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 1                        91ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 2                     CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT
 3                         ON SENATE BILL 1203
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 6        To the President of the Senate and  the  Speaker  of  the
 7    House of Representatives:
 8        We,  the  conference  committee appointed to consider the
 9    differences between the houses in relation to House Amendment
10    No. 1 to Senate Bill 1203, recommend the following:
11    (1)  that the House recede from House Amendment No. 1; and
12    (2)  that Senate Bill 1203 be amended as follows:

13    by replacing the title with the following:
14        "AN ACT  in  relation  to  State  Bonds,  amending  named
15    Acts."; and

16    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
17    following:

18        "Section 5.  The State Finance Act is amended  by  adding
19    Section 8.40 as follows:

20        (30 ILCS 105/8.40 new)
21        Sec. 8.40.  Infrastructure Task Force fee prohibition.  A
22    person who was a member of the Governor's Infrastructure Task
23    Force  on  May 1, 1999, and any entity in which such a person
24    has  an  ownership  interest  or  distributive  income  share
25    exceeding 5%, or an amount greater than  60%  of  the  annual
26    salary  of  the  Governor,  is  prohibited from receiving any
27    legal, banking, or consulting fee relating to the issuance of
28    bonds or to other financing arrangements for projects arising
29    from reports or recommendations made by that Task Force.

30        Section 10.  The General Obligation Bond Act  is  amended
 
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 1    by changing Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, and 16 as follows:

 2        (30 ILCS 330/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 652)
 3        Sec.  2.  Authorization for Bonds.  The State of Illinois
 4    is authorized to issue, sell and provide for  the  retirement
 5    of  General  Obligation Bonds of the State of Illinois in the
 6    total amount of $16,177,847,592 $10,895,296,392 herein called
 7    "Bonds".
 8        Of the total amount of  bonds  authorized  above,  up  to
 9    $2,200,000,000  in aggregate original principal amount may be
10    issued and sold in accordance with the Baccalaureate  Savings
11    Act in the form of General Obligation College Savings Bonds.
12        Of  the  total  amount  of  bonds authorized above, up to
13    $300,000,000 in aggregate original principal  amount  may  be
14    issued and sold in accordance with the Retirement Savings Act
15    in the form of General Obligation Retirement Savings Bonds.
16        The  issuance  and  sale of Bonds pursuant to the General
17    Obligation Bond Act is an economical and efficient method  of
18    financing  the  capital  needs  of  the State.  This Act will
19    permit the issuance of  a  multi-purpose  General  Obligation
20    Bond  with  uniform  terms  and features.  This will not only
21    lower the cost of registration but also  reduce  the  overall
22    cost  of  issuing  debt  by  improving  the  marketability of
23    Illinois General Obligation Bonds.
24        Bonds shall be issued for  the  categories  and  specific
25    purposes  expressed in Sections 2 through 8 and Section 16 of
26    this Act.
27    (Source: P.A. 90-1, eff. 2-20-97; 90-8, eff. 12-8-97; 90-549,
28    eff. 12-8-97; 90-586, eff. 6-4-98.)

29        (30 ILCS 330/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 653)
30        Sec. 3. Capital Facilities. The amount of  $5,238,217,592
31    $4,335,266,392  is authorized to be used for the acquisition,
32    development,   construction,   reconstruction,   improvement,
33    financing, architectural planning and installation of capital
 
