Sen. Melinda Bush

Filed: 5/14/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3501

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3501 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Property Assessed Clean Energy Act is
5amended by changing Sections 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and 35 and
6by adding Sections 42, 45, and 50 as follows:
 
7    (50 ILCS 50/5)
8    Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
9    "Alternative energy improvement" means any fixture,
10product, system, equipment, device, material, or interacting
11group thereof intended the installation or upgrade of
12electrical wiring, outlets, or charging stations to charge a
13motor vehicle that is fully or partially powered by
14electricity, including, but not limited to, electrical wiring,
15outlets, or charging stations.
16    "Assessment" means a special assessment imposed by a

 

 

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1governmental unit pursuant to an assessment contract.
2    "Assessment contract" means a voluntary written contract
3between the applicable governmental local unit of government
4(or a permitted assignee) and record owner governing the terms
5and conditions of financing and assessment under a program.
6    "Authority" means the Illinois Finance Authority.
7    "Capital provider" means any credit union, federally
8insured depository institution, insurance company, trust
9company, or other institution approved by a governmental unit
10or its program administrator or program administrators that
11finances or refinances an energy project by purchasing PACE
12bonds issued by the governmental unit or the Authority for that
13purpose. "Capital provider" includes any special purpose
14vehicle that is directly or indirectly wholly owned by one or
15more of the entities listed in this definition or any bond
16underwriter.
17    "PACE area" means an area within the jurisdictional
18boundaries of a local unit of government created by an
19ordinance or resolution of the local unit of government to
20provide financing for energy projects under a property assessed
21clean energy program. A local unit of government may create
22more than one PACE area under the program, and PACE areas may
23be separate, overlapping, or coterminous.
24    "Energy efficiency improvement" means any fixture,
25product, system, equipment, device, material, or interacting
26group thereof devices, or materials intended to decrease energy

 

 

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1consumption or enable promote a more efficient use of
2electricity, natural gas, propane, or other forms of energy on
3property, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
4        (1) insulation in walls, roofs, floors, foundations,
5    or heating and cooling distribution systems;
6        (2) energy efficient storm windows and doors,
7    multi-glazed windows and doors, heat-absorbing or
8    heat-reflective glazed and coated window and door systems,
9    and additional glazing, reductions in glass area, and other
10    window and door systems system modifications that reduce
11    energy consumption;
12        (3) automated energy or water control systems;
13        (4) high efficiency heating, ventilating, or
14    air-conditioning and distribution systems system
15    modifications or replacements;
16        (5) caulking, weather-stripping, and air sealing;
17        (6) replacement or modification of lighting fixtures
18    to reduce the energy use of the lighting system;
19        (7) energy controls or recovery systems;
20        (8) day lighting systems;
21        (8.1) any energy efficiency project, as defined in
22    Section 825-65 of the Illinois Finance Authority Act; and
23        (9) any other fixture, product, system, installation
24    or modification of equipment, device, or material intended
25    devices, or materials approved as a utility or other
26    cost-savings measure as approved by the governmental unit

 

 

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1    governing body.
2    "Energy project" means the acquisition, construction,
3installation, or modification of an alternative energy
4improvement, energy efficiency improvement, renewable energy
5improvement, resiliency improvement, or water use improvement,
6or the acquisition, installation, or improvement of a renewable
7energy system that is affixed to real a stabilized existing
8property (including new construction).
9    "Governing body" means the legislative body, council,
10board, commission, trustees, or any other body by whatever name
11it is known having charge of the corporate affairs of a
12governmental unit county board or board of county commissioners
13of a county, the city council of a city, or the board of
14trustees of a village.
15    "Governmental Local unit of government" means a county or
16municipality , city, or village.
17    "PACE area" means an area within the jurisdictional
18boundaries of a governmental unit created by an ordinance or
19resolution of the governmental unit to provide financing for
20energy projects under a property assessed clean energy program.
21A governmental unit may create more than one PACE area under
22the program and PACE areas may be separate, overlapping, or
23coterminous.
24    "PACE bond" means any bond, note, or other evidence of
25indebtedness representing an obligation to pay money,
26including refunding bonds, issued under or in accordance with

 

 

