SB1857 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB1857

Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 3501/845-5

Amends the Illinois Finance Authority Act. Increases the general bonding authority by $3,000,000,000. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

STATE DEBT IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning debt.

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

Section 5. The Illinois Finance Authority Act is amended by changing Section 845-5 as follows:

(20 ILCS 3501/845-5)

Sec. 845-5. Bond limitations.

(a) The Authority may not have outstanding at any one time bonds for any of its corporate purposes in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $31,150,000,000 $28,150,000,000, excluding bonds issued to refund the bonds of the Authority or bonds of the Predecessor Authorities.

(b) The Authority may not have outstanding at any one time revenue bonds in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $4,000,000,000 on behalf of the Illinois Power Agency as set forth in Section 825-90. Any such revenue bonds issued on behalf of the Illinois Power Agency pursuant to this Act shall not be counted against the bond authorization limit set forth in subsection (a).

(Source: P.A. 94-1068, eff. 8-1-06; 95-481, eff. 8-28-07; 95-697, eff. 11-6-07; 95-876, eff. 8-21-08; 95-879, eff. 8-21-08.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.