Full Text of SB2505 96th General Assembly
SB2505eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning revenue.
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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 Illinois Finance Authority Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Sections 820-10, 820-20, and 820-25 and by adding | 6 |
| Section 820-37 as follows: | 7 |
| (20 ILCS 3501/820-10) | 8 |
| Sec. 820-10. Definitions. The following words or terms, | 9 |
| whenever used or
referred to in
this Article, shall have the | 10 |
| following
meanings ascribed to them, except where the context | 11 |
| clearly requires otherwise: | 12 |
| (a) "Department" means the Illinois Department of Commerce | 13 |
| and Economic
Opportunity. | 14 |
| (b) "Unit of local government" means any unit of local | 15 |
| government, as
defined
in Article VII, Section 1 of the 1970 | 16 |
| State Constitution and any local public
entity as that term is | 17 |
| defined by the Local Governmental and Governmental
Employees | 18 |
| Tort Immunity Act and also includes the State and any
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| instrumentality,
office, officer, department, division, | 20 |
| bureau, commission, college or
university
thereof. | 21 |
| (c) "Energy conservation project" means any improvement, | 22 |
| repair, alteration
or
betterment of any building or facility or | 23 |
| any equipment, fixture or furnishing
including its energy using |
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| mechanical devices to be added to or used in any
building or | 2 |
| facility that the Director of the Department has certified to | 3 |
| the
Authority will be a cost-effective energy-related project | 4 |
| that will lower
energy
or utility costs in connection with the | 5 |
| operation or maintenance of such
building or facility, and will | 6 |
| achieve energy cost savings sufficient to cover
bond debt | 7 |
| service and other project costs within 20 10 years from the | 8 |
| date of
project installation. | 9 |
| (d) "Green special service area project" means any energy | 10 |
| efficiency improvement, renewable energy improvement, or water | 11 |
| use improvement as such terms are defined in Section 27-5 of | 12 |
| the Special Service Area Tax Law. | 13 |
| (Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.) | 14 |
| (20 ILCS 3501/820-20) | 15 |
| Sec. 820-20. Powers and Duties; Illinois Local Government | 16 |
| Financing
Assistance Program. The Authority has the power: | 17 |
| (a) To purchase from time to time pursuant to negotiated | 18 |
| sale or to
otherwise
acquire from time to time any local | 19 |
| government securities issued by one or more
units of local | 20 |
| government upon such terms and conditions as the Authority may
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| prescribe; | 22 |
| (b) To issue bonds in one or more series pursuant to one or | 23 |
| more resolutions
of
the Authority for any purpose authorized | 24 |
| under
this Article,
including without limitation purchasing or | 25 |
| acquiring local government
securities, providing for the |
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| payment of any interest deemed necessary on such
bonds, paying | 2 |
| for the cost of issuance of such bonds, providing for the | 3 |
| payment
of the cost of any guarantees, letters of credit, | 4 |
| insurance contracts or other
similar credit support or | 5 |
| liquidity instruments, or providing for the funding
of
any | 6 |
| reserves deemed necessary in connection with such bonds and | 7 |
| refunding or
advance refunding of any such bonds and the | 8 |
| interest and any premium thereon,
pursuant to this Act; | 9 |
| (c) To provide for the funding of any reserves or other | 10 |
| funds or accounts
deemed necessary by the Authority in | 11 |
| connection with any bonds issued by the
Authority or local | 12 |
| government securities purchased or otherwise acquired by the
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| Authority; | 14 |
| (d) To pledge any local government security, including any | 15 |
| payments thereon,
and any other funds of the Authority or funds | 16 |
| made available to the Authority
which may be applied to such | 17 |
| purpose, as security for any bonds or any
guarantees, letters | 18 |
| of credit, insurance contracts or similar credit support or
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| liquidity instruments securing the bonds; | 20 |
| (e) To enter into agreements or contracts with third | 21 |
| parties, whether public
or
private, including without | 22 |
| limitation the United States of America, the State,
or any | 23 |
| department or agency thereof to obtain any appropriations, | 24 |
| grants, loans
or guarantees which are deemed necessary or | 25 |
