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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Finance Authority Act is amended by
5changing Sections 820-10, 820-20, and 820-25 and by adding
6Section 820-37 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 3501/820-10)
8    Sec. 820-10. Definitions. The following words or terms,
9whenever used or referred to in this Article, shall have the
10following meanings ascribed to them, except where the context
11clearly requires otherwise:
12    (a) "Department" means the Illinois Department of Commerce
13and Economic Opportunity.
14    (b) "Unit of local government" means any unit of local
15government, as defined in Article VII, Section 1 of the 1970
16State Constitution and any local public entity as that term is
17defined by the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees
18Tort Immunity Act and also includes the State and any
19instrumentality, office, officer, department, division,
20bureau, commission, college or university thereof.
21    (c) "Energy conservation project" means any improvement,
22repair, alteration or betterment of any building or facility or
23any equipment, including but not limited to an Energy

 

 

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1Efficiency Project, as defined in item (iii) of subsection (b)
2of Section 825-65, in connection with any school district or
3community college district project, and any fixture or
4furnishing including its energy using mechanical devices to be
5added to or used in any building or facility that the Director
6of the Department has certified to the Authority will be a
7cost-effective energy-related project that will lower energy
8or utility costs in connection with the operation or
9maintenance of such building or facility, and will achieve
10energy cost savings sufficient to cover bond debt service and
11other project costs within 20 10 years from the date of project
12installation.
13    (d) "Green special service area project" means any energy
14efficiency improvement, renewable energy improvement, or water
15use improvement as such terms are defined in Section 27-5 of
16the Special Service Area Tax Law.
17(Source: P.A. 97-760, eff. 7-6-12.)
 
18    (20 ILCS 3501/820-20)
19    Sec. 820-20. Powers and Duties; Illinois Local Government
20Financing Assistance Program. The Authority has the power:
21    (a) To purchase from time to time pursuant to negotiated
22sale or to otherwise acquire from time to time any local
23government securities issued by one or more units of local
24government upon such terms and conditions as the Authority may
25prescribe;

 

 

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1    (b) To issue bonds in one or more series pursuant to one or
2more resolutions of the Authority for any purpose authorized
3under this Article, including without limitation purchasing or
4acquiring local government securities, providing for the
5payment of any interest deemed necessary on such bonds, paying
6for the cost of issuance of such bonds, providing for the
7payment of the cost of any guarantees, letters of credit,
8insurance contracts or other similar credit support or
9liquidity instruments, or providing for the funding of any
10reserves deemed necessary in connection with such bonds and
11refunding or advance refunding of any such bonds and the
12interest and any premium thereon, pursuant to this Act;
13    (c) To provide for the funding of any reserves or other
14funds or accounts deemed necessary by the Authority in
15connection with any bonds issued by the Authority or local
16government securities purchased or otherwise acquired by the
17Authority;
18    (d) To pledge any local government security, including any
19payments thereon, and any other funds of the Authority or funds
20made available to the Authority which may be applied to such
21purpose, as security for any bonds or any guarantees, letters
22of credit, insurance contracts or similar credit support or
23liquidity instruments securing the bonds;
24    (e) To enter into agreements or contracts with third
25parties, whether public or private, including without
26limitation the United States of America, the State, or any

 

 

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1department or agency thereof to obtain any appropriations,
2grants, loans or guarantees which are deemed necessary or
3desirable by the Authority. Any such guarantee, agreement or
4contract may contain terms and provisions necessary or
5desirable in connection with the program, subject to the
6requirements established by this Article;
7    (f) To charge reasonable fees to defray the cost of
8obtaining letters of credit, insurance contracts or other
9similar documents, and to charge such other reasonable fees to
10defray the cost of trustees, depositories, paying agents, bond
11registrars, escrow agents and other administrative expenses.
12Any such fees shall be payable by units of local government
13whose local government securities are purchased or otherwise
14acquired by the Authority pursuant to this Article, in such
15amounts and at such times as the Authority shall determine, and
16the amount of the fees need not be uniform among the various
17units of local government whose local government securities are
18purchased or otherwise acquired by the Authority pursuant to
19this Article;
20    (g) To obtain and maintain guarantees, letters of credit,
21insurance contracts or similar credit support or liquidity
22instruments which are deemed necessary or desirable in
23connection with any bonds or other obligations of the Authority
24or any local government securities;
25    (h) To establish application fees and other service fees
26and prescribe application, notification, contract, agreement,

