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Public Act 92-0013

HB2125 Enrolled                                LRB9203486MWpk

    AN ACT concerning general obligation bonds.

    Be it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section 5.  The General Obligation Bond Act is amended by
changing Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7 as follows:

    (30 ILCS 330/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 651)
    Sec. 1.  Short Title.  This Act shall be known and may be
cited as the "General Obligation Bond Act".
(Source: P.A. 83-1490.)

    (30 ILCS 330/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 652)
    Sec. 2. Authorization for Bonds.  The State  of  Illinois
is  authorized  to issue, sell and provide for the retirement
of General Obligation Bonds of the State of Illinois for  the
categories  and  specific  purposes  expressed  in Sections 2
through 8 of this Act, in the total amount of $15,265,007,500
$14,197,632,592.
    The bonds authorized in this Section 2 and in Section  16
of this Act are herein called "Bonds".
    Of  the  total amount of Bonds authorized in this Act, up
to $2,200,000,000 in aggregate original principal amount  may
be  issued  and  sold  in  accordance  with the Baccalaureate
Savings Act in the form of General Obligation College Savings
Bonds.
    Of the total amount of Bonds authorized in this  Act,  up
to $300,000,000 in aggregate original principal amount may be
issued and sold in accordance with the Retirement Savings Act
in the form of General Obligation Retirement Savings Bonds.
    The  issuance  and  sale of Bonds pursuant to the General
Obligation Bond Act is an economical and efficient method  of
financing  the  capital  needs  of  the State.  This Act will
permit the issuance of  a  multi-purpose  General  Obligation
Bond  with  uniform  terms  and features.  This will not only
lower the cost of registration but also  reduce  the  overall
cost  of  issuing  debt  by  improving  the  marketability of
Illinois General Obligation Bonds.
(Source: P.A. 90-1, eff. 2-20-97; 90-8, eff. 12-8-97; 90-549,
eff. 12-8-97;  90-586,  eff.  6-4-98;  91-39,  eff.  6-15-99;
91-53, eff 6-30-99; 91-710, eff. 5-17-00.)

    (30 ILCS 330/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 653)
    Sec.  3. Capital Facilities. The amount of $6,626,093,492
$6,078,847,592 is authorized to be used for the  acquisition,
development,   construction,   reconstruction,   improvement,
financing, architectural planning and installation of capital
facilities   within   the  State,  consisting  of  buildings,
structures, durable equipment, land, and  interests  in  land
for the following specific purposes:
         (a)  $1,880,077,346  $1,710,255,446  for educational
    purposes by State universities and colleges, the Illinois
    Community College Board created by the  Public  Community
    College  Act  and for grants to public community colleges
    as authorized by Sections 5-11 and  5-12  of  the  Public
    Community College Act;
         (b)  $1,584,450,168  $1,542,970,160 for correctional
    purposes at State prison and correctional centers;
         (c)  $496,685,786  $470,941,786  for  open   spaces,
    recreational and conservation purposes and the protection
    of land;
         (d)  $556,926,486   $536,280,486   for   child  care
    facilities, mental  and  public  health  facilities,  and
    facilities  for  the  care of disabled veterans and their
    spouses;
         (e)  $1,290,153,341 $1,129,599,341 for  use  by  the
    State, its departments, authorities, public corporations,
    commissions and agencies;
         (f)  $818,100  for cargo handling facilities at port
    districts   and   for   breakwaters,   including   harbor
    entrances,  at  port  districts   in   conjunction   with
    facilities for small boats and pleasure crafts;
         (g)  $198,657,796  $186,657,796  for  water resource
    management projects;
         (h)  $16,940,269 for the provision of facilities for
    food production research and  related  instructional  and
    public  service  activities at the State universities and
    public community colleges;
         (i)  $36,000,000 for  grants  by  the  Secretary  of
    State, as State Librarian, for central library facilities
    authorized  by  Section  8 of the Illinois Library System
    Act and for grants by the Capital  Development  Board  to
    units of local government for public library facilities;
         (j)  $25,000,000  for  the acquisition, development,
    construction,  reconstruction,  improvement,   financing,
    architectural   planning   and  installation  of  capital
    facilities consisting of buildings,  structures,  durable
    equipment and land for grants to counties, municipalities
    or   public   building   commissions   with  correctional
    facilities that do not comply with the minimum  standards
    of  the Department of Corrections under Section 3-15-2 of
    the Unified Code of Corrections;
         (k)  $5,000,000 for grants in fiscal  year  1988  by
    the   Department   of  Conservation  for  improvement  or
    expansion of  aquarium  facilities  located  on  property
    owned by a park district;
         (l)  $367,584,200 $337,584,200 to State agencies for
    grants   to   local   governments  for  the  acquisition,
    financing,    architectural    planning,     development,
    alteration,  installation,  and  construction  of capital
    facilities consisting of buildings,  structures,  durable
    equipment, and land; and
         (m)  $167,800,000  $80,800,000 for the Illinois Open
    Land Trust Program as defined by the Illinois  Open  Land
    Trust Act.
    The  amounts  authorized above for capital facilities may
be  used  for  the  acquisition,  installation,   alteration,
construction, or reconstruction of capital facilities and for
the  purchase  of  equipment for the purpose of major capital
improvements which will reduce energy  consumption  in  State
buildings or facilities.
(Source: P.A. 90-1, eff. 2-20-97; 90-8, eff. 12-8-97; 90-549,
eff.  12-8-97;  90-586,  eff.  6-4-98; 91-39, 6-15-99; 91-53,
eff. 6-30-99; 91-710, eff. 5-17-00.)