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1Section 35.
2    "Permitted assignee" means (i) the Authority any body
3politic and corporate, (ii) any bond trustee, or (iii) any
4capital provider warehouse lender, or (iv) any other assignee
5of a governmental local unit of government designated by the
6governmental unit in an assessment contract.
7    "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership,
8association, corporation, limited liability company,
9unincorporated joint venture, trust, or any other type of
10entity that is recognized by law and has the title to or
11interest in property. "Person" does not include a local unit of
12government or a homeowner's or condominium association, but
13does include other governmental entities that are not local
14units of government.
15    "Program administrator" means a for-profit entity or a
16not-for-profit not-for profit entity that will administer a
17program on behalf of or at the discretion of the governmental
18unit local unit of government. It or its affiliates,
19consultants, or advisors shall have done business as a program
20administrator or capital provider for a minimum of 18 months
21and shall be responsible for arranging capital for the
22acquisition of bonds issued by the local unit of government or
23the Authority to finance energy projects.
24    "Property" means any privately-owned commercial,
25industrial, non-residential agricultural, or multi-family (of
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1local unit of government, but does not include property owned
2by a governmental local unit of government or property used for
3residential purposes and subject to a homeowner's or
4condominium association or non-condominium common interest
5community association. Real property located within the
6governmental unit that is owned or leased by a not-for-profit
7entity is deemed "commercial" for purposes of this Act.
8    "Property assessed clean energy program" or "program"
9means the program of a governmental unit to provide financing
10or refinancing for energy projects within PACE areas it has
11created under Section 10 and Section 15 a program as described
12in Section 10.
13    "Record owner" means the titleholder or holder of another
14person who is the titleholder or owner of the beneficial
15interest in property, including lessees.
16    "Renewable energy improvement" means any fixture, product,
17system, equipment, device, material, or interacting group
18thereof on the property of the record owner that uses one or
19more renewable energy resources to generate electricity,
20including a renewable energy project, as that term is defined
21in Section 825-65 of the Illinois Finance Authority Act.
22    "Renewable energy resource" includes energy and its
23associated renewable energy credit or renewable energy credits
24from wind energy, solar thermal energy, geothermal energy,
25photovoltaic cells and panels, biodiesel, anaerobic digestion,
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1significant expansion of hydropower dams. For purposes of this
2Act, landfill gas produced in the State is considered a
3renewable energy resource. The term "renewable energy
4resources" does not include the incineration or burning of any
5solid material.
6    "Renewable energy system" means a fixture, product,
7device, or interacting group of fixtures, products, or devices
8on the customer's side of the meter that use one or more
9renewable energy resources to generate electricity, and
10specifically includes any renewable energy project, as defined
11in Section 825-65 of the Illinois Finance Authority Act.
12    "Resiliency improvement" means any fixture, product,
13system, equipment, device, material, or interacting group
14thereof intended to increase resilience, including but not
15limited to, seismic retrofits, flood mitigation, fire
16suppression, wind resistance, energy storage, microgrids, and
17backup power generation.
18    "Warehouse fund" means any fund or account established by a
19governmental unit, the Authority, or a capital provider local
20unit of government, body politic and corporate, or warehouse
21lender.
22    "Warehouse lender" means any financial institution
23participating in a PACE area that finances an energy project
24from lawfully available funds in anticipation of issuing bonds
25as described in Section 35.
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1fixture, product, system, equipment, device, material, or
2interacting group thereof intended to conserve for or serving
3any property that has the effect of conserving water resources
4or improve water quality on property, including, but not
5limited to, all of the following: through improved
6        (1) water management or efficiency systems; .
7        (2) water recycling;
8        (3) capturing, reusing, managing, and treating
9    stormwater;
10        (4) bioretention, trees, green roofs, porous
11    pavements, or cisterns for maintaining or restoring
12    natural hydrology;
13        (5) replacing or otherwise abating or mitigating the
14    use of lead pipes in the supply of water; or
15        (6) any other resiliency improvement, fixture,
16    product, system, equipment, device, or material intended
17    as a utility or other cost-savings measure as approved by
18    the governmental unit.
19(Source: P.A. 100-77, eff. 8-11-17; 100-980, eff. 1-1-19;
20revised 9-28-18.)
 
