50 ILCS 20/15

(50 ILCS 20/15) (from Ch. 85, par. 1045)

Sec. 15. Whenever and as often as the Board of Commissioners determines to issue bonds as provided in this Act, it shall adopt a resolution describing the area to be acquired, the nature of the improvements thereon, the disposition to be made of such improvements and a description of any new buildings or other facilities to be constructed thereon. Such description shall not prohibit the Board of Commissioners from making such minor changes as may be necessary or convenient in the discretion of the Board of Commissioners.

The resolution shall set out the estimated cost of the project, including the cost of acquiring the site therefor, determine the period of usefulness and fix the amount of revenue bonds to be issued, the date or dates of maturity, the dates on which interest is payable, the sinking fund provisions and all other details in connection with such bonds. The Board shall determine and fix the rate of interest of any revenue bonds issued under this Section, in such resolution or in any supplemental resolution adopted by the Board prior to the issuance thereof. The resolution, trust agreement or other contract entered into with the bondholders may contain such covenants and restrictions concerning the issuance of additional revenue bonds thereafter as may be deemed necessary or advisable for the assurance of the payment of the bonds thereby authorized.

All bonds shall be issued in the name of the Public Building