20 ILCS 3501/ Illinois Finance Authority Act.

(20 ILCS 3501/Art. 845 heading) ARTICLE 845 AUTHORITY DEBTS, CONTRACTS AND REPORTS

(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 $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.)

(20 ILCS 3501/845-10)

Sec. 845-10. The Authority may issue a single bond issue pursuant to this Act for a group of industrial projects, a group of corporations or a group of business entities, a group of units of local government or other borrowers or any combination thereof. A bond issue for multiple projects as provided in this Section shall be subject to all requirements for bond issues as established by this Act.

(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)

(20 ILCS 3501/845-15)

Sec. 845-15. The Authority may maintain an office or branch office anywhere in the State, and may utilize, without the payment of rent, any office facilities which the State may conveniently make available to it.

(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)

(20 ILCS 3501/845-20)

Sec. 845-20. The Authority shall not have power to levy taxes for any purpose whatsoever.

(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)

(20 ILCS 3501/845-25)

Sec. 845-25. The Authority shall not incur any obligations for salaries, office or other administrative expenses prior to the making of appropriations to meet such expenses. Interest earned from investments of any funds of the Authority and repayments of principal of such investments shall be available for appropriation by the Board for the corporate purposes of the Authority.

(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)

(20 ILCS 3501/845-30)

Sec. 845-30. The State and all counties, cities, villages, incorporated towns and other municipal corporations, political subdivisions and public bodies, and public officers of any thereof, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or evidences of indebtedness issued pursuant to this Act or issued by the Predecessor Authorities, it being the purpose of this Section to authorize the investment in such bonds or evidences of indebtedness of all sinking, insurance, retirement, compensation, pension and trust funds, whether owned or controlled by private or public persons or officers; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Section may be construed as relieving any person from any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities for purchase or investment.

(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)

(20 ILCS 3501/845-35)

Sec. 845-35. Under no circumstances shall any bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued by the Authority or the Predecessor Authorities under this Act or under any other law be or become an indebtedness or obligation of the State of Illinois, within the purview of any constitutional limitation or provision, and it shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond or other evidence of indebtedness that it does not constitute such an indebtedness or obligation but is payable solely from the revenues or income of the Authority.

(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)

(20 ILCS 3501/845-40)

Sec. 845-40. The Authority shall appoint a secretary and treasurer, who may, but need not, be a member or members of the Authority to hold office during the pleasure of the Authority. Before entering upon the duties of the respective offices such person or persons shall take and subscribe to the constitutional oath of office, and the treasurer shall execute a bond with corporate sureties to be approved by the Authority. The bond shall be payable to the Authority in whatever penal sum may be directed by the Authority conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of the office and the payment of all money received by him according to law and the orders of the Authority. The Authority may, at any time, require a new bond from the treasurer in such penal sum as may then be determined by the Authority. The obligation of the sureties shall not extend to any loss sustained by the insolvency, failure or closing of any savings and loan association or national or state bank wherein the treasurer has deposited funds if the bank or savings and loan association has been approved by the Authority as a depository for these funds. The oaths of office and the treasurer's bond shall be filed in the principal office of the Authority. All funds of the Authority, including without limitation, grants or loans from the federal government, the State or any agency or instrumentality thereof, fees, service charges, interest or other investment earnings on its funds, payments of principal of and interest on loans of its funds and revenue from any other source, except funds the application of which is otherwise specifically provided for by appropriation, resolution, grant agreement, lease agreement, loan agreement, indenture, mortgage or trust agreement or other agreement, may be held by the Authority in its treasury and be generally available for expenditure by the Authority for any of the purposes authorized by this Act. In addition to investments authorized by Section 2 of the Public Funds Investment Act, funds of the Authority may be invested in (a) obligations issued by any State, unit of local government or school district which obligations are rated at the time of purchase by a national rating service within the two highest rating classifications without regard to any rating refinement or gradation by numerical or other modifier, or (b) equity securities of an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 whose sole assets, other than cash and other temporary investments, are obligations which are eligible investments for the Authority, provided that not more than 20% of the assets of the investment company may consist of unrated obligations of the type described in clause (a) which the Board of Directors of the investment company has determined to be of comparable quality to rated obligations described in clause (a). Funds appropriated by the General Assembly to the Authority shall be held in the State treasury unless this Act or the Act making the appropriation specifically states that the monies are to be held in or appropriated to the Authority's treasury. Such funds as are authorized to be held in the Authority's treasury and deposited in any bank or savings and loan association and placed in the name of the Authority shall be withdrawn or paid out only by check or draft upon the bank or savings and loan association, signed by the treasurer and countersigned by the Chairperson of the Authority. The Authority may designate any of its members or any officer or employee of the Authority to affix the signature of the Chairperson and another to affix the signature of the treasurer to any check or draft for payment of salaries or wages and for payment of any other obligations of not more than $2,500. In case any officer whose signature appears upon any check or draft, issued pursuant to this Act, ceases to hold his office before the delivery thereof to the payee, his signature nevertheless shall be valid and sufficient for all purposes with the same effect as if he had remained in office until delivery thereof. No bank or savings and loan association shall receive public funds as permitted by this Section, unless it has complied with the requirements established pursuant to Section 6 of the Public Funds Investment Act.

(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)