Rep. Lou Lang

Filed: 5/11/2016

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 116

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 116 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Illinois Finance Authority Act is amended
5by changing 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

 

 

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1defined by the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees
2Tort Immunity Act and also includes the State and any
3instrumentality, office, officer, department, division,
4bureau, commission, college or university thereof.
5    (c) "Energy conservation project" means any improvement,
6repair, alteration or betterment of any building or facility or
7any equipment, including but not limited to an Energy
8Efficiency Project, as defined in item (iii) of subsection (b)
9of Section 825-65, in connection with any school district or
10community college district project, and any fixture or
11furnishing including its energy using mechanical devices to be
12added to or used in any building or facility that the Director
13of the Department has certified to the Authority will be a
14cost-effective energy-related project that will lower energy
15or utility costs in connection with the operation or
16maintenance of such building or facility, and will achieve
17energy cost savings sufficient to cover bond debt service and
18other project costs within 20 10 years from the date of project
19installation.
20    (d) "Green special service area project" means any energy
21efficiency improvement, renewable energy improvement, or water
22use improvement as such terms are defined in Section 27-5 of
23the Special Service Area Tax Law.
24(Source: P.A. 97-760, eff. 7-6-12.)
 
25    (20 ILCS 3501/820-20)

 

 

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1    Sec. 820-20. Powers and Duties; Illinois Local Government
2Financing Assistance Program. The Authority has the power:
3    (a) To purchase from time to time pursuant to negotiated
4sale or to otherwise acquire from time to time any local
5government securities issued by one or more units of local
6government upon such terms and conditions as the Authority may
7prescribe;
8    (b) To issue bonds in one or more series pursuant to one or
9more resolutions of the Authority for any purpose authorized
10under this Article, including without limitation purchasing or
11acquiring local government securities, providing for the
12payment of any interest deemed necessary on such bonds, paying
13for the cost of issuance of such bonds, providing for the
14payment of the cost of any guarantees, letters of credit,
15insurance contracts or other similar credit support or
16liquidity instruments, or providing for the funding of any
17reserves deemed necessary in connection with such bonds and
18refunding or advance refunding of any such bonds and the
19interest and any premium thereon, pursuant to this Act;
20    (c) To provide for the funding of any reserves or other
21funds or accounts deemed necessary by the Authority in
22connection with any bonds issued by the Authority or local
23government securities purchased or otherwise acquired by the
24Authority;
25    (d) To pledge any local government security, including any
26payments thereon, and any other funds of the Authority or funds

 

 

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1made available to the Authority which may be applied to such
2purpose, as security for any bonds or any guarantees, letters
3of credit, insurance contracts or similar credit support or
4liquidity instruments securing the bonds;
5    (e) To enter into agreements or contracts with third
6parties, whether public or private, including without
7limitation the United States of America, the State, or any
8department or agency thereof to obtain any appropriations,
9grants, loans or guarantees which are deemed necessary or
10desirable by the Authority. Any such guarantee, agreement or
11contract may contain terms and provisions necessary or
12desirable in connection with the program, subject to the
13requirements established by this Article;
14    (f) To charge reasonable fees to defray the cost of
15obtaining letters of credit, insurance contracts or other
16similar documents, and to charge such other reasonable fees to
17defray the cost of trustees, depositories, paying agents, bond
18registrars, escrow agents and other administrative expenses.
19Any such fees shall be payable by units of local government
20whose local government securities are purchased or otherwise
21acquired by the Authority pursuant to this Article, in such
22amounts and at such times as the Authority shall determine, and
23the amount of the fees need not be uniform among the various
24units of local government whose local government securities are
25purchased or otherwise acquired by the Authority pursuant to
26this Article;

 

 

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1    (g) To obtain and maintain guarantees, letters of credit,
2insurance contracts or similar credit support or liquidity
3instruments which are deemed necessary or desirable in
4connection with any bonds or other obligations of the Authority
5or any local government securities;
6    (h) To establish application fees and other service fees
7and prescribe application, notification, contract, agreement,
8security and insurance forms and rules and regulations it deems
9necessary or appropriate;
10    (i) To provide technical assistance, at the request of any
11unit of local government, with respect to the financing or
12refinancing for any public purpose. In fulfillment of this
13purpose, the Authority may request assistance from the
14Department as necessary; any unit of local government that is
15experiencing either a financial emergency as defined in the
16Local Government Financial Planning and Supervision Act or a
17condition of fiscal crisis evidenced by an impaired ability to
18obtain financing for its public purpose projects from
19traditional financial channels or impaired ability to fully
20fund its obligations to fire, police and municipal employee
21pension funds, or to bond payments or reserves, may request
22technical assistance from the Authority in the form of a
23diagnostic evaluation of its financial condition;
24    (j) To purchase any obligations of the Authority issued
25pursuant to this Article;
26    (k) To sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of local

