101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB0883

 

Introduced , by Rep. Joe Sosnowski

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 105/6z-45
30 ILCS 305/7  from Ch. 17, par. 6607
30 ILCS 330/9  from Ch. 127, par. 659
30 ILCS 330/14  from Ch. 127, par. 664
30 ILCS 330/15  from Ch. 127, par. 665
50 ILCS 410/2  from Ch. 85, par. 4302
50 ILCS 410/3  from Ch. 85, par. 4303

    Amends the State Finance Act, General Obligation Bond Act, Bond Authorization Act, and the Local Government Credit Enhancement Act. Remove provisions concerning interest payable on variable rate bonds. Removes provisions allowing certain governmental units to enter into agreements to engage in "swap" agreements with respect to all or part of any currently outstanding or proposed bonds. Removes provisions authorizing variable interest rates and certain credit or liquidity enhancement arrangements, including interest rate protection or exchange agreements and guarantees with respect to the issuance of general obligation bonds. Removes provisions concerning the net payments required of the State for such arrangements certified by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget and treated as interest. Makes related changes. Reinstates definitions. Effective immediately.


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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
5Section 6z-45 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/6z-45)
7    Sec. 6z-45. The School Infrastructure Fund.
8    (a) The School Infrastructure Fund is created as a special
9fund in the State Treasury.
10    In addition to any other deposits authorized by law,
11beginning January 1, 2000, on the first day of each month, or
12as soon thereafter as may be practical, the State Treasurer and
13State Comptroller shall transfer the sum of $5,000,000 from the
14General Revenue Fund to the School Infrastructure Fund, except
15that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, and in
16addition to any other transfers that may be provided for by
17law, before June 30, 2012, the Comptroller and the Treasurer
18shall transfer $45,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund into
19the School Infrastructure Fund, and, for fiscal year 2013 only,
20the Treasurer and the Comptroller shall transfer $1,250,000
21from the General Revenue Fund to the School Infrastructure Fund
22on the first day of each month; provided, however, that no such
23transfers shall be made from July 1, 2001 through June 30,

 

 

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12003.
2    (a-5) Money in the School Infrastructure Fund may be used
3to pay the expenses of the State Board of Education, the
4Governor's Office of Management and Budget, and the Capital
5Development Board in administering programs under the School
6Construction Law, the total expenses not to exceed $1,315,000
7in any fiscal year.
8    (b) Subject to the transfer provisions set forth below,
9money in the School Infrastructure Fund shall, if and when the
10State of Illinois incurs any bonded indebtedness for the
11construction of school improvements under subsection (e) of
12Section 5 of the General Obligation Bond Act, be set aside and
13used for the purpose of paying and discharging annually the
14principal and interest on that bonded indebtedness then due and
15payable, and for no other purpose.
16    In addition to other transfers to the General Obligation
17Bond Retirement and Interest Fund made pursuant to Section 15
18of the General Obligation Bond Act, upon each delivery of bonds
19issued for construction of school improvements under the School
20Construction Law, the State Comptroller shall compute and
21certify to the State Treasurer the total amount of principal
22of, interest on, and premium, if any, on such bonds during the
23then current and each succeeding fiscal year. With respect to
24the interest payable on variable rate bonds, such
25certifications shall be calculated at the maximum rate of
26interest that may be payable during the fiscal year, after

 

 

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1taking into account any credits permitted in the related
2indenture or other instrument against the amount of such
3interest required to be appropriated for that period.
4    On or before the last day of each month, the State
5Treasurer and State Comptroller shall transfer from the School
6Infrastructure Fund to the General Obligation Bond Retirement
7and Interest Fund an amount sufficient to pay the aggregate of
8the principal of, interest on, and premium, if any, on the
9bonds payable on their next payment date, divided by the number
10of monthly transfers occurring between the last previous
11payment date (or the delivery date if no payment date has yet
12occurred) and the next succeeding payment date. Interest
13payable on variable rate bonds shall be calculated at the
14maximum rate of interest that may be payable for the relevant
15period, after taking into account any credits permitted in the
16related indenture or other instrument against the amount of
17such interest required to be appropriated for that period.
18Interest for which moneys have already been deposited into the
19capitalized interest account within the General Obligation
20Bond Retirement and Interest Fund shall not be included in the
21calculation of the amounts to be transferred under this
22subsection.
23    (b-5) The money deposited into the School Infrastructure
24Fund from transfers pursuant to subsections (c-30) and (c-35)
25of Section 13 of the Riverboat Gambling Act shall be applied,
26without further direction, as provided in subsection (b-3) of

 

 

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1Section 5-35 of the School Construction Law.
2    (c) The surplus, if any, in the School Infrastructure Fund
3after payments made pursuant to subsections (a-5), (b), and
4(b-5) of this Section shall, subject to appropriation, be used
5as follows:
6    First - to make 3 payments to the School Technology
7Revolving Loan Fund as follows:
8        Transfer of $30,000,000 in fiscal year 1999;
9        Transfer of $20,000,000 in fiscal year 2000; and
10        Transfer of $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2001.
11    Second - to pay any amounts due for grants for school
12construction projects and debt service under the School
13Construction Law.
14    Third - to pay any amounts due for grants for school
15maintenance projects under the School Construction Law.
16(Source: P.A. 100-23, eff. 7-6-17.)
 
