HB5601ham001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. William "Will" Davis

Filed: 3/6/2024

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5601

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5601 on page 83, immediately below line 8, by inserting the following:

"(20 ILCS 605/605-360 rep.)

Section 10-17. The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by repealing Section 605-360."; and

on page 113, immediately below line 7, by inserting the following:

"Section 10-55. The University of Illinois Act is amended by changing Section 70 as follows:

(110 ILCS 305/70)

Sec. 70. Administrator and faculty salary and benefits; report. The Board of Trustees shall report to the Board of Higher Education, on or before August July 1 of each year, the base salary and benefits of the president of the university and all administrators, faculty members, and instructors employed by the university from the prior fiscal year. For the purposes of this Section, "benefits" includes without limitation vacation days, sick days, bonuses, annuities, and retirement enhancements.

(Source: P.A. 96-266, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)

Section 10-60. The Southern Illinois University Management Act is amended by changing Section 55 as follows:

(110 ILCS 520/55)

Sec. 55. Administrator and faculty salary and benefits; report. The Board of Trustees shall report to the Board of Higher Education, on or before August July 1 of each year, the base salary and benefits of the president of the university and all administrators, faculty members, and instructors employed by the university from the prior fiscal year. For the purposes of this Section, "benefits" includes without limitation vacation days, sick days, bonuses, annuities, and retirement enhancements.

(Source: P.A. 96-266, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)

Section 10-65. The Chicago State University Law is amended by changing Section 5-165 as follows:

(110 ILCS 660/5-165)

Sec. 5-165. Administrator and faculty salary and benefits; report. The Board of Trustees shall report to the Board of Higher Education, on or before August July 1 of each year, the base salary and benefits of the president of the university and all administrators, faculty members, and instructors employed by the university from the prior fiscal year. For the purposes of this Section, "benefits" includes without limitation vacation days, sick days, bonuses, annuities, and retirement enhancements.

(Source: P.A. 96-266, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)

Section 10-70. The Eastern Illinois University Law is amended by changing Section 10-165 as follows:

(110 ILCS 665/10-165)

Sec. 10-165. Administrator and faculty salary and benefits; report. The Board of Trustees shall report to the Board of Higher Education, on or before August July 1 of each year, the base salary and benefits of the president of the university and all administrators, faculty members, and instructors employed by the university from the prior fiscal year. For the purposes of this Section, "benefits" includes without limitation vacation days, sick days, bonuses, annuities, and retirement enhancements.

(Source: P.A. 96-266, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)

Section 10-75. The Governors State University Law is amended by changing Section 15-165 as follows:

(110 ILCS 670/15-165)

Sec. 15-165. Administrator and faculty salary and benefits; report. The Board of Trustees shall report to the Board of Higher Education, on or before August July 1 of each year, the base salary and benefits of the president of the university and all administrators, faculty members, and instructors employed by the university from the prior fiscal year. For the purposes of this Section, "benefits" includes without limitation vacation days, sick days, bonuses, annuities, and retirement enhancements.

(Source: P.A. 96-266, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)

Section 10-80. The Northeastern Illinois University Law is amended by changing Section 25-165 as follows:

(110 ILCS 680/25-165)

Sec. 25-165. Administrator and faculty salary and benefits; report. The Board of Trustees shall report to the Board of Higher Education, on or before August July 1 of each year, the base salary and benefits of the president of the university and all administrators, faculty members, and instructors employed by the university from the prior fiscal year. For the purposes of this Section, "benefits" includes without limitation vacation days, sick days, bonuses, annuities, and retirement enhancements.

(Source: P.A. 96-266, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)

Section 10-85. The Northern Illinois University Law is amended by changing Section 30-175 as follows:

(110 ILCS 685/30-175)

Sec. 30-175. Administrator and faculty salary and benefits; report. The Board of Trustees shall report to the Board of Higher Education, on or before August July 1 of each year, the base salary and benefits of the president of the university and all administrators, faculty members, and instructors employed by the university from the prior fiscal year. For the purposes of this Section, "benefits" includes without limitation vacation days, sick days, bonuses, annuities, and retirement enhancements.

(Source: P.A. 96-266, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)

Section 10-90. The Western Illinois University Law is amended by changing Section 35-170 as follows:

(110 ILCS 690/35-170)

Sec. 35-170. Administrator and faculty salary and benefits; report. The Board of Trustees shall report to the Board of Higher Education, on or before August July 1 of each year, the base salary and benefits of the president of the university and all administrators, faculty members, and instructors employed by the university from the prior fiscal year. For the purposes of this Section, "benefits" includes without limitation vacation days, sick days, bonuses, annuities, and retirement enhancements.

(Source: P.A. 96-266, eff. 1-1-10; 96-1000, eff. 7-2-10.)

Article 15.

Section 15-5. The Statute on Statutes is amended by changing Section 1.33 as follows:

(5 ILCS 70/1.33) (from Ch. 1, par. 1034)

Sec. 1.33. Whenever there is a reference in any Act to the Capital Development Bond Act of 1972, Transportation Bond Act, School Construction Bond Act, Anti-Pollution Bond Act or the Illinois Coal and Energy Development Bond Act, such reference shall be interpreted to include the General Obligation Bond Act.

(Source: P.A. 83-1490.)