| desirable by the Authority. Any
such guarantee, agreement or | 26 |
| contract may contain terms and provisions
necessary
or |
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| desirable in connection with the program, subject to the | 2 |
| requirements
established by
this Article; | 3 |
| (f) To charge reasonable fees to defray the cost of | 4 |
| obtaining letters of
credit, insurance contracts or other | 5 |
| similar documents, and to charge such
other
reasonable fees to | 6 |
| defray the cost of trustees, depositories, paying agents,
bond | 7 |
| registrars, escrow agents and other administrative expenses. | 8 |
| Any such fees
shall be payable by units of local government | 9 |
| whose local government securities
are purchased or otherwise | 10 |
| acquired by the Authority pursuant to
this Article, in such | 11 |
| amounts and at such times as the Authority
shall determine, and | 12 |
| the amount of the fees need not be uniform among the
various | 13 |
| units of local government whose local government securities are
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| purchased or otherwise acquired by the Authority pursuant to
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| this Article; | 16 |
| (g) To obtain and maintain guarantees, letters of credit, | 17 |
| insurance
contracts
or similar credit support or liquidity | 18 |
| instruments which are deemed necessary
or
desirable in | 19 |
| connection with any bonds or other obligations of the Authority | 20 |
| or
any local government securities; | 21 |
| (h) To establish application fees and other service fees | 22 |
| and prescribe
application, notification, contract, agreement, | 23 |
| security and insurance forms
and
rules and regulations it deems | 24 |
| necessary or appropriate; | 25 |
| (i) To provide technical assistance, at the request of any | 26 |
| unit of local
government, with respect to the financing or |
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| refinancing for any public
purpose.
In fulfillment of this | 2 |
| purpose, the Authority may request assistance from the
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| Department as necessary; any unit of local government that is | 4 |
| experiencing
either a financial emergency as defined in the | 5 |
| Local Government Financial
Planning and Supervision Act or a | 6 |
| condition of fiscal crisis evidenced by an
impaired ability to | 7 |
| obtain financing for its public purpose projects from
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| traditional financial channels or impaired ability to fully | 9 |
| fund its
obligations
to fire, police and municipal employee | 10 |
| pension funds, or to bond payments or
reserves, may request | 11 |
| technical assistance from the Authority in the form of a
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| diagnostic evaluation of its financial condition; | 13 |
| (j) To purchase any obligations of the Authority issued | 14 |
| pursuant to
this Article; | 15 |
| (k) To sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of local | 16 |
| government securities
purchased or otherwise acquired by the | 17 |
| Authority pursuant to
this Article,
including without | 18 |
| limitation, the sale, transfer or
other disposition of | 19 |
| undivided fractionalized interests in the right to receive
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| payments of principal and premium, if any, or the right to | 21 |
| receive payments of
interest or the right to receive payments | 22 |
| of principal of and premium, if any,
and interest on pools of | 23 |
| such local government securities; | 24 |
| (l) To acquire, purchase, lease, sell, transfer and | 25 |
| otherwise dispose of
real
and personal property, or any | 26 |
| interest therein, and to issue its bonds and
enter
into leases, |
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| contracts and other agreements with units of local government | 2 |
| in
connection with such acquisitions, purchases, leases, sales | 3 |
| and other
dispositions of such real and personal property; | 4 |
| (m) To make loans to banks, savings and loans and other | 5 |
| financial
institutions
for the purpose of purchasing or | 6 |
| otherwise acquiring local government
securities, and to issue | 7 |
| its bonds, and enter into agreements and contracts in
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| connection with such loans; | 9 |
| (n) To enter into agreements or contracts with any person | 10 |
| necessary or
appropriate to place the payment obligations of | 11 |
| the Authority under any of its
bonds in whole or in part on any | 12 |
| interest rate basis, cash flow basis, or other
basis desired by | 13 |
| the Authority, including without limitation agreements or
