97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB1329

 

Introduced 2/9/2011, by Rep. Karen May

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
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    Amends the Property Tax Code. Provides that municipalities and counties may establish green energy special service areas. Provides that those green energy special service areas shall include only property for which each owner of record has executed a contract or agreement with the county or municipality consenting to the inclusion of the property within the green energy special service area. Provides that green energy special service areas are not subject to certain notice and hearing requirements set forth in the Property Tax Code. Provides that the owner of record of each parcel of property within a green energy special service area may arrange, through an agreement with the municipality or county, for specific energy efficiency improvements or renewable energy improvements and may obtain financing for such improvements through the process set forth in the ordinance establishing the special service area. Provides that counties and municipalities may levy property taxes in connection with green energy special service areas. Provides that counties and municipalities may issue bonds in connection with those special service area projects and may sell, assign, or pledge those bonds to the Illinois Finance Authority. Amends the Illinois Finance Authority Act to make conforming changes. Contains other provisions.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE DEBT IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Finance Authority Act is amended by
5changing Sections 820-10, 820-20, and 820-25 and by adding
6Section 820-37 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 3501/820-10)
8    Sec. 820-10. Definitions. The following words or terms,
9whenever used or referred to in this Article, shall have the
10following meanings ascribed to them, except where the context
11clearly requires otherwise:
12    (a) "Department" means the Illinois Department of Commerce
13and Economic Opportunity.
14    (b) "Unit of local government" means any unit of local
15government, as defined in Article VII, Section 1 of the 1970
16State Constitution and any local public entity as that term is
17defined by the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees
18Tort Immunity Act and also includes the State and any
19instrumentality, office, officer, department, division,
20bureau, commission, college or university thereof.
21    (c) "Energy conservation project" means any improvement,
22repair, alteration or betterment of any building or facility or
23any equipment, fixture or furnishing including its energy using

 

 

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1mechanical devices to be added to or used in any building or
2facility that the Director of the Department has certified to
3the Authority will be a cost-effective energy-related project
4that will lower energy or utility costs in connection with the
5operation or maintenance of such building or facility, and will
6achieve energy cost savings sufficient to cover bond debt
7service and other project costs within 10 years from the date
8of project installation.
9    (d) "Green energy special service area project" means any
10energy efficiency improvement or renewable energy improvement
11as such terms are defined in Section 27-5 of the Special
12Service Area Tax Law of the Property Tax Code.
13(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
14    (20 ILCS 3501/820-20)
15    Sec. 820-20. Powers and Duties; Illinois Local Government
16Financing Assistance Program. The Authority has the power:
17    (a) To purchase from time to time pursuant to negotiated
18sale or to otherwise acquire from time to time any local
19government securities issued by one or more units of local
20government upon such terms and conditions as the Authority may
21prescribe;
22    (b) To issue bonds in one or more series pursuant to one or
23more resolutions of the Authority for any purpose authorized
24under this Article, including without limitation purchasing or
25acquiring local government securities, providing for the

 

 

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1payment of any interest deemed necessary on such bonds, paying
2for the cost of issuance of such bonds, providing for the
3payment of the cost of any guarantees, letters of credit,
4insurance contracts or other similar credit support or
5liquidity instruments, or providing for the funding of any
6reserves deemed necessary in connection with such bonds and
7refunding or advance refunding of any such bonds and the
8interest and any premium thereon, pursuant to this Act;
9    (c) To provide for the funding of any reserves or other
10funds or accounts deemed necessary by the Authority in
11connection with any bonds issued by the Authority or local
12government securities purchased or otherwise acquired by the
13Authority;
14    (d) To pledge any local government security, including any
15payments thereon, and any other funds of the Authority or funds
16made available to the Authority which may be applied to such
17purpose, as security for any bonds or any guarantees, letters
18of credit, insurance contracts or similar credit support or
19liquidity instruments securing the bonds;
20    (e) To enter into agreements or contracts with third
21parties, whether public or private, including without
22limitation the United States of America, the State, or any
23department or agency thereof to obtain any appropriations,
24grants, loans or guarantees which are deemed necessary or
25desirable by the Authority. Any such guarantee, agreement or
26contract may contain terms and provisions necessary or

 

 