Section 15-10. The State Finance Act is amended by changing Sections 8.3 and 8.25 as follows:

(30 ILCS 105/8.3)

Sec. 8.3. Money in the Road Fund shall, if and when the State of Illinois incurs any bonded indebtedness for the construction of permanent highways, be set aside and used for the purpose of paying and discharging annually the principal and interest on that bonded indebtedness then due and payable, and for no other purpose. The surplus, if any, in the Road Fund after the payment of principal and interest on that bonded indebtedness then annually due shall be used as follows:

first -- to pay the cost of administration of Chapters 2 through 10 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, except the cost of administration of Articles I and II of Chapter 3 of that Code, and to pay the costs of the Executive Ethics Commission for oversight and administration of the Chief Procurement Officer appointed under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section 10-20 of the Illinois Procurement Code for transportation; and

secondly -- for expenses of the Department of Transportation for construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair, maintenance, operation, and administration of highways in accordance with the provisions of laws relating thereto, or for any purpose related or incident to and connected therewith, including the separation of grades of those highways with railroads and with highways and including the payment of awards made by the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission under the terms of the Workers' Compensation Act or Workers' Occupational Diseases Act for injury or death of an employee of the Division of Highways in the Department of Transportation; or for the acquisition of land and the erection of buildings for highway purposes, including the acquisition of highway right-of-way or for investigations to determine the reasonably anticipated future highway needs; or for making of surveys, plans, specifications and estimates for and in the construction and maintenance of flight strips and of highways necessary to provide access to military and naval reservations, to defense industries and defense-industry sites, and to the sources of raw materials and for replacing existing highways and highway connections shut off from general public use at military and naval reservations and defense-industry sites, or for the purchase of right-of-way, except that the State shall be reimbursed in full for any expense incurred in building the flight strips; or for the operating and maintaining of highway garages; or for patrolling and policing the public highways and conserving the peace; or for the operating expenses of the Department relating to the administration of public transportation programs; or, during fiscal year 2023, for the purposes of a grant not to exceed $8,394,800 to the Regional Transportation Authority on behalf of PACE for the purpose of ADA/Para-transit expenses; or, during fiscal year 2024, for the purposes of a grant not to exceed $9,108,400 to the Regional Transportation Authority on behalf of PACE for the purpose of ADA/Para-transit expenses; or for any of those purposes or any other purpose that may be provided by law.

Appropriations for any of those purposes are payable from the Road Fund. Appropriations may also be made from the Road Fund for the administrative expenses of any State agency that are related to motor vehicles or arise from the use of motor vehicles.

Beginning with fiscal year 1980 and thereafter, no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are eligible for federal reimbursement:

1. Department of Public Health;

2. Department of Transportation, only with respect to subsidies for one-half fare Student Transportation and Reduced Fare for Elderly, except fiscal year 2023 when no more than $17,570,000 may be expended and except fiscal year 2024 when no more than $19,063,500 may be expended;

3. Department of Central Management Services, except for expenditures incurred for group insurance premiums of appropriate personnel;

4. Judicial Systems and Agencies.

Beginning with fiscal year 1981 and thereafter, no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are eligible for federal reimbursement:

1. Illinois State Police, except for expenditures with respect to the Division of Patrol and Division of Criminal Investigation;

2. Department of Transportation, only with respect to Intercity Rail Subsidies, except fiscal year 2023 when no more than $55,000,000 may be expended and except fiscal year 2024 when no more than $60,000,000 may be expended, and Rail Freight Services.

Beginning with fiscal year 1982 and thereafter, no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are eligible for federal reimbursement: Department of Central Management Services, except for awards made by the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission under the terms of the Workers' Compensation Act or Workers' Occupational Diseases Act for injury or death of an employee of the Division of Highways in the Department of Transportation.

Beginning with fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are eligible for federal reimbursement:

1. Illinois State Police, except not more than 40% of the funds appropriated for the Division of Patrol and Division of Criminal Investigation;

2. State Officers.

Beginning with fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated to any Department or agency of State government for administration, grants, or operations except as provided hereafter; but this limitation is not a restriction upon appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are eligible for federal reimbursement. It shall not be lawful to circumvent the above appropriation limitations by governmental reorganization or other methods. Appropriations shall be made from the Road Fund only in accordance with the provisions of this Section.

Money in the Road Fund shall, if and when the State of Illinois incurs any bonded indebtedness for the construction of permanent highways, be set aside and used for the purpose of paying and discharging during each fiscal year the principal and interest on that bonded indebtedness as it becomes due and payable as provided in the General Obligation Bond Act Transportation Bond Act, and for no other purpose. The surplus, if any, in the Road Fund after the payment of principal and interest on that bonded indebtedness then annually due shall be used as follows:

first -- to pay the cost of administration of Chapters 2 through 10 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and

secondly -- no Road Fund monies derived from fees, excises, or license taxes relating to registration, operation and use of vehicles on public highways or to fuels used for the propulsion of those vehicles, shall be appropriated or expended other than for costs of administering the laws imposing those fees, excises, and license taxes, statutory refunds and adjustments allowed thereunder, administrative costs of the Department of Transportation, including, but not limited to, the operating expenses of the Department relating to the administration of public transportation programs, payment of debts and liabilities incurred in construction and reconstruction of public highways and bridges, acquisition of rights-of-way for and the cost of construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and operation of public highways and bridges under the direction and supervision of the State, political subdivision, or municipality collecting those monies, or during fiscal year 2023 for the purposes of a grant not to exceed $8,394,800 to the Regional Transportation Authority on behalf of PACE for the purpose of ADA/Para-transit expenses, or during fiscal year 2024 for the purposes of a grant not to exceed $9,108,400 to the Regional Transportation Authority on behalf of PACE for the purpose of ADA/Para-transit expenses, and the costs for patrolling and policing the public highways (by the State, political subdivision, or municipality collecting that money) for enforcement of traffic laws. The separation of grades of such highways with railroads and costs associated with protection of at-grade highway and railroad crossing shall also be permissible.

Appropriations for any of such purposes are payable from the Road Fund or the Grade Crossing Protection Fund as provided in Section 8 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law.