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 1    facilities  within  the  State,  consisting   of   buildings,
 2    structures,  durable  equipment,  land, and interests in land
 3    for the following specific purposes:
 4        (a)  $1,516,755,446   $1,189,517,246   for    educational
 5    purposes  by  State  universities  and colleges, the Illinois
 6    Community College  Board  created  by  the  Public  Community
 7    College  Act  and  for grants to public community colleges as
 8    authorized by Sections 5-11 and 5-12 of the Public  Community
 9    College Act;
10        (b)  $1,312,970,168   $1,126,370,168   for   correctional
11    purposes at State prison and correctional centers;
12        (c)  $433,941,786    $379,711,786    for   open   spaces,
13    recreational and conservation purposes and the protection  of
14    land;
15        (d)  $506,780,486 $482,280,486 for child care facilities,
16    mental  and  public health facilities, and facilities for the
17    care of disabled veterans and their spouses;
18        (e)  $1,033,599,341 895,189,341 for use by the State, its
19    departments, authorities,  public  corporations,  commissions
20    and agencies;
21        (f)  $818,100  for  cargo  handling  facilities  at  port
22    districts and for breakwaters, including harbor entrances, at
23    port districts in conjunction with facilities for small boats
24    and pleasure crafts;
25        (g)  $173,527,796   $147,267,796   for   water   resource
26    management projects;
27        (h)  $16,940,269 for the provision of facilities for food
28    production  research  and  related  instructional  and public
29    service activities  at  the  State  universities  and  public
30    community colleges;
31        (i)  $34,000,000 for grants by the Secretary of State, as
32    State Librarian, for central library facilities authorized by
33    Section  8  of the Illinois Library System Act and for grants
34    by the Capital Development Board to units of local government
35    for public library facilities;
 
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 1        (j)  $25,000,000  for   the   acquisition,   development,
 2    construction,    reconstruction,    improvement,   financing,
 3    architectural planning and installation of capital facilities
 4    consisting of buildings, structures,  durable  equipment  and
 5    land   for  grants  to  counties,  municipalities  or  public
 6    building commissions with correctional facilities that do not
 7    comply with  the  minimum  standards  of  the  Department  of
 8    Corrections  under  Section  3-15-2  of  the  Unified Code of
 9    Corrections;
10        (k)  $5,000,000 for grants in fiscal  year  1988  by  the
11    Department  of  Conservation  for improvement or expansion of
12    aquarium facilities located  on  property  owned  by  a  park
13    district; and
14        (l)  $138,484,200   $33,171,200  to  State  agencies  for
15    grants to local governments for the  acquisition,  financing,
16    architectural      planning,     development,     alteration,
17    installation,  and   construction   of   capital   facilities
18    consisting  of  buildings, structures, durable equipment, and
19    land; and
20        (m)  $40,400,000 for the Illinois Open Land Trust Program
21    as defined by the Illinois Open Land Trust Act.
22        The amounts authorized above for capital  facilities  may
23    be   used  for  the  acquisition,  installation,  alteration,
24    construction, or reconstruction of capital facilities and for
25    the purchase of equipment for the purpose  of  major  capital
26    improvements  which  will  reduce energy consumption in State
27    buildings or facilities.
28    (Source: P.A. 90-1, eff. 2-20-97; 90-8, eff. 12-8-97; 90-549,
29    eff. 12-8-97; 90-586, eff. 6-4-98.)

30        (30 ILCS 330/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 654)
31        Sec. 4.  Transportation.  The  amount  of  $5,312,270,000
32    $2,484,270,000  is  authorized  for  use by the Department of
33    Transportation for the  specific  purpose  of  promoting  and
34    assuring  rapid,  efficient,  and  safe highway, air and mass
 
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 1    transportation for the inhabitants of the State by  providing
 2    monies,  including  the  making  of grants and loans, for the
 3    acquisition,  construction,  reconstruction,  extension   and
 4    improvement  of  the  following transportation facilities and
 5    equipment, and for  the  acquisition  of  real  property  and
 6    interests  in  real  property  required  or  expected  to  be
 7    required in connection therewith as follows:
 8        (a)  $3,431,000,000  $1,411,000,000  for  State highways,
 9    arterial  highways,  freeways,  roads,  bridges,   structures
10    separating  highways  and railroads and roads, and bridges on
11    roads maintained by counties,  municipalities,  townships  or
12    road districts for the following specific purposes:
13             (1)  $3,330,000,000     $1,310,000,000    for    use
14        statewide,
15             (2)  $3,641,000  for   use   outside   the   Chicago
16        urbanized area,
17             (3)  $7,543,000 for use within the Chicago urbanized
18        area,
19             (4)  $13,060,600 for use within the City of Chicago,
20             (5)  $57,894,500  for  use  within  the  counties of
21        Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will, and
22             (6)  $18,860,900 for use  outside  the  counties  of
23        Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will.
24        (b)  $1,529,670,000  $883,270,000 for rail facilities and
25    for mass transit facilities, as defined in Section  49.19  of
26    the  Civil  Administrative  Code of Illinois, including rapid
27    transit, rail, bus and other  equipment  used  in  connection
28    therewith  by  the  State  or  any  unit of local government,
29    special transportation  district,  municipal  corporation  or
30    other  corporation  or public authority authorized to provide
31    and promote public transportation within the State or two  or
32    more  of  the  foregoing  jointly, for the following specific
33    purposes:
34             (1)  $1,433,870,000 $787,470,000 statewide,
35             (2)  $83,350,000 for  use  within  the  counties  of
 