 

 

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1security and insurance forms and rules and regulations it deems
2necessary or appropriate;
3    (i) To provide technical assistance, at the request of any
4unit of local government, with respect to the financing or
5refinancing for any public purpose. In fulfillment of this
6purpose, the Authority may request assistance from the
7Department as necessary; any unit of local government that is
8experiencing either a financial emergency as defined in the
9Local Government Financial Planning and Supervision Act or a
10condition of fiscal crisis evidenced by an impaired ability to
11obtain financing for its public purpose projects from
12traditional financial channels or impaired ability to fully
13fund its obligations to fire, police and municipal employee
14pension funds, or to bond payments or reserves, may request
15technical assistance from the Authority in the form of a
16diagnostic evaluation of its financial condition;
17    (j) To purchase any obligations of the Authority issued
18pursuant to this Article;
19    (k) To sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of local
20government securities purchased or otherwise acquired by the
21Authority pursuant to this Article, including without
22limitation, the sale, transfer or other disposition of
23undivided fractionalized interests in the right to receive
24payments of principal and premium, if any, or the right to
25receive payments of interest or the right to receive payments
26of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on pools of

 

 

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1such local government securities;
2    (l) To acquire, purchase, lease, sell, transfer and
3otherwise dispose of real and personal property, or any
4interest therein, and to issue its bonds and enter into leases,
5contracts and other agreements with units of local government
6in connection with such acquisitions, purchases, leases, sales
7and other dispositions of such real and personal property;
8    (m) To make loans to banks, savings and loans and other
9financial institutions for the purpose of purchasing or
10otherwise acquiring local government securities, and to issue
11its bonds, and enter into agreements and contracts in
12connection with such loans;
13    (n) To enter into agreements or contracts with any person
14necessary or appropriate to place the payment obligations of
15the Authority under any of its bonds in whole or in part on any
16interest rate basis, cash flow basis, or other basis desired by
17the Authority, including without limitation agreements or
18contracts commonly known as "interest rate swap agreements",
19"forward payment conversion agreements", and "futures", or
20agreements or contracts to exchange cash flows or a series of
21payments, or agreements or contracts, including without
22limitation agreements or contracts commonly known as
23"options", "puts" or "calls", to hedge payment, rate spread, or
24similar exposure; provided, that any such agreement or contract
25shall not constitute an obligation for borrowed money, and
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1or any other debt limit of the Authority or the State of
2Illinois;
3    (o) To make and enter into all other agreements and
4contracts and execute all instruments necessary or incidental
5to performance of its duties and the execution of its powers
6under this Article;
7    (p) To contract for and finance the costs of energy audits,
8project-specific engineering and design specifications, and
9any other related analyses preliminary to an energy
10conservation project; and, to contract for and finance the cost
11of project monitoring and data collection to verify
12post-installation energy consumption and energy-related
13operating costs. Any such contract shall be executed only after
14it has been jointly negotiated by the Authority and the
15Department; and
16    (p-5) To purchase special service area bonds and to accept
17assignments or pledges, or both, of special service area bonds
18or agreements relating to green special service area projects,
19which authority shall be liberally construed; and
20    (q) To exercise such other powers as are necessary or
21incidental to the foregoing.
22(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
23    (20 ILCS 3501/820-25)
24    Sec. 820-25. Unit of Local Government Participation. Any
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1participate in this program. Any unit of local government which
2is authorized to issue, sell and deliver its local government
3securities under any provision of the Constitution or laws of
4the State may issue, sell and deliver such local government
5securities to the Authority under this Article; provided that
6and notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
7any such unit of local government may issue and sell any such
8local government security at any interest rate or rates, which
9rate or rates may be established by an index or formula which
10may be implemented by persons appointed or retained for those
11purposes therefor, payable at such time or times, and at such
12price or prices to which the unit of local government and the
13Authority may agree. Any unit of local government may pay any
14amount charged by the Authority pursuant to this Article. Any
15unit of local government participating in this program may pay
16out of the proceeds of its local government securities or out
17of any other moneys or funds available to it for such purposes
18any costs, fees, interest deemed necessary, premium or reserves
19incurred or required for financing or refinancing this program,
20including without limitation any fees charged by the Authority
21pursuant to this Article and its share, as determined by the
22Authority, of any costs, fees, interest deemed necessary,
23premium or reserves incurred or required pursuant to Section
24820-20 of this Act. All local government securities purchased
25or otherwise acquired by the Authority pursuant to this Act
26shall upon delivery to the Authority be accompanied by an