    (30 ILCS 330/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 654)
    Sec. 4.  Transportation.  The  amount  of  $5,313,399,000
$5,312,270,000  is  authorized  for  use by the Department of
Transportation for the  specific  purpose  of  promoting  and
assuring  rapid,  efficient,  and  safe highway, air and mass
transportation for the inhabitants of the State by  providing
monies,  including  the  making  of grants and loans, for the
acquisition,  construction,  reconstruction,  extension   and
improvement  of  the  following transportation facilities and
equipment, and for  the  acquisition  of  real  property  and
interests  in  real  property  required  or  expected  to  be
required in connection therewith as follows:
    (a)  $3,432,129,000  $3,431,000,000  for  State highways,
arterial  highways,  freeways,  roads,  bridges,   structures
separating  highways  and railroads and roads, and bridges on
roads maintained by counties,  municipalities,  townships  or
road districts for the following specific purposes:
         (1)  $3,330,000,000 for use statewide,
         (2)  $3,677,000   $3,641,000  for  use  outside  the
    Chicago urbanized area,
         (3)  $7,543,000 for use within the Chicago urbanized
    area,
         (4)  $13,060,600 for use within the City of Chicago,
         (5)  $58,987,500  $57,894,500  for  use  within  the
    counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry  and  Will,
    and
         (6)  $18,860,900  for  use  outside  the counties of
    Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will.
    (b)  $1,529,670,000 for  rail  facilities  and  for  mass
transit  facilities,  as  defined  in Section 2705-305 of the
Department of Transportation  Law  (20  ILCS  2705/2705-305),
including  rapid  transit, rail, bus and other equipment used
in connection therewith by the State or  any  unit  of  local
government,   special   transportation   district,  municipal
corporation  or  other  corporation  or   public    authority
authorized  to  provide  and  promote  public  transportation
within the State or two or more of the foregoing jointly, for
the following specific purposes:
         (1)  $1,433,870,000 statewide,
         (2)  $83,350,000  for  use  within  the  counties of
    Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will,
         (3)  $12,450,000 for use  outside  the  counties  of
    Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will.
    (c)  $351,600,000  for airport or aviation facilities and
any  equipment  used  in  connection   therewith,   including
engineering  and  land acquisition costs, by the State or any
unit of local government,  special  transportation  district,
municipal   corporation   or   other  corporation  or  public
authority authorized to provide public transportation  within
the  State,  or  two or more of the foregoing acting jointly,
and for the making of deposits into  the  Airport  Land  Loan
Revolving Fund for loans to public airport owners pursuant to
the Illinois Aeronautics Act.
(Source: P.A. 90-8, eff. 12-8-97 (changed from 6-1-98 by P.A.
90-549);  90-586,  eff.  6-4-98; 91-39, eff. 6-15-99; 91-239,
eff. 1-1-00; 91-712, eff. 7-1-00.)

