95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2215

 

Introduced 2/14/2008, by Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 330/2   from Ch. 127, par. 652

Amends the General Obligation Bond Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the total amount of General Obligation Bonds authorized under the Act.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The General Obligation Bond Act is amended by
5 changing Section 2 as follows:
 
6     (30 ILCS 330/2)  (from Ch. 127, par. 652)
7     Sec. 2. Authorization for Bonds. The The State of Illinois
8 is authorized to issue, sell and provide for the retirement of
9 General Obligation Bonds of the State of Illinois for the
10 categories and specific purposes expressed in Sections 2
11 through 8 of this Act, in the total amount of $27,658,149,369.
12     The bonds authorized in this Section 2 and in Section 16 of
13 this Act are herein called "Bonds".
14     Of the total amount of Bonds authorized in this Act, up to
15 $2,200,000,000 in aggregate original principal amount may be
16 issued and sold in accordance with the Baccalaureate Savings
17 Act in the form of General Obligation College Savings Bonds.
18     Of the total amount of Bonds authorized in this Act, up to
19 $300,000,000 in aggregate original principal amount may be
20 issued and sold in accordance with the Retirement Savings Act
21 in the form of General Obligation Retirement Savings Bonds.
22     Of the total amount of Bonds authorized in this Act, the
23 additional $10,000,000,000 authorized by this amendatory Act

 

 

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1 of the 93rd General Assembly shall be used solely as provided
2 in Section 7.2.
3     The issuance and sale of Bonds pursuant to the General
4 Obligation Bond Act is an economical and efficient method of
5 financing the long-term capital needs of the State. This Act
6 will permit the issuance of a multi-purpose General Obligation
7 Bond with uniform terms and features. This will not only lower
8 the cost of registration but also reduce the overall cost of
9 issuing debt by improving the marketability of Illinois General
10 Obligation Bonds.
11 (Source: P.A. 92-13, eff. 6-22-01; 92-596, eff. 6-28-02;
12 92-598, eff. 6-28-02; 93-2, eff. 4-7-03; 93-839, eff. 7-30-04.)