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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3506

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 3506 on page 1,  in
 3    line  5, by changing "Section  13" to "Sections 13 and 19.3";
 4    and

 5    on page 5, below line 20, by inserting the following:

 6        "(415 ILCS 5/19.3) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1019.3)
 7        Sec. 19.3.  Water Revolving Fund.
 8        (a)  There is hereby created within the State Treasury  a
 9    Water   Revolving  Fund,  consisting  of  3  interest-bearing
10    special programs to be known as the Water  Pollution  Control
11    Loan  Program,  the Public Water Supply Loan Program, and the
12    Loan Support Program, which shall be used and administered by
13    the Agency.
14        (b)  The Water Pollution Control Loan  Program  shall  be
15    used and administered by the Agency to provide assistance for
16    the following purposes:
17             (1)  to  accept  and retain funds from grant awards,
18        appropriations, transfers, and payments of  interest  and
19        principal;
20             (2)  to   make  direct  loans  at  or  below  market
21        interest rates to any eligible local government  unit  to
22        finance the construction of wastewater treatments works;
 
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 1             (3)  to   make  direct  loans  at  or  below  market
 2        interest rates to any eligible local government  unit  to
 3        buy  or  refinance  debt  obligations for treatment works
 4        incurred after March 7, 1985;
 5             (3.5)  to make  direct  loans  at  or  below  market
 6        interest  rates  for  the  implementation of a management
 7        program established under  Section  319  of  the  Federal
 8        Water Pollution Control Act, as amended;
 9             (4)  to  guarantee  or  purchase insurance for local
10        obligations where such action would improve credit market
11        access or reduce interest rates;
12             (5)  as a source of  revenue  or  security  for  the
13        payment  of  principal and interest on revenue or general
14        obligation bonds issued by the  State  or  any  political
15        subdivision  or  instrumentality thereof, if the proceeds
16        of such bonds will be deposited in the Fund;
17             (6)  to finance the reasonable costs incurred by the
18        Agency in the administration of the Fund; and
19             (7)  to transfer funds to the  Public  Water  Supply
20        Loan Program (blank).
21        (c)  The   Loan   Support   Program  shall  be  used  and
22    administered by the Agency for the following purposes:
23             (1)  to accept and retain funds  from  grant  awards
24        and appropriations;
25             (2)  to finance the reasonable costs incurred by the
26        Agency  in  the  administration  of  the  Fund, including
27        activities under Title III of  this  Act,  including  the
28        administration of the State construction grant program;
29             (3)  to   transfer  funds  to  the  Water  Pollution
30        Control Loan Program and the  Public  Water  Supply  Loan
31        Program;
32             (4)  to  accept  and  retain  a  portion of the loan
33        repayments;
34             (5)  to finance the development of the low  interest
 
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 1        loan program for public water supply projects;
 2             (6)  to finance the reasonable costs incurred by the
 3        Agency  to  provide technical assistance for public water
 4        supplies; and
 5             (7)  to finance the reasonable costs incurred by the
 6        Agency for public water system supervision  programs,  to
 7        administer  or  provide  for technical assistance through
 8        source  water  protection  programs,   to   develop   and
 9        implement  a  capacity development strategy, to delineate
10        and assess source water  protection  areas,  and  for  an
11        operator certification program in accordance with Section
12        1452 of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.
13        (d)  The  Public  Water Supply Loan Program shall be used
14    and administered by the Agency to provide assistance to local
15    government units and privately owned community water supplies
16    for public water supplies for the following public purposes:
17             (1)  to accept and retain funds from  grant  awards,
18        appropriations,  transfers,  and payments of interest and
19        principal;
20             (2)  to  make  direct  loans  at  or  below   market
21        interest  rates  to any eligible local government unit or
22        to any eligible privately owned community water supply to
23        finance the construction of water supplies;
24             (3)  to buy or refinance the debt  obligation  of  a
25        local government unit for costs incurred on or after July
26        17, 1997;
27             (4)  to   guarantee  local  obligations  where  such
28        action would  improve  credit  market  access  or  reduce
29        interest rates;
30             (5)  as  a  source  of  revenue  or security for the
31        payment of principal and interest on revenue  or  general
32        obligation  bonds  issued  by  the State or any political
33        subdivision or instrumentality thereof, if  the  proceeds
34        of such bonds will be deposited into the Fund; and
 
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 1             (6)  to   transfer  funds  to  the  Water  Pollution
 2        Control Loan Program (blank).
 3        (e)  The Agency is designated as the administering agency
 4    of  the  Fund.  The  Agency  shall  submit  to  the  Regional
 5    Administrator of the United States  Environmental  Protection
 6    Agency  an  intended use plan which outlines the proposed use
 7    of funds available to the State.  The Agency shall  take  all
 8    actions  necessary to secure to the State the benefits of the
 9    federal Water Pollution Control  Act  and  the  federal  Safe
10    Drinking Water Act, as now or hereafter amended.
11        (f)  The  Agency  shall  have  the  power  to  enter into
12    intergovernmental agreements with the federal  government  or
13    the  State,  or  any instrumentality thereof, for purposes of
14    capitalizing the Water Revolving Fund. Moneys on  deposit  in
15    the  Water  Revolving  Fund  may  be used for the creation of
16    reserve funds or pledged funds that secure the obligations of
17    repayment of loans made pursuant to this  Section.   For  the
18    purpose  of  obtaining  capital  for  deposit  into the Water
19    Revolving Fund, the Agency may  also  enter  into  agreements
20    with financial institutions and other persons for the purpose
21    of  selling  loans and developing a secondary market for such
22    loans.  The  Agency  shall  have  the  power  to  create  and
23    establish such reserve funds and accounts as may be necessary
24    or desirable to accomplish its purposes under this subsection
25    and  to  allocate  its  available  moneys into such funds and
26    accounts.  Investment earnings on moneys held  in  the  Water
27    Revolving  Fund,  including any reserve fund or pledged fund,
28    shall be deposited into the Water Revolving Fund.
29    (Source: P.A.  91-36,  eff.  6-15-99;  91-52,  eff.  6-30-99;
30    91-501, eff. 8-13-99; 92-16, 6-28-01.)".