21    (50 ILCS 50/10)
22    Sec. 10. Property assessed clean energy program; creation.
23    (a) Pursuant to the procedures provided in Section 15, a
24governmental a local unit of government may establish a
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1create a PACE area or PACE areas under the program.
2    (b) Under a program, the governmental local unit of
3government may enter into an assessment contract with the
4record owner of property within a PACE area to finance or
5refinance one or more energy projects on the property. The
6assessment contract shall provide for the repayment of all or a
7portion of the cost of an energy project through assessments
8upon the property benefited. The amount of the financing or
9refinancing may include any and all of the following: the cost
10of materials and labor necessary for acquisition,
11construction, installation, or modification of the energy
12project, permit fees, inspection fees, application and
13administrative fees, financing fees, reserves, capitalized
14interest, costs of billing and collecting the assessment bank
15fees, and all other fees, costs, and expenses that may be
16incurred by the record owner pursuant to the acquisition,
17construction, installation, or modification of the energy
18project, and the costs of issuance of PACE bonds on a specific
19or pro rata basis, as determined by the governmental local unit
20of government and may also include a prepayment premium.
21    (b-5) A governmental local unit of government may sell or
22assign, for consideration, any and all assessment contracts;
23the permitted assignee of the assessment contract shall have
24and possess the delegable same powers and rights at law or in
25equity as the applicable governmental local unit of government
26and its tax collector would have if the assessment contract had

 

 

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1not been assigned with regard to (i) the precedence and
2priority of liens evidenced by the assessment contract, (ii)
3the accrual of interest, and (iii) the fees and expenses of
4collection. The permitted assignee shall have the right same
5rights to enforce such liens pursuant to subsection (a) of
6Section 30 as any private party holding a lien on real
7property, including, but not limited to, foreclosure. Costs and
8reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the permitted assignee
9as a result of any foreclosure action or other legal proceeding
10brought pursuant to this Act Section and directly related to
11the proceeding shall be assessed in any such proceeding against
12each record owner subject to the proceedings. A governmental
13unit or the Authority may sell or assign assessment contracts
14without competitive bidding or the solicitation of requests for
15proposals or requests for qualifications Such costs and fees
16may be collected by the assignee at any time after demand for
17payment has been made by the permitted assignee.
18    (c) A program shall may be administered by either one or
19more than one program administrators or the governmental local
20unit, as determined by the governing body of government.
21(Source: P.A. 100-77, eff. 8-11-17; 100-980, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
22    (50 ILCS 50/15)
23    Sec. 15. Program established.
24    (a) To establish a property assessed clean energy program,
25the governing body of a local unit of government shall adopt a

 

 