Except as provided in this paragraph, beginning with fiscal year 1991 and thereafter, no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated to the Illinois State Police for the purposes of this Section in excess of its total fiscal year 1990 Road Fund appropriations for those purposes unless otherwise provided in Section 5g of this Act. For fiscal years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 only, no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated to the Department of State Police for the purposes of this Section in excess of $97,310,000. For fiscal year 2008 only, no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated to the Department of State Police for the purposes of this Section in excess of $106,100,000. For fiscal year 2009 only, no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated to the Department of State Police for the purposes of this Section in excess of $114,700,000. Beginning in fiscal year 2010, no Road Fund road fund moneys shall be appropriated to the Illinois State Police. It shall not be lawful to circumvent this limitation on appropriations by governmental reorganization or other methods unless otherwise provided in Section 5g of this Act.

In fiscal year 1994, no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated to the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Section in excess of the total fiscal year 1991 Road Fund appropriations to the Secretary of State for those purposes, plus $9,800,000. It shall not be lawful to circumvent this limitation on appropriations by governmental reorganization or other method.

Beginning with fiscal year 1995 and thereafter, no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated to the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Section in excess of the total fiscal year 1994 Road Fund appropriations to the Secretary of State for those purposes. It shall not be lawful to circumvent this limitation on appropriations by governmental reorganization or other methods.

Beginning with fiscal year 2000, total Road Fund appropriations to the Secretary of State for the purposes of this Section shall not exceed the amounts specified for the following fiscal years:

For fiscal year 2010, no road fund moneys shall be appropriated to the Secretary of State.

Beginning in fiscal year 2011, moneys in the Road Fund shall be appropriated to the Secretary of State for the exclusive purpose of paying refunds due to overpayment of fees related to Chapter 3 of the Illinois Vehicle Code unless otherwise provided for by law.

It shall not be lawful to circumvent this limitation on appropriations by governmental reorganization or other methods.

No new program may be initiated in fiscal year 1991 and thereafter that is not consistent with the limitations imposed by this Section for fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, insofar as appropriation of Road Fund monies is concerned.

Nothing in this Section prohibits transfers from the Road Fund to the State Construction Account Fund under Section 5e of this Act; nor to the General Revenue Fund, as authorized by Public Act 93-25.

The additional amounts authorized for expenditure in this Section by Public Acts 92-0600, 93-0025, 93-0839, and 94-91 shall be repaid to the Road Fund from the General Revenue Fund in the next succeeding fiscal year that the General Revenue Fund has a positive budgetary balance, as determined by generally accepted accounting principles applicable to government.

The additional amounts authorized for expenditure by the Secretary of State and the Department of State Police in this Section by Public Act 94-91 shall be repaid to the Road Fund from the General Revenue Fund in the next succeeding fiscal year that the General Revenue Fund has a positive budgetary balance, as determined by generally accepted accounting principles applicable to government.

(Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-538, eff. 8-20-21; 102-699, eff. 4-19-22; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 103-8, eff. 6-7-23; 103-34, eff. 1-1-24; revised 12-12-23.)

(30 ILCS 105/8.25) (from Ch. 127, par. 144.25)

Sec. 8.25. Build Illinois Fund; uses.

(A) All moneys in the Build Illinois Fund shall be transferred, appropriated, and used only for the purposes authorized by and subject to the limitations and conditions prescribed by this Section. There are established the following accounts in the Build Illinois Fund: the McCormick Place Account, the Build Illinois Bond Account, the Build Illinois Purposes Account, the Park and Conservation Fund Account, and the Tourism Advertising and Promotion Account. Amounts deposited into the Build Illinois Fund consisting of 1.55% before July 1, 1986, and 1.75% on and after July 1, 1986, of moneys received by the Department of Revenue under Section 9 of the Use Tax Act, Section 9 of the Service Use Tax Act, Section 9 of the Service Occupation Tax Act, and Section 3 of the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act, and all amounts deposited therein under Section 28 of the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975, Section 4.05 of the Chicago World's Fair - 1992 Authority Act, and Sections 3 and 6 of the Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax Act, shall be credited initially to the McCormick Place Account and all other amounts deposited into the Build Illinois Fund shall be credited initially to the Build Illinois Bond Account. Of the amounts initially so credited to the McCormick Place Account in each month, the amount that is to be transferred in that month to the Metropolitan Fair and Exposition Authority Improvement Bond Fund, as provided below, shall remain credited to the McCormick Place Account, and all amounts initially so credited in that month in excess thereof shall next be credited to the Build Illinois Bond Account. Of the amounts credited to the Build Illinois Bond Account in each month, the amount that is to be transferred in that month to the Build Illinois Bond Retirement and Interest Fund, as provided below, shall remain credited to the Build Illinois Bond Account, and all amounts so credited in each month in excess thereof shall next be credited monthly to the other accounts in the following order of priority: first, to the Build Illinois Purposes Account, plus any cumulative deficiency in those transfers for prior months; second, 1/12 of $10,000,000, plus any cumulative deficiency in those transfers for prior months, to the Park and Conservation Fund Account; and third, to the General Revenue Fund in the State Treasury all amounts that remain in the Build Illinois Fund on the last day of each month and are not credited to any account in that Fund.