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| contracts commonly known as "interest rate swap agreements", | 15 |
| "forward payment
conversion agreements", and "futures", or | 16 |
| agreements or contracts to exchange
cash flows or a series of | 17 |
| payments, or agreements or contracts, including
without | 18 |
| limitation agreements or contracts commonly known as | 19 |
| "options", "puts"
or "calls", to hedge payment, rate spread, or | 20 |
| similar exposure; provided, that
any such agreement or contract | 21 |
| shall not constitute an obligation for borrowed
money, and | 22 |
| shall not be taken into account under
Section 845-5 of this Act | 23 |
| or any
other debt limit of the Authority or the State of | 24 |
| Illinois; | 25 |
| (o) To make and enter into all other agreements and | 26 |
| contracts and execute
all
instruments necessary or incidental |
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| to performance of its duties and the
execution of its powers | 2 |
| under
this Article; | 3 |
| (p) To contract for and finance the costs of energy audits, | 4 |
| project-specific
engineering and design specifications, and | 5 |
| any other related analyses
preliminary to an energy | 6 |
| conservation project; and, to contract for and finance
the cost | 7 |
| of project monitoring and data collection to verify | 8 |
| post-installation
energy consumption and energy-related | 9 |
| operating costs. Any such contract shall
be executed only after | 10 |
| it has been jointly negotiated by the Authority and the
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| Department; and | 12 |
| (p-5) To purchase special service area bonds and to accept | 13 |
| assignments or pledges, or both, of special service area bonds | 14 |
| or agreements relating
to public and private green special | 15 |
| service area projects, which
authority shall be liberally | 16 |
| construed; and | 17 |
| (q) To exercise such other powers as are necessary or | 18 |
| incidental to the
foregoing. | 19 |
| (Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.) | 20 |
| (20 ILCS 3501/820-25) | 21 |
| Sec. 820-25. Unit of Local Government Participation. Any | 22 |
| unit of local
government is authorized to voluntarily | 23 |
| participate in this program. Any unit
of local government which | 24 |
| is authorized to issue, sell and deliver its local
government | 25 |
| securities under any provision of the Constitution or laws of |
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| the
State may issue, sell and deliver such local government | 2 |
| securities to the
Authority under
this Article; provided that | 3 |
| and notwithstanding
any other provision of law to the contrary, | 4 |
| any such unit of local government
may issue and sell any such | 5 |
| local government security at any interest rate or
rates, which | 6 |
| rate or rates may be established by an index or formula which | 7 |
| may
be implemented by persons appointed or retained for those | 8 |
| purposes therefor , payable at such time
or times, and at such | 9 |
| price or prices to which the unit of local government and
the | 10 |
| Authority may agree. Any unit of local government may pay any | 11 |
| amount
charged by the Authority pursuant to
this Article.
Any | 12 |
| unit of local government participating in this program may pay | 13 |
| out of the
proceeds of its local government securities or out | 14 |
| of any other moneys or funds
available to it for such purposes | 15 |
| any costs, fees, interest deemed necessary,
premium or reserves | 16 |
| incurred or required for financing or refinancing this
program, | 17 |
| including without limitation any fees charged by the Authority
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| pursuant
to
this Article and its share, as determined by the
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| Authority, of any costs, fees, interest deemed necessary, | 20 |
| premium or reserves
incurred or required pursuant to
Section | 21 |
| 820-20 of this Act. All local
government securities purchased | 22 |
| or otherwise acquired by the Authority pursuant
to this Act | 23 |
| shall upon delivery to the Authority be accompanied by an | 24 |
| approving
opinion of bond counsel as to the validity of such | 25 |
| securities. The Authority
shall have discretion to purchase or | 26 |
| otherwise acquire those local government
securities, as it |
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| shall deem to be in the best interest of its financing
program
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| for all units of local government taken as a whole. Any unit of | 3 |
| local government with the authority in connection with green | 4 |
| special service area projects to provide special service area | 5 |
| financing under the Special Service Area Tax Law is authorized | 6 |