 

 

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1government securities purchased or otherwise acquired by the
2Authority pursuant to this Article, including without
3limitation, the sale, transfer or other disposition of
4undivided fractionalized interests in the right to receive
5payments of principal and premium, if any, or the right to
6receive payments of interest or the right to receive payments
7of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on pools of
8such local government securities;
9    (l) To acquire, purchase, lease, sell, transfer and
10otherwise dispose of real and personal property, or any
11interest therein, and to issue its bonds and enter into leases,
12contracts and other agreements with units of local government
13in connection with such acquisitions, purchases, leases, sales
14and other dispositions of such real and personal property;
15    (m) To make loans to banks, savings and loans and other
16financial institutions for the purpose of purchasing or
17otherwise acquiring local government securities, and to issue
18its bonds, and enter into agreements and contracts in
19connection with such loans;
20    (n) To enter into agreements or contracts with any person
21necessary or appropriate to place the payment obligations of
22the Authority under any of its bonds in whole or in part on any
23interest rate basis, cash flow basis, or other basis desired by
24the Authority, including without limitation agreements or
25contracts commonly known as "interest rate swap agreements",
26"forward payment conversion agreements", and "futures", or

 

 

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1agreements or contracts to exchange cash flows or a series of
2payments, or agreements or contracts, including without
3limitation agreements or contracts commonly known as
4"options", "puts" or "calls", to hedge payment, rate spread, or
5similar exposure; provided, that any such agreement or contract
6shall not constitute an obligation for borrowed money, and
7shall not be taken into account under Section 845-5 of this Act
8or any other debt limit of the Authority or the State of
9Illinois;
10    (o) To make and enter into all other agreements and
11contracts and execute all instruments necessary or incidental
12to performance of its duties and the execution of its powers
13under this Article;
14    (p) To contract for and finance the costs of energy audits,
15project-specific engineering and design specifications, and
16any other related analyses preliminary to an energy
17conservation project; and, to contract for and finance the cost
18of project monitoring and data collection to verify
19post-installation energy consumption and energy-related
20operating costs. Any such contract shall be executed only after
21it has been jointly negotiated by the Authority and the
22Department; and
23    (p-5) To purchase special service area bonds and to accept
24assignments or pledges, or both, of special service area bonds
25or agreements relating to green special service area projects,
26which authority shall be liberally construed; and

 

 

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1    (q) To exercise such other powers as are necessary or
2incidental to the foregoing.
3(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
4    (20 ILCS 3501/820-25)
5    Sec. 820-25. Unit of Local Government Participation. Any
6unit of local government is authorized to voluntarily
7participate in this program. Any unit of local government which
8is authorized to issue, sell and deliver its local government
9securities under any provision of the Constitution or laws of
10the State may issue, sell and deliver such local government
11securities to the Authority under this Article; provided that
12and notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
13any such unit of local government may issue and sell any such
14local government security at any interest rate or rates, which
15rate or rates may be established by an index or formula which
16may be implemented by persons appointed or retained for those
17purposes therefor, payable at such time or times, and at such
18price or prices to which the unit of local government and the
19Authority may agree. Any unit of local government may pay any
20amount charged by the Authority pursuant to this Article. Any
21unit of local government participating in this program may pay
22out of the proceeds of its local government securities or out
23of any other moneys or funds available to it for such purposes
24any costs, fees, interest deemed necessary, premium or reserves
25incurred or required for financing or refinancing this program,

 

 