 

 

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1approving opinion of bond counsel as to the validity of such
2securities. The Authority shall have discretion to purchase or
3otherwise acquire those local government securities, as it
4shall deem to be in the best interest of its financing program
5for all units of local government taken as a whole. Any unit of
6local government with the authority, in connection with green
7special service area projects, to provide special service area
8tax financing under the Special Service Area Tax Law is
9authorized to issue special service area bonds and sell or
10assign those special service area bonds to the Authority or to
11assign or pledge special service area bonds or agreements, or
12both, to the Authority.
13(Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
14    (20 ILCS 3501/820-37 new)
15    Sec. 820-37. Unit of local government participation;
16bonds. The Authority may assist units of local government by
17establishing and implementing a program to issue their bonds
18secured by special service area agreements assigned or pledged
19to the Authority by units of local government so as to provide
20financing for green special service area projects. The bonds of
21the Authority shall not constitute an indebtedness or
22obligation of the Authority or the State, and it shall be
23plainly stated on the face of each such bond that it does not
24constitute an indebtedness or obligation of the Authority or
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1other assets of the Authority that are pledged to the repayment
2of those bonds.
 
3    Section 10. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing
4Section 27-5 and by adding Section 27-97 as follows:
 
5    (35 ILCS 200/27-5)
6    Sec. 27-5. Short title; definitions. This Article may be
7cited as the Special Service Area Tax Law.
8    When used in this Article:
9    "Energy efficiency improvement" means any installation,
10modification, or replacement that reduces energy consumption
11in any multi-family residential, commercial, or industrial
12building, structure, or other facility, including, but not
13limited to, all of the following:
14        (1) insulation in walls, roofs, floors, foundations,
15    and heating and cooling distribution systems;
16        (2) storm windows and doors, multiglazed windows and
17    doors, heat-absorbing or heat-reflective glazed and coated
18    window and door systems, additional glazing, reductions in
19    glass area, and other window and door system modifications;
20        (3) automatic energy control systems;
21        (4) high efficiency furnaces, lighting fixtures,
22    ventilating, or air conditioning and distribution systems;
23        (5) caulking and weather-stripping;
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1    natural daylight into buildings; and
2        (7) any other installation, modification, replacement,
3    facility, improvement, rehabilitation, repair, or
4    remodeling that is permanently affixed to the property and
5    has the effect of reducing energy consumption.
6    For the purposes of levying a special service area tax on
7the real property on which the energy efficiency improvement is
8located in a green special service area under the Special
9Service Area Tax Law in the Property Tax Code, any energy
10efficiency improvement shall be deemed to be real property.
11    "Green special service area" means a special service area
12created pursuant to Section 27-97 of this Act for the purpose
13of providing special services that are energy efficiency
14improvements, renewable energy improvements, water use
15improvements, or a combination thereof. The corporate
16authorities of the municipality or county may establish (i)
17multiple green special service areas pursuant to a single
18ordinance or (ii) multiple buildings, structures, facilities,
19improvements, or lots or parcels of land within a single green
20special service area, which are not required to be contiguous.
21Revenues from multiple green special service areas and revenues
22from multiple buildings, structures, facilities, improvements
23or lots or parcels of land within a single green special
24service area may be aggregated for a pledge as security for
25bonds issued pursuant to Section 27-45 of this Act.
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1efficiency improvement, renewable energy improvement, or water
2use improvement, or any combination thereof.
3    "Multi-family residential" means a building containing
4more than 4 units that is intended for human habitation, or any
5mixed residential-commercial buildings or portions thereof
6that are intended for human habitation.
7    "Renewable energy improvement" means any fixture, product,
8system, device, or interacting group thereof, for or serving
9any multi-family residential, commercial, or industrial
10building, structure, or other facility that is permanently
11affixed to the property and produces energy from renewable
12resources as defined in Section 1-10 of the Illinois Power
13Agency Act. For purposes of levying a special service area tax
14on the real property on which the renewable energy improvement
15is located in a green special service area under the Special
16Service Area Tax Law in the Property Tax Code, any renewable
17energy improvement shall be deemed to be real property.
18    "Special Service Area" means a contiguous area, except as
19provided in this Act concerning green special service areas,
20within a municipality or county in which special governmental
21services are provided in addition to those services provided
22generally throughout the municipality or county, the cost of
23the special services to be paid from revenues collected from
24taxes levied or imposed upon property within that area.
25Territory shall be considered contiguous for purposes of this
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1the territory are excluded from the special service area. A
2county may create a special service area within a municipality
3or municipalities when the municipality or municipalities
4consent to the creation of the special service area. A
5municipality may create a special service area within a
6municipality and the unincorporated area of a county or within
7another municipality when the county or other municipality
8consents to the creation of the special service area.
9    "Special Services" means all forms of services pertaining
10to the government and affairs of the municipality or county,
11including but not limited to weather modification, energy
12efficiency improvements, renewable energy improvements, water
13use improvements, and improvements permissible under Article 9
14of the Illinois Municipal Code, and contracts for the supply of
15water as described in Section 11-124-1 of the Illinois
16Municipal Code which may be entered into by the municipality or
17by the county on behalf of a county special service area.
18    "Water use improvement" means any fixture, product,
19system, device, or interacting group thereof, for or serving
20any multi-family residential, commercial, or industrial
21building, structure, or other facility that has the effect of
22conserving water resources through improved water management
23or efficiency. For the purposes of levying a special service
24area tax on the real property on which the water use
25improvement is located in a green special service area under
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1water use improvement shall be deemed to be real property.
2(Source: P.A. 86-1324; 88-445.)
 