Transfers from the McCormick Place Account in the Build Illinois Fund shall be made as follows:

Beginning with fiscal year 1985 and continuing for each fiscal year thereafter, the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority shall annually certify to the State Comptroller and State Treasurer the amount necessary and required during the fiscal year with respect to which the certification is made to pay the debt service requirements (including amounts to be paid with respect to arrangements to provide additional security or liquidity) on all outstanding bonds and notes, including refunding bonds (herein collectively referred to as bonds) of issues in the aggregate amount (excluding the amount of any refunding bonds issued by that Authority after January 1, 1986) of not more than $312,500,000 issued after July 1, 1984, by that Authority for the purposes specified in Sections 10.1 and 13.1 of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act. In each month of the fiscal year in which there are bonds outstanding with respect to which the annual certification is made, the Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall transfer from the McCormick Place Account in the Build Illinois Fund to the Metropolitan Fair and Exposition Authority Improvement Bond Fund an amount equal to 150% of the certified amount for that fiscal year divided by the number of months during that fiscal year in which bonds of the Authority are outstanding, plus any cumulative deficiency in those transfers for prior months; provided, that the maximum amount that may be so transferred in fiscal year 1985 shall not exceed $15,000,000 or a lesser sum as is actually necessary and required to pay the debt service requirements for that fiscal year after giving effect to net operating revenues of that Authority available for that purpose as certified by that Authority, and provided further that the maximum amount that may be so transferred in fiscal year 1986 shall not exceed $30,000,000 and in each fiscal year thereafter shall not exceed $33,500,000 in any fiscal year or a lesser sum as is actually necessary and required to pay the debt service requirements for that fiscal year after giving effect to net operating revenues of that Authority available for that purpose as certified by that Authority.

When an amount equal to 100% of the aggregate amount of principal and interest in each fiscal year with respect to bonds issued after July 1, 1984, that by their terms are payable from the Metropolitan Fair and Exposition Authority Improvement Bond Fund, including under sinking fund requirements, has been so paid and deficiencies in reserves established from bond proceeds shall have been remedied, and at the time that those amounts have been transferred to the Authority as provided in Section 13.1 of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act, the remaining moneys, if any, deposited and to be deposited during each fiscal year to the Metropolitan Fair and Exposition Authority Improvement Bond Fund shall be transferred to the Metropolitan Fair and Exposition Authority Completion Note Subordinate Fund.

Transfers from the Build Illinois Bond Account in the Build Illinois Fund shall be made as follows:

Beginning with fiscal year 1986 and continuing for each fiscal year thereafter so long as limited obligation bonds of the State issued under the Build Illinois Bond Act remain outstanding, the Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall transfer in each month, commencing in October, 1985, on the last day of that month, from the Build Illinois Bond Account to the Build Illinois Bond Retirement and Interest Fund in the State Treasury the amount required to be so transferred in that month under Section 13 of the Build Illinois Bond Act.

As soon as may be practicable after the first day of each month beginning after July 1, 1984, the Comptroller shall order transferred and the Treasurer shall transfer from the Park and Conservation Fund Account in the Build Illinois Fund to the Park and Conservation Fund 1/12 of $10,000,000, plus any cumulative deficiency in those transfers for prior months, for conservation and park purposes as enumerated in Section 805-420 of the Department of Natural Resources (Conservation) Law (20 ILCS 805/805-420), and to pay the debt service requirements on all outstanding bonds of an issue in the aggregate amount of not more than $40,000,000 issued after January 1, 1985, by the State of Illinois for the purposes specified in Section 3(c) of the Capital Development Bond Act of 1972, or for the same purposes as specified in any other State general obligation bond Act enacted after November 1, 1984. Transfers from the Park and Conservation Fund to the Capital Development Bond Retirement and Interest Fund to pay those debt service requirements shall be made in accordance with Section 8.25b of this Act.

All funds remaining in the Build Illinois Fund on the last day of any month and not credited to any account in that Fund shall be transferred by the State Treasurer to the General Revenue Fund.

(B) For the purpose of this Section, "cumulative deficiency" shall include all deficiencies in those transfers that have occurred since July 1, 1984, as specified in subsection (A) of this Section.

(C) (Blank). In addition to any other permitted use of moneys in the Fund, and notwithstanding any restriction on the use of the Fund, moneys in the Park and Conservation Fund may be transferred to the General Revenue Fund as authorized by Public Act 87-14. The General Assembly finds that an excess of moneys existed in the Fund on July 30, 1991, and the Governor's order of July 30, 1991, requesting the Comptroller and Treasurer to transfer an amount from the Fund to the General Revenue Fund is hereby validated.

(D) (Blank).

(Source: P.A. 102-1071, eff. 6-10-22.)

(30 ILCS 325/Act rep.)

Section 15-20. The Fiscal Agent Designation Act is repealed.

Section 15-25. The General Obligation Bond Act is amended by changing Sections 12 and 15 as follows:

(30 ILCS 330/12) (from Ch. 127, par. 662)

Sec. 12. Allocation of proceeds from sale of Bonds.

(a) Proceeds from the sale of Bonds, authorized by Section 3 of this Act, shall be deposited in the separate fund known as the Capital Development Fund, a special fund that was created under Section 6 of the Capital Development Bond Act of 1972 (repealed) and is continued under this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, which may be expended as provided by law.

(b) Proceeds from the sale of Bonds, authorized by paragraph (a) of Section 4 of this Act, shall be deposited in the separate fund known as the Transportation Bond, Series A Fund, a special fund that was created under Section 4 of the Transportation Bond Act (repealed) and is continued under this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, which may be expended as provided by law.

(c) Proceeds from the sale of Bonds, authorized by paragraphs (b) and (c) of Section 4 of this Act, shall be deposited in the separate fund known as the Transportation Bond, Series B Fund, a special fund that was created under Section 4 of the Transportation Bond Act (repealed) and is continued under this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, which may be expended as provided by law.

(c-1) Proceeds from the sale of Bonds, authorized by paragraph (d) of Section 4 of this Act, shall be deposited into the Transportation Bond Series D Fund, which is hereby created.

(c-2) Proceeds from the sale of Bonds, authorized by paragraph (e) of Section 4 of this Act, shall be deposited into the Multi-modal Transportation Bond Fund, which is hereby created.

(d) Proceeds from the sale of Bonds, authorized by Section 5 of this Act, shall be deposited in the separate fund known as the School Construction Fund.