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1including without limitation any fees charged by the Authority
2pursuant to this Article and its share, as determined by the
3Authority, of any costs, fees, interest deemed necessary,
4premium or reserves incurred or required pursuant to Section
5820-20 of this Act. All local government securities purchased
6or otherwise acquired by the Authority pursuant to this Act
7shall upon delivery to the Authority be accompanied by an
8approving opinion of bond counsel as to the validity of such
9securities. The Authority shall have discretion to purchase or
10otherwise acquire those local government securities, as it
11shall deem to be in the best interest of its financing program
12for all units of local government taken as a whole. Any unit of
13local government with the authority, in connection with green
14special service area projects, to provide special service area
15financing under the Special Service Area Tax Law is authorized
16to issue special service area bonds and sell or assign those
17special service area bonds to the Authority or to assign or
18pledge special service area bonds or agreements, or both, to
19the Authority.
20(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
21    (20 ILCS 3501/820-37 new)
22    Sec. 820-37. Unit of local government participation;
23bonds. The Authority may assist units of local government by
24establishing and implementing a program to issue their bonds
25secured by special service area agreements assigned or pledged

 

 

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1to the Authority by units of local government so as to provide
2financing for green special service area projects. The bonds of
3the Authority shall not constitute an indebtedness or
4obligation of the Authority or the State, and it shall be
5plainly stated on the face of each such bond that it does not
6constitute an indebtedness or obligation of the Authority or
7the State but is payable solely from the revenues, income, or
8other assets of the Authority that are pledged to the repayment
9of those bonds.
 
10    Section 10. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
11Section 27-5 and by adding Sections 27-97, 27-100, and 27-105
12as follows:
 
13    (35 ILCS 200/27-5)
14    Sec. 27-5. Short title; definitions. This Article may be
15cited as the Special Service Area Tax Law.
16    When used in this Article:
17    "Energy efficiency improvement" means any installation,
18modification, or replacement that reduces energy consumption
19in any multi-family residential, commercial, or industrial
20building, structure, or other facility, including, but not
21limited to, all of the following:
22        (1) insulation in walls, roofs, floors, foundations,
23    and heating and cooling distribution systems;
24        (2) storm windows and doors, multiglazed windows and

 

 

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1    doors, heat-absorbing or heat-reflective glazed and coated
2    window and door systems, additional glazing, reductions in
3    glass area, and other window and door system modifications;
4        (3) automatic energy control systems;
5        (4) high efficiency furnaces, lighting fixtures,
6    ventilating, or air conditioning and distribution systems;
7        (5) caulking and weather-stripping;
8        (6) facilities, improvements, or systems to bring
9    natural daylight into buildings; and
10        (7) any other installation, modification, replacement,
11    facility, improvement, rehabilitation, repair, or
12    remodeling that is permanently affixed to the property and
13    has the effect of reducing energy consumption.
14    For the purposes of levying a special service area tax on
15the real property on which the energy efficiency improvement is
16located in a green special service area under the Special
17Service Area Tax Law in the Property Tax Code, any energy
18efficiency improvement shall be deemed to be real property.
19    "Green special service area" means a special service area
20created pursuant to Section 27-97 of this Act for the purpose
21of providing special services that are energy efficiency
22improvements, renewable energy improvements, water use
23improvements, or a combination thereof. The corporate
24authorities of the municipality or county may establish (i)
25multiple green special service areas pursuant to a single
26ordinance or (ii) multiple buildings, structures, facilities,

 

 