3    (35 ILCS 200/27-97 new)
4    Sec. 27-97. Green special service areas.
5    (a) The corporate authorities of a municipality or a county
6may establish a green special service area, or multiple green
7special service areas under a single ordinance, for the purpose
8of arranging for and financing energy efficiency improvements,
9renewable energy improvements, or water use improvements, the
10financing of which shall constitute a public purpose. Each
11green special service area shall include only property for
12which each owner of record has executed a contract or agreement
13consenting to the inclusion of the property within the green
14special service area, and such contract or agreement may be
15entered into after the adoption of the ordinance by the
16corporate authorities establishing the green special service
17area. The inclusion, or, as applicable, deletion, of property
18within the green special service area after the adoption of the
19ordinance by the corporate authorities establishing the green
20special service area may be made either (i) by the adoption of
21a supplemental or amending ordinance by the corporate
22authorities or (ii) pursuant to authority in the establishing
23ordinance designating one or more county or municipal officers,
24as applicable, to include or delete other properties. Green
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1Sections 27-20, 27-25, 27-30, 27-35, 27-40, 27-50, 27-55,
227-60, 27-65, and 27-70 of the Special Service Area Tax Law. A
3municipality or a county may create a green special service
4area by an ordinance establishing the green special service
5area or multiple green special services areas. Notwithstanding
6anything in the Special Service Area Tax Law to the contrary, a
7county may establish a green special service area within a
8municipality without the consent of that municipality. Each
9owner of record of property within a green special service area
10may arrange for the specific energy efficiency improvements,
11renewable energy improvements, or water use improvements, and
12may obtain financing for such improvements through the process
13set forth in the ordinance establishing the green special
14service area. A green special service area may consist of a
15single building, structure, facility, improvement, or lot or
16parcel of land. The corporate authorities of a municipality or
17a county may establish multiple green special service areas
18pursuant to a single ordinance or may, within a single green
19special service area, identify multiple buildings, structures,
20facilities, improvements, or lots or parcels of land, whether
21or not those buildings, structures, facilities, improvements,
22lots, or parcels are contiguous. However, each green special
23service area shall be established with respect to a single
24contract or agreement. Revenues derived from special service
25area taxes levied in multiple green special service areas or
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1improvements or lots or parcels of land within a single green
2special service area may be aggregated for a pledge as security
3for bonds issued pursuant to Section 27-45 of the Special
4Service Area Tax Law. Municipalities and counties shall have
5the power to issue bonds under Section 27-45 of the Special
6Service Area Tax Law for the public purposes set forth in this
7Section 27-97; provided that it shall not be necessary to give
8notice of or to conduct a public hearing, as required in
9Section 27-45 of the Special Service Area Tax Law, in
10connection with the issuance of those bonds, as otherwise
11required by Section 27-45 of the Special Service Area Tax Law.
12    (b) The corporate authorities of a county or municipality
13that establish a green special service area shall have the
14power to levy a special service area tax on the real property
15on which the energy use improvements, the renewable energy
16improvements, and the water use improvements are located if
17each owner of record has entered into a contract or agreement
18for those energy efficiency improvements, those renewable
19energy improvements, and those water use improvements. It is
20not necessary to file a copy of the notice of public hearing
21with the County Clerk as otherwise required by Section 27-75 of
22the Special Service Area Tax Law. The contract or agreement
23entered into with the owner of the property shall be conclusive
24as to the due authorization and establishment of the applicable
25green special service area as it relates to those energy
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1and those water use improvements and the amount of the special
2service area taxes to be levied and extended against the real
3property on which such energy efficiency improvements, such
4renewable energy improvements and such water use improvements