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 1        Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will,
 2             (3)  $12,450,000  for  use  outside  the counties of
 3        Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will.
 4        (c)  $351,600,000 $190,000,000 for  airport  or  aviation
 5    facilities  and  any  equipment used in connection therewith,
 6    including engineering and  land  acquisition  costs,  by  the
 7    State or any unit of local government, special transportation
 8    district,  municipal  corporation  or  other  corporation  or
 9    public  authority authorized to provide public transportation
10    within the State, or two or  more  of  the  foregoing  acting
11    jointly.
12    (Source:  P.A. 89-235, eff. 8-4-95; 90-1, eff. 2-20-97; 90-8,
13    eff. 12-8-97 (changed from 6-1-98 by  P.A.  90-549);  90-586,
14    eff. 6-4-98.)

15        (30 ILCS 330/5) (from Ch. 127, par. 655)
16        Sec. 5.  School Construction.
17        (a)  The  amount  of  $58,450,000  is  authorized to make
18    grants  to  local  school  districts  for  the   acquisition,
19    development,  construction,  reconstruction,  rehabilitation,
20    improvement,    financing,    architectural    planning   and
21    installation of capital facilities, including but not limited
22    to those required for  special  education  building  projects
23    provided  for in Article 14 of The School Code, consisting of
24    buildings, structures, and durable  equipment,  and  for  the
25    acquisition and improvement of real property and interests in
26    real  property  required,  or  expected  to  be  required, in
27    connection therewith.
28        (b)  $22,550,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary,
29    for grants to school districts for the  making  of  principal
30    and  interest  payments, required to be made, on bonds issued
31    by such school districts after January 1, 1969,  pursuant  to
32    any  indenture,  ordinance, resolution, agreement or contract
33    to  provide   funds   for   the   acquisition,   development,
34    construction,  reconstruction,  rehabilitation,  improvement,
 
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 1    architectural planning and installation of capital facilities
 2    consisting  of  buildings,  structures, durable equipment and
 3    land for educational purposes or for lease payments  required
 4    to  be  made  by a school district for principal and interest
 5    payments on bonds issued  by  a  Public  Building  Commission
 6    after January 1, 1969.
 7        (c)  $10,000,000  for  grants to school districts for the
 8    acquisition,   development,   construction,   reconstruction,
 9    rehabilitation,  improvement,  architectural   planning   and
10    installation  of  capital  facilities consisting of buildings
11    structures, durable equipment and land for special  education
12    building projects.
13        (d)  $9,000,000  for  grants  to school districts for the
14    reconstruction, rehabilitation,  improvement,  financing  and
15    architectural   planning  of  capital  facilities,  including
16    construction at another  location  to  replace  such  capital
17    facilities,  consisting  of those public school buildings and
18    temporary school facilities which, prior to January 1,  1984,
19    were  condemned  by the regional superintendent under Section
20    3-14.22 of The School Code or by any  State  official  having
21    jurisdiction over building safety.
22        (e)  $2,120,000,000  $1,100,000,000  for grants to school
23    districts for school improvement projects authorized  by  the
24    School  Construction Law.  The bonds shall be sold in amounts
25    not to exceed the following schedule, except  any  bonds  not
26    sold  during  one year shall be added to the bonds to be sold
27    during the remainder of the schedule:
28        First year...................................$200,000,000
29        Second year.....................$450,000,000 $250,000,000
30        Third year......................$500,000,000 $250,000,000
31        Fourth year.....................$500,000,000 $200,000,000
32        Fifth year......................$300,000,000 $200,000,000
33        Sixth year...................................$170,000,000
34    (Source: P.A. 90-549, eff. 12-8-97.)
 