| to issue special service area bonds and sell or assign the | 7 |
| bonds to the Authority or to assign or pledge special service | 8 |
| area bonds or agreements, or both, to the Authority. | 9 |
| (Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.) | 10 |
| (20 ILCS 3501/820-37 new) | 11 |
| Sec. 820-37. Unit of local government participation; | 12 |
| bonds. The Authority may assist units of local government by | 13 |
| establishing and implementing a program to issue its bonds | 14 |
| secured by special service area agreements assigned or pledged | 15 |
| to the Authority by the local governments so as to provide | 16 |
| financing for green special service area projects. The bonds | 17 |
| shall not constitute an indebtedness or obligation of the State | 18 |
| and it shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond that it | 19 |
| does not constitute an indebtedness or obligation but is | 20 |
| payable solely from the revenues, income, or other assets of | 21 |
| the Authority that are pledged. | 22 |
| Section 10. The Property Tax Code is amended by changing | 23 |
| Section 27-5 and by adding Section 27-97 as follows: |
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| (35 ILCS 200/27-5) | 2 |
| Sec. 27-5. Short title; definitions. This Article may be | 3 |
| cited as the
Special Service Area Tax Law. | 4 |
| When used in this Article: | 5 |
| "Energy efficiency improvement" means any installation, | 6 |
| modification, or replacement that reduces energy consumption | 7 |
| in any residential, commercial or industrial building, | 8 |
| structure, or other facility, including, but not limited to, | 9 |
| all of the following: | 10 |
| (1) insulation in walls, roofs, floors, foundations, | 11 |
| and heating and cooling distribution systems; | 12 |
| (2) storm windows and doors, multiglazed windows and | 13 |
| doors, heat-absorbing or heat-reflective glazed and coated | 14 |
| window and door systems, additional glazing, reductions in | 15 |
| glass area, and other window and door system modifications; | 16 |
| (3) automatic energy control systems; | 17 |
| (4) high efficiency furnaces, lighting fixtures, | 18 |
| ventilating, or air conditioning and distribution systems; | 19 |
| (5) caulking and weather-stripping; | 20 |
| (6) facilities, improvements, or systems to bring | 21 |
| natural daylight into buildings; and | 22 |
| (7) any other installation, modification, replacement, | 23 |
| facility, improvement, rehabilitation, repair, or | 24 |
| remodeling that has the effect of reducing energy | 25 |
| consumption. | 26 |
| "Green special service area" means a special service area |
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| created pursuant to Section 27-97 of this Act for the purpose | 2 |
| of providing special services that are energy efficiency | 3 |
| improvements, renewable energy improvements, water use | 4 |
| improvements, or a combination thereof. The corporate | 5 |
| authorities of the municipality or county may establish (i) | 6 |
| multiple green special service areas pursuant to a single | 7 |
| ordinance or (ii) multiple buildings, structures, facilities, | 8 |
| improvements, or lots or parcels of land within a single green | 9 |
| special service area, which are not required to be contiguous. | 10 |
| Revenues from multiple green special service areas and revenues | 11 |
| from multiple buildings, structures, facilities, improvements | 12 |
| or lots or parcels of land within a single green special | 13 |
| service area may be aggregated for a pledge as security for | 14 |
| bonds issued pursuant to Section 27-45 of this Act. | 15 |
| "Renewable energy improvement" means any fixture, product, | 16 |
| system, device, or interacting group thereof, for or serving | 17 |
| any residential, commercial, or industrial building, | 18 |
| structure, or other facility that produces energy from | 19 |
| renewable resources as defined in Section 1-10 of the Illinois | 20 |
| Power Agency Act. | 21 |
| "Special Service Area" means a contiguous area within a | 22 |
| municipality
or county in which , except as provided in this Act | 23 |
| concerning green special service areas, special governmental | 24 |
| services are provided in
addition to those services provided | 25 |
| generally throughout the
municipality or county, the cost of | 26 |
| the special services to be paid
from revenues collected from |
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| taxes levied or imposed upon property
within that area. | 2 |
| Territory shall be considered contiguous for purposes
of this | 3 |
| Article even though certain completely surrounded portions of | 4 |
| the
territory are excluded from the special service area. A | 5 |
| county may create
a special service area within a municipality | 6 |
| or municipalities when the