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1improvements, or lots or parcels of land within a single green
2special service area, which are not required to be contiguous.
3Revenues from multiple green special service areas and revenues
4from multiple buildings, structures, facilities, improvements
5or lots or parcels of land within a single green special
6service area may be aggregated for a pledge as security for
7bonds issued pursuant to Section 27-45 of this Act.
8    "Green special service area project" means any energy
9efficiency improvement, renewable energy improvement, or water
10use improvement, or any combination thereof.
11    "Multi-family residential" means a building containing
12more than 4 units that is intended for human habitation, or any
13mixed residential-commercial buildings or portions thereof
14that are intended for human habitation.
15    "Renewable energy improvement" means any fixture, product,
16system, device, or interacting group thereof, for or serving
17any multi-family residential, commercial, or industrial
18building, structure, or other facility that is permanently
19affixed to the property and produces energy from renewable
20resources as defined in Section 1-10 of the Illinois Power
21Agency Act. For purposes of levying a special service area tax
22on the real property on which the renewable energy improvement
23is located in a green special service area under the Special
24Service Area Tax Law in the Property Tax Code, any renewable
25energy improvement shall be deemed to be real property.
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1provided in this Act concerning green special service areas,
2within a municipality or county in which special governmental
3services are provided in addition to those services provided
4generally throughout the municipality or county, the cost of
5the special services to be paid from revenues collected from
6taxes levied or imposed upon property within that area.
7Territory shall be considered contiguous for purposes of this
8Article even though certain completely surrounded portions of
9the territory are excluded from the special service area. A
10county may create a special service area within a municipality
11or municipalities when the municipality or municipalities
12consent to the creation of the special service area. A
13municipality may create a special service area within a
14municipality and the unincorporated area of a county or within
15another municipality when the county or other municipality
16consents to the creation of the special service area.
17    "Special Services" means all forms of services pertaining
18to the government and affairs of the municipality or county,
19including but not limited to weather modification, energy
20efficiency improvements, renewable energy improvements, water
21use improvements, and improvements permissible under Article 9
22of the Illinois Municipal Code, and contracts for the supply of
23water as described in Section 11-124-1 of the Illinois
24Municipal Code which may be entered into by the municipality or
25by the county on behalf of a county special service area.
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1system, device, or interacting group thereof, for or serving
2any multi-family residential, commercial, or industrial
3building, structure, or other facility that has the effect of
4conserving water resources through improved water management
5or efficiency. For the purposes of levying a special service
6area tax on the real property on which the water use
7improvement is located in a green special service area under
8the Special Service Area Tax Law in the Property Tax Code, any
9water use improvement shall be deemed to be real property.
10(Source: P.A. 86-1324; 88-445.)
 
11    (35 ILCS 200/27-97 new)
12    Sec. 27-97. Green special service areas.
13    (a) The corporate authorities of a municipality or a county
14may establish a green special service area, or multiple green
15special service areas under a single ordinance, for the purpose
16of arranging for and financing energy efficiency improvements,
17renewable energy improvements, or water use improvements, the
18financing of which shall constitute a public purpose. Each
19green special service area shall include only property for
20which each owner of record has executed a contract or agreement
21consenting to the inclusion of the property within the green
22special service area, and such contract or agreement may be
23entered into after the adoption of the ordinance by the
24corporate authorities establishing the green special service
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1within the green special service area after the adoption of the
2ordinance by the corporate authorities establishing the green
3special service area may be made either (i) by the adoption of
4a supplemental or amending ordinance by the corporate
5authorities or (ii) pursuant to authority in the establishing
6ordinance designating one or more county or municipal officers,
7as applicable, to include or delete other properties. Green
8special service areas are exempt from the provisions of
9Sections 27-20, 27-25, 27-30, 27-35, 27-40, 27-50, 27-55,
1027-60, 27-65, and 27-70 of the Special Service Area Tax Law. A
11municipality or a county may create a green special service
12area by an ordinance establishing the green special service
13area or multiple green special services areas. Notwithstanding
14anything in the Special Service Area Tax Law to the contrary, a
15county may establish a green special service area within a
16municipality without the consent of that municipality. Each
17owner of record of property within a green special service area
18may arrange for the specific energy efficiency improvements,
19renewable energy improvements, or water use improvements, and
20may obtain financing for such improvements through the process
21set forth in the ordinance establishing the green special
22service area. A green special service area may consist of a
23single building, structure, facility, improvement, or lot or
24parcel of land. The corporate authorities of a municipality or
25a county may establish multiple green special service areas
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1special service area, identify multiple buildings, structures,
2facilities, improvements, or lots or parcels of land, whether
3or not those buildings, structures, facilities, improvements,
4lots, or parcels are contiguous. However, each green special
5service area shall be established with respect to a single
6contract or agreement. Revenues derived from special service
7area taxes levied in multiple green special service areas or
8revenues from multiple buildings, structures, facilities,
9improvements or lots or parcels of land within a single green
10special service area may be aggregated for a pledge as security
11for bonds issued pursuant to Section 27-45 of the Special
12Service Area Tax Law. Municipalities and counties shall have
13the power to issue bonds under Section 27-45 of the Special
14Service Area Tax Law for the public purposes set forth in this
15Section 27-97; provided that it shall not be necessary to give
16notice of or to conduct a public hearing, as required in
17Section 27-45 of the Special Service Area Tax Law, in
18connection with the issuance of those bonds, as otherwise
19required by Section 27-45 of the Special Service Area Tax Law.
20    (b) The corporate authorities of a county or municipality
21that establish a green special service area shall have the
22power to levy a special service area tax on the real property
23on which the energy use improvements, the renewable energy
24improvements, and the water use improvements are located if
25each owner of record has entered into a contract or agreement
26for those energy efficiency improvements, those renewable