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1desirable in connection with the program, subject to the
2requirements established by this Article;
3    (f) To charge reasonable fees to defray the cost of
4obtaining letters of credit, insurance contracts or other
5similar documents, and to charge such other reasonable fees to
6defray the cost of trustees, depositories, paying agents, bond
7registrars, escrow agents and other administrative expenses.
8Any such fees shall be payable by units of local government
9whose local government securities are purchased or otherwise
10acquired by the Authority pursuant to this Article, in such
11amounts and at such times as the Authority shall determine, and
12the amount of the fees need not be uniform among the various
13units of local government whose local government securities are
14purchased or otherwise acquired by the Authority pursuant to
15this Article;
16    (g) To obtain and maintain guarantees, letters of credit,
17insurance contracts or similar credit support or liquidity
18instruments which are deemed necessary or desirable in
19connection with any bonds or other obligations of the Authority
20or any local government securities;
21    (h) To establish application fees and other service fees
22and prescribe application, notification, contract, agreement,
23security and insurance forms and rules and regulations it deems
24necessary or appropriate;
25    (i) To provide technical assistance, at the request of any
26unit of local government, with respect to the financing or

 

 

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1refinancing for any public purpose. In fulfillment of this
2purpose, the Authority may request assistance from the
3Department as necessary; any unit of local government that is
4experiencing either a financial emergency as defined in the
5Local Government Financial Planning and Supervision Act or a
6condition of fiscal crisis evidenced by an impaired ability to
7obtain financing for its public purpose projects from
8traditional financial channels or impaired ability to fully
9fund its obligations to fire, police and municipal employee
10pension funds, or to bond payments or reserves, may request
11technical assistance from the Authority in the form of a
12diagnostic evaluation of its financial condition;
13    (j) To purchase any obligations of the Authority issued
14pursuant to this Article;
15    (k) To sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of local
16government securities purchased or otherwise acquired by the
17Authority pursuant to this Article, including without
18limitation, the sale, transfer or other disposition of
19undivided fractionalized interests in the right to receive
20payments of principal and premium, if any, or the right to
21receive payments of interest or the right to receive payments
22of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on pools of
23such local government securities;
24    (l) To acquire, purchase, lease, sell, transfer and
25otherwise dispose of real and personal property, or any
26interest therein, and to issue its bonds and enter into leases,

 

 

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1contracts and other agreements with units of local government
2in connection with such acquisitions, purchases, leases, sales
3and other dispositions of such real and personal property;
4    (m) To make loans to banks, savings and loans and other
5financial institutions for the purpose of purchasing or
6otherwise acquiring local government securities, and to issue
7its bonds, and enter into agreements and contracts in
8connection with such loans;
9    (n) To enter into agreements or contracts with any person
10necessary or appropriate to place the payment obligations of
11the Authority under any of its bonds in whole or in part on any
12interest rate basis, cash flow basis, or other basis desired by
13the Authority, including without limitation agreements or
14contracts commonly known as "interest rate swap agreements",
15"forward payment conversion agreements", and "futures", or
16agreements or contracts to exchange cash flows or a series of
17payments, or agreements or contracts, including without
18limitation agreements or contracts commonly known as
19"options", "puts" or "calls", to hedge payment, rate spread, or
20similar exposure; provided, that any such agreement or contract
21shall not constitute an obligation for borrowed money, and
22shall not be taken into account under Section 845-5 of this Act
23or any other debt limit of the Authority or the State of
24Illinois;
25    (o) To make and enter into all other agreements and
26contracts and execute all instruments necessary or incidental

 

 

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1to performance of its duties and the execution of its powers
2under this Article;
3    (p) To contract for and finance the costs of energy audits,
4project-specific engineering and design specifications, and
5any other related analyses preliminary to an energy
6conservation project; and, to contract for and finance the cost
7of project monitoring and data collection to verify
8post-installation energy consumption and energy-related
9operating costs. Any such contract shall be executed only after
10it has been jointly negotiated by the Authority and the
11Department; and
12    (p-5) To purchase special service area bonds and to accept
13assignments, pledges, or both of special service area bonds,
14agreements relating to public and private green energy special
15service area projects, or both; this authority shall be
16liberally construed; and
17    (q) To exercise such other powers as are necessary or
18incidental to the foregoing.
19(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
20    (20 ILCS 3501/820-25)
21    Sec. 820-25. Unit of Local Government Participation. Any
22unit of local government is authorized to voluntarily
23participate in this program. Any unit of local government which
24is authorized to issue, sell and deliver its local government
25securities under any provision of the Constitution or laws of

 