17    Section 10. The Bond Authorization Act is amended by
18changing Section 7 as follows:
 
19    (30 ILCS 305/7)  (from Ch. 17, par. 6607)
20    Sec. 7. Interest rate swaps. For purposes of this Section,
21terms are as defined in the Local Government Debt Reform Act.
22With respect to all or part of any currently outstanding or
23proposed issue of its bonds, a public corporation governmental
24unit whose aggregate principal amount of bonds outstanding or

 

 

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1proposed exceeds $10,000,000 may, without prior appropriation,
2enter into agreements or contracts with any necessary or
3appropriate person (the counter party) that will have the
4benefit of providing to the public corporation governmental
5unit: (i) an interest rate basis, cash flow basis, or other
6basis different from that provided in the bonds for the payment
7of interest or (ii) with respect to a future delivery of bonds,
8one or more of a guaranteed interest rate, interest rate basis,
9cash flow basis, or purchase price. Such agreements or
10contracts include without limitation agreements or contracts
11commonly known as "interest rate swap, collar, cap, or
12derivative agreements", "forward payment conversion
13agreements", interest rate locks, forward bond purchase
14agreements, bond warrant agreements, or bond purchase option
15agreements and also include agreements or contracts providing
16for payments based on levels of or changes in interest rates,
17including a change in an interest rate index, to exchange cash
18flows or a series of payments, or to hedge payment, rate
19spread, or similar exposure. (such agreements or contracts,
20collectively, being "swaps"). Without limiting other permitted
21terms which may be included in swaps, the following provisions
22may or, if hereinafter so required, shall apply:
23    (a) Payments made pursuant to a swap (the swap payments)
24which are to be made by the governmental unit may be paid by
25such governmental unit, without limitation, from proceeds of
26the bonds, including bonds for future delivery, identified to

 

 

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1such swaps, or from bonds issued to refund such bonds, or from
2whatever enterprise revenues or revenue source, including
3taxes pledged or to be pledged to the payment of such bonds,
4which enterprise revenues or revenue source may be increased to
5make such swap payments, and swap payments to be received by
6the governmental unit, which may be periodic, up-front, or on
7termination, shall be used solely for and limited to any lawful
8corporate purpose of the governmental unit.
9    Net (b) Up-front or periodic net swap payments to be paid
10by the governmental unit under such agreements or contracts the
11swaps (the standard swap payments) shall be treated as interest
12for the purpose of calculating any interest rate limit
13applicable to the bonds, provided, however, that for purposes
14of making such standard swap payments only (and not with
15respect to the bonds so issued or to be issued), the bonds
16shall be deemed not exempt from income taxation under the
17Internal Revenue Code for purposes of State law, as contained
18in this Bond Authorization Act, relating to the permissible
19rate of interest to be borne thereon, and, provided further,
20that if payments of any standard swap payments are to be made
21by the governmental unit and the counterparty on different
22dates, the net effect of such payments for purposes of such
23interest rate limitation shall be determined using a true
24interest cost (yield) calculation.
25    (c) Any such agreement or contract and the swap payments to
26be made thereunder shall not be taken into account with respect

 

 

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1to any debt limit applicable to the public corporation
2governmental unit.
3    (d) Swap payments upon the termination of any swap may be
4paid to a counterparty upon any terms customary for swaps,
5including, without limitation, provisions using market
6quotations available for giving the net benefit of the swap at
7the time of termination to the persons entitled thereto (viz.,
8the governmental unit or the counterparty) or reasonable fair
9market value determinations of the value at termination made in
10good faith by either such persons.
11    (e) The term of the swap shall not exceed the term of any
12currently outstanding bonds identified to such swap or, for
13bonds to be delivered, not greater than 5 years plus the term
14of years proposed for such bonds to be delivered, but in no
15event longer than 40 years, plus, in each case, any time period
16necessary to cure any defaults under such swap.
17    (f) The choice of law for enforcement of swaps as to any
18counterparty may be made for any state of these United States,
19but the law which shall apply to the obligations of the
20governmental unit shall be the law of the State of Illinois,
21and jurisdiction to enforce the swaps as against the
22governmental units shall be exclusively in the courts of the
23State of Illinois or in the applicable federal court having
24jurisdiction and located within the State of Illinois.
25    (g) Governmental units, in entering into swaps, may not
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1under the laws of the State of Illinois as to jurisdiction,
2procedures, and remedies, but such swaps shall otherwise be
3fully enforceable as valid and binding contracts as and to the
4extent provided herein and by other applicable law.
5(Source: P.A. 93-9, eff. 6-3-03.)
 
