30 ILCS 345/ Illinois Private Activity Bond Allocation Act.

(30 ILCS 345/1) (from Ch. 17, par. 6851)

Sec. 1. Short title. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Illinois Private Activity Bond Allocation Act".

(Source: P.A. 84-952.)

(30 ILCS 345/2) (from Ch. 17, par. 6852)

Sec. 2. Public policy. The General Assembly has determined that the federal government has imposed certain restrictions on the aggregate amount of private activity bonds, the interest on which is not included in federal gross income for purposes of federal income tax, which may be issued by the State, its agencies, instrumentalities and local governments, including home rule and non-home rule governments. It is necessary for the State to establish procedures in order to achieve marketability and to ensure the equitable issuance of such bonds. It is declared to be the purpose of this Act to establish the compliance provisions for the State and units of local government in the issuance of such private activity bonds.

(Source: P.A. 85-1141.)

(30 ILCS 345/3) (from Ch. 17, par. 6853)

Sec. 3. Definitions. (a) "Code" means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as now or hereafter amended.

(b) "Official action" means a resolution or ordinance authorizing the issuance or taking similar official action with respect to the issuance of private activity bonds.

(c) "Private activity bond" means (1) that term as defined in Section 141(a) of the Code, as a bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness, but only to the extent such bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness is subject to the volume cap described in Section 146 of the Code or (2) any bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness, but only to the extent such bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness is subject to the volume cap described in Section 146 of the Code.

(d) "State agency" means any State agency, commission, board, authority, or body politic and corporate of the State authorized by law to issue private activity bonds, other than a unit of local government or a home rule unit.

(e) "Unit of local government" means a municipality or county, other than a home rule unit.

(f) "Governor's office" shall mean any person or entity the Governor shall designate as the person or entity charged with the authority to allocate private activity bonds within the State volume cap limits among all the political subdivisions of the State.

(g) "Guidelines and Procedures" shall mean the written procedures issued by the Governor's Office under this Act, which shall govern and control the administration of the allocation process in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

(h) "Volume cap" means the total aggregate amount of private activity bonds that the State and its State agencies, units of local government and home rule units may issue in any calendar year under Section 146 of the Code, excluding any private activity bonds which may be issued pursuant to a valid carry-forward election under Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, or Section 146 of the Code.

(i) "State Agency Pool" shall be 50% of the volume cap as reduced by the aggregate share of volume cap for all home rule units as determined under Section 146 of the Code.

(j) "Local Government Pool" shall be 50% of the volume cap as reduced by the aggregate share of volume cap for all home rule units as determined under Section 146 of the Code.

(k) "Home rule unit" means a county or municipality which is a home rule unit as provided in Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970.

(Source: P.A. 86-40.)

(30 ILCS 345/4) (from Ch. 17, par. 6854)

Sec. 4. State agency allocation. (a) The Governor's office may allocate volume cap among the State and the State agencies from the State Agency Pool for private activity bonds issued by the State and the State agencies under Section 146 of the Code.

(b) The State or any State agency which proposes to issue private activity bonds shall, prior to issuance, provide written notice to the Governor's office, and shall request approval of such bond issue from the Governor's office pursuant to the Guidelines and Procedures.

(c) Subject to compliance with all the requirements stated herein and to the extent the State Agency Pool is not exceeded, requests for allocation of volume cap shall be processed in the order in which they are received by the Governor's office.

(d) The State or a State agency which has received an allocation of volume cap from the Governor's Office under this Act may issue private activity bonds within such limit during the balance of the calendar year.

(e) The State or a State agency which has received an allocation of volume cap from the Governor's office may issue private activity bonds during a subsequent calendar year or years pursuant to a valid carry-forward election under Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, or Section 146(f) of the Code.

(Source: P.A. 85-1141.)

(30 ILCS 345/5) (from Ch. 17, par. 6855)

Sec. 5. Unit of local government allocation.

(a) No unit of local government shall issue any private activity bond, except in conformity with rules established by the Governor's office pursuant to this Act.