municipality or municipalities | 7 |
| consent to the creation of the special
service area. A | 8 |
| municipality may create a special service area within a
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| municipality and the unincorporated area of a county or within | 10 |
| another
municipality when the county or other municipality | 11 |
| consents to the creation
of the special service area. | 12 |
| "Special Services" means all forms of services pertaining | 13 |
| to the
government and affairs of the municipality or county, | 14 |
| including
but not limited to weather modification , energy | 15 |
| efficiency improvements, renewable energy improvements, water | 16 |
| use improvements, and improvements permissible under
Article 9 | 17 |
| of the Illinois Municipal Code, and contracts for the supply of
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| water as described in Section 11-124-1 of the Illinois | 19 |
| Municipal Code which
may be entered into by the municipality or | 20 |
| by the county on behalf of a
county service area. | 21 |
| "Water use improvement" means any fixture, product, | 22 |
| system, device, or interacting group thereof, for or serving | 23 |
| any residential, commercial, or industrial building, | 24 |
| structure, or other facility that has the effect of conserving | 25 |
| water resources through improved water management or | 26 |
| efficiency. |
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| (Source: P.A. 86-1324; 88-445.) | 2 |
| (35 ILCS 200/27-97 new) | 3 |
| Sec. 27-97. Green special service areas. | 4 |
| (a) The corporate authorities of a municipality or county | 5 |
| may establish a green special service area, or multiple green | 6 |
| special service areas under a single ordinance, for the purpose | 7 |
| of arranging and financing energy efficiency improvements, | 8 |
| renewable energy improvements, or water use improvements. Each | 9 |
| green special service area shall include only property for | 10 |
| which each owner of record has executed a contract or agreement | 11 |
| consenting to the inclusion of such property within the green | 12 |
| special service area, and such contract may occur subsequent to | 13 |
| the adoption of the ordinance of the corporate authorities | 14 |
| establishing the green special service area. The inclusion, or, | 15 |
| as applicable, deletion, of property within the green special | 16 |
| service area subsequent to the adoption of the ordinance of the | 17 |
| corporate authorities establishing the green special service | 18 |
| area may be made either (i) by the adoption of a supplemental | 19 |
| or amending ordinance of the corporate authorities or (ii) | 20 |
| pursuant to authority in the establishing ordinance | 21 |
| designating one or more county or municipal officers, as | 22 |
| applicable, to include, or, as applicable, delete, other | 23 |
| properties. Green special service areas are exempt from the | 24 |
| provisions of Sections 27-20, 27-25, 27-30, 27-35, 27-40, | 25 |
| 27-55, 27-60, 27-65, and 27-70 of this Act. A municipality or |
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| county may create a green special service area by an ordinance | 2 |
| establishing the green special service area. Each owner of | 3 |
| record of property within a green special service area may | 4 |
| arrange for the specific energy efficiency improvements, | 5 |
| renewable energy improvements, or water use improvements and | 6 |
| may obtain financing for such improvements through the process | 7 |
| set forth in the ordinance establishing the green special | 8 |
| service area. A green special service area may consist of a | 9 |
| single building, structure, facility, improvement, or lot or | 10 |
| parcel of land. The corporate authorities of a municipality or | 11 |
| county may establish multiple green special service areas | 12 |
| pursuant to a single ordinance or within a single green special | 13 |
| service area identify multiple buildings, structures, | 14 |
| facilities, improvements, or lots or parcels of land, whether | 15 |
| or not contiguous. Revenues from multiple green special service | 16 |
| areas or revenues from multiple buildings, structures, | 17 |
| facilities, improvements or lots or parcels of land within a | 18 |
| single green special service area may be aggregated for a | 19 |
| pledge as security for bonds issued pursuant to Section 27-45 | 20 |
| of this Act. | 21 |
| Municipalities and counties shall have the power to issue | 22 |
| bonds under Section 27-45 for the public purposes set forth in | 23 |
| this Section 27-97; provided that it is not necessary to | 24 |
| conduct a public hearing, as required in Section 27-45, in | 25 |
| connection with the issuance of those bonds. | 26 |