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 1        (30 ILCS 330/6) (from Ch. 127, par. 656)
 2        Sec. 6.  Anti-Pollution.
 3        (a)  The   amount   of   $244,635,000   $213,035,000   is
 4    authorized for allocation  by  the  Environmental  Protection
 5    Agency  for  grants  or loans to units of local government in
 6    such amounts, at such times  and  for  such  purpose  as  the
 7    Agency   deems  necessary  or  desirable  for  the  planning,
 8    financing, and construction  of  municipal  sewage  treatment
 9    works  and  solid waste disposal facilities and for making of
10    deposits  into  the  Water  Revolving  Fund  and   the   U.S.
11    Environmental   Protection  Fund  to  provide  assistance  in
12    accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Title  IV-A   of   the
13    Environmental Protection Act.
14        (b)  The   amount   of  $160,500,000  is  authorized  for
15    allocation by the Environmental Protection Agency for payment
16    of claims submitted to the State  and  approved  for  payment
17    under   the   Leaking   Underground   Storage   Tank  Program
18    established in Title XVI of the Environmental Protection Act.
19    (Source: P.A. 90-1, eff. 2-20-97; 90-8, eff. 12-8-97; 90-549,
20    eff. 12-8-97; 90-586, eff. 6-4-98.)

21        (30 ILCS 330/9) (from Ch. 127, par. 659)
22        Sec. 9.  Conditions for Issuance  and  Sale  of  Bonds  -
23    Requirements  for Bonds.  Bonds shall be issued and sold from
24    time to time, in one or more series, in such amounts  and  at
25    such  prices  as  may  be  directed  by  the  Governor,  upon
26    recommendation  by  the Director of the Bureau of the Budget.
27    Bonds shall be in such form  (either  coupon,  registered  or
28    book  entry),  in  such denominations, in the denomination of
29    $5,000 or some multiple thereof, payable within 30 years from
30    their date, subject to  such  terms  of  redemption  with  or
31    without  premium, bear bearing interest payable at such times
32    and at such fixed rate or rates, and annually or semiannually
33    from their date at a rate that does not exceed that permitted
34    in "AN ACT to authorize public corporations to  issue  Bonds,
 
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 1    other evidences of indebtedness and tax anticipation warrants
 2    subject  to  interest  rate  limitations  set forth therein",
 3    approved May 26, 1970, as now or hereafter  amended,  and  be
 4    dated as shall be fixed and determined by the Director of the
 5    Bureau  of  the  Budget in the order authorizing the issuance
 6    and sale of  any  series  of  Bonds,  which  order  shall  be
 7    approved  by  the  Governor and is herein called a "Bond Sale
 8    Order"; provided however, that interest shall not exceed that
 9    permitted in the Bond Authorization Act, as now or  hereafter
10    amended  prior  to  the  giving  of notice of the sale of any
11    Bonds.  Said Bonds shall be payable at such place or  places,
12    within  or  without  the  State  of Illinois, and may be made
13    registrable as to either principal or as  to  both  principal
14    and  interest,  as  shall be specified in the Bond Sale Order
15    fixed and determined by the Director of  the  Bureau  of  the
16    Budget in the order authorizing the issuance and sale of such
17    Bonds.    Bonds  may  be  callable or subject to purchase and
18    retirement as fixed and determined in the  Bond  Sale  Order.
19    by  the  Director  of  the  Bureau of the Budget in the order
20    authorizing  the  issuance  and  sale  of  Bonds;   provided;
21    however,  that the State shall not pay a premium of more than
22    3% of the principal of any Bonds so called.
23    (Source: P.A. 83-1490; revised 10-31-98.)

