(310 ILCS 10/8.16) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 8.16)
    Sec. 8.16. A Housing Authority may, subject to written approval from the Department, borrow money or other property and accept contributions, capital grants, gifts, donations, services or other financial assistance from the United States of America, the Housing and Home Finance Agency, or any other agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise of the United States of America, the State, or any municipality, county or other public body, or from any source, public or private, for or in aid of any of the purposes of a conservation plan in a conservation area contemplated or undertaken by it, and to these ends, subject to written approval from the Department, comply with such conditions and enter into such agreements (including loan contracts and contracts for financial aid), upon such covenants, terms and conditions as it may deem necessary, convenient or desirable.
    The Authority subject to written approval from the Department may issue debentures, notes, special certificates or other evidences of indebtedness, including refunding notes or other obligations issued for the purpose of paying or retiring or in exchange for notes or other obligations previously issued by it to the United States of America, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, the State, or any county, municipality or other public body or to any other sources, public or private, in order to secure loans for or in aid of the purpose of a conservation plan in a conservation area contemplated or undertaken by it: provided, that any debentures, notes, special certificates, or other evidences of indebtedness, issued to the United States of America, or any agency or instrumentality thereof, the State, or any county, municipality, or other public body, or to any other sources, public or private, shall be payable solely out of proceeds from the sale of real property acquired for a conservation plan in a conservation area undertaken by it or out of any revenue from the operation and management, or demolition, of existing housing or other buildings or improvements located on any real property acquired by the Authority pursuant to a conservation plan in a conservation area pursuant to this Act, or out of capital grants which the Authority may receive from the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or out of any local grant-in-aid as defined in Section 110 of the Act of Congress, approved July 15, 1949, being Public Law 171, 81st Congress, known as the "Housing Act of 1949," as amended, which a municipality, county, commission, district authority or other subdivision or public body of the State or any other entity may make in connection with the implementation of a conservation plan for a conservation area as defined in this Act.
    Neither the Commissioners of the Authority nor any person executing such evidences of indebtedness, nor the members of the Department, shall be liable personally thereon by reason of the issuance thereof. Such evidences of indebtedness (and the same shall so state on their face) shall not be payable out of any funds or properties of the Authority other than those enumerated in this Section: Such obligations shall not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or restriction.
(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)