6    Section 15. The General Obligation Bond Act is amended by
7changing Sections 9, 14, and 15 as follows:
 
8    (30 ILCS 330/9)  (from Ch. 127, par. 659)
9    Sec. 9. Conditions for issuance and sale of Bonds;
10requirements for Bonds.
11    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection,
12subsection (h), and subsection (i), Bonds shall be issued and
13sold from time to time, in one or more series, in such amounts
14and at such prices as may be directed by the Governor, upon
15recommendation by the Director of the Governor's Office of
16Management and Budget. Bonds shall be in such form (either
17coupon, registered or book entry), in such denominations,
18payable within 25 years from their date, subject to such terms
19of redemption with or without premium, bear interest payable at
20such times and at such fixed or variable rate or rates, and be
21dated as shall be fixed and determined by the Director of the
22Governor's Office of Management and Budget in the order
23authorizing the issuance and sale of any series of Bonds, which
24order shall be approved by the Governor and is herein called a

 

 

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1"Bond Sale Order"; provided however, that interest payable at
2fixed or variable rates shall not exceed that permitted in the
3Bond Authorization Act, as now or hereafter amended. Bonds
4shall be payable at such place or places, within or without the
5State of Illinois, and may be made registrable as to either
6principal or as to both principal and interest, as shall be
7specified in the Bond Sale Order. Bonds may be callable or
8subject to purchase and retirement or tender and remarketing as
9fixed and determined in the Bond Sale Order. Bonds, other than
10Bonds issued under Section 3 of this Act for the costs
11associated with the purchase and implementation of information
12technology, (i) except for refunding Bonds satisfying the
13requirements of Section 16 of this Act and sold during fiscal
14year 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2018, or 2019 must be issued with
15principal or mandatory redemption amounts in equal amounts,
16with the first maturity issued occurring within the fiscal year
17in which the Bonds are issued or within the next succeeding
18fiscal year and (ii) must mature or be subject to mandatory
19redemption each fiscal year thereafter up to 25 years, except
20for refunding Bonds satisfying the requirements of Section 16
21of this Act and sold during fiscal year 2009, 2010, or 2011
22which must mature or be subject to mandatory redemption each
23fiscal year thereafter up to 16 years. Bonds issued under
24Section 3 of this Act for the costs associated with the
25purchase and implementation of information technology must be
26issued with principal or mandatory redemption amounts in equal

 

 

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1amounts, with the first maturity issued occurring with the
2fiscal year in which the respective bonds are issued or with
3the next succeeding fiscal year, with the respective bonds
4issued maturing or subject to mandatory redemption each fiscal
5year thereafter up to 10 years. Notwithstanding any provision
6of this Act to the contrary, the Bonds authorized by Public Act
796-43 shall be payable within 5 years from their date and must
8be issued with principal or mandatory redemption amounts in
9equal amounts, with payment of principal or mandatory
10redemption beginning in the first fiscal year following the
11fiscal year in which the Bonds are issued.
12    Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the contrary,
13the Bonds authorized by Public Act 96-1497 shall be payable
14within 8 years from their date and shall be issued with payment
15of maturing principal or scheduled mandatory redemptions in
16accordance with the following schedule, except the following
17amounts shall be prorated if less than the total additional
18amount of Bonds authorized by Public Act 96-1497 are issued:
19    Fiscal Year After Issuance    Amount
20        1-2                        $0 
21        3                          $110,712,120
22        4                          $332,136,360
23        5                          $664,272,720
24        6-8                        $996,409,080
25    Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the contrary,
26Income Tax Proceed Bonds issued under Section 7.6 shall be

 

 

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1payable 12 years from the date of sale and shall be issued with
2payment of principal or mandatory redemption.
3    In the case of any series of Bonds bearing interest at a
4variable interest rate ("Variable Rate Bonds"), in lieu of
5determining the rate or rates at which such series of Variable
6Rate Bonds shall bear interest and the price or prices at which
7such Variable Rate Bonds shall be initially sold or remarketed
8(in the event of purchase and subsequent resale), the Bond Sale
9Order may provide that such interest rates and prices may vary
10from time to time depending on criteria established in such
11Bond Sale Order, which criteria may include, without
12limitation, references to indices or variations in interest
13rates as may, in the judgment of a remarketing agent, be
14necessary to cause Variable Rate Bonds of such series to be
15remarketable from time to time at a price equal to their
16principal amount, and may provide for appointment of a bank,
17trust company, investment bank, or other financial institution
18to serve as remarketing agent in that connection. The Bond Sale
19Order may provide that alternative interest rates or provisions
20for establishing alternative interest rates, different
21security or claim priorities, or different call or amortization
22provisions will apply during such times as Variable Rate Bonds
23of any series are held by a person providing credit or
24liquidity enhancement arrangements for such Bonds as
25authorized in subsection (b) of this Section. The Bond Sale
26Order may also provide for such variable interest rates to be

 

 