5are located. A contract or agreement may specify the amount of
6the special service area taxes levied pursuant to this Section
7on the real property on which the applicable energy efficiency
8improvements, renewable energy improvements, water use
9improvements, or a combination thereof are located or as
10applicable to the principal of and interest on bonds issued,
11including as a part of a larger pooled or composite issue, for
12financing such energy efficiency improvements, renewable
13energy improvements or water use improvements. The specified
14special service area tax levies in a contract or agreement when
15recorded as provided in subsection (c) of this Section and
16filed in the office of the recorder of the county where the
17real property is located shall be authority for each affected
18municipality or county to extend and collect the levied special
19service area taxes for the applicable municipality or county,
20or both, with respect to each such contract or agreement.
21    In the event that a municipality establishes a green
22special service area pursuant to this Section, the county clerk
23of the county in which the green special service area is
24located may agree to extend, and the county collector of that
25county may agree to collect, distribute, and account for, the
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1the establishment of the green special service area or at any
2time thereafter. Upon agreement, the county clerk shall
3continue to extend, and the county collector shall continue to
4collect, distribute, and account for the levied special service
5area taxes until the green special service area is dissolved.
6If the county clerk and the county collector agree to extend,
7collect, and account for the levied special service area taxes,
8the ordinance levying the special service area taxes in a green
9special service area shall be filed with the county clerk of
10that county. A municipality that establishes a green special
11service area may extend and collect the special service area
12taxes, and send out a separate tax bill with respect to those
13levied taxes.
14    (c) Before entering into a contract or agreement as set
15forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this Section, a
16municipality or county must ensure the following: (i) that
17there are no delinquent taxes, special assessments, or water or
18sewer charges on the property; (ii) that the amount of the
19assessment in relation to the assessed value of the property
20does not exceed 25%; (iii) that any existing mortgage holders
21have provided written consent; (iv) that a baseline audit or
22feasibility study, as well as a modeling of expected savings,
23has been conducted for the proposed project; (v) that the
24contractors to be used are registered and have agreed to adhere
25to a set of terms and conditions through a process established
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1county will not authorize payment to the contractor until the
2property owner has provided verification that the improvement
3was properly installed and is operating as intended; (vii) that
4the term of the assessment does not exceed the useful life of
5the project paid for by the assessment, provided that projects
6that consist of multiple improvements with varying lengths of
7useful life shall have the lengths blended to determine an
8overall assessment term that does not exceed the useful life of
9the improvements in aggregate.
10    (d) The contract or agreement in subsection (b) of this
11Section shall be in recordable form and shall be recorded in
12the office of the recorder in the county where the real
13property is located.
14    (e) Any municipality or county with the authority to
15provide special service area financing in connection with green
16special service area projects, as provided in the Special
17Service Area Tax Law, may do any of the following: (i) issue
18special service area bonds pursuant to Section 27-45 of the
19Special Service Area Tax Law, as provided in subsection (a) of
20this Section, (ii) sell or assign those bonds to the Illinois
21Finance Authority, and (iii) assign or pledge those special
22service area bonds, agreements relating to green special
23service area projects, or both to the Illinois Finance
24Authority.
25    (f) A municipality or county may join with any other
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1or combination thereof, by contract or otherwise as may be
2permitted by law, in a program to implement green special
3service areas in whole or in part.
4    (g) This Section shall be liberally construed to effect the
5legislative purpose of enabling eligible property owners to
6make energy efficiency improvements, renewable energy
7improvements, or water use improvements, or any combination
8thereof, to their properties.
 