24        (30 ILCS 330/11) (from Ch. 127, par. 661)
25        Sec. 11. Sale of Bonds.  Bonds shall be sold from time to
26    time pursuant  to  notice  of  sale  and  public  bid  or  by
27    negotiated  sale  in  such  amounts  and  at such times as is
28    directed by the Governor, upon recommendation by the Director
29    of the Bureau of the Budget to the highest and best  bidders,
30    for  not less than 97 percent of their par value, upon sealed
31    bids, at not exceeding the  maximum  interest  rate  for  any
32    maturity  as  fixed  in the order authorizing the issuance of
33    Bonds.
34        If any Bonds, including refunding Bonds, are to  be  sold
 
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 1    by  negotiated sale, the Director of the Bureau of the Budget
 2    shall  comply  with  the  competitive  request  for  proposal
 3    process set forth in the Illinois Procurement  Code  and  all
 4    other applicable requirements of that Code.
 5        If  Bonds  are  to be sold pursuant to notice of sale and
 6    public bid, The right to reject  any  and  all  bids  may  be
 7    reserved.  the  Director  of  the Bureau of the Budget shall,
 8    from time to time, as Bonds are to  be  sold,  advertise  the
 9    sale  of  the  Bonds in at least two daily newspapers, one of
10    which is published in the City of Springfield and one in  the
11    City  of  Chicago, for proposals to purchase Bonds.  The sale
12    of the Bonds shall also be advertised in the  volume  of  the
13    Illinois  Procurement  Bulletin  that  is  published  by  the
14    Department  of Central Management Services.  Each of the such
15    advertisements for proposals shall be published once at least
16    10 days prior to the date fixed for the opening of the  bids.
17    The  Director  of the Bureau of the Budget may reschedule the
18    date of sale upon the giving of such additional notice as the
19    Director deems deemed to be adequate  to  inform  prospective
20    bidders  of  such  change;  provided, however, that all other
21    conditions  of  the  sale  shall   continue   as   originally
22    advertised.
23        Executed Bonds shall, upon payment therefor, be delivered
24    to  the  purchaser,  and  the proceeds of Bonds shall be paid
25    into the State Treasury as directed by  Section  12  of  this
26    Act.
27    (Source: P.A. 87-836; 88-552.)

28        (30 ILCS 330/16) (from Ch. 127, par. 666)
29        Sec.  16. Refunding Bonds.  The amount of $2,839,025,000,
30    at any time and from time to time outstanding, $2,339,025,000
31     is authorized for the purpose  of  refunding  any  State  of
32    Illinois general obligation Bonds then outstanding, including
33    the payment of any redemption premium thereon, any reasonable
34    expenses of such refunding, any interest accrued or to accrue
 
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 1    to  the  earliest  or  any  subsequent  date of redemption or
 2    maturity of such outstanding Bonds and any interest to accrue
 3    to  the  first  interest  payment  on  the  refunding  Bonds;
 4    provided that such refunding Bonds shall mature no later than
 5    the final maturity date of Bonds being refunded.
 6        Refunding Bonds may be sold from time to time pursuant to
 7    notice of sale and public bid or by negotiated sale  in  such
 8    amounts  and at such times, as directed by the Governor, upon
 9    recommendation by the Director of the Bureau of  the  Budget.
10    The Governor shall notify the State Treasurer and Comptroller
11    of  such  refunding.   The proceeds received from the sale of
12    refunding Bonds shall be used for the retirement at  maturity
13    or  redemption  of  such outstanding Bonds on any maturity or
14    redemption date and, pending such use,  shall  be  placed  in
15    escrow,  subject  to  such  terms  and conditions as shall be
16    provided for in the Bond Sale Order relating to the Refunding
17    Bonds.  Proceeds not needed for deposit in an escrow  account
18    shall  be deposited in the General Obligation Bond Retirement
19    and Interest Fund.  This Act shall constitute an  irrevocable
20    and  continuing  appropriation  of  all  amounts necessary to
21    establish an escrow account  for  the  purpose  of  refunding
22    outstanding   general   obligation   Bonds  and  to  pay  the
23    reasonable expenses of such refunding and of the issuance and
24    sale of the refunding Bonds.  Any such escrowed proceeds  may
25    be  invested  and  reinvested  in  direct  obligations of the
26    United States of America, maturing at such time or  times  as
27    shall be appropriate to assure the  prompt payment, when due,
28      of the principal of and interest and redemption premium, if
29    any, on the refunded Bonds.  After the terms  of  the  escrow
30    have  been  fully  satisfied,  any  remaining balance of such
31    proceeds and interest, income and profits earned or  realized
32    on  the  investments  thereof  shall be paid into the General
33    Revenue Fund.  The liability of  the  State  upon  the  Bonds
34    shall  continue,  provided  that  the  holders  thereof shall
35    thereafter be entitled to payment  only  out  of  the  moneys
 
