Public Act 098-0525
 
SB1430 EnrolledLRB098 08560 OMW 38674 b

    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section
5-1134 as follows:
 
    (55 ILCS 5/5-1134 new)
    Sec. 5-1134. Borrowing from financial institutions. The
county board of a county may borrow money for any corporate
purpose from any bank or other financial institution provided
such money shall be repaid within 2 years from the time the
money is borrowed. The county board chairman or county
executive, as the case may be, shall execute a promissory note
or similar debt instrument, but not a bond, to evidence the
indebtedness incurred by the borrowing. The obligation to make
the payments due under the promissory note or other debt
instrument shall be a lawful direct general obligation of the
county payable from the general funds of the county and such
other sources of payment as are otherwise lawfully available.
The promissory note or other debt instrument shall be
authorized by an ordinance passed by the county board and shall
be valid whether or not an appropriation with respect to that
ordinance is included in any annual or supplemental
appropriation adopted by the county board. The indebtedness
incurred under this Section, when aggregated with the existing
indebtedness of the county, may not exceed any debt limitation
otherwise provided for by law. "Financial institution" means
any bank subject to the Illinois Banking Act, any savings and
loan association subject to the Illinois Savings and Loan Act
of 1985, any savings bank subject to the Savings Bank Act, any
credit union subject to the Illinois Credit Union Act, and any
federally chartered commercial bank, savings and loan
association, savings bank, or credit union organized and
operated in this State pursuant to the laws of the United
States.
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.