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1established pursuant to a process generally known as an auction
2rate process and may provide for appointment of one or more
3financial institutions to serve as auction agents and
4broker-dealers in connection with the establishment of such
5interest rates and the sale and remarketing of such Bonds.
6    (b) (Blank). In connection with the issuance of any series
7of Bonds, the State may enter into arrangements to provide
8additional security and liquidity for such Bonds, including,
9without limitation, bond or interest rate insurance or letters
10of credit, lines of credit, bond purchase contracts, or other
11arrangements whereby funds are made available to retire or
12purchase Bonds, thereby assuring the ability of owners of the
13Bonds to sell or redeem their Bonds. The State may enter into
14contracts and may agree to pay fees to persons providing such
15arrangements, but only under circumstances where the Director
16of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget certifies
17that he or she reasonably expects the total interest paid or to
18be paid on the Bonds, together with the fees for the
19arrangements (being treated as if interest), would not, taken
20together, cause the Bonds to bear interest, calculated to their
21stated maturity, at a rate in excess of the rate that the Bonds
22would bear in the absence of such arrangements.
23    The State may, with respect to Bonds issued or anticipated
24to be issued, participate in and enter into arrangements with
25respect to interest rate protection or exchange agreements,
26guarantees, or financial futures contracts for the purpose of

 

 

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1limiting, reducing, or managing interest rate exposure. The
2authority granted under this paragraph, however, shall not
3increase the principal amount of Bonds authorized to be issued
4by law. The arrangements may be executed and delivered by the
5Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget on
6behalf of the State. Net payments for such arrangements shall
7constitute interest on the Bonds and shall be paid from the
8General Obligation Bond Retirement and Interest Fund. The
9Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget
10shall at least annually certify to the Governor and the State
11Comptroller his or her estimate of the amounts of such net
12payments to be included in the calculation of interest required
13to be paid by the State.
14    (c) (Blank). Prior to the issuance of any Variable Rate
15Bonds pursuant to subsection (a), the Director of the
16Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall adopt an
17interest rate risk management policy providing that the amount
18of the State's variable rate exposure with respect to Bonds
19shall not exceed 20%. This policy shall remain in effect while
20any Bonds are outstanding and the issuance of Bonds shall be
21subject to the terms of such policy. The terms of this policy
22may be amended from time to time by the Director of the
23Governor's Office of Management and Budget but in no event
24shall any amendment cause the permitted level of the State's
25variable rate exposure with respect to Bonds to exceed 20%.
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1authorized by Section 54AA of the Internal Revenue Code of
21986, as amended ("Internal Revenue Code"), and bonds issued
3from time to time to refund or continue to refund "Build
4America Bonds".
5    (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
6Qualified School Construction Bonds shall be issued and sold
7from time to time, in one or more series, in such amounts and
8at such prices as may be directed by the Governor, upon
9recommendation by the Director of the Governor's Office of
10Management and Budget. Qualified School Construction Bonds
11shall be in such form (either coupon, registered or book
12entry), in such denominations, payable within 25 years from
13their date, subject to such terms of redemption with or without
14premium, and if the Qualified School Construction Bonds are
15issued with a supplemental coupon, bear interest payable at
16such times and at such fixed or variable rate or rates, and be
17dated as shall be fixed and determined by the Director of the
18Governor's Office of Management and Budget in the order
19authorizing the issuance and sale of any series of Qualified
20School Construction Bonds, which order shall be approved by the
21Governor and is herein called a "Bond Sale Order"; except that
22interest payable at fixed or variable rates, if any, shall not
23exceed that permitted in the Bond Authorization Act, as now or
24hereafter amended. Qualified School Construction Bonds shall
25be payable at such place or places, within or without the State
26of Illinois, and may be made registrable as to either principal

 

 

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1or as to both principal and interest, as shall be specified in
2the Bond Sale Order. Qualified School Construction Bonds may be
3callable or subject to purchase and retirement or tender and
4remarketing as fixed and determined in the Bond Sale Order.
5Qualified School Construction Bonds must be issued with
6principal or mandatory redemption amounts or sinking fund
7payments into the General Obligation Bond Retirement and
8Interest Fund (or subaccount therefor) in equal amounts, with
9the first maturity issued, mandatory redemption payment or
10sinking fund payment occurring within the fiscal year in which
11the Qualified School Construction Bonds are issued or within
12the next succeeding fiscal year, with Qualified School
13Construction Bonds issued maturing or subject to mandatory
14redemption or with sinking fund payments thereof deposited each
15fiscal year thereafter up to 25 years. Sinking fund payments
16set forth in this subsection shall be permitted only to the
17extent authorized in Section 54F of the Internal Revenue Code
18or as otherwise determined by the Director of the Governor's
19Office of Management and Budget. "Qualified School
20Construction Bonds" in this subsection means Bonds authorized
21by Section 54F of the Internal Revenue Code and for bonds
22issued from time to time to refund or continue to refund such
23"Qualified School Construction Bonds".
24    (f) Beginning with the next issuance by the Governor's
25Office of Management and Budget to the Procurement Policy Board
26of a request for quotation for the purpose of formulating a new

