in Section 2 of this Act for 24 a filing with the County Clerk shall not apply, (ii) the 12 25 month limit on the due date of the notes in Section 3 shall 26 be 18 months, and (iii) the 85% limitation on the 27 anticipatory revenues in Section 7 of this Act shall be 100%. 28 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on 29 July 1, 1998.