 

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1the State may issue, sell and deliver such local government
2securities to the Authority under this Article; provided that
3and notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
4any such unit of local government may issue and sell any such
5local government security at any interest rate or rates, which
6rate or rates may be established by an index or formula which
7may be implemented by persons appointed or retained therefor,
8payable at such time or times, and at such price or prices to
9which the unit of local government and the Authority may agree.
10Any unit of local government may pay any amount charged by the
11Authority pursuant to this Article. Any unit of local
12government participating in this program may pay out of the
13proceeds of its local government securities or out of any other
14moneys or funds available to it for such purposes any costs,
15fees, interest deemed necessary, premium or reserves incurred
16or required for financing or refinancing this program,
17including without limitation any fees charged by the Authority
18pursuant to this Article and its share, as determined by the
19Authority, of any costs, fees, interest deemed necessary,
20premium or reserves incurred or required pursuant to Section
21820-20 of this Act. All local government securities purchased
22or otherwise acquired by the Authority pursuant to this Act
23shall upon delivery to the Authority be accompanied by an
24approving opinion of bond counsel as to the validity of such
25securities. The Authority shall have discretion to purchase or
26otherwise acquire those local government securities, as it

 

 

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1shall deem to be in the best interest of its financing program
2for all units of local government taken as a whole. Any unit of
3local government with the authority to provide special service
4area financing in connection with green energy special service
5area projects, as provided in the Special Service Area Tax Law,
6is authorized to do any of the following: (i) issue special
7service area bonds, (ii) sell or assign those bonds to the
8Authority, and (iii) assign or pledge those special service
9area bonds, agreements relating to public and private green
10energy special service area projects, or both to the Authority.
11(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
12    (20 ILCS 3501/820-37 new)
13    Sec. 820-37. Special service area bonds. The Authority may
14assist units of local government by establishing and
15implementing a program to issue its bonds secured by special
16service area agreements assigned or pledged to the Authority by
17the units of local government so as to provide financing for
18green energy special service area projects. Such bonds shall
19not constitute an indebtedness or obligation of the State of
20Illinois and it shall be plainly stated on the face of each
21bond that it does not constitute such an indebtedness or
22obligation but is payable solely from the revenues, income, or
23other assets of the Authority pledged for those purposes.
 
24    Section 10. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing

 

 

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1Section 27-5 and by adding Section 27-97 as follows:
 
2    (35 ILCS 200/27-5)
3    Sec. 27-5. Short title; definitions. This Article may be
4cited as the Special Service Area Tax Law.
5    When used in this Article:
6    "Energy efficiency improvement" means any installation,
7modification, or replacement that is intended to reduce energy
8consumption in any residential, commercial, or industrial
9building, structure, or other facility, including, but not
10limited to, the following:
11        (1) insulation in walls, roofs, floors, foundations,
12    and heating and cooling distribution systems;
13        (2) storm windows and doors, multiglazed windows and
14    doors, heat-absorbing or heat-reflective glazed and coated
15    window and door systems, additional glazing, reductions in
16    glass area, and other window and door system modifications;
17        (3) automatic energy control systems;
18        (4) high-efficiency furnaces, lighting fixtures,
19    ventilating, or air conditioning and distribution systems;
20        (5) caulking and weather-stripping;
21        (6) facilities, improvements, or systems to bring
22    natural daylight into buildings;
23        (7) installation of energy management systems,
24    upgraded electrical circuits, panels, electric vehicle
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1    energy efficiency, renewable energy, transportation
2    electrification and smart grid technology; and
3        (8) any other installation, modification, replacement,
4    facility, improvement, rehabilitation, repair, or
5    remodeling that has the effect of reducing energy
6    consumption.
7    "Green energy special service area" means a special service
8area created pursuant to Section 27-97 of this Code for the
9purpose of providing special services that are energy
10efficiency improvements, renewable energy improvements, or a
11combination of both. The corporate authorities may establish by
12ordinance (i) multiple green energy special service areas
13pursuant to a single ordinance or (ii) a single green energy
14special service area comprised of multiple buildings,
15structures, facilities, improvements, lots, or parcels of
16land, which are not required to be contiguous. Revenues from
17multiple green energy special service areas and revenues from
18multiple buildings, structures, facilities, improvements,
19lots, or parcels of land within a single green energy special
20service area may be aggregated for a pledge as security for
21bonds issued pursuant to Section 27-45.
22    "Renewable energy improvement" means any fixture, product,
23system, device, or interacting group thereof, for any
24residential, commercial, or industrial building, structure, or
25other facility that produces energy from renewable energy
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1in Section 1-10 of the Illinois Power Agency Act.
2    "Special Service Area" means a contiguous area within a
3municipality or county in which, except as provided in Section
427-97 concerning green energy special services, special
5governmental services are provided in addition to those
6services provided generally throughout the municipality or
7county, the cost of the special services to be paid from
8revenues collected from taxes levied or imposed upon property
9within that area. Territory shall be considered contiguous for
10purposes of this Article even though certain completely
11surrounded portions of the territory are excluded from the
12special service area. A county may create a special service
13area within a municipality or municipalities when the
14municipality or municipalities consent to the creation of the
15special service area. A municipality may create a special
16service area within a municipality and the unincorporated area
17of a county or within another municipality when the county or
18other municipality consents to the creation of the special
19service area.
20    "Special Services" means all forms of services pertaining
21to the government and affairs of the municipality or county,
22including but not limited to weather modification, energy
23efficiency improvements, renewable energy improvements, and
24improvements permissible under Article 9 of the Illinois
25Municipal Code, and contracts for the supply of water as
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1which may be entered into by the municipality or by the county
2on behalf of a county service area.
3(Source: P.A. 86-1324; 88-445.)
 