 

 

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1pool of qualified underwriting banks list, all entities
2responding to such a request for quotation for inclusion on
3that list shall provide a written report to the Governor's
4Office of Management and Budget and the Illinois Comptroller.
5The written report submitted to the Comptroller shall (i) be
6published on the Comptroller's Internet website and (ii) be
7used by the Governor's Office of Management and Budget for the
8purposes of scoring such a request for quotation. The written
9report, at a minimum, shall:
10        (1) disclose whether, within the past 3 months,
11    pursuant to its credit default swap market-making
12    activities, the firm has entered into any State of Illinois
13    credit default swaps ("CDS");
14        (2) include, in the event of State of Illinois CDS
15    activity, disclosure of the firm's cumulative notional
16    volume of State of Illinois CDS trades and the firm's
17    outstanding gross and net notional amount of State of
18    Illinois CDS, as of the end of the current 3-month period;
19        (3) indicate, pursuant to the firm's proprietary
20    trading activities, disclosure of whether the firm, within
21    the past 3 months, has entered into any proprietary trades
22    for its own account in State of Illinois CDS;
23        (4) include, in the event of State of Illinois
24    proprietary trades, disclosure of the firm's outstanding
25    gross and net notional amount of proprietary State of
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1    credit protection, as of the end of the current 3-month
2    period;
3        (5) list all time periods during the past 3 months
4    during which the firm held net long or net short State of
5    Illinois CDS proprietary credit protection positions, the
6    amount of such positions, and whether those positions were
7    net long or net short credit protection positions; and
8        (6) indicate whether, within the previous 3 months, the
9    firm released any publicly available research or marketing
10    reports that reference State of Illinois CDS and include
11    those research or marketing reports as attachments.
12    (g) All entities included on a Governor's Office of
13Management and Budget's pool of qualified underwriting banks
14list shall, as soon as possible after March 18, 2011 (the
15effective date of Public Act 96-1554), but not later than
16January 21, 2011, and on a quarterly fiscal basis thereafter,
17provide a written report to the Governor's Office of Management
18and Budget and the Illinois Comptroller. The written reports
19submitted to the Comptroller shall be published on the
20Comptroller's Internet website. The written reports, at a
21minimum, shall:
22        (1) disclose whether, within the past 3 months,
23    pursuant to its credit default swap market-making
24    activities, the firm has entered into any State of Illinois
25    credit default swaps ("CDS");
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1    activity, disclosure of the firm's cumulative notional
2    volume of State of Illinois CDS trades and the firm's
3    outstanding gross and net notional amount of State of
4    Illinois CDS, as of the end of the current 3-month period;
5        (3) indicate, pursuant to the firm's proprietary
6    trading activities, disclosure of whether the firm, within
7    the past 3 months, has entered into any proprietary trades
8    for its own account in State of Illinois CDS;
9        (4) include, in the event of State of Illinois
10    proprietary trades, disclosure of the firm's outstanding
11    gross and net notional amount of proprietary State of
12    Illinois CDS and whether the net position is short or long
13    credit protection, as of the end of the current 3-month
14    period;
15        (5) list all time periods during the past 3 months
16    during which the firm held net long or net short State of
17    Illinois CDS proprietary credit protection positions, the
18    amount of such positions, and whether those positions were
19    net long or net short credit protection positions; and
20        (6) indicate whether, within the previous 3 months, the
21    firm released any publicly available research or marketing
22    reports that reference State of Illinois CDS and include
23    those research or marketing reports as attachments.
24    (h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
25for purposes of maximizing market efficiencies and cost
26savings, Income Tax Proceed Bonds may be issued and sold from

 

 

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1time to time, in one or more series, in such amounts and at
2such prices as may be directed by the Governor, upon
3recommendation by the Director of the Governor's Office of
4Management and Budget. Income Tax Proceed Bonds shall be in
5such form, either coupon, registered, or book entry, in such
6denominations, shall bear interest payable at such times and at
7such fixed or variable rate or rates, and be dated as shall be
8fixed and determined by the Director of the Governor's Office
9of Management and Budget in the order authorizing the issuance
10and sale of any series of Income Tax Proceed Bonds, which order
11shall be approved by the Governor and is herein called a "Bond
12Sale Order"; provided, however, that interest payable at fixed
13or variable rates shall not exceed that permitted in the Bond
14Authorization Act. Income Tax Proceed Bonds shall be payable at
15such place or places, within or without the State of Illinois,
16and may be made registrable as to either principal or as to
17both principal and interest, as shall be specified in the Bond
18Sale Order. Income Tax Proceed Bonds may be callable or subject
19to purchase and retirement or tender and remarketing as fixed
20and determined in the Bond Sale Order.
21    (i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
22for purposes of maximizing market efficiencies and cost
23savings, State Pension Obligation Acceleration Bonds may be
24issued and sold from time to time, in one or more series, in
25such amounts and at such prices as may be directed by the
26Governor, upon recommendation by the Director of the Governor's

 

 