    (30 ILCS 330/6) (from Ch. 127, par. 656)
    Sec. 6.  Anti-Pollution.
    (a)  The   amount   of   $281,815,000   $262,815,000   is
authorized for allocation  by  the  Environmental  Protection
Agency  for  grants  or loans to units of local government in
such amounts, at such times  and  for  such  purpose  as  the
Agency   deems  necessary  or  desirable  for  the  planning,
financing, and construction  of  municipal  sewage  treatment
works  and  solid waste disposal facilities and for making of
deposits  into  the  Water  Revolving  Fund  and   the   U.S.
Environmental   Protection  Fund  to  provide  assistance  in
accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Title  IV-A   of   the
Environmental Protection Act.
    (b)  The   amount   of  $160,500,000  is  authorized  for
allocation by the Environmental Protection Agency for payment
of claims submitted to the State  and  approved  for  payment
under   the   Leaking   Underground   Storage   Tank  Program
established in Title XVI of the Environmental Protection Act.
(Source: P.A. 90-1, eff. 2-20-97; 90-8, eff. 12-8-97; 90-549,
eff. 12-8-97;  90-586,  eff.  6-4-98;  91-39,  eff.  6-15-99;
91-710, eff. 5-17-00.)

    (30 ILCS 330/7) (from Ch. 127, par. 657)
    Sec.  7.  Coal  and  Energy  Development.   The amount of
$663,200,000 $163,200,000 is authorized to  be  used  by  the
Department  of  Commerce  and  Community Affairs for coal and
energy development purposes, pursuant to Sections  2,  3  and
3.1 of the Illinois Coal and Energy Development Bond Act, and
for  the  purposes  specified  in  Section  8.1 of the Energy
Conservation and Coal Development Act, and for  the  purposes
specified  in  Section  605-332 of the Department of Commerce
and Community Affairs of the  Civil  Administrative  Code  of
Illinois.  Of this amount:
    (a)   $115,000,000   is  for  the  specific  purposes  of
acquisition,   development,   construction,   reconstruction,
improvement, financing, architectural and technical  planning
and   installation   of   capital  facilities  consisting  of
buildings, structures, durable equipment, and  land  for  the
purpose  of  capital development of coal resources within the
State and for the purposes specified in Section  8.1  of  the
Energy Conservation and Coal Development Act;,
    (b)  $35,000,000 is for the purposes specified in Section
8.1 of the Energy Conservation and Coal Development  Act  and
making  a  grant to the owner of a generating station located
in Illinois and having at least three  coal-fired  generating
units  with  accredited  summer  capability  greater than 500
megawatts each at such  generating  station  as  provided  in
Section 6 of that Bond Act; and
    (c)   $13,200,000   is   for  research,  development  and
demonstration of forms of energy other than that derived from
coal, either on or off State property; and
    (d)  $500,000,000  is  for  the  purpose   of   providing
financial assistance to new electric generating facilities as
provided in Section 605-332 of the Department of Commerce and
Community  Affairs  Law  of  the Civil Administrative Code of
Illinois.
(Source: P.A.  89-445,  eff.  2-7-96;  90-312,  eff.  8-1-97;
90-549, eff. 12-8-97.)

    Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
    Passed in the General Assembly May 31, 2001.
    Approved June 22, 2001.
    Effective June 22, 2001.

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