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1resolution or ordinance that includes all of the following:
2        (1) a finding that the financing or refinancing of
3    energy projects is a valid public purpose;
4        (2) a statement of intent to facilitate access to
5    capital (which may be from one or more program
6    administrators or as otherwise permitted by this Act) to
7    provide funds for energy projects, which will be repaid by
8    assessments on the property benefited with the agreement of
9    the record owners;
10        (3) a description of the proposed arrangements for
11    financing the program through the issuance of PACE bonds
12    under or in accordance with Section 35, which PACE bonds
13    may be purchased by one or more capital providers , which
14    may be through one or more program administrators;
15        (4) the types of energy projects that may be financed
16    or refinanced;
17        (5) a description of the territory within the PACE
18    area;
19        (6) a transcript of public comments if any
20    discretionary public hearing reference to a report on the
21    proposed program was previously held by the governmental
22    unit prior to the consideration of the resolution or
23    ordinance establishing the program; and as described in
24    Section 20;
25        (7) (blank); the time and place for a public hearing to
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1    adoption of the proposed program by resolution or
2    ordinance;
3        (8) the report on the proposed program as described in
4    matters required by Section 20 to be included in the
5    report; for this purpose, the resolution or ordinance may
6    incorporate the report or an amended version thereof by
7    reference; and shall be available for public inspection.
8        (9) (blank). a description of which aspects of the
9    program may be amended without a new public hearing and
10    which aspects may be amended only after a new public
11    hearing is held.
12    (b) A property assessed clean energy program may be amended
13in accordance with by resolution or ordinance of the governing
14body. Adoption of the resolution or ordinance establishing the
15program shall be preceded by a public hearing if required.
16(Source: P.A. 100-77, eff. 8-11-17; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18;
17100-980, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
18    (50 ILCS 50/20)
19    Sec. 20. Program Report. The report on the proposed program
20required under Section 15 shall include all of the following:
21        (1) a form of assessment contract between the
22    governmental local unit of government and record owner
23    governing the terms and conditions of financing and
24    assessment under the program; .
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1    authorized to enter into an assessment contract on behalf
2    of the governmental local unit of government;
3        (3) (blank); a maximum aggregate annual dollar amount
4    for all financing to be provided by the applicable program
5    administrator under the program;
6        (4) an application process and eligibility
7    requirements for financing or refinancing energy projects
8    under the program;
9        (5) a method for determining interest rates on amounts
10    financed or refinanced under assessment contracts
11    installments, repayment periods, and the maximum amount of
12    an assessment, if any;
13        (6) an explanation of the process for billing and
14    collecting how assessments will be made and collected;
15        (7) a plan to raise capital to finance improvements
16    under the program pursuant to the issuance sale of PACE
17    bonds under or in accordance with Section 35; , subject to
18    this Act or the Special Assessment Supplemental Bond and
19    Procedures Act, or alternatively, through the sale of bonds
20    by the Authority pursuant to subsection (d) of Section
21    825-65 of the Illinois Finance Authority Act;
22        (8) information regarding all of the following, to the
23    extent known, or procedures to determine the following in
24    the future:
25            (A) any revenue source or reserve fund or funds to
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1        paragraph (7); and
2            (B) any application, administration, or other
3        program fees to be charged to record owners
4        participating in the program, which revenues generated
5        by a governmental unit as a result thereof shall only
6        that will be used to finance and reimburse all or a
7        portion of costs incurred by the governmental local
8        unit of government as a result of its the program;
9        (9) (blank); a requirement that the term of an
10    assessment not exceed the useful life of the energy project
11    paid for by the assessment; provided that the local unit of
12    government may allow projects that consist of multiple
13    improvements with varying lengths of useful life to have a
14    term that is no greater than the improvement with the
15    longest useful life;
16        (10) a requirement for an appropriate ratio of the
17    amount of the assessment to the greater of any of the
18    following: assessed value of the property or market value
19    of the property as determined by a recent appraisal no
20    older than 12 months;
21            (A) the value of the property as determined by the
22        office of the county assessor;
23            (B) the value of the property as determined by an
24        appraisal conducted by a licensed appraiser; or
25            (C) the value of the property calculated using
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1        independent third party or broker price opinion;
2        (11) a requirement that the record owner of property
3    subject to a mortgage obtain written consent from the
4    mortgage lender holder before participating in the
5    program;
6        (12) provisions for marketing and participant
7    education; and
8        (13) (blank); provisions for an adequate debt service
9    reserve fund, if any; and
10        (14) quality assurance and antifraud measures.
11(Source: P.A. 100-77, eff. 8-11-17; 100-980, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
12    (50 ILCS 50/25)
13    Sec. 25. Assessment contracts Contracts with record owners
14of property.
15    (a) A After creation of a program and PACE area, a record
16owner of property within the PACE area may apply to with the
17governmental local unit of government or its program
18administrator or program administrators for funding to finance
19or refinance an energy project under the governmental unit's
20program.
21    (b) A governmental local unit of government may impose an
22assessment under a property assessed clean energy program only
23pursuant to the terms of a recorded assessment contract with
24the record owner of the property to be assessed.
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1record owner under a program, the governmental unit or its
2program administrator or program administrators local unit of
3government shall verify that the applicable property is
4entirely within the PACE area and receive evidence of all of
5the following:
6        (1) that the holder of the fee title interest in the
7    property has consented to the record owner entering into an
8    assessment contract pertaining to such property property
9    is within the PACE area;
10        (2) that there are no delinquent taxes, special
11    assessments, or water or sewer charges on the property;
12        (3) that there are no delinquent assessments on the
13    property under a property assessed clean energy program;
14        (4) whether there are any no involuntary liens on the
15    property, including, but not limited to, construction or