(e) Proceeds from the sale of Bonds, authorized by Section 6 of this Act, shall be deposited in the separate fund known as the Anti-Pollution Fund, a special fund that was created under Section 3 of the Anti-Pollution Bond Act (repealed) and is continued under this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, which may be expended as provided by law.

(f) Proceeds from the sale of Bonds, authorized by Section 7 of this Act, shall be deposited in the separate fund known as the Coal Development Fund, a special fund that was created under Section 10 of the Illinois Coal and Energy Development Bond Act (repealed) and is continued under this amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly, which may be expended as provided by law.

(f-2) Proceeds from the sale of Bonds, authorized by Section 7.2 of this Act, shall be deposited as set forth in Section 7.2.

(f-5) Proceeds from the sale of Bonds, authorized by Section 7.5 of this Act, shall be deposited as set forth in Section 7.5.

(f-7) Proceeds from the sale of Bonds, authorized by Section 7.6 of this Act, shall be deposited as set forth in Section 7.6.

(f-8) Proceeds from the sale of Bonds, authorized by Section 7.7 of this Act, shall be deposited as set forth in Section 7.7.

(g) Proceeds from the sale of Bonds, authorized by Section 8 of this Act, shall be deposited in the Capital Development Fund.

(h) Subsequent to the issuance of any Bonds for the purposes described in Sections 2 through 8 of this Act, the Governor and the Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget may provide for the reallocation of unspent proceeds of such Bonds to any other purposes authorized under said Sections of this Act, subject to the limitations on aggregate principal amounts contained therein. Upon any such reallocation, such unspent proceeds shall be transferred to the appropriate funds as determined by reference to paragraphs (a) through (g) of this Section.

(Source: P.A. 100-23, eff. 7-6-17; 100-587, eff. 6-4-18; 101-30, eff. 6-28-19.)

(30 ILCS 330/15) (from Ch. 127, par. 665)

Sec. 15. Computation of principal and interest; transfers.

(a) Upon each delivery of Bonds authorized to be issued under this Act, the Comptroller shall compute and certify to the Treasurer the total amount of principal of, interest on, and premium, if any, on Bonds issued that will be payable in order to retire such Bonds, the amount of principal of, interest on and premium, if any, on such Bonds that will be payable on each payment date according to the tenor of such Bonds during the then current and each succeeding fiscal year, and the amount of sinking fund payments needed to be deposited in connection with Qualified School Construction Bonds authorized by subsection (e) of Section 9. With respect to the interest payable on variable rate bonds, such certifications shall be calculated at the maximum rate of interest that may be payable during the fiscal year, after taking into account any credits permitted in the related indenture or other instrument against the amount of such interest required to be appropriated for such period pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 14 of this Act. With respect to the interest payable, such certifications shall include the amounts certified by the Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget under subsection (b) of Section 9 of this Act.

On or before the last day of each month the State Treasurer and Comptroller shall transfer from (1) the Road Fund with respect to Bonds issued under paragraphs (a) and (e) of Section 4 of this Act, or Bonds issued under authorization in Public Act 98-781, or Bonds issued for the purpose of refunding such bonds, and from (2) the General Revenue Fund, with respect to all other Bonds issued under this Act, to the General Obligation Bond Retirement and Interest Fund an amount sufficient to pay the aggregate of the principal of, interest on, and premium, if any, on Bonds payable, by their terms on the next payment date divided by the number of full calendar months between the date of such Bonds and the first such payment date, and thereafter, divided by the number of months between each succeeding payment date after the first. Such computations and transfers shall be made for each series of Bonds issued and delivered. Interest payable on variable rate bonds shall be calculated at the maximum rate of interest that may be payable for the relevant period, after taking into account any credits permitted in the related indenture or other instrument against the amount of such interest required to be appropriated for such period pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 14 of this Act. Computations of interest shall include the amounts certified by the Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget under subsection (b) of Section 9 of this Act. Interest for which moneys have already been deposited into the capitalized interest account within the General Obligation Bond Retirement and Interest Fund shall not be included in the calculation of the amounts to be transferred under this subsection. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Section, the transfer provisions provided in this paragraph shall not apply to transfers made in fiscal year 2010 or fiscal year 2011 with respect to Bonds issued in fiscal year 2010 or fiscal year 2011 pursuant to Section 7.2 of this Act. In the case of transfers made in fiscal year 2010 or fiscal year 2011 with respect to the Bonds issued in fiscal year 2010 or fiscal year 2011 pursuant to Section 7.2 of this Act, on or before the 15th day of the month prior to the required debt service payment, the State Treasurer and Comptroller shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the General Obligation Bond Retirement and Interest Fund an amount sufficient to pay the aggregate of the principal of, interest on, and premium, if any, on the Bonds payable in that next month.

The transfer of monies herein and above directed is not required if monies in the General Obligation Bond Retirement and Interest Fund are more than the amount otherwise to be transferred as herein above provided, and if the Governor or his authorized representative notifies the State Treasurer and Comptroller of such fact in writing.

(b) The After the effective date of this Act, the balance of, and monies directed to be included in the Capital Development Bond Retirement and Interest Fund, Anti-Pollution Bond Retirement and Interest Fund, Transportation Bond, Series A Retirement and Interest Fund, Transportation Bond, Series B Retirement and Interest Fund, and Coal Development Bond Retirement and Interest Fund shall be transferred to and deposited in the General Obligation Bond Retirement and Interest Fund. This Fund shall be used to make debt service payments on the State's general obligation Bonds heretofore issued which are now outstanding and payable from the Funds herein listed as well as on Bonds issued under this Act.

