95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB0659


 
Introduced 2/6/2007, by Rep. Dan Brady
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













15 ILCS 505/20 new






30 ILCS 105/5.675 new










    Amends the State Treasurer Act.  Requires that the Office of the State Treasurer by rule develop, implement, and administer a program of low-interest loans to post-secondary educational institutions to assist with  the cost of installing fire sprinklers in student dormitories.  Requires that the loans be funded through a revolving fund consisting of transferred or appropriated moneys, interest on the fund, and loan repayments.  Amends the State Finance Act to establish the necessary special fund in the State treasury.
















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HB0659

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    AN ACT concerning State government.

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


 
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    Section 5. The State Treasurer Act is amended  by adding 
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Section 20 as follows:
 
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    (15 ILCS 505/20  new)
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    Sec. 20. Higher education institution fire sprinkler 
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dormitory revolving loan program.
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    (a) "Post-secondary educational institution" means an 
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Illinois public or private college or university offering 
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degrees and instruction above the high school level. This term 
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does not include any public  or private college or university 
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that does not provide on-campus housing for its students in 
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dormitories or equivalent facilities that are owned, operated, 
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or maintained by the public or private college or university. 
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This term does not include (i) any public or private junior or 
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community college or (ii) any institution offering degrees and 
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instruction that uses correspondence as its primary mode of 
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student instruction.
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    (b) The Office of the State Treasurer shall develop, 
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implement, and administer a higher education institution fire 
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sprinkler dormitory revolving loan program. The program shall 
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provide low-interest loans for the installation of fire 
 


 






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sprinkler systems in college dormitories by post-secondary 
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educational institutions in accordance with the Fire Sprinkler 
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Dormitory Act. The loan funds, subject to appropriation, shall 
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be paid out of the Higher Education Institution Fire Sprinkler 
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Dormitory Revolving Loan Fund, a special fund created in the 
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State treasury. The Fund shall consist of any moneys 
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transferred into or appropriated to the Fund as well as all 
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repayments of loans made under this subsection. The Fund shall 
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be used for loans to post-secondary educational institutions 
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for costs associated with the installation of fire sprinkler 
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systems in dormitories and for no other purpose. All interest 
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earned on moneys in the Fund shall be deposited into the Fund.

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    (c) The Office of the State Treasurer shall adopt rules to 
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develop, implement, and administer the revolving loan program.

 
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    Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding 
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Section 5.675 as follows:
 
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    (30 ILCS 105/5.675 new)
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    Sec. 5.675. The Higher Education Institution Fire 
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Sprinkler Dormitory Revolving Loan Fund.