| (b) The corporate authorities of a county or municipality |
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| that establishes a green special service area shall levy a tax | 2 |
| pursuant to Section 27-75 of this Act on all property in a | 3 |
| green special service area where each owner of record has | 4 |
| entered into a contract or agreement for improvements; provided | 5 |
| that it is not necessary to file a copy of the notice of public | 6 |
| hearing with the County Clerk as otherwise required by Section | 7 |
| 27-45. The contract or agreement entered into with the owner of | 8 |
| the property shall be conclusive as to the due authorization | 9 |
| and establishment of the applicable green special service area | 10 |
| as it relates to that property and to the amount of special tax | 11 |
| to be levied and extended against the property for such | 12 |
| improvements. A contract or agreement may specify tax levies | 13 |
| pursuant to
Section 27-75 of this Act related to the applicable | 14 |
| energy efficiency improvements, renewable energy improvements, | 15 |
| water use improvements, or a combination thereof, or as | 16 |
| applicable to the principal of and interest on bonds issued, | 17 |
| including as a part of a larger pooled or composite issue, for | 18 |
| financing such improvements. The specified tax levies in a | 19 |
| contract or agreement when recorded as provided in subsection | 20 |
| (c) of this Section and filed with the county clerk shall be | 21 |
| authority for each affected county to extend and collect the | 22 |
| levied taxes for the applicable municipality or county, or | 23 |
| both, with respect to each such contract or agreement. | 24 |
| Municipalities must have consent from the County Clerk before | 25 |
| creating a green special service area. | 26 |
| (c) The contract or agreement in subsection (b) of this |
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| Section shall be in recordable form and shall be recorded in | 2 |
| the office of the recorder in the county where the property is | 3 |
| located. | 4 |
| (d) Any unit of local government with the authority to | 5 |
| provide special service area financing in connection with green | 6 |
| special service area projects, as provided in the Special | 7 |
| Service Area Tax Law, is authorized to do any of the following: | 8 |
| (i) issue special service area bonds, (ii) sell or assign those | 9 |
| bonds to the Authority, and (iii) assign or pledge those | 10 |
| special service area bonds, agreements relating to public and | 11 |
| private green special service area projects, or both to the | 12 |
| Illinois Finance Authority. | 13 |
| (e) This Section shall be liberally construed to affect the | 14 |
| legislative purpose of enabling taxpayers to make energy | 15 |
| efficiency improvements, renewable energy improvements, or | 16 |
| water use improvements to their properties. | 17 |
| Section 15. The Counties Code is amended by changing | 18 |
| Section 5-1005 as follows: | 19 |
| (55 ILCS 5/5-1005) (from Ch. 34, par. 5-1005) | 20 |
| Sec. 5-1005. Powers. Each county shall have power: | 21 |
| 1. To purchase and hold the real and personal estate | 22 |
| necessary for the
uses of the county, and to purchase and | 23 |
| hold, for the benefit of the
county, real estate sold by | 24 |
| virtue of judicial proceedings in which the
county is |
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| plaintiff. | 2 |
| 2. To sell and convey or lease any real or personal | 3 |
| estate owned
by the county. | 4 |
| 3. To make all contracts and do all other acts in | 5 |
| relation to the
property and concerns of the county | 6 |
| necessary to the exercise of its
corporate powers. | 7 |
| 4. To take all necessary measures and institute | 8 |
| proceedings to
enforce all laws for the prevention of | 9 |
| cruelty to animals. | 10 |
| 5. To purchase and hold or lease real estate upon which | 11 |
| may be
erected and maintained buildings to be utilized for | 12 |
| purposes of
agricultural experiments and to purchase, hold | 13 |
| and use personal property
for the care and maintenance of | 14 |
| such real estate in connection with such
experimental | 15 |
| purposes. | 16 |
| 6. To cause to be erected, or otherwise provided, | 17 |
| suitable
buildings for, and maintain a county hospital and | 18 |
| necessary branch
hospitals and/or a county sheltered care | 19 |
| home or county nursing home for
the care of such sick, | 20 |
| chronically ill or infirm persons as may by law
be proper | 21 |
| charges upon the county, or upon other governmental units, | 22 |
| and
to provide for the management of the same. The county | 23 |
| board may
establish rates to be paid by persons seeking | 24 |
| care and treatment in such
hospital or home in accordance | 25 |
| with their financial ability to meet such