(c) The unused portion of federal funds received for or as reimbursement for a capital facilities project, as authorized by Section 3 of this Act, for which monies from the Capital Development Fund have been expended shall remain in the Capital Development Board Contributory Trust Fund and shall be used for capital projects and for no other purpose, subject to appropriation and as directed by the Capital Development Board. Any federal funds received as reimbursement for the completed construction of a capital facilities project, as authorized by Section 3 of this Act, for which monies from the Capital Development Fund have been expended may be used for any expense or project necessary for implementation of the Quincy Veterans' Home Rehabilitation and Rebuilding Act for a period of 5 years from July 17, 2018 (the effective date of Public Act 100-610).

(Source: P.A. 101-30, eff. 6-28-19; 102-699, eff. 4-19-22.)

(30 ILCS 395/Act rep.)

Section 15-30. The Educational Institution Bond Authorization Act is repealed.

(30 ILCS 400/Act rep.)

Section 15-35. The Mental Health Institution Bond Act is repealed.

(30 ILCS 405/Act rep.)

Section 15-40. The Anti-Pollution Bond Act is repealed.

(30 ILCS 410/Act rep.)

Section 15-45. The Anti-Pollution Bond Fund Transfer Act is repealed.

(30 ILCS 415/Act rep.)

Section 15-50. The Transportation Bond Act is repealed.

(30 ILCS 420/Act rep.)

Section 15-55. The Capital Development Bond Act of 1972 is repealed.

Section 15-60. The Public Community College Act is amended by changing Sections 5-1, 5-9, and 5-12 as follows:

(110 ILCS 805/5-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 105-1)

Sec. 5-1. Application; State funds.

(a) This Article does not apply to community college energy conservation measures and guaranteed energy saving contracts undertaken, implemented, or entered into under Article V-A.

(b) Upon compliance with the provisions of this Article, any community college may receive and expend funds for building purposes under the direction of the State Board pursuant to the provisions of the General Obligation Bond Act, the Capital Development Bond Act of 1972 (now repealed), and the Capital Development Board Act.

(Source: P.A. 88-173.)

(110 ILCS 805/5-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 105-9)

Sec. 5-9. The community college district may finance 25% or more of the project by issuing bonds in the manner provided in Article IIIA. The community college board is authorized to transfer to the Capital Development Board to supplement the financing by the Capital Development Board responsive to the General Obligation Bond Act, "Capital Development Bond Act of 1972 (now repealed) ", as now or hereafter amended, and the "Capital Development Board Act", as now or hereafter amended, such monies as are necessary to finance at least 25% of the project. In addition any community college district may designate for building purposes any property it may own, either real or personal, situated within the geographical boundaries of such community college district, as part of its contribution necessary to finance at least 25% of the project. The obligation of property and money may be made for any project authorized by law to be undertaken by the Capital Development Board responsive to a declaration of such project being in the public interest by the General Assembly for any of the purposes approved by the State Board.

(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)

(110 ILCS 805/5-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 105-12)

Sec. 5-12. In the event the Capital Development Board determines that a facility previously provided for a community college under this Article was defectively designed or constructed, the cost of any necessary corrective work shall be fully funded by monies appropriated pursuant to the General Obligation Bond Act Capital Development Bond Act of 1972, as now or hereafter amended. In such an instance, the community college shall not be required to provide any portion of the cost of the corrective work.

Should a community college district recover damages against any party responsible for the defective design or construction of a community college facility, the community college district shall reimburse the State of Illinois for any funds provided by the State to correct building defects.

No provision of this Section shall preclude or delay litigation by a community college district to recover damages for such defective design or construction from the party or parties responsible for same.

(Source: P.A. 81-994.)

Section 15-65. The Environmental Protection Act is amended by changing Section 4 as follows:

(415 ILCS 5/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 1004)

Sec. 4. Environmental Protection Agency; establishment; duties.

(a) There is established in the Executive Branch of the State Government an agency to be known as the Environmental Protection Agency. This Agency shall be under the supervision and direction of a Director who shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. The term of office of the Director shall expire on the third Monday of January in odd numbered years, provided that he or she shall hold office until a successor is appointed and has qualified. For terms beginning after January 18, 2019 (the effective date of Public Act 100-1179) and before January 16, 2023, the Director's annual salary shall be an amount equal to 15% more than the Director's annual salary as of December 31, 2018. The calculation of the 2018 salary base for this adjustment shall not include any cost of living adjustments, as authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General Assembly, for the period beginning July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2019. Beginning July 1, 2019 and each July 1 thereafter, the Director shall receive an increase in salary based on a cost of living adjustment as authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General Assembly. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for terms beginning on or after January 16, 2023, the Director shall receive an annual salary of $180,000 or as set by the Governor, whichever is higher. On July 1, 2023, and on each July 1 thereafter, the Director shall receive an increase in salary based on a cost of living adjustment as authorized by Senate Joint Resolution 192 of the 86th General Assembly. The Director, in accord with the Personnel Code, shall employ and direct such personnel, and shall provide for such laboratory and other facilities, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. In addition, the Director may by agreement secure such services as he or she may deem necessary from any other department, agency, or unit of the State Government, and may employ and compensate such consultants and technical assistants as may be required.

(b) The Agency shall have the duty to collect and disseminate such information, acquire such technical data, and conduct such experiments as may be required to carry out the purposes of this Act, including ascertainment of the quantity and nature of discharges from any contaminant source and data on those sources, and to operate and arrange for the operation of devices for the monitoring of environmental quality.

(c) The Agency shall have authority to conduct a program of continuing surveillance and of regular or periodic inspection of actual or potential contaminant or noise sources, of public water supplies, and of refuse disposal sites.