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 1    deposited in the escrow account.
 2        Except as otherwise herein provided in this Section, such
 3    refunding Bonds shall in all other respects be subject to the
 4    terms and conditions of this Act.
 5    (Source: P.A. 87-836; 87-873; 88-93; 88-552.)

 6        Section  15.   The  Build Illinois Bond Act is amended by
 7    changing Sections 2 and 4 as follows:

 8        (30 ILCS 425/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 2802)
 9        Sec. 2.  Authorization for Bonds.  The State of  Illinois
10    is  authorized  to issue, sell and provide for the retirement
11    of limited obligation bonds, notes  and  other  evidences  of
12    indebtedness  of the State of Illinois in the total principal
13    amount  of  $2,790,970,000   $2,036,500,000   herein   called
14    "Bonds".   Such  authorized  amount of Bonds shall be reduced
15    from time to time by amounts, if any, which are equal to  the
16    moneys  received  by  the Department of Revenue in any fiscal
17    year pursuant to Section  3-1001  of  the  "Illinois  Vehicle
18    Code",  as  amended, in excess of the Annual Specified Amount
19    (as defined in Section 3 of the  "Retailers'  Occupation  Tax
20    Act",  as  amended) and transferred at the end of such fiscal
21    year from the General Revenue  Fund  to  the  Build  Illinois
22    Purposes  Fund  as  provided  in Section 3-1001 of said Code;
23    provided, however, that no such reduction  shall  affect  the
24    validity  or enforceability of any Bonds issued prior to such
25    reduction.   Such  amount  of  authorized  Bonds   shall   be
26    exclusive  of  any refunding Bonds issued pursuant to Section
27    15 of this Act and exclusive of any Bonds issued pursuant  to
28    this Section which are redeemed, purchased, advance refunded,
29    or  defeased in accordance with paragraph (f) of Section 4 of
30    this Act.  Bonds shall  be  issued  for  the  categories  and
31    specific purposes expressed in Section 4 of this Act.
32    (Source: P.A. 86-44; 86-78; 86-1473.)
 
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 1        (30 ILCS 425/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 2804)
 2        Sec. 4. Purposes of Bonds.  Bonds shall be issued for the
 3    following  purposes  and  in  the  approximate amounts as set
 4    forth below:
 5        (a)  $2,069,889,000 $1,470,419,000 for  the  expenses  of
 6    issuance and sale of Bonds, including bond discounts, and for
 7    planning,     engineering,     acquisition,     construction,
 8    reconstruction, development, improvement and extension of the
 9    public  infrastructure  in  the State of Illinois, including:
10    the making of loans or grants to local governments for  waste
11    disposal  systems,  water and sewer line extensions and water
12    distribution and purification  facilities,  rail  or  air  or
13    water port improvements, gas and electric utility extensions,
14    publicly  owned  industrial  and  commercial sites, buildings
15    used for public  administration  purposes  and  other  public
16    infrastructure  capital  improvements; the making of loans or
17    grants  to  units  of  local  government  for  financing  and
18    construction  of  wastewater   facilities;   refinancing   or
19    retiring  bonds issued between January 1, 1987 and January 1,
20    1990 by home rule municipalities, debt service  on  which  is
21    provided from a tax imposed by home rule municipalities prior
22    to  January 1, 1990 on the sale of food and drugs pursuant to
23    Section  8-11-1  of  the  Home  Rule   Municipal   Retailers'
24    Occupation  Tax  Act  or  Section  8-11-5  of  the  Home Rule
25    Municipal Service Occupation Tax Act; the making of  deposits
26    not  to  exceed  $70,000,000  in the aggregate into the Water
27    Pollution Control Revolving Fund  to  provide  assistance  in
28    accordance   with   the  provisions  of  Title  IV-A  of  the
29    Environmental  Protection  Act;  the  planning,  engineering,
30    acquisition,   construction,   reconstruction,    alteration,
31    expansion,  extension  and  improvement of highways, bridges,
32    structures separating highways  and  railroads,  rest  areas,
33    interchanges,  access  roads  to  and from any State or local
34    highway and other transportation improvement  projects  which
35    are related to economic development activities; the making of
 