 

 

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1energy improvements, and those water use improvements. It is
2not necessary to file a copy of the notice of public hearing
3with the County Clerk as otherwise required by Section 27-75 of
4the Special Service Area Tax Law. The contract or agreement
5entered into with the owner of the property shall be conclusive
6as to the due authorization and establishment of the applicable
7green special service area as it relates to those energy
8efficiency improvements, those renewable energy improvements,
9and those water use improvements and the amount of the special
10service area taxes to be levied and extended against the real
11property on which such energy efficiency improvements, such
12renewable energy improvements and such water use improvements
13are located. A contract or agreement may specify the amount of
14the special service area taxes levied pursuant to this Section
15on the real property on which the applicable energy efficiency
16improvements, renewable energy improvements, water use
17improvements, or a combination thereof are located or as
18applicable to the principal of and interest on bonds issued,
19including as a part of a larger pooled or composite issue, for
20financing such energy efficiency improvements, renewable
21energy improvements or water use improvements. The specified
22special service area tax levies in a contract or agreement when
23recorded as provided in subsection (c) of this Section and
24filed in the office of the recorder of the county where the
25real property is located shall be authority for each affected
26municipality or county to extend and collect the levied special

 

 

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1service area taxes for the applicable municipality or county,
2or both, with respect to each such contract or agreement.
3    In the event that a municipality establishes a green
4special service area pursuant to this Section, the county clerk
5of the county in which the green special service area is
6located may agree to extend, and the county collector of that
7county may agree to collect, distribute, and account for, the
8special service area taxes on behalf of the municipality upon
9the establishment of the green special service area or at any
10time thereafter. Upon agreement, the county clerk shall
11continue to extend, and the county collector shall continue to
12collect, distribute, and account for the levied special service
13area taxes until the green special service area is dissolved.
14If the county clerk and the county collector agree to extend,
15collect, and account for the levied special service area taxes,
16the ordinance levying the special service area taxes in a green
17special service area shall be filed with the county clerk of
18that county.
19    (c) Before entering into a contract or agreement as set
20forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this Section, a
21municipality or county must ensure that: (i) there are no
22delinquent taxes, special assessments, or water or sewer
23charges on the property; (ii) the amount of the tax in relation
24to the greater of the assessed value of the property or the
25appraised value of the property, as determined by a licensed
26appraiser, does not exceed 25%; (iii) any existing mortgage

 

 

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1holders have provided written consent; (iv) an assessment of
2the existing water or energy use and a modeling of expected
3monetary savings have been conducted for the proposed project;
4(v) the contractors to be used are registered and have agreed
5to adhere to a set of terms and conditions through a process
6established by the municipality or county; (vi) at the option
7of the municipality or county, the contractors to be used have
8signed a written acknowledgement that the municipality or
9county will not authorize final payment to the contractor until
10the municipality or county has received written confirmation
11from the property owner that the improvement was properly
12installed and is operating as intended; (vii) the term of the
13tax does not exceed the useful life of the project paid for by
14the tax, provided that projects that consist of multiple
15improvements with varying lengths of useful life shall have the
16lengths blended to determine an overall tax term that does not
17exceed the useful life of the improvements in aggregate; and
18(viii) the property owner has signed a certification that the
19municipality or county has complied with the provisions of this
20subsection (c), which shall be conclusive evidence as to
21compliance with those provisions, but shall not relieve any
22contractor, municipality, or county from any potential
23liability.
24    (d) The contract or agreement in subsection (b) of this
25Section shall be in recordable form and shall be recorded in
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1property is located.
2    (e) Any municipality or county with the authority to
3provide special service area financing in connection with green
4special service area projects, as provided in the Special
5Service Area Tax Law, may do any of the following: (i) issue
6special service area bonds pursuant to Section 27-45 of the
7Special Service Area Tax Law, as provided in subsection (a) of
8this Section, (ii) sell or assign those bonds to the Illinois
9Finance Authority or to a third party, and (iii) assign or
10pledge those special service area bonds, agreements relating to
11green special service area projects, or both to the Illinois
12Finance Authority or to a third party.
13    (f) A municipality or county may join with any other
14municipality or county, or with any person, or with any number
15or combination thereof, by contract or otherwise as may be
16permitted by law, in a program to implement green special
17service areas in whole or in part.
18    (g) This Section shall be liberally construed to effect the
19legislative purpose of enabling eligible property owners to
20make energy efficiency improvements, renewable energy
21improvements, or water use improvements, or any combination
22thereof, to their properties.
 