charges, either | 26 |
| personally or through a hospital plan or hospital
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| insurance, and the rates to be paid by governmental units, | 2 |
| including the
State, for the care of sick, chronically ill | 3 |
| or infirm persons admitted
therein upon the request of such | 4 |
| governmental units. Any hospital
maintained by a county | 5 |
| under this Section is authorized to provide any
service and | 6 |
| enter into any contract or other arrangement not prohibited | 7 |
| for
a hospital that is licensed under the Hospital | 8 |
| Licensing Act, incorporated
under the General | 9 |
| Not-For-Profit Corporation Act, and exempt from taxation
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| under paragraph (3) of subsection (c) of Section 501 of the | 11 |
| Internal Revenue Code. | 12 |
| 7. To contribute such sums of money toward erecting, | 13 |
| building,
maintaining, and supporting any non-sectarian | 14 |
| public hospital located
within its limits as the county | 15 |
| board of the county shall deem proper. | 16 |
| 8. To purchase and hold real estate for the | 17 |
| preservation of forests,
prairies and other natural areas | 18 |
| and to maintain and regulate the use thereof. | 19 |
| 9. To purchase and hold real estate for the purpose of | 20 |
| preserving
historical spots in the county, to restore, | 21 |
| maintain and regulate the
use thereof and to donate any | 22 |
| historical spot to the State. | 23 |
| 10. To appropriate funds from the county treasury to be | 24 |
| used in
any manner to be determined by the board for the | 25 |
| suppression,
eradication and control of tuberculosis among | 26 |
| domestic cattle in such county. |
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| 11. To take all necessary measures to prevent forest | 2 |
| fires and encourage
the maintenance and planting of trees | 3 |
| and the preservation of forests. | 4 |
| 12. To authorize the closing on Saturday mornings of | 5 |
| all
offices of all county officers at the county seat of | 6 |
| each county, and to
otherwise regulate and fix the days and | 7 |
| the hours of opening and closing
of such offices, except | 8 |
| when the days and the hours of opening and
closing of the | 9 |
| office of any county officer are otherwise fixed by law;
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| but the power herein conferred shall not apply to the | 11 |
| office of State's
Attorney and the offices of judges and | 12 |
| clerks of courts and, in counties of
500,000 or more | 13 |
| population, the offices of county clerk. | 14 |
| 13. To provide for the conservation, preservation and
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| propagation of insectivorous birds through the expenditure | 16 |
| of funds
provided for such purpose. | 17 |
| 14. To appropriate funds from the county treasury and | 18 |
| expend
the same for care and treatment of tuberculosis | 19 |
| residents. | 20 |
| 15. In counties having less than 1,000,000 | 21 |
| inhabitants, to
take all necessary or proper steps for the | 22 |
| extermination of mosquitoes,
flies or other insects within | 23 |
| the county. | 24 |
| 16. To install an adequate system of accounts and | 25 |
| financial
records in the offices and divisions of the | 26 |
| county, suitable to the
needs of the office and in |
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| accordance with generally accepted principles
of | 2 |
| accounting for governmental bodies, which system may | 3 |
| include such
reports as the county board may determine. | 4 |
| 17. To purchase and hold real estate for the | 5 |
| construction and
maintenance of motor vehicle parking | 6 |
| facilities for persons using county
buildings, but the | 7 |
| purchase and use of such real estate shall not be for
| 8 |
| revenue producing purposes. | 9 |
| 18. To acquire and hold title to real property located | 10 |
| within
the county, or partly within and partly outside the | 11 |
| county by
dedication, purchase, gift, legacy or lease, for | 12 |
| park and recreational
purposes and to charge reasonable | 13 |
| fees for the use of or admission to
any such park or | 14 |
| recreational area and to provide police protection for
such | 15 |
| park or recreational area. Personnel employed to provide | 16 |
| such
police protection shall be conservators of the peace | 17 |
| within such park or
recreational area and shall have power | 18 |
| to make arrests on view of the
offense or upon warrants for | 19 |
| violation of any of the ordinances
governing such park or | 20 |
| recreational area or for any breach of the peace
in the | 21 |
| same manner as the police in municipalities organized and
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| existing under the general laws of the State. All such real | 23 |