4    (35 ILCS 200/27-97 new)
5    Sec. 27-97. Green Energy Special Service Areas.
6    (a) The corporate authorities of each municipality or
7county may establish a green energy special service area, or
8multiple green energy special service areas under a single
9ordinance, for the purpose of arranging and financing energy
10efficiency improvements, renewable energy improvements, or
11both. Each green energy special service area shall include only
12property for which each owner of record has executed a contract
13or agreement consenting to the inclusion of the property within
14the green energy special service area. That consent may occur
15subsequent to the adoption of the ordinance of the corporate
16authorities establishing the green energy special service
17area. The inclusion (or, as applicable, deletion) of the
18property within the green energy special service area
19subsequent to the adoption of the ordinance of the corporate
20authorities establishing the green energy special service area
21may be made by either (i) the adoption of a supplemental or
22amending ordinance of the corporate authorities or (ii)
23pursuant to authority in the establishing ordinance
24designating one or more county or municipal officers, as
25applicable, to include (or, as applicable, delete) other

 

 

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1properties from the special service area. Green energy special
2service areas are exempt from the provisions of Sections 27-20,
327-25, 27-30, 27-35, 27-45, 27-55, 27-60, 27-65, and 27-70.
4Each owner of record of property within a green energy special
5service area may arrange for specific energy efficiency
6improvements or renewable energy improvements and may obtain
7financing for such improvements through the process set forth
8in the ordinance establishing the green energy special service
9area. A green energy special service area may consist of a
10single building, structure, facility, improvement, lot, or
11parcel of land. The corporate authorities may establish
12multiple green energy special service areas pursuant to a
13single ordinance or include multiple buildings, structures,
14facilities, improvements, lots, or parcels of land within a
15single green energy special service area, whether or not those
16buildings, structures, facilities, improvements, lots, or
17parcels of land are contiguous. Revenues from multiple green
18energy special service areas and revenues from multiple
19buildings, structures, facilities, improvements or lots or
20parcels of land within a single green energy special service
21area may be aggregated for a pledge as security for bonds
22issued pursuant to Section 27-45.
23    (b) The corporate authorities of any municipality or county
24that establishes a green energy special service area shall levy
25a tax pursuant to Section 27-75 on property located within the
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1the property has entered into a contract or agreement for those
2improvements. The contract or agreement entered into with the
3owner of the property shall be conclusive as to the
4authorization and establishment of the applicable green energy
5special service area as it relates to that property and to the
6amount of special tax to be levied and extended against the
7property for those improvements. The contract or agreement may
8specify tax levies pursuant to Section 27-75 related (i) to the
9applicable energy efficiency or green energy improvements,
10(ii) as applicable to the principal of and interest on bonds
11issued for financing such improvements, including bonds issued
12as a part of a larger pooled or composite issue, or (iii) to
13both the applicable improvements and the applicable principal
14of and interest on bonds. The specified tax levies in the
15contract or agreement, when recorded as provided in subsection
16(c) below and filed with the county clerk, shall be authority
17for each affected county to extend and collect such levied
18taxes for the applicable municipality or county with respect to
19the contract or agreement.
20    (c) The contract or agreement in subsection (b) shall be in
21recordable form and shall be recorded in the office of the
22recorder in the county where the property is located.
23    (d) This Section 27-97 shall be liberally construed to
24affect the legislative purpose of enabling taxpayers to make
25energy efficiency improvements or renewable energy
26improvements to their properties.
 