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 1    loans  or  grants  for planning, engineering, rehabilitation,
 2    improvement or construction of rail and  transit  facilities;
 3    the   planning,   engineering,   acquisition,   construction,
 4    reconstruction  and improvement of watershed, drainage, flood
 5    control, recreation and related improvements and  facilities,
 6    including  expenses related to land and easement acquisition,
 7    relocation, control structures, channel work and clearing and
 8    appurtenant work; the making of grants  for  improvement  and
 9    development  of  zoos  and  park  district  field  houses and
10    related structures; and the making of grants for  improvement
11    and development of Navy Pier and related structures.
12        (b)  $71,301,500   $46,301,500   for  fostering  economic
13    development and increased employment and the  well  being  of
14    the citizens of Illinois, including: the making of grants for
15    improvement  and  development  of McCormick Place and related
16    structures;   the   planning   and    construction    of    a
17    microelectronics  research  center,  including  the planning,
18    engineering,  construction,   improvement,   renovation   and
19    acquisition  of  buildings,  equipment  and  related  utility
20    support  systems;  the  making  of  loans  to  businesses and
21    investments in small businesses;  acquiring  real  properties
22    for  industrial  or  commercial  site development; acquiring,
23    rehabilitating  and  reconveying  industrial  and  commercial
24    properties  for  the  purpose  of  expanding  employment  and
25    encouraging private and other public sector investment in the
26    economy of Illinois; the payment of expenses associated  with
27    siting    the   Superconducting   Super   Collider   Particle
28    Accelerator   in   Illinois   and   with   its   acquisition,
29    construction, maintenance, operation, promotion and  support;
30    the   making   of   loans   for  the  planning,  engineering,
31    acquisition,  construction,  improvement  and  conversion  of
32    facilities  and  equipment  which  will  foster  the  use  of
33    Illinois coal; the payment of expenses  associated  with  the
34    promotion,  establishment, acquisition and operation of small
35    business  incubator  facilities  and  agribusiness   research
 
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 1    facilities,   including   the  lease,  purchase,  renovation,
 2    planning,  engineering,  construction  and   maintenance   of
 3    buildings,  utility  support systems and equipment designated
 4    for such purposes and the establishment  and  maintenance  of
 5    centralized  support services within such facilities; and the
 6    making of grants or loans to units of  local  government  for
 7    Urban   Development  Action  Grant  and  Housing  Partnership
 8    programs.
 9        (c)  $521,128,600 $461,128,600 for  the  development  and
10    improvement   of   educational,   scientific,  technical  and
11    vocational programs  and  facilities  and  the  expansion  of
12    health  and  human  services  for  all  citizens of Illinois,
13    including: the making of construction and improvement  grants
14    and loans to public libraries and library systems; the making
15    of  grants  and  loans for planning, engineering, acquisition
16    and  construction  of  a  new  State   central   library   in
17    Springfield;   the  planning,  engineering,  acquisition  and
18    construction of an animal and dairy  sciences  facility;  the
19    planning,  engineering,  acquisition  and  construction  of a
20    campus and all related buildings, facilities,  equipment  and
21    materials  for  Richland  Community College; the acquisition,
22    rehabilitation and installation of  equipment  and  materials
23    for  scientific  and historical surveys; the making of grants
24    or loans for distribution to  eligible  vocational  education
25    instructional   programs  for  the  upgrading  of  vocational
26    education programs, school shops and laboratories,  including
27    the acquisition, rehabilitation and installation of technical
28    equipment  and  materials;  the making of grants or loans for
29    distribution to eligible local educational agencies  for  the
30    upgrading   of   math  and  science  instructional  programs,
31    including the  acquisition  of  instructional  equipment  and
32    materials;    miscellaneous    capital    improvements    for
33    universities  and  community colleges including the planning,
34    engineering,   construction,   reconstruction,    remodeling,
35    improvement,  repair  and  installation of capital facilities
 