16    mechanics liens, lis pendens or judgments against the
17    record owner, environmental proceedings, or eminent domain
18    proceedings;
19        (5) that no notices of default or other evidence of
20    property-based debt delinquency have been recorded and not
21    cured;
22        (6) that the record owner is current on all mortgage
23    debt on the property, the record owner has not filed for
24    bankruptcy in the last 2 years, and the property is not an
25    asset in to a current bankruptcy proceeding; .
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1    applicable law to acquire, construct, install, or modify an
2    energy project make a qualifying improvement shall be
3    performed by a licensed registered contractor that has
4    agreed to adhere to a set of terms and conditions through a
5    process established by the governmental local unit or its
6    program administrator or program administrators; of
7    government.
8        (8) that the contractor or contractors to be used have
9    signed a written acknowledgement that the governmental
10    unit or its program administrator or program
11    administrators local unit of government will not authorize
12    final payment to the contractor or contractors until the
13    governmental local unit of government has received written
14    confirmation from the record owner that the energy project
15    improvement was properly acquired, constructed, installed,
16    or modified and is operating as intended; provided,
17    however, that the contractor or contractors retain retains
18    all legal rights and remedies in the event there is a
19    disagreement with the record owner;
20        (9) that the aggregate amount financed or refinanced
21    under one or more amount of the assessment contracts does
22    not exceed 25% in relation to the greater of any of the
23    following:
24            (A) the value of the property as determined by the
25        office of the county assessor;
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1        appraisal conducted by a licensed appraiser; or
2            (C) the value of the property calculated using
3        either an automated valuation model provided by an
4        independent third party or broker price opinion the
5        assessed value of the property or the appraised value
6        of the property, as determined by a licensed appraiser,
7        does not exceed 25%; and
8        (10) a requirement that an evaluation assessment of the
9    existing water or energy use and a modeling of expected
10    monetary savings have been conducted for any proposed
11    energy efficiency improvement, renewable energy
12    improvement, or water use improvement, unless the water use
13    improvement is undertaken to improve water quality
14    project.
15    (d) Before At least 30 days before entering into an
16assessment contract with the governmental local unit of
17government, the record owner shall provide to the mortgage
18lenders holding holders or loan servicers of any existing
19mortgages encumbering or otherwise secured by the property a
20notice of the record owner's intent to enter into an assessment
21contract with the governmental local unit of government,
22together with the maximum principal amount to be financed or
23refinanced and the maximum annual assessment necessary to repay
24that amount, along with an additional a request that the
25mortgage lenders holding holders or loan servicers of any
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1property to the program. The governmental unit shall be
2provided with a A verified copy or other proof of those notices
3and the written consent of the existing mortgage lender holder
4for the record owner to enter into the assessment contract
5which acknowledges and acknowledging that (i) the existing
6mortgage or mortgages for which the consent was received will
7be subordinate to the financing and assessment contract and the
8lien created thereby and (ii) the governmental agreement and
9that the local unit of government or its permitted assignee can
10foreclose the property if the assessments are assessment is not
11paid shall be provided to the local unit of government.
12    (e) (Blank). A provision in any agreement between a local
13unit of government and a public or private power or energy
14provider or other utility provider is not enforceable to limit
15or prohibit any local unit of government from exercising its
16authority under this Section.
17    (f) If the The record owner has signed a certification that
18the governmental local unit of government has complied with the
19provisions of this Section, then this which shall be conclusive
20evidence as to compliance with these provisions, but shall not
21relieve any contractor, or the governmental local unit of
22government, from any potential liability.
23    (g) (Blank). This Section is additional and supplemental to
24county and municipal home rule authority and not in derogation
25of such authority or limitation upon such authority.
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1shall be exempt from any other statutory procedures or
2requirements that condition the imposition of assessments or
3other taxes against a property, except as specifically set
4forth in this Act.
5(Source: P.A. 100-77, eff. 8-11-17; 100-980, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
6    (50 ILCS 50/30)
7    Sec. 30. Assessments constitute a lien; billing and
8collecting.
9    (a) An assessment contract shall be recorded with the
10county in which the PACE area is located. An assessment imposed
11under a property assessed clean energy program pursuant to an
12assessment contract, including any interest on the assessment
13and any penalty, shall, upon recording of the assessment
14contract in the county in which the PACE area is located,
15constitute a lien against the property on which the assessment
16is imposed until the assessment, including any interest or
17penalty, is paid in full. The lien of the assessment contract
18shall run with the property until the assessment is paid in
19full and a satisfaction or release for the same has been
20recorded by the governmental unit or its program administrator
21or program administrators with the local unit of government and
22shall have the same lien priority and status as other property
23tax and special assessment liens as provided in the Property
24Tax Code. The governmental local unit of government (or any
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1case of default or delinquency in the payment of an assessment
2as it does with respect to delinquent property taxes and other
3delinquent special assessments as set forth in Article 9 of the
4Illinois Municipal Code, including the lien, sale, and
5foreclosure remedies described in that Article. When the
6assessment, including any interest and penalty, is paid, the
7lien shall be removed and released from the property.
8    (a-5) The assessment shall be imposed by the governmental
9local unit of government against each lot, block, tract, track
10and parcel of land set forth in within the assessment contract
11PACE area to be assessed in accordance with an assessment roll
12setting forth: (i) a description of the method of spreading the
13assessment; (ii) a list of lots, blocks, tracts and parcels of
14land in the PACE area; and (iii) the amount assessed on each
15parcel. The assessment roll shall be filed with the county
16clerk of the county in which the PACE area is located for use
17in establishing the lien and collecting the assessment.
18    (b) (Blank). Installments of assessments due under a
19program may be included in each tax bill issued under the
20Property Tax Code and may be collected at the same time and in
21the same manner as taxes collected under the Property Tax Code.
22Alternatively, installments may be billed and collected as