(b) The total volume cap available to all units of local government is hereby assigned to the Local Government Pool. The Local Government Pool for each calendar year shall be allocated by the Governor's office as follows:

(i) Any unit of local government may receive an allocation of volume cap from the Local Government Pool by filing with the Governor's office a request for an allocation, together with a certified copy of the related official action, of the governing body of the local government. Upon receipt the Governor's office shall promptly determine the amount of the Local Government Pool remaining under this subsection (b), and shall allocate to such unit of local government the amount set forth in its official action (or such lesser amount as such unit of local government or person authorized to act on its behalf may request) unless the amount requested shall exceed the amount remaining in the Local Government Pool. All allocations made pursuant to this Section shall be valid for a period of 60 days. Any unit of local government to which an allocation has been made, and which has not issued its private activity bonds prior to the expiration of the allocation, may refile with the Governor's office seeking a new allocation under this Section.

(ii) In making such allocation, the Governor's office shall consider only the dollar amount set forth in such request and the amount of the Local Government Pool remaining under this Section. No unit of local government may be granted more than 10% of the amount of total allocation initially available to units of local government for a single project.

(iii) All requests for an allocation shall be processed in the order received by the Governor's office. It is the intention of this Act that allocation requests be made only within 60 days prior to the expected issuance of private activity bonds.

(iv) For each unit of local government making a request for an allocation, a public official responsible for authorizing the issuance shall make a part of the request a certification that under penalty of perjury, to the best of the public official's knowledge, the issuance of the private activity bond was not made in consideration of any bribe, gift, gratuity or direct or indirect contribution to any political campaign.

(v) In the event any unit of local government has issued private activity bonds prior to the effective date of this Act, the Governor's office, upon request made within 30 days after the effective date of this Act by any unit of local government, or any person authorized to act on its behalf, shall promptly allocate the amount requested to such applicant, with the same effect as if such allocation has been made prior to the issuance of such private activity bonds, unless such allocation shall exceed the Local Government Pool remaining under this Section.

(c) The amount of volume cap remaining in the Local Government Pool as of July 14 of each calendar year, shall be, on July 15, of each calendar year, reserved to the Governor's office for reallocation to the State, State agencies or units of local government applying under this Section. The amount of volume cap, the allocation of which has expired after July 14 of any calendar year, is reserved upon its expiration to the Governor's office for reallocation to the State, State agencies or units of local government applying under this Section. Requests for allocation of volume cap by the State, State agencies and units of local government under this subsection shall be processed as they are received by the Governor's office.

(d) The State or State agency which has received an allocation of volume cap from the Governor's office under this Section may issue private activity bonds within such limit during the balance of the calendar year or as provided in subsection (e) of Section 4 of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 89-460, eff. 5-24-96.)

(30 ILCS 345/6) (from Ch. 17, par. 6856)

Sec. 6. Voluntary Reallocations. The State, any State agency and the corporate authorities of any home rule unit, except as provided and limited in Section 6.1, may reallocate to any unit of local government, any home rule unit, the State or a State agency at any time all or any portion of its unused allocation of its volume cap, including any allocation available by reason of a valid carry-forward election under Sections 103 or 146 of the Code; provided, however, that any such reallocation is made in writing and a record of that reallocation is maintained by a home rule unit, unit of local government or State agency receiving the reallocation in its records for the term of all private activity bonds it issues for that calendar year to which such allocation applies, and that a notice of that reallocation is given to the Governor's office, pursuant to the guidelines and procedures.

(Source: P.A. 86-40.)

(30 ILCS 345/6.1) (from Ch. 17, par. 6856.1)

Sec. 6.1. (a) That portion of volume cap allocation remaining unused by a home rule unit, other than a municipality with over 2,000,000 inhabitants, as of May 1 of each calendar year, shall be, on June 1 of each calendar year, reserved to the Governor's office for reallocation pursuant to application as provided in this Section.

(b) During the period of June 1 through July 14 of each calendar year, the amount of unused volume cap allocation of home rule units shall be available for reallocation as follows: (i) 50% of such unused volume cap allocation shall be available for reallocation only among home rule units, other than a municipality with over 2,000,000 inhabitants, applying under this subsection, and (ii) 50% of such unused volume cap allocation shall be available for reallocation to the State or State agencies applying under this subsection. Requests for allocation by home rule units and State agencies, respectively, shall be processed in the order in which they are received by the Governor's office.

(c) After July 14 of each calendar year, the amount of unused volume cap allocation of home rule unit, other than a municipality with over 2,000,000 inhabitants, shall be available for reallocation among both home rule units, other than a municipality with over 2,000,000 inhabitants, and State agencies applying under this subsection. Requests for allocation by home rule units and State agencies shall be processed in the order in which they are received by the Governor's office.