| property outside
the county shall be contiguous to the | 24 |
| county and within the boundaries of
the State of Illinois. | 25 |
| 19. To appropriate funds from the county treasury to be | 26 |
| used
to provide supportive social services designed to |
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| prevent the unnecessary
institutionalization of elderly | 2 |
| residents, or, for operation of, and
equipment for, senior | 3 |
| citizen centers providing social services to elderly
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| residents. | 5 |
| 20. To appropriate funds from the county treasury and | 6 |
| loan such funds
to a county water commission created under | 7 |
| the "Water Commission Act",
approved June 30, 1984, as now | 8 |
| or hereafter amended, in such amounts and
upon such terms | 9 |
| as the county may determine or the county and the
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| commission may agree. The county shall not under any | 11 |
| circumstances be
obligated to make such loans. The county | 12 |
| shall not be required to charge
interest on any such loans. | 13 |
| 21. To appropriate and expend funds from the county | 14 |
| treasury for economic development purposes, including the | 15 |
| making of grants to any other governmental entity or | 16 |
| commercial enterprise deemed necessary or desirable for | 17 |
| the promotion of economic development in the county.
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| 22. To lease space on a telecommunications tower to a | 19 |
| public or private entity. | 20 |
| 23. In counties having a population of 100,000 or less | 21 |
| and a public building commission organized by the county | 22 |
| seat of the county, to cause to be erected or otherwise | 23 |
| provided, and to maintain or cause to be maintained, | 24 |
| suitable facilities to house students pursuing a | 25 |
| post-secondary education at an academic institution | 26 |
| located within the county. The county may provide for the |
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| management of the facilities. | 2 |
| 24. To engage in and undertake activities related to | 3 |
| and in connection with governmental and private energy | 4 |
| efficiency improvements, renewable energy improvements, | 5 |
| and water use improvements as defined in the Special | 6 |
| Service Area Tax Law, including, but not limited to, | 7 |
| special service areas related to green special service area | 8 |
| financing for energy efficiency improvements, renewable | 9 |
| energy improvements, and water use improvements whether on | 10 |
| public or private property, under the Special Service Area | 11 |
| Tax Law. This item shall be liberally construed to effect | 12 |
| the legislative purpose of enabling taxpayers to make | 13 |
| energy efficiency improvements, renewable energy | 14 |
| improvements, and water use improvements to or serving the | 15 |
| designated properties. | 16 |
| All contracts for the purchase of coal under this Section | 17 |
| shall be
subject to the provisions of "An Act concerning the | 18 |
| use of Illinois mined
coal in certain plants and institutions", | 19 |
| filed July 13, 1937, as amended. | 20 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-197, eff. 8-16-07; 95-813, eff. 1-1-09; | 21 |
| 96-622, eff. 8-24-09.) | 22 |
| Section 20. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by | 23 |
| adding Division 15.4 to Article 11 as follows: | 24 |
| (65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 15.4 heading new) |
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| DIVISION 15.4. GREEN SPECIAL SERVICE AREAS | 2 |
| (65 ILCS 5/11-15.4-1 new) | 3 |
| Sec. 11-15.4-1. Green special service areas. Each | 4 |
| municipality shall have the power and authority to engage in | 5 |
| and undertake activities related to and in connection with | 6 |
| governmental and private energy efficiency improvements, | 7 |
| renewable energy improvements, and water use improvements as | 8 |
| defined in the Special Service Area Tax Law, including, but not | 9 |
| limited to, special service area financing related to green | 10 |
| special service areas for energy efficiency improvements, | 11 |
| renewable energy improvements, and water use improvements | 12 |
| whether on public or private property, under the Special | 13 |
| Service Area Tax Law. This Section shall be liberally construed | 14 |
| to effect the legislative purpose of enabling taxpayers to make | 15 |
| energy efficiency improvements, renewable energy improvements, | 16 |
| or water use improvements to or serving the designated | 17 |
| properties.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 19 |
| becoming law.
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