23provided in a special assessment ordinance of general
24applicability adopted by the local unit of government pursuant
25to State law or local charter. In no event will partial payment
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1    (b-5) Assessments created under this Act may be billed and
2collected as follows:
3        (1) A county which has established a program may
4    include assessments in the regular property tax bills.
5    Pursuant to the Illinois constitutional or statutory
6    provisions relating to intergovernmental cooperation, the
7    county collector of the county in which a PACE area is
8    located may bill and collect assessments with the regular
9    property tax bills of the county if requested by a
10    municipality within its jurisdiction. If the county
11    collector agrees to bill and collect assessments with the
12    regular property tax bills of the county, then the
13    applicable assessment contract shall be filed with the
14    county collector and the annual amount due as set forth in
15    an assessment contract shall become due in installments at
16    the times property taxes shall become due in accordance
17    with each regular property tax bill payable during the year
18    in which such assessment comes due. If the county collector
19    agrees to bill and collect assessments on behalf of a
20    governmental unit, the county collector may charge a flat
21    dollar fee for such services to be paid from the assessment
22    being billed and the fee is a cost of billing and
23    collecting the assessment provided for in this Act. The
24    flat dollar fee shall be fixed upon recording of the
25    assessment contract, shall be consistent for all
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1    be as agreed to with the applicable governmental unit or
2    its program administrator or program administrators.
3    Commencing on the anniversary date of the recording of the
4    assessment contract, the fee may be increased annually by
5    no more than 3% of the fee paid during the preceding year.
6        (2) If the county collector does not agree to bill and
7    collect assessments with the regular property tax bills of
8    the county or the governmental unit in which the PACE area
9    is located declines to request the county collector to do
10    so, then the governmental unit shall bill and collect the
11    assessments, either directly or as permitted in paragraph
12    (3) of this subsection, and the annual amount due as set
13    forth in an assessment contract shall become due in
14    installments on or about the times property taxes would
15    otherwise become due in accordance with each regular
16    property tax bill payable during the year in which such
17    assessment comes due. Additionally, if the governmental
18    unit is billing and collecting assessments, it may charge a
19    flat dollar fee for such services to be paid from the
20    assessment being billed and the fee is a cost of billing
21    and collecting the assessment provided for in this Act. The
22    flat dollar fee shall be fixed upon recording of the
23    assessment contract, shall be consistent for all
24    assessment contracts in the applicable PACE area, and shall
25    be as agreed to with its applicable program administrator
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1    anniversary date of the recording of the assessment
2    contract, such fee may be increased annually by no more
3    than 3% of the fee paid during the preceding year.
4        (3) If a governmental unit is billing and collecting
5    assessments pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subsection,
6    assessment installments may be billed and collected by the
7    governmental unit's program administrator or program
8    administrators or another third party.
9    The assessment installments for assessments billed as
10provided for under any paragraph of this subsection shall be
11payable at the times and in the manner as set forth in the
12applicable bill.
13    (c) If a governmental unit, a program administrator, or
14another third party is billing and collecting assessments
15pursuant to subsection (b-5), and the applicable assessment
16becomes delinquent, then the applicable collector shall, on or
17before the 15th day of August next following the delinquency,
18make a report in writing to the general office of the county in
19which the applicable property subject to the assessment is
20situated and authorized by the general revenue laws of this
21State to apply for judgment and sell lands for taxes due the
22county and the State, of the assessments or installments
23thereof the applicable collector has billed for and not
24received as required under the applicable bill, including any
25interest or penalties that may be due as set forth in the
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1by the applicable collector and shall include statements that
2(i) the report contains true and correct list of delinquent
3assessments that the collector has not received as required by
4the applicable bill and (ii) an itemization of the amount of
5the delinquent assessment, including interest and penalties,
6if applicable. The report of the applicable collector, when so
7made, shall be prima facie evidence that all requirements of
8the law in relation to making the report have been complied
9with and that the assessments or the matured installments
10thereof, and the interest thereon, and the interest accrued on
11installments not yet matured, mentioned in the report, are due
12and unpaid. Upon proper filing of the report, the county
13collector shall enforce the collection of the assessments in
14the manner provided by law.
15    (d) Payment received by mail and postmarked on or before
16the required due date is not delinquent. From and after the due
17date of any installment of an assessment, an additional rate of
18interest of 1 1/2% per month may be imposed with respect to the
19delinquent amount of such installment, which shall be payable
20to the applicable governmental unit or other permitted assignee
21as set forth in the applicable bill.
22    (e) By entering into the assessment contract, the record
23owner shall be held to have waived every and all objections to
24the assessment related to its assessment contract.
25(Source: P.A. 100-77, eff. 8-11-17; 100-980, eff. 1-1-19;
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1    (50 ILCS 50/35)
2    Sec. 35. Issuance of PACE bonds Bonds.
3    (a) Except as provided for in subsection (j), a
4governmental unit shall A local unit of government may issue
5PACE bonds under this Act or the Special Assessment
6Supplemental Bond and Procedures Act, or the Authority shall
7may issue PACE bonds in accordance with this Act and pursuant
8to under subsection (d) of Section 825-65 of the Illinois
9Finance Authority Act upon assignment of the assessment
10contracts securing such bonds by the local unit of government
11to the Authority, in either case to finance or refinance energy
12projects under a property assessed clean energy program.
13Interim financing prior to the issuance of bonds authorized by
14this Section may be provided only by a warehouse fund, except
15that warehouse funds established by a warehouse lender may only
16hold assessment contracts for 36 months or less.
17    (b) PACE bonds issued under this Act or in accordance with
18this Act and pursuant to subsection (d) of Section 825-65 of
19the Illinois Finance Authority Act: Bonds issued under
20subsection (a) shall
21        (1) are not be general obligations of the governmental
22    local unit of government or the Authority, as applicable,
23    but shall be secured by the following as provided by the
24    governing body in the resolution or ordinance approving the
25    bonds:

 

 

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1            (A) (1) payments under one or more assessment
2        contracts of assessments on benefited property or
3        properties within the PACE area or PACE areas
4        specified; and
5            (B) if applicable, municipal bond insurance,
6        letters of credit, or public or private guarantees or
7        sureties; and
8            (C) (2) if applicable, revenue sources or reserves
9        established by the governmental local unit of
10        government or the Authority from bond proceeds or other
11        lawfully available funds; .
12        (2) may be secured on a parity basis with PACE bonds of
13    another series or subseries issued by the governmental unit
14    or the Authority pursuant to the terms of a master
15    indenture entered into as authorized by an ordinance or
16    resolution adopted by the governing body or the Authority,
17    as applicable;
18        (3) may bear interest at any rate or rates not to
19    exceed such rate or rates as the governing body or the
20    Authority shall determine by ordinance or resolution;
21        (4) may pay interest upon the date or dates described
22    in such PACE bonds;
23        (5) shall have a maturity no more than 40 years from
24    the date of issuance;
25        (6) may be subject to redemption with or without
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1    under the terms of a master indenture entered into as
2    authorized by an ordinance or resolution adopted by the
3    governing body or the Authority, as applicable, including,
4    without limitation, terms as to the order of redemption
5    (numerical, pro rata, by series, subseries, or otherwise)
6    and as to the timing thereof;
7        (7) shall be negotiable instruments under Illinois law
8    and be subject to the Registered Bond Act; and
9        (8) may be payable either serially or at term, or any
10    combination thereof, in such order of preference,
11    priority, lien position, or rank (including, without
12    limitation, numerical, pro rata, by series, subseries, or
13    otherwise) as the governing body or Authority may provide.
14    (c) A pledge of assessments, funds, or contractual rights
15made by a governmental unit or the Authority governing body in
16connection with the issuance of PACE bonds by a local unit of
17government under this Act or in accordance with this Act and
18pursuant to Section 825-65 of the Illinois Finance Authority
19Act constitutes a statutory lien on the assessments, funds, or
20contractual rights so pledged in favor of the person or persons
21to whom the pledge is given, without further action taken by a
22governmental unit or the Authority, as applicable by the
23governing body. The statutory lien is valid and binding against
24all other persons, with or without notice.
25    (d) (Blank). Bonds of one series issued under this Act may
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1the local unit of government or the Authority pursuant to the
2terms of a master indenture or master resolution entered into
3or adopted by the governing body of the local unit of
4government or the Authority.
5    (d-5) The State pledges to and agrees with the holders of
6any PACE bonds issued under this Act or in accordance with the
7Act and pursuant to Section 825-65 of the Illinois Finance
8Authority Act that the State will not limit or alter the rights
9and powers vested in governmental units by this Act or in the
10Authority in accordance with this Act and pursuant to Section
11825-65 of the Illinois Finance Authority Act so as to impair
12the terms of any contract made by a governmental unit or by the
13Authority with those bondholders or in any way to impair the
14rights or remedies of those bondholders until the PACE bonds,
15together with the interest thereon, and all costs and expenses
16in connection with any actions or proceedings by or on behalf
17of those bondholders are fully met and discharged.
18    (e) (Blank). Bonds issued under this Act are subject to the
19Bond Authorization Act and the Registered Bond Act.
20    (f) PACE bonds Bonds issued under this Act or in accordance
21with this Act and pursuant to Section 825-65 of the Illinois
22Finance Authority Act further essential public and
23governmental purposes, including, but not limited to, reduced
24energy costs and , reduced greenhouse gas emissions, enhanced
25water quality and conservation, economic stimulation and
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1increased employment.
2    (g) A capital provider program administrator can assign its
3rights to purchase PACE the bonds issued by the governmental
4unit or the Authority to a designated transferee to a third
5party.
6    (h) A law firm shall be retained to give a written bond
7opinion in connection with any PACE bond issued under this Act
8or in accordance with this Act and pursuant to Section 825-65
9of the Illinois Finance Authority Act.
10    (i) PACE bonds Bonds issued by the Authority in accordance
11with under this Act and pursuant to subsection (d) of Section
12825-65 of the Illinois Finance Authority Act shall not be
13entitled to the benefits of Section 825-75 of the Illinois
14Finance Authority Act.
15    (j) PACE bonds issued by a governmental unit may otherwise
16have any attributes permitted to bonds under the Local
17Government Debt Reform Act, as the governing body may provide.
18    (k) Interim financing prior to the issuance of PACE bonds
19authorized by this Section may be provided only by a warehouse
20fund, except that warehouse funds established by capital
21providers shall only interim finance energy projects secured by
22one or more assessment contracts for 36 months or less from the
23date of recording of the applicable assessment contract.
24(Source: P.A. 100-77, eff. 8-11-17; 100-980, eff. 1-1-19.)
 