23    (35 ILCS 200/27-100 new)
24    Sec. 27-100. Administrative fees. Notwithstanding any
25other provision of law, each municipality or county may charge

 

 

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1administrative fees in connection with the administration of
2Special Service Areas. Such administrative fees may be
3collected from Special Service Area tax levies.
 
4    (35 ILCS 200/27-105 new)
5    Sec. 27-105. Third-party administration. Notwithstanding
6any other provision of law, a municipality or county may
7delegate by municipal or county ordinance a third-party
8not-for-profit corporation to administer all or any part of its
9Special Service Area program, including its Green Special
10Service Area program.
 
11    Section 15. The Counties Code is amended by changing
12Section 5-1005 as follows:
 
13    (55 ILCS 5/5-1005)  (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1005)
14    Sec. 5-1005. Powers. Each county shall have power:
15        1. To purchase and hold the real and personal estate
16    necessary for the uses of the county, and to purchase and
17    hold, for the benefit of the county, real estate sold by
18    virtue of judicial proceedings in which the county is
19    plaintiff.
20        2. To sell and convey or lease any real or personal
21    estate owned by the county.
22        3. To make all contracts and do all other acts in
23    relation to the property and concerns of the county

 

 

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1    necessary to the exercise of its corporate powers.
2        4. To take all necessary measures and institute
3    proceedings to enforce all laws for the prevention of
4    cruelty to animals.
5        5. To purchase and hold or lease real estate upon which
6    may be erected and maintained buildings to be utilized for
7    purposes of agricultural experiments and to purchase, hold
8    and use personal property for the care and maintenance of
9    such real estate in connection with such experimental
10    purposes.
11        6. To cause to be erected, or otherwise provided,
12    suitable buildings for, and maintain a county hospital and
13    necessary branch hospitals and/or a county sheltered care
14    home or county nursing home for the care of such sick,
15    chronically ill or infirm persons as may by law be proper
16    charges upon the county, or upon other governmental units,
17    and to provide for the management of the same. The county
18    board may establish rates to be paid by persons seeking
19    care and treatment in such hospital or home in accordance
20    with their financial ability to meet such charges, either
21    personally or through a hospital plan or hospital
22    insurance, and the rates to be paid by governmental units,
23    including the State, for the care of sick, chronically ill
24    or infirm persons admitted therein upon the request of such
25    governmental units. Any hospital maintained by a county
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1    enter into any contract or other arrangement not prohibited
2    for a hospital that is licensed under the Hospital
3    Licensing Act, incorporated under the General
4    Not-For-Profit Corporation Act, and exempt from taxation
5    under paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of Section 501 of the
6    Internal Revenue Code.
7        7. To contribute such sums of money toward erecting,
8    building, maintaining, and supporting any non-sectarian
9    public hospital located within its limits as the county
10    board of the county shall deem proper.
11        8. To purchase and hold real estate for the
12    preservation of forests, prairies and other natural areas
13    and to maintain and regulate the use thereof.
14        9. To purchase and hold real estate for the purpose of
15    preserving historical spots in the county, to restore,
16    maintain and regulate the use thereof and to donate any
17    historical spot to the State.
18        10. To appropriate funds from the county treasury to be
19    used in any manner to be determined by the board for the
20    suppression, eradication and control of tuberculosis among
21    domestic cattle in such county.
22        11. To take all necessary measures to prevent forest
23    fires and encourage the maintenance and planting of trees
24    and the preservation of forests.
25        12. To authorize the closing on Saturday mornings of
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1    each county, and to otherwise regulate and fix the days and
2    the hours of opening and closing of such offices, except
3    when the days and the hours of opening and closing of the
4    office of any county officer are otherwise fixed by law;
5    but the power herein conferred shall not apply to the
6    office of State's Attorney and the offices of judges and
7    clerks of courts and, in counties of 500,000 or more
8    population, the offices of county clerk.
9        13. To provide for the conservation, preservation and
10    propagation of insectivorous birds through the expenditure
11    of funds provided for such purpose.
12        14. To appropriate funds from the county treasury and
13    expend the same for care and treatment of tuberculosis
14    residents.
15        15. In counties having less than 1,000,000
16    inhabitants, to take all necessary or proper steps for the
17    extermination of mosquitoes, flies or other insects within
18    the county.
19        16. To install an adequate system of accounts and
20    financial records in the offices and divisions of the
21    county, suitable to the needs of the office and in
22    accordance with generally accepted principles of
23    accounting for governmental bodies, which system may
24    include such reports as the county board may determine.
25        17. To purchase and hold real estate for the
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1    facilities for persons using county buildings, but the
2    purchase and use of such real estate shall not be for
3    revenue producing purposes.
4        18. To acquire and hold title to real property located
5    within the county, or partly within and partly outside the
6    county by dedication, purchase, gift, legacy or lease, for
7    park and recreational purposes and to charge reasonable
8    fees for the use of or admission to any such park or
9    recreational area and to provide police protection for such
10    park or recreational area. Personnel employed to provide
11    such police protection shall be conservators of the peace
12    within such park or recreational area and shall have power
13    to make arrests on view of the offense or upon warrants for
14    violation of any of the ordinances governing such park or
15    recreational area or for any breach of the peace in the
16    same manner as the police in municipalities organized and
17    existing under the general laws of the State. All such real
18    property outside the county shall be contiguous to the
19    county and within the boundaries of the State of Illinois.
20        19. To appropriate funds from the county treasury to be
21    used to provide supportive social services designed to
22    prevent the unnecessary institutionalization of elderly
23    residents, or, for operation of, and equipment for, senior
24    citizen centers providing social services to elderly
25    residents.
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1    loan such funds to a county water commission created under
2    the "Water Commission Act", approved June 30, 1984, as now
3    or hereafter amended, in such amounts and upon such terms
4    as the county may determine or the county and the
5    commission may agree. The county shall not under any
6    circumstances be obligated to make such loans. The county
7    shall not be required to charge interest on any such loans.
8        21. To appropriate and expend funds from the county
9    treasury for economic development purposes, including the
10    making of grants to any other governmental entity or
11    commercial enterprise deemed necessary or desirable for
12    the promotion of economic development in the county.
13        22. To lease space on a telecommunications tower to a
14    public or private entity.
15        23. In counties having a population of 100,000 or less
16    and a public building commission organized by the county
17    seat of the county, to cause to be erected or otherwise
18    provided, and to maintain or cause to be maintained,
19    suitable facilities to house students pursuing a
20    post-secondary education at an academic institution
21    located within the county. The county may provide for the
22    management of the facilities.
23        24. To engage in and undertake activities related to
24    and in connection with energy efficiency improvements,
25    renewable energy improvements, and water use improvements,
26    all as defined in the Special Service Area Tax Law,