 

 

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1    Section 15. The Counties Code is amended by changing
2Section 5-1005 as follows:
 
3    (55 ILCS 5/5-1005)  (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1005)
4    Sec. 5-1005. Powers. Each county shall have power:
5        1. To purchase and hold the real and personal estate
6    necessary for the uses of the county, and to purchase and
7    hold, for the benefit of the county, real estate sold by
8    virtue of judicial proceedings in which the county is
9    plaintiff.
10        2. To sell and convey or lease any real or personal
11    estate owned by the county.
12        3. To make all contracts and do all other acts in
13    relation to the property and concerns of the county
14    necessary to the exercise of its corporate powers.
15        4. To take all necessary measures and institute
16    proceedings to enforce all laws for the prevention of
17    cruelty to animals.
18        5. To purchase and hold or lease real estate upon which
19    may be erected and maintained buildings to be utilized for
20    purposes of agricultural experiments and to purchase, hold
21    and use personal property for the care and maintenance of
22    such real estate in connection with such experimental
23    purposes.
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1    suitable buildings for, and maintain a county hospital and
2    necessary branch hospitals and/or a county sheltered care
3    home or county nursing home for the care of such sick,
4    chronically ill or infirm persons as may by law be proper
5    charges upon the county, or upon other governmental units,
6    and to provide for the management of the same. The county
7    board may establish rates to be paid by persons seeking
8    care and treatment in such hospital or home in accordance
9    with their financial ability to meet such charges, either
10    personally or through a hospital plan or hospital
11    insurance, and the rates to be paid by governmental units,
12    including the State, for the care of sick, chronically ill
13    or infirm persons admitted therein upon the request of such
14    governmental units. Any hospital maintained by a county
15    under this Section is authorized to provide any service and
16    enter into any contract or other arrangement not prohibited
17    for a hospital that is licensed under the Hospital
18    Licensing Act, incorporated under the General
19    Not-For-Profit Corporation Act, and exempt from taxation
20    under paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of Section 501 of the
21    Internal Revenue Code.
22        7. To contribute such sums of money toward erecting,
23    building, maintaining, and supporting any non-sectarian
24    public hospital located within its limits as the county
25    board of the county shall deem proper.
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1    preservation of forests, prairies and other natural areas
2    and to maintain and regulate the use thereof.
3        9. To purchase and hold real estate for the purpose of
4    preserving historical spots in the county, to restore,
5    maintain and regulate the use thereof and to donate any
6    historical spot to the State.
7        10. To appropriate funds from the county treasury to be
8    used in any manner to be determined by the board for the
9    suppression, eradication and control of tuberculosis among
10    domestic cattle in such county.
11        11. To take all necessary measures to prevent forest
12    fires and encourage the maintenance and planting of trees
13    and the preservation of forests.
14        12. To authorize the closing on Saturday mornings of
15    all offices of all county officers at the county seat of
16    each county, and to otherwise regulate and fix the days and
17    the hours of opening and closing of such offices, except
18    when the days and the hours of opening and closing of the
19    office of any county officer are otherwise fixed by law;
20    but the power herein conferred shall not apply to the
21    office of State's Attorney and the offices of judges and
22    clerks of courts and, in counties of 500,000 or more
23    population, the offices of county clerk.
24        13. To provide for the conservation, preservation and
25    propagation of insectivorous birds through the expenditure
26    of funds provided for such purpose.