(d) In accordance with constitutional limitations, the Agency shall have authority to enter at all reasonable times upon any private or public property for the purpose of:

(1) Inspecting and investigating to ascertain possible violations of this Act, any rule or regulation adopted under this Act, any permit or term or condition of a permit, or any Board order; or

(2) In accordance with the provisions of this Act, taking whatever preventive or corrective action, including but not limited to removal or remedial action, that is necessary or appropriate whenever there is a release or a substantial threat of a release of (A) a hazardous substance or pesticide or (B) petroleum from an underground storage tank.

(e) The Agency shall have the duty to investigate violations of this Act, any rule or regulation adopted under this Act, any permit or term or condition of a permit, or any Board order; to issue administrative citations as provided in Section 31.1 of this Act; and to take such summary enforcement action as is provided for by Section 34 of this Act.

(f) The Agency shall appear before the Board in any hearing upon a petition for variance or time-limited water quality standard, the denial of a permit, or the validity or effect of a rule or regulation of the Board, and shall have the authority to appear before the Board in any hearing under the Act.

(g) The Agency shall have the duty to administer, in accord with Title X of this Act, such permit and certification systems as may be established by this Act or by regulations adopted thereunder. The Agency may enter into written delegation agreements with any department, agency, or unit of State or local government under which all or portions of this duty may be delegated for public water supply storage and transport systems, sewage collection and transport systems, air pollution control sources with uncontrolled emissions of 100 tons per year or less and application of algicides to waters of the State. Such delegation agreements will require that the work to be performed thereunder will be in accordance with Agency criteria, subject to Agency review, and shall include such financial and program auditing by the Agency as may be required.

(h) The Agency shall have authority to require the submission of complete plans and specifications from any applicant for a permit required by this Act or by regulations thereunder, and to require the submission of such reports regarding actual or potential violations of this Act, any rule or regulation adopted under this Act, any permit or term or condition of a permit, or any Board order, as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act.

(i) The Agency shall have authority to make recommendations to the Board for the adoption of regulations under Title VII of the Act.

(j) The Agency shall have the duty to represent the State of Illinois in any and all matters pertaining to plans, procedures, or negotiations for interstate compacts or other governmental arrangements relating to environmental protection.

(k) The Agency shall have the authority to accept, receive, and administer on behalf of the State any grants, gifts, loans, indirect cost reimbursements, or other funds made available to the State from any source for purposes of this Act or for air or water pollution control, public water supply, solid waste disposal, noise abatement, or other environmental protection activities, surveys, or programs. Any federal funds received by the Agency pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited in a trust fund with the State Treasurer and held and disbursed by him in accordance with Treasurer as Custodian of Funds Act, provided that such monies shall be used only for the purposes for which they are contributed and any balance remaining shall be returned to the contributor.

The Agency is authorized to promulgate such regulations and enter into such contracts as it may deem necessary for carrying out the provisions of this subsection.

(l) The Agency is hereby designated as water pollution agency for the state for all purposes of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended; as implementing agency for the State for all purposes of the Safe Drinking Water Act, Public Law 93-523, as now or hereafter amended, except Section 1425 of that Act; as air pollution agency for the state for all purposes of the Clean Air Act of 1970, Public Law 91-604, approved December 31, 1970, as amended; and as solid waste agency for the state for all purposes of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, Public Law 89-272, approved October 20, 1965, and amended by the Resource Recovery Act of 1970, Public Law 91-512, approved October 26, 1970, as amended, and amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, (P.L. 94-580) approved October 21, 1976, as amended; as noise control agency for the state for all purposes of the Noise Control Act of 1972, Public Law 92-574, approved October 27, 1972, as amended; and as implementing agency for the State for all purposes of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-510), as amended; and otherwise as pollution control agency for the State pursuant to federal laws integrated with the foregoing laws, for financing purposes or otherwise. The Agency is hereby authorized to take all action necessary or appropriate to secure to the State the benefits of such federal Acts, provided that the Agency shall transmit to the United States without change any standards adopted by the Pollution Control Board pursuant to Section 5(c) of this Act. This subsection (l) of Section 4 shall not be construed to bar or prohibit the Environmental Protection Trust Fund Commission from accepting, receiving, and administering on behalf of the State any grants, gifts, loans or other funds for which the Commission is eligible pursuant to the Environmental Protection Trust Fund Act. The Agency is hereby designated as the State agency for all purposes of administering the requirements of Section 313 of the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986.

Any municipality, sanitary district, or other political subdivision, or any Agency of the State or interstate Agency, which makes application for loans or grants under such federal Acts shall notify the Agency of such application; the Agency may participate in proceedings under such federal Acts.

(m) The Agency shall have authority, consistent with Section 5(c) and other provisions of this Act, and for purposes of Section 303(e) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as now or hereafter amended, to engage in planning processes and activities and to develop plans in cooperation with units of local government, state agencies and officers, and other appropriate persons in connection with the jurisdiction or duties of each such unit, agency, officer or person. Public hearings shall be held on the planning process, at which any person shall be permitted to appear and be heard, pursuant to procedural regulations promulgated by the Agency.

(n) In accordance with the powers conferred upon the Agency by Sections 10(g), 13(b), 19, 22(d) and 25 of this Act, the Agency shall have authority to establish and enforce minimum standards for the operation of laboratories relating to analyses and laboratory tests for air pollution, water pollution, noise emissions, contaminant discharges onto land and sanitary, chemical, and mineral quality of water distributed by a public water supply. The Agency may enter into formal working agreements with other departments or agencies of state government under which all or portions of this authority may be delegated to the cooperating department or agency.

(o) The Agency shall have the authority to issue certificates of competency to persons and laboratories meeting the minimum standards established by the Agency in accordance with Section 4(n) of this Act and to promulgate and enforce regulations relevant to the issuance and use of such certificates. The Agency may enter into formal working agreements with other departments or agencies of state government under which all or portions of this authority may be delegated to the cooperating department or agency.