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 1    and  costs  of  planning,  supplies,  equipment,   materials,
 2    services,  and  all  other  required  expenses; the making of
 3    grants or loans  for  repair,  renovation  and  miscellaneous
 4    capital  improvements  for  privately  operated  colleges and
 5    universities and community colleges, including the  planning,
 6    engineering,   acquisition,   construction,   reconstruction,
 7    remodeling,  improvement,  repair and installation of capital
 8    facilities  and  costs  of  planning,  supplies,   equipment,
 9    materials, services, and all other required expenses; and the
10    making   of   grants  or  loans  for  distribution  to  local
11    governments for hospital and  other  health  care  facilities
12    including    the    planning,    engineering,    acquisition,
13    construction, reconstruction, remodeling, improvement, repair
14    and installation of capital facilities and costs of planning,
15    supplies,   equipment,  materials,  services  and  all  other
16    required expenses.
17        (d)  $128,650,900     $58,650,900     for     protection,
18    preservation, restoration and conservation  of  environmental
19    and  natural  resources,  including:  the making of grants to
20    soil and water conservation districts for  the  planning  and
21    implementation  of  conservation  practices  and  for funding
22    contracts with the Soil Conservation  Service  for  watershed
23    planning;  the  making of grants to units of local government
24    for the capital development  and  improvement  of  recreation
25    areas,   including  planning  and  engineering  costs,  sewer
26    projects, including planning and engineering costs and  water
27    projects,  including  planning and engineering costs, and for
28    the  acquisition  of  open   space   lands,   including   the
29    acquisition of easements and other property interests of less
30    than  fee simple ownership; the acquisition and related costs
31    and development and management  of  natural  heritage  lands,
32    including  natural  areas  and  areas  providing  habitat for
33    endangered species and  nongame  wildlife,  and  buffer  area
34    lands;  the acquisition and related costs and development and
35    management  of  habitat  lands,  including  forest,  wildlife
 
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 1    habitat and wetlands; and  the  removal  and  disposition  of
 2    hazardous   substances,   including   the   cost  of  project
 3    management, equipment, laboratory analysis,  and  contractual
 4    services  necessary  for  preventative and corrective actions
 5    related to the preservation, restoration and conservation  of
 6    the environment, including deposits not to exceed $60,000,000
 7    in  the  aggregate  into  the  Hazardous  Waste  Fund and the
 8    Brownfields Redevelopment Fund for improvements in accordance
 9    with the provisions of Titles V and XVII of the Environmental
10    Protection Act.
11        (e)  The amount specified in paragraph  (a)  above  shall
12    include  an  amount  necessary  to pay reasonable expenses of
13    each issuance and sale of the  Bonds,  as  specified  in  the
14    related Bond Sale Order (hereinafter defined).
15        (f)  Any unexpended proceeds from any sale of Bonds which
16    are  held  in  the  Build  Illinois  Bond Fund may be used to
17    redeem,  purchase,  advance  refund,  or  defease  any  Bonds
18    outstanding.
19    (Source: P.A. 86-44; 86-78; 86-1028; 86-1473; 87-873.)

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

22        Submitted on May 27, 1999

23    s/Sen. James "Pate" Philip               s/Rep. Michael Madigan        
24    s/Sen. Stanley Weaver                    s/Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie   
25    s/Sen. John Maitland                     s/Rep. Gary Hannig            
26    s/Sen. Robert Molaro                     s/Rep. Art Tenhouse           
27    s/Sen. Emil Jones Jr.                    s/Rep. Dan Rutherford         
28      Committee for the Senate               Committee for the House





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