 

 

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1        14. To appropriate funds from the county treasury and
2    expend the same for care and treatment of tuberculosis
3    residents.
4        15. In counties having less than 1,000,000
5    inhabitants, to take all necessary or proper steps for the
6    extermination of mosquitoes, flies or other insects within
7    the county.
8        16. To install an adequate system of accounts and
9    financial records in the offices and divisions of the
10    county, suitable to the needs of the office and in
11    accordance with generally accepted principles of
12    accounting for governmental bodies, which system may
13    include such reports as the county board may determine.
14        17. To purchase and hold real estate for the
15    construction and maintenance of motor vehicle parking
16    facilities for persons using county buildings, but the
17    purchase and use of such real estate shall not be for
18    revenue producing purposes.
19        18. To acquire and hold title to real property located
20    within the county, or partly within and partly outside the
21    county by dedication, purchase, gift, legacy or lease, for
22    park and recreational purposes and to charge reasonable
23    fees for the use of or admission to any such park or
24    recreational area and to provide police protection for such
25    park or recreational area. Personnel employed to provide
26    such police protection shall be conservators of the peace

 

 

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1    within such park or recreational area and shall have power
2    to make arrests on view of the offense or upon warrants for
3    violation of any of the ordinances governing such park or
4    recreational area or for any breach of the peace in the
5    same manner as the police in municipalities organized and
6    existing under the general laws of the State. All such real
7    property outside the county shall be contiguous to the
8    county and within the boundaries of the State of Illinois.
9        19. To appropriate funds from the county treasury to be
10    used to provide supportive social services designed to
11    prevent the unnecessary institutionalization of elderly
12    residents, or, for operation of, and equipment for, senior
13    citizen centers providing social services to elderly
14    residents.
15        20. To appropriate funds from the county treasury and
16    loan such funds to a county water commission created under
17    the "Water Commission Act", approved June 30, 1984, as now
18    or hereafter amended, in such amounts and upon such terms
19    as the county may determine or the county and the
20    commission may agree. The county shall not under any
21    circumstances be obligated to make such loans. The county
22    shall not be required to charge interest on any such loans.
23        21. To appropriate and expend funds from the county
24    treasury for economic development purposes, including the
25    making of grants to any other governmental entity or
26    commercial enterprise deemed necessary or desirable for

 

 

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1    the promotion of economic development in the county.
2        22. To lease space on a telecommunications tower to a
3    public or private entity.
4        23. In counties having a population of 100,000 or less
5    and a public building commission organized by the county
6    seat of the county, to cause to be erected or otherwise
7    provided, and to maintain or cause to be maintained,
8    suitable facilities to house students pursuing a
9    post-secondary education at an academic institution
10    located within the county. The county may provide for the
11    management of the facilities.
12        24. To engage in and undertake activities related to
13    and in connection with governmental and private energy
14    efficiency improvements and renewable energy improvements,
15    as defined in the Special Service Area Tax Law of the
16    Property Tax Code, including, but not limited to, special
17    service areas related to green energy special service area
18    financing for energy efficiency improvements and renewable
19    energy improvements, whether on public or private
20    property, under the Special Service Area Tax Law. This item
21    24 shall be liberally construed to effect the legislative
22    purpose of enabling taxpayers to make energy efficiency
23    improvements or renewable energy improvements to their
24    properties.
25    All contracts for the purchase of coal under this Section
26shall be subject to the provisions of "An Act concerning the

 

 

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1use of Illinois mined coal in certain plants and institutions",
2filed July 13, 1937, as amended.
3(Source: P.A. 95-197, eff. 8-16-07; 95-813, eff. 1-1-09;
496-622, eff. 8-24-09.)
 
5    Section 20. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
6adding Division 15.4 to Article 11 as follows:
 
7    (65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 15.4 heading new)
8
DIVISION 15.4. GREEN ENERGY

 
9    (65 ILCS 5/11-15.4-1 new)
10    Sec. 11-15.4-1. Green Energy Special Service Areas. Each
11municipality shall have the power and authority to engage in
12and undertake activities related to and in connection with
13governmental and private energy efficiency improvements and
14renewable energy improvements, as defined in the Special
15Service Area Tax Law of the Property Tax Code, including, but
16not limited to, special service area financing related to green
17energy special service areas for energy efficiency
18improvements and renewable energy improvements, whether on
19public or private property, under the Special Service Area Tax
20Law. This Section shall be liberally construed to effect the
21legislative purpose of enabling taxpayers to make energy
22efficiency improvements or renewable energy improvements to
23their properties.

 

 

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance
3    20 ILCS 3501/820-10
4    20 ILCS 3501/820-20
5    20 ILCS 3501/820-25
6    20 ILCS 3501/820-37 new
7    35 ILCS 200/27-5
8    35 ILCS 200/27-97 new
9    55 ILCS 5/5-1005from Ch. 34, par. 5-1005
10    65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div.
11    15.4 heading new
12    65 ILCS 5/11-15.4-1 new