9    Section 15. The Counties Code is amended by changing
10Section 5-1005 as follows:
 
11    (55 ILCS 5/5-1005)  (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1005)
12    Sec. 5-1005. Powers. Each county shall have power:
13        1. To purchase and hold the real and personal estate
14    necessary for the uses of the county, and to purchase and
15    hold, for the benefit of the county, real estate sold by
16    virtue of judicial proceedings in which the county is
17    plaintiff.
18        2. To sell and convey or lease any real or personal
19    estate owned by the county.
20        3. To make all contracts and do all other acts in
21    relation to the property and concerns of the county
22    necessary to the exercise of its corporate powers.
23        4. To take all necessary measures and institute
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1    cruelty to animals.
2        5. To purchase and hold or lease real estate upon which
3    may be erected and maintained buildings to be utilized for
4    purposes of agricultural experiments and to purchase, hold
5    and use personal property for the care and maintenance of
6    such real estate in connection with such experimental
7    purposes.
8        6. To cause to be erected, or otherwise provided,
9    suitable buildings for, and maintain a county hospital and
10    necessary branch hospitals and/or a county sheltered care
11    home or county nursing home for the care of such sick,
12    chronically ill or infirm persons as may by law be proper
13    charges upon the county, or upon other governmental units,
14    and to provide for the management of the same. The county
15    board may establish rates to be paid by persons seeking
16    care and treatment in such hospital or home in accordance
17    with their financial ability to meet such charges, either
18    personally or through a hospital plan or hospital
19    insurance, and the rates to be paid by governmental units,
20    including the State, for the care of sick, chronically ill
21    or infirm persons admitted therein upon the request of such
22    governmental units. Any hospital maintained by a county
23    under this Section is authorized to provide any service and
24    enter into any contract or other arrangement not prohibited
25    for a hospital that is licensed under the Hospital
26    Licensing Act, incorporated under the General

 

 

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1    Not-For-Profit Corporation Act, and exempt from taxation
2    under paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of Section 501 of the
3    Internal Revenue Code.
4        7. To contribute such sums of money toward erecting,
5    building, maintaining, and supporting any non-sectarian
6    public hospital located within its limits as the county
7    board of the county shall deem proper.
8        8. To purchase and hold real estate for the
9    preservation of forests, prairies and other natural areas
10    and to maintain and regulate the use thereof.
11        9. To purchase and hold real estate for the purpose of
12    preserving historical spots in the county, to restore,
13    maintain and regulate the use thereof and to donate any
14    historical spot to the State.
15        10. To appropriate funds from the county treasury to be
16    used in any manner to be determined by the board for the
17    suppression, eradication and control of tuberculosis among
18    domestic cattle in such county.
19        11. To take all necessary measures to prevent forest
20    fires and encourage the maintenance and planting of trees
21    and the preservation of forests.
22        12. To authorize the closing on Saturday mornings of
23    all offices of all county officers at the county seat of
24    each county, and to otherwise regulate and fix the days and
25    the hours of opening and closing of such offices, except
26    when the days and the hours of opening and closing of the

 

 

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1    office of any county officer are otherwise fixed by law;
2    but the power herein conferred shall not apply to the
3    office of State's Attorney and the offices of judges and
4    clerks of courts and, in counties of 500,000 or more
5    population, the offices of county clerk.
6        13. To provide for the conservation, preservation and
7    propagation of insectivorous birds through the expenditure
8    of funds provided for such purpose.
9        14. To appropriate funds from the county treasury and
10    expend the same for care and treatment of tuberculosis
11    residents.
12        15. In counties having less than 1,000,000
13    inhabitants, to take all necessary or proper steps for the
14    extermination of mosquitoes, flies or other insects within
15    the county.
16        16. To install an adequate system of accounts and
17    financial records in the offices and divisions of the
18    county, suitable to the needs of the office and in
19    accordance with generally accepted principles of
20    accounting for governmental bodies, which system may
21    include such reports as the county board may determine.
22        17. To purchase and hold real estate for the
23    construction and maintenance of motor vehicle parking
24    facilities for persons using county buildings, but the
25    purchase and use of such real estate shall not be for
26    revenue producing purposes.