(p) Except as provided in Section 17.7, the Agency shall have the duty to analyze samples as required from each public water supply to determine compliance with the contaminant levels specified by the Pollution Control Board. The maximum number of samples which the Agency shall be required to analyze for microbiological quality shall be 6 per month, but the Agency may, at its option, analyze a larger number each month for any supply. Results of sample analyses for additional required bacteriological testing, turbidity, residual chlorine and radionuclides are to be provided to the Agency in accordance with Section 19. Owners of water supplies may enter into agreements with the Agency to provide for reduced Agency participation in sample analyses.

(q) The Agency shall have the authority to provide notice to any person who may be liable pursuant to Section 22.2(f) of this Act for a release or a substantial threat of a release of a hazardous substance or pesticide. Such notice shall include the identified response action and an opportunity for such person to perform the response action.

(r) The Agency may enter into written delegation agreements with any unit of local government under which it may delegate all or portions of its inspecting, investigating and enforcement functions. Such delegation agreements shall require that work performed thereunder be in accordance with Agency criteria and subject to Agency review. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no unit of local government shall be liable for any injury resulting from the exercise of its authority pursuant to such a delegation agreement unless the injury is proximately caused by the willful and wanton negligence of an agent or employee of the unit of local government, and any policy of insurance coverage issued to a unit of local government may provide for the denial of liability and the nonpayment of claims based upon injuries for which the unit of local government is not liable pursuant to this subsection (r).

(s) The Agency shall have authority to take whatever preventive or corrective action is necessary or appropriate, including but not limited to expenditure of monies appropriated from the Build Illinois Bond Fund for removal or remedial action, whenever any hazardous substance or pesticide is released or there is a substantial threat of such a release into the environment. The State, the Director, and any State employee shall be indemnified for any damages or injury arising out of or resulting from any action taken under this subsection. The Director of the Agency is authorized to enter into such contracts and agreements as are necessary to carry out the Agency's duties under this subsection.

(t) The Agency shall have authority to distribute grants, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, to units of local government for financing and construction of wastewater facilities in both incorporated and unincorporated areas. With respect to all monies appropriated from the Build Illinois Bond Fund for wastewater facility grants, the Agency shall make distributions in conformity with the rules and regulations established pursuant to the Anti-Pollution Bond Act (now repealed) or the General Obligation Bond Act , as now or hereafter amended.

(u) Pursuant to the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, the Agency shall have the authority to adopt such rules as are necessary or appropriate for the Agency to implement Section 31.1 of this Act.

(v) (Blank.)

(w) Neither the State, nor the Director, nor the Board, nor any State employee shall be liable for any damages or injury arising out of or resulting from any action taken under subsection (s).

(x)(1) The Agency shall have authority to distribute grants, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, to units of local government for financing and construction of public water supply facilities. With respect to all monies appropriated from the Build Illinois Bond Fund for public water supply grants, such grants shall be made in accordance with rules promulgated by the Agency. Such rules shall include a requirement for a local match of 30% of the total project cost for projects funded through such grants.

(2) The Agency shall not terminate a grant to a unit of local government for the financing and construction of public water supply facilities unless and until the Agency adopts rules that set forth precise and complete standards, pursuant to Section 5-20 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, for the termination of such grants. The Agency shall not make determinations on whether specific grant conditions are necessary to ensure the integrity of a project or on whether subagreements shall be awarded, with respect to grants for the financing and construction of public water supply facilities, unless and until the Agency adopts rules that set forth precise and complete standards, pursuant to Section 5-20 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, for making such determinations. The Agency shall not issue a stop-work order in relation to such grants unless and until the Agency adopts precise and complete standards, pursuant to Section 5-20 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, for determining whether to issue a stop-work order.

(y) The Agency shall have authority to release any person from further responsibility for preventive or corrective action under this Act following successful completion of preventive or corrective action undertaken by such person upon written request by the person.

(z) To the extent permitted by any applicable federal law or regulation, for all work performed for State construction projects which are funded in whole or in part by a capital infrastructure bill enacted by the 96th General Assembly by sums appropriated to the Environmental Protection Agency, at least 50% of the total labor hours must be performed by actual residents of the State of Illinois. For purposes of this subsection, "actual residents of the State of Illinois" means persons domiciled in the State of Illinois. The Department of Labor shall promulgate rules providing for the enforcement of this subsection.

(aa) The Agency may adopt rules requiring the electronic submission of any information required to be submitted to the Agency pursuant to any State or federal law or regulation or any court or Board order. Any rules adopted under this subsection (aa) must include, but are not limited to, identification of the information to be submitted electronically.

(Source: P.A. 102-1071, eff. 6-10-22; 102-1115, eff. 1-9-23.)

Section 15-70. The Illinois Highway Code is amended by changing Section 3-107 as follows:

(605 ILCS 5/3-107) (from Ch. 121, par. 3-107)

Sec. 3-107. Whenever in the judgment of the Department it is necessary as an incident to the construction of a project on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, including extensions thereof within urban areas, or any State highway constructed under the provisions of Section 2 of the "Transportation Bond Act (now repealed) or Section 4 of the General Obligation Bond Act ", approved July 2, 1971, as now or hereafter amended, to relocate utility facilities, wherever located and whenever constructed, the cost of such relocation may be deemed to be one of the costs of constructing such project and the Department may, on behalf of the State, pay such costs. For the purposes of this Section, the term "utility" includes publicly, municipally, privately, and cooperatively owned utilities; the term "cost of such relocation" includes the entire amount paid by such utility properly attributable to such relocation after deducting therefrom any increase in the value of the new facility and any salvage value derived from the old facility; and the term "National System of Interstate and Defense Highways" includes any highway which now is or shall hereafter be a part of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, as provided in the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, and any acts supplemental thereto or amendatory thereof.

(Source: P.A. 77-2752.)".