(65 ILCS 5/8-4-8) (from Ch. 24, par. 8-4-8)
Sec. 8-4-8.
Money which becomes available from taxes that were levied for
prior years for payment of bonds or interest coupons that were paid or
refunded before these taxes were collected, after payment of all warrants
that may have been issued in anticipation of these taxes, shall be placed
in the sinking fund account provided in this section. It shall be used to
purchase, call for payment, or to pay at maturity refunding bonds and
interest thereon as provided in Sections 8-4-3 through 8-4-9.
Money received from the proceeds of taxes levied for the payment of the
principal of and interest upon refunding bonds shall be deposited in a
special fund of the municipality. It shall be designated as the "Refunding
Bond and Interest Sinking Fund Account of ....." This fund shall be
faithfully applied to the purchase or payment of refunding bonds and the
interest thereon as provided in Sections 8-4-3 through 8-4-9.
If the money in this fund is not immediately necessary for the payment
or redemption of refunding bonds or if refunding bonds can not be purchased
before maturity, then, under the direction of the corporate authorities of
the municipality, the money may be invested by the treasurer and the
comptroller, if there is a comptroller, of the municipality, in bonds or
other interest bearing obligations of the United States or in bonds of the
State of Illinois or in general obligation bonds of the issuing
municipality.
The maturity date of the securities in which this money is invested
shall be prior to the due date of any issue of refunding bonds of the
investing municipality. The corporate authorities may sell these securities
whenever necessary to obtain cash to meet bond and interest payments.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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