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1    Sec. 42. Supplemental powers.
2    (a) The provisions of this Act are intended to be
3supplemental and in addition to all other powers or authorities
4granted to any governmental unit, shall be construed liberally,
5and shall not be construed as a limitation of any power or
6authority otherwise granted.
7    (b) A governmental unit may use the provisions of this Act
8by referencing this Act in the resolution or ordinance
9described in Section 15.
 
10    (50 ILCS 50/45 new)
11    Sec. 45. Recital. PACE bonds that are issued under this Act
12or in accordance with this Act and pursuant to Section 825-65
13of the Illinois Finance Authority Act may contain a recital to
14that effect and any such recital shall be conclusive as against
15the issuer thereof and any other person as to the validity of
16the PACE bonds and as to their compliance with the provisions
17of this Act and, as applicable, the provisions of Section
18825-65 of the Illinois Finance Authority Act.
 
19    (50 ILCS 50/50 new)
20    Sec. 50. Validation. All actions taken by the Authority or
21any governmental unit under this Act prior to the effective
22date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly,
23including, without limitation, creation of a property assessed
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1preparation and approval of a report on the proposed program
2under Section 20, entering into assessment contracts under
3Section 25, and issuance of bonds, notes, and other evidences
4of indebtedness under Section 35 shall be unaffected by the
5enactment of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly
6and shall continue to be legal, valid, and in full force and
7effect, notwithstanding any lack of compliance with the
8requirements of this amendatory Act of the 101st General
9Assembly.
 
10    (50 ILCS 50/40 rep.)
11    Section 10. The Property Assessed Clean Energy Act is
12amended by repealing Section 40.
 
13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14becoming law.".