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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Act
5is amended by changing Sections 9.6a and 56 as follows:
 
6    (70 ILCS 2605/9.6a)  (from Ch. 42, par. 328.6a)
7    Sec. 9.6a. Bonds for sewage treatment, and water quality,
8and facility improvements. The corporate authorities of a
9sanitary district, in order to provide funds required for the
10replacing, remodeling, completing, altering, constructing and
11enlarging of sewage treatment works, administrative buildings,
12water quality improvement projects, renewable energy or flood
13control facilities, and additions therefor, pumping stations,
14tunnels, conduits, intercepting sewers and outlet sewers,
15together with the equipment, including air pollution
16equipment, and appurtenances thereto, to acquire property,
17real, personal or mixed, necessary for said purposes, for
18costs and expenses for the acquisition of the sites and
19rights-of-way necessary thereto, and for engineering expenses
20for designing and supervising the construction of such works,
21may issue on or before December 31, 2034, in addition to all
22other obligations heretofore or herein authorized, bonds,
23notes or other evidences of indebtedness for such purposes in

 

 

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1an aggregate amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed
23.35% of the equalized assessed valuation of all taxable
3property within the sanitary district, to be ascertained by
4the last assessment for State and local taxes previous to the
5issuance of any such obligations. Such obligations shall be
6issued without submitting the question of such issuance to the
7legal voters of such sanitary district for approval.
8    The corporate authorities may sell such obligations at
9private or public sale and enter into any contract or
10agreement necessary, appropriate or incidental to the exercise
11of the powers granted by this Act, including, without
12limitation, contracts or agreements for the sale and purchase
13of such obligations and the payment of costs and expenses
14incident thereto. The corporate authorities may pay such costs
15and expenses, in whole or in part, from the corporate fund.
16    Such obligations shall be issued from time to time only in
17amounts as may be required for such purposes but the amount of
18such obligations issued during any one budget year shall not
19exceed $150,000,000 plus the amount of any obligations
20authorized by this Act to be issued during the 3 budget years
21next preceding the year of issuance but which were not issued,
22provided, however, that this limitation shall not be
23applicable (i) to the issuance of obligations to refund bonds,
24notes or other evidences of indebtedness, (ii) to obligations
25issued to provide for the repayment of money received from the
26Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund for the construction or

 

 

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1repair of wastewater treatment works, and (iii) to obligations
2issued as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
3of 2009, issued prior to January 1, 2011, that are commonly
4known as "Build America Bonds" as authorized by Section 54AA
5of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each
6ordinance authorizing the issuance of the obligations shall
7state the general purpose or purposes for which they are to be
8issued, and the corporate authorities may at any time
9thereafter pass supplemental appropriations ordinances
10appropriating the proceeds from the sale of such obligations
11for such purposes.
12    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 9.6 or
13this Section, and in addition to any other amount of bonds
14authorized to be issued under this Act, the corporate
15authorities are authorized to issue from time to time bonds of
16the district in a principal amount not to exceed $600,000,000
17for the purpose of making contributions to the pension fund
18established under Article 13 of the Illinois Pension Code
19without submitting the question of issuing bonds to the voters
20of the District. Any bond issuances under this paragraph are
21intended to decrease the unfunded liability of the pension
22fund and shall not decrease the amount of the employer
23contributions required in any given year under Section 13-503
24of the Illinois Pension Code.
25    The corporate authorities may issue bonds, notes or other
26evidences of indebtedness in an amount necessary to provide

 

 

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1funds to refund outstanding obligations issued pursuant to
2this Section, including interest accrued or to accrue thereon.
3(Source: P.A. 101-302, eff. 1-1-20; 102-707, eff. 4-22-22.)
 
4    (70 ILCS 2605/56)
5    Sec. 56. Resource recovery.
6    (a) The General Assembly finds that:
7        (1) technological advancements in wastewater treatment
8    have resulted in the ability to capture recovered
9    resources and produce renewable energy resources from
10    material previously discarded;
11        (2) the capture and beneficial reuse of recovered
12    resources and the production of renewable energy resources
13    serves a wide variety of environmental benefits including,
14    but not limited to, improved water quality, reduction of
15    greenhouse gases, reduction of carbon footprint, reduction
16    of landfill usage, reduced usage of hydrocarbon-based
17    fuels, return of nutrients to the food cycle, and reduced
18    water consumption;
19        (3) the district is a leader in the field of
20    wastewater treatment and possesses the expertise and
21    experience necessary to capture and beneficially reuse or
22    prepare for beneficial reuse recovered resources,
23    including renewable energy resources; and
24        (4) the district has the opportunity and ability to
25    change the approach to wastewater treatment from that of a

 

 

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1    waste material to be disposed of to one of a collection of
2    resources to be recovered, reused, and sold, with the
3    opportunity to provide the district with additional
4    sources of revenue and reduce operating costs.
5    (b) As used in this Section:
6    "Recovered resources" means any material produced by or
7extracted from (i) the operation of district facilities or
8(ii) the use of district-owned real estate. "Recovered
9resources" includes, without limitation , including, but not
10limited to:
11        (1) solids, including solids from the digestion
12    process, semi-solids, or liquid materials;
13        (2) gases, including biogas, carbon dioxide, and
14    methane;
15        (3) nutrients;
16        (4) algae;
17        (5) treated effluent; and
18        (6) thermal energy or hydropower; and .
19        (7) solar or wind energy.
20    "Renewable energy facility" shall have the same meaning as
21a facility defined under Section 5 of the Renewable Energy
22Production District Act.
23    "Renewable energy resources" means resources as defined
24under Section 1-10 of the Illinois Power Agency Act.
25    "Resource recovery" means the recovery of material or
26energy from waste as defined under Section 3.435 of the

 

 

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1Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Act.
2    (c) The district may sell or otherwise dispose of
3recovered resources or renewable energy resources resulting
4from the operation of district facilities or resulting from
5the use of district-owned real estate, and it may construct,
6maintain, finance, and operate such activities, facilities,
7and other works as are necessary for that purpose.
8    (d) The district may take in materials which are used in
9the generation of usable products from recovered resources, or
10which increase the production of renewable energy resources,
11including, but not limited to food waste, organic fraction of
12solid waste, commercial or industrial organic wastes, fats,
13oils, and greases, and vegetable debris.
14    (e) The authorizations granted to the district under this
15Section shall not be construed as modifying or limiting any
16other law or regulation. Any actions taken pursuant to the
17authorities granted in this Section must be in compliance with
18all applicable laws and regulations, including, but not
19limited to, the Environmental Protection Act, and rules
20adopted under that Act.
21(Source: P.A. 98-731, eff. 7-16-14.)
 
22    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23becoming law.