 

 

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1        18. To acquire and hold title to real property located
2    within the county, or partly within and partly outside the
3    county by dedication, purchase, gift, legacy or lease, for
4    park and recreational purposes and to charge reasonable
5    fees for the use of or admission to any such park or
6    recreational area and to provide police protection for such
7    park or recreational area. Personnel employed to provide
8    such police protection shall be conservators of the peace
9    within such park or recreational area and shall have power
10    to make arrests on view of the offense or upon warrants for
11    violation of any of the ordinances governing such park or
12    recreational area or for any breach of the peace in the
13    same manner as the police in municipalities organized and
14    existing under the general laws of the State. All such real
15    property outside the county shall be contiguous to the
16    county and within the boundaries of the State of Illinois.
17        19. To appropriate funds from the county treasury to be
18    used to provide supportive social services designed to
19    prevent the unnecessary institutionalization of elderly
20    residents, or, for operation of, and equipment for, senior
21    citizen centers providing social services to elderly
22    residents.
23        20. To appropriate funds from the county treasury and
24    loan such funds to a county water commission created under
25    the "Water Commission Act", approved June 30, 1984, as now
26    or hereafter amended, in such amounts and upon such terms

 

 

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1    as the county may determine or the county and the
2    commission may agree. The county shall not under any
3    circumstances be obligated to make such loans. The county
4    shall not be required to charge interest on any such loans.
5        21. To appropriate and expend funds from the county
6    treasury for economic development purposes, including the
7    making of grants to any other governmental entity or
8    commercial enterprise deemed necessary or desirable for
9    the promotion of economic development in the county.
10        22. To lease space on a telecommunications tower to a
11    public or private entity.
12        23. In counties having a population of 100,000 or less
13    and a public building commission organized by the county
14    seat of the county, to cause to be erected or otherwise
15    provided, and to maintain or cause to be maintained,
16    suitable facilities to house students pursuing a
17    post-secondary education at an academic institution
18    located within the county. The county may provide for the
19    management of the facilities.
20        24. To engage in and undertake activities related to
21    and in connection with energy efficiency improvements,
22    renewable energy improvements, and water use improvements,
23    all as defined in the Special Service Area Tax Law,
24    including, but not limited to, green special service area
25    tax financing for energy efficiency improvements,
26    renewable energy improvements, and water use improvements

 

 

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1    whether on public or private property, under the Special
2    Service Area Tax Law. This item shall be liberally
3    construed to effect the legislative purpose of enabling
4    eligible property owners to make energy efficiency
5    improvements, renewable energy improvements, and water use
6    improvements to or serving the designated properties.
7    All contracts for the purchase of coal under this Section
8shall be subject to the provisions of "An Act concerning the
9use of Illinois mined coal in certain plants and institutions",
10filed July 13, 1937, as amended.
11(Source: P.A. 95-197, eff. 8-16-07; 95-813, eff. 1-1-09;
1296-622, eff. 8-24-09.)
 
13    Section 20. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
14adding Division 15.4 to Article 11 as follows:
 
15    (65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 15.4 heading new)
16
DIVISION 15.4. GREEN SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS

 
17    (65 ILCS 5/11-15.4-1 new)
18    Sec. 11-15.4-1. Green special service areas. Each
19municipality shall have the power and authority to engage in
20and undertake activities related to and in connection with
21energy efficiency improvements, renewable energy improvements,
22and water use improvements, all as defined in the Special
23Service Area Tax Law, including, but not limited to, green

 

 

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1special service area tax financing for those energy efficiency
2improvements, renewable energy improvements, and water use
3improvements whether on public or private property, under the
4Special Service Area Tax Law. This Section shall be liberally
5construed to effect the legislative purpose of enabling
6property owners to make energy efficiency improvements,
7renewable energy improvements, or water use improvements to or
8serving the designated properties.
 
9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10becoming law.