(30 ILCS 310/3) (from Ch. 17, par. 6653)

Sec. 3. Findings. (a) The Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 requires that certain obligations issued by a state or political subdivision thereof, in order for the interest thereon to be exempt from federal income taxes, be issued in registered form; and

(b) It is in the best interests of the citizens of this State that bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of public corporations be issuable in registered form to be sold at the lowest interest rate possible; and

(c) Various statutes pertaining to the issuance of bonds require or expressly provide only for the issuance of bonds in negotiable coupon form or other form not qualifying as registered form, and it is necessary to grant supplemental authority to issue such bonds in registered form.

(Source: P.A. 82-1059.)