 

 

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1    including, but not limited to, green special service area
2    financing for energy efficiency improvements, renewable
3    energy improvements, and water use improvements whether on
4    public or private property, under the Special Service Area
5    Tax Law. This item shall be liberally construed to effect
6    the legislative purpose of enabling eligible property
7    owners to make energy efficiency improvements, renewable
8    energy improvements, and water use improvements to or
9    serving the designated properties.
10    All contracts for the purchase of coal under this Section
11shall be subject to the provisions of "An Act concerning the
12use of Illinois mined coal in certain plants and institutions",
13filed July 13, 1937, as amended.
14(Source: P.A. 95-197, eff. 8-16-07; 95-813, eff. 1-1-09;
1596-622, eff. 8-24-09.)
 
16    Section 20. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
17adding Division 15.4 to Article 11 as follows:
 
18    (65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 15.4 heading new)
19
DIVISION 15.4. GREEN SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS

 
20    (65 ILCS 5/11-15.4-1 new)
21    Sec. 11-15.4-1. Green special service areas. Each
22municipality shall have the power and authority to engage in
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1energy efficiency improvements, renewable energy improvements,
2and water use improvements, all as defined in the Special
3Service Area Tax Law, including, but not limited to, green
4special service area financing for those energy efficiency
5improvements, renewable energy improvements, and water use
6improvements whether on public or private property, under the
7Special Service Area Tax Law. This Section shall be liberally
8construed to effect the legislative purpose of enabling
9property owners to make energy efficiency improvements,
10renewable energy improvements, or water use improvements to or
11serving the designated properties.
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13becoming law.".