(d) In making allocations under this Section, the Governor's office shall consider only the dollar amount set forth in the request and the amount of volume cap remaining under this Section. No home rule unit may be granted more than 10% of the amount of total allocation initially available for home rule units for a single project.

(e) All allocations to home rule units under this Section shall be valid until the earlier of a period of 60 days from the date of allocation or December 27 of the year of allocation. Any home rule unit to which an allocation has been made, and which has not issued its private activity bonds prior to the expiration of the allocation, may refile with the Governor's office seeking a new allocation under this Section.

(Source: P.A. 89-460, eff. 5-24-96.)

(30 ILCS 345/7) (from Ch. 17, par. 6857)

Sec. 7. Information reporting of private activity bond issuance. (a) Each State agency, unit of local government, and home rule unit or person authorized to act on its behalf shall, within 10 days after the issuance of any private activity bond, submit in written form the following information with the Governor's office: (a) the name of the issuer, (b) the principal amount of the issue, (c) the purpose for which such private activity bond is issued, (d) the amount, if any, used to refund any prior issue of private activity bond, and (e) such other information as shall be required in order to demonstrate conformity with this Act.

(b) The Governor's office shall maintain a central file of all private activity bonds issued in accordance with this Act. The file shall include all notices received by the Governor's office and all approvals and denials issued by the Governor's office. A cumulative total of the principal amount of private activity bonds issued shall be maintained on a calendar year basis.

(Source: P.A. 85-1141.)

(30 ILCS 345/7.5)

Sec. 7.5. Bond issuer; annual report. The issuer of bonds utilizing bond volume cap from the Local Government Pool and the State Agency Pool shall file, if the issuer utilized the bond volume cap for any housing purpose, an annual report with the Governor and the General Assembly. The annual report from each issuer must include, but is not limited to, the following information:

(1) For multifamily rental units:

(A) the total number of developments;

(B) the total number of units, by income levels served;

(C) the total number of units targeted to each particular underserved population addressed in the Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan; and

(D) any outreach efforts undertaken to serve the targeted units.

(2) For single family homeownership units:

(A) the total number of loans and households who achieved homeownership with issuer bond proceeds;

(B) the amounts of individual loans generated by the bond proceeds;

(C) the actual and effective interest rates offered to borrowers;

(D) the total number of assisted homeowners identified as an underserved population addressed in the Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan, when available;

(E) the number of first-time homebuyers; and

(F) the number of assisted homeowners who received any homeownership counseling.

(3) For all housing units:

(A) the percentage of bond proceeds used in conjunction with the projects and loans;

(B) the total cost of issuance for the bonds issued;

(C) the amount of bond proceeds, if any, used to refund prior bonds; and

(D) the total amount of unused proceeds, if any, at the time of the report.

The Governor and the General Assembly shall utilize information readily available through existing reporting requirements to report on the State Agency Pool.

(Source: P.A. 94-965, eff. 6-30-06.)

(30 ILCS 345/8) (from Ch. 17, par. 6858)

Sec. 8. Home rule units. Except as provided for voluntary transactions as permitted in Section 6, and except as required for the amount of volume cap allocation remaining unused as of May 31 of each year as provided in Section 6.1, nothing in this Act is intended to provide a formula for allocation of the volume cap for home rule units different from the allocation provided by the Code.

(Source: P.A. 86-40.)

(30 ILCS 345/9) (from Ch. 17, par. 6859)

Sec. 9. Mortgage Credit Certificates. Any allocation of volume cap for the issuance of private activity bonds constituting qualified mortgage bonds, within the meaning of Section 143 of the Code, shall, when made to an authorized issuer of qualified mortgage credit certificates within the meaning of Section 25 of the Code, include the authority of such issuer to elect not to issue such qualified mortgage bonds so as to entitle such issuer to issue such certificates pursuant to Section 25 of the Code. In addition, the ability to assign, reallocate or carry-forward any allocation of volume cap for the issuance of private activity bonds constituting qualified mortgage bonds shall include the authority to elect not to issue such qualified mortgage bonds from such assigned, reallocated or carry-forward allocation of volume cap so as to allow the issuance of qualified mortgage credit certificates.

(Source: P.A. 86-40.)