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1Office of Management and Budget. State Pension Obligation
2Acceleration Bonds shall be in such form, either coupon,
3registered, or book entry, in such denominations, shall bear
4interest payable at such times and at such fixed or variable
5rate or rates, and be dated as shall be fixed and determined by
6the Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget
7in the order authorizing the issuance and sale of any series of
8State Pension Obligation Acceleration Bonds, which order shall
9be approved by the Governor and is herein called a "Bond Sale
10Order"; provided, however, that interest payable at fixed or
11variable rates shall not exceed that permitted in the Bond
12Authorization Act. State Pension Obligation Acceleration Bonds
13shall be payable at such place or places, within or without the
14State of Illinois, and may be made registrable as to either
15principal or as to both principal and interest, as shall be
16specified in the Bond Sale Order. State Pension Obligation
17Acceleration Bonds may be callable or subject to purchase and
18retirement or tender and remarketing as fixed and determined in
19the Bond Sale Order.
20(Source: P.A. 99-523, eff. 6-30-16; 100-23, Article 25, Section
2125-5, eff. 7-6-17; 100-23, Article 75, Section 75-10, eff.
227-6-17; 100-587, Article 60, Section 60-5, eff. 6-4-18;
23100-587, Article 110, Section 110-15, eff. 6-4-18; 100-863,
24eff. 8-14-18; revised 10-17-18.)
 
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1    Sec. 14. Repayment.
2    (a) To provide for the manner of repayment of Bonds, the
3Governor shall include an appropriation in each annual State
4Budget of monies in such amount as shall be necessary and
5sufficient, for the period covered by such budget, to pay the
6interest, as it shall accrue, on all Bonds issued under this
7Act, to pay and discharge the principal of such Bonds as shall,
8by their terms, fall due during such period, to pay a premium,
9if any, on Bonds to be redeemed prior to the maturity date, and
10to pay sinking fund payments in connection with Qualified
11School Construction Bonds authorized by subsection (e) of
12Section 9. Amounts included in such appropriations for the
13payment of interest on variable rate bonds shall be the maximum
14amounts of interest that may be payable for the period covered
15by the budget, after taking into account any credits permitted
16in the related indenture or other instrument against the amount
17of such interest required to be appropriated for such period.
18Amounts included in such appropriations for the payment of
19interest shall include the amounts certified by the Director of
20the Governor's Office of Management and Budget under subsection
21(b) of Section 9 of this Act.
22    (b) A separate fund in the State Treasury called the
23"General Obligation Bond Retirement and Interest Fund" is
24hereby created.
25    (c) The General Assembly shall annually make
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1premium, if any, on Bonds sold under this Act from the General
2Obligation Bond Retirement and Interest Fund. Amounts included
3in such appropriations for the payment of interest on variable
4rate bonds shall be the maximum amounts of interest that may be
5payable during the fiscal year, after taking into account any
6credits permitted in the related indenture or other instrument
7against the amount of such interest required to be appropriated
8for such period. Amounts included in such appropriations for
9the payment of interest shall include the amounts certified by
10the Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget
11under subsection (b) of Section 9 of this Act.
12    If for any reason there are insufficient funds in either
13the General Revenue Fund or the Road Fund to make transfers to
14the General Obligation Bond Retirement and Interest Fund as
15required by Section 15 of this Act, or if for any reason the
16General Assembly fails to make appropriations sufficient to pay
17the principal of, interest on, and premium, if any, on the
18Bonds, as the same by their terms shall become due, this Act
19shall constitute an irrevocable and continuing appropriation
20of all amounts necessary for that purpose, and the irrevocable
21and continuing authority for and direction to the State
22Treasurer and the Comptroller to make the necessary transfers,
23as directed by the Governor, out of and disbursements from the
24revenues and funds of the State.
25    (d) If, because of insufficient funds in either the General
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1the General Obligation Bond Retirement and Interest Fund, as
2required by subsection (c) of this Section, this Act shall
3constitute the irrevocable and continuing authority for and
4direction to the State Treasurer and Comptroller to reimburse
5these funds of the State from the General Revenue Fund or the
6Road Fund, as appropriate, by transferring, at such times and
7in such amounts, as directed by the Governor, an amount to
8these funds equal to that transferred from them.
9(Source: P.A. 96-828, eff. 12-2-09.)
 
10    (30 ILCS 330/15)  (from Ch. 127, par. 665)
11    Sec. 15. Computation of principal and interest; transfers.
12    (a) Upon each delivery of Bonds authorized to be issued
13under this Act, the Comptroller shall compute and certify to
14the Treasurer the total amount of principal of, interest on,
15and premium, if any, on Bonds issued that will be payable in
16order to retire such Bonds, the amount of principal of,
17interest on and premium, if any, on such Bonds that will be
18payable on each payment date according to the tenor of such
19Bonds during the then current and each succeeding fiscal year,
20and the amount of sinking fund payments needed to be deposited
21in connection with Qualified School Construction Bonds
22authorized by subsection (e) of Section 9. With respect to the
23interest payable on variable rate bonds, such certifications
24shall be calculated at the maximum rate of interest that may be
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1credits permitted in the related indenture or other instrument
2against the amount of such interest required to be appropriated
3for such period pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 14 of
4this Act. With respect to the interest payable, such
5certifications shall include the amounts certified by the
6Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget
7under subsection (b) of Section 9 of this Act.
8    On or before the last day of each month the State Treasurer
9and Comptroller shall transfer from (1) the Road Fund with
10respect to Bonds issued under paragraph (a) of Section 4 of
11this Act, or Bonds issued under authorization in Public Act
1298-781, or Bonds issued for the purpose of refunding such
13bonds, and from (2) the General Revenue Fund, with respect to
14all other Bonds issued under this Act, to the General
15Obligation Bond Retirement and Interest Fund an amount
16sufficient to pay the aggregate of the principal of, interest
17on, and premium, if any, on Bonds payable, by their terms on
18the next payment date divided by the number of full calendar
19months between the date of such Bonds and the first such
20payment date, and thereafter, divided by the number of months
21between each succeeding payment date after the first. Such
22computations and transfers shall be made for each series of
23Bonds issued and delivered. Interest payable on variable rate
24bonds shall be calculated at the maximum rate of interest that
25may be payable for the relevant period, after taking into
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1instrument against the amount of such interest required to be
2appropriated for such period pursuant to subsection (c) of
3Section 14 of this Act. Computations of interest shall include
4the amounts certified by the Director of the Governor's Office
5of Management and Budget under subsection (b) of Section 9 of
6this Act. Interest for which moneys have already been deposited
7into the capitalized interest account within the General
8Obligation Bond Retirement and Interest Fund shall not be
9included in the calculation of the amounts to be transferred
10under this subsection. Notwithstanding any other provision in
11this Section, the transfer provisions provided in this
12paragraph shall not apply to transfers made in fiscal year 2010
13or fiscal year 2011 with respect to Bonds issued in fiscal year
142010 or fiscal year 2011 pursuant to Section 7.2 of this Act.
15In the case of transfers made in fiscal year 2010 or fiscal
16year 2011 with respect to the Bonds issued in fiscal year 2010
17or fiscal year 2011 pursuant to Section 7.2 of this Act, on or
18before the 15th day of the month prior to the required debt
19service payment, the State Treasurer and Comptroller shall
20transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the General
21Obligation Bond Retirement and Interest Fund an amount
22sufficient to pay the aggregate of the principal of, interest
23on, and premium, if any, on the Bonds payable in that next
24month.
25    The transfer of monies herein and above directed is not
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1and Interest Fund are more than the amount otherwise to be
2transferred as herein above provided, and if the Governor or
3his authorized representative notifies the State Treasurer and
4Comptroller of such fact in writing.
5    (b) After the effective date of this Act, the balance of,
6and monies directed to be included in the Capital Development
7Bond Retirement and Interest Fund, Anti-Pollution Bond
8Retirement and Interest Fund, Transportation Bond, Series A
9Retirement and Interest Fund, Transportation Bond, Series B
10Retirement and Interest Fund, and Coal Development Bond
11Retirement and Interest Fund shall be transferred to and
12deposited in the General Obligation Bond Retirement and
13Interest Fund. This Fund shall be used to make debt service
14payments on the State's general obligation Bonds heretofore
15issued which are now outstanding and payable from the Funds
16herein listed as well as on Bonds issued under this Act.
17    (c) The unused portion of federal funds received for or as
18reimbursement for a capital facilities project, as authorized
19by Section 3 of this Act, for which monies from the Capital
20Development Fund have been expended shall remain in the Capital
21Development Board Contributory Trust Fund and shall be used for
22capital projects and for no other purpose, subject to
23appropriation and as directed by the Capital Development Board.
24Any federal funds received as reimbursement for the completed
25construction of a capital facilities project, as authorized by
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1Development Fund have been expended may be used for any expense
2or project necessary for implementation of the Quincy Veterans'
3Home Rehabilitation and Rebuilding Act for a period of 5 years
4from the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th
5General Assembly, and any remaining funds shall be deposited in
6the General Obligation Bond Retirement and Interest Fund.
7(Source: P.A. 100-23, eff. 7-6-17; 100-610, eff. 7-17-18.)
 
8    Section 20. The Local Government Credit Enhancement Act is
9amended by changing Sections 2 and 3 as follows:
 
10    (50 ILCS 410/2)  (from Ch. 85, par. 4302)
11    Sec. 2. For the purposes of this Act: , terms are as
12defined in the Local Government Debt Reform Act
13    "Governing board" means the corporate authorities of the
14municipality, county board, board of trustees, board of
15education, board of school directors, or other governing body
16of the unit of local government or school district.
17    "School district" means any public school district
18organized under the School Code or prior law and includes any
19dual or unit school district, high school district, special
20charter district and non-high school district. "School
21district" also means any community college district organized
22under the Public Community College Act or prior law.
23    "Unit of local government" shall have the meaning ascribed
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1(Source: P.A. 93-9, eff. 6-3-03.)
 
2    (50 ILCS 410/3)  (from Ch. 85, par. 4303)
3    Sec. 3. In connection with the issuance of its bonds and
4notes, a governmental unit of local government or school
5district may enter into arrangements agreements (credit
6agreements) to provide additional security and or liquidity, or
7both, for the bonds and notes. These may include, without
8limitation, municipal bond insurance, letters of credit, lines
9of credit, standby bond purchase agreements, surety bonds, and
10the like, by which the governmental unit of local government or
11school district may borrow funds to pay or redeem or purchase
12and hold its bonds and a governmental unit may enter into
13agreements for the purchase or remarketing arrangements of
14bonds (remarketing agreements) for assuring the ability of
15owners of the issuing local government's or school district's
16bonds to sell or to have redeemed their bonds. The unit of
17local government or school district may enter into contracts
18and may agree to pay fees to persons providing such
19arrangements, including from bond proceeds providing a
20mechanism for remarketing bonds tendered for purchase in
21accordance with their terms. The term of such credit agreements
22or remarketing agreements shall not exceed the term of the
23bonds, plus any time period necessary to cure any defaults
24under such agreements.
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1issuance of the bonds may provide that interest rates may vary
2from time to time depending upon criteria established by the
3governing board, which may include, without limitation, a
4variation in interest rates as may be necessary to cause bonds
5to be remarketable from time to time at a price equal to their
6principal amount, and may provide for appointment of a national
7banking association, bank, trust company, investment banker,
8or other financial institution to serve as a remarketing agent
9in that connection. The resolution of the governing board
10authorizing the issuance of the bonds may provide that
11alternative interest rates or provisions will apply during such
12times as the bonds are held by a person providing a letter of
13credit or other credit enhancement arrangement for those bonds.
14Without limiting the terms which may be included in any such
15credit agreements or remarketing agreements, the ordinance may
16or, if hereinafter so required, shall provide as follows:
17    (a) Interest rates on the bonds may vary from time to time
18depending upon criteria established by the governing body,
19which may include, without limitation: (i) a variation in
20interest rates as may be necessary to cause bonds to be
21remarketed from time to time at a price equal to their
22principal amount plus any accrued interest; (ii) rates set by
23auctions; or (iii) rates set by formula.
24    (b) A national banking association, bank, trust company,
25investment banker or other financial institution may be
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1and such remarketing agent may be delegated authority by the
2governing body to determine interest rates in accordance with
3criteria established by the governing body.
4    (c) Alternative interest rates or provisions may apply
5during such times as the bonds are held by the person or
6persons (financial providers) providing a credit agreement or
7remarketing agreement for those bonds and during such times,
8the interest on the bonds may be deemed not exempt from income
9taxation under the Internal Revenue Code for purposes of State
10law, as contained in the Bond Authorization Act, relating to
11the permissible rate of interest to be borne thereon.
12    (d) Fees may be paid to the financial providers, including
13all reasonably related costs, including therein costs of
14enforcement and litigation (all such fees and costs being
15financial provider payments) and financial provider payments
16may be paid, without limitation, from proceeds of the bonds
17being the subject of such agreements, or from bonds issued to
18refund such bonds, or from whatever enterprise revenues or
19revenue source, including taxes, pledged to the payment of such
20bonds, which enterprise revenues or revenue source may be
21increased to make such financial provider payments, and such
22financial provider payments shall be made subordinate to the
23payments on the bonds.
24    (e) The bonds need not be held in physical form by the
25financial providers when providing funds to purchase or carry
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1form in the credit agreements or remarketing agreements.
2    (f) The debt or obligation of the governmental unit
3represented by a bond tendered for purchase to or otherwise
4made available to the governmental unit and thereupon acquired
5by either such governmental unit or a financial provider shall
6not be deemed to be extinguished for purposes of State law
7until cancelled by the governmental unit or its agent.
8    (g) The choice of law for the obligations of a financial
9provider may be made for any state of these United States, but
10the law which shall apply to the obligations of the
11governmental unit shall be the law of the State of Illinois,
12and jurisdiction to enforce such credit agreement or
13remarketing agreement as against the governmental unit shall be
14exclusively in the courts of the State of Illinois or in the
15applicable federal court having jurisdiction and located
16within the State of Illinois.
17    (h) The governmental unit may not waive any sovereign
18immunities from time to time available under the laws of the
19State of Illinois as to jurisdiction, procedures, and remedies,
20but any such credit agreement and remarketing agreement shall
21otherwise by fully enforceable as valid and binding contracts
22as and to the extent provided by applicable law.
23    (i) Such credit agreement or remarketing agreement may
24provide for acceleration of the principal amounts due on the
25bonds, provided, however, that such acceleration shall be
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1bond is acquired pursuant to any such agreement.
2(Source: P.A. 93-9, eff. 6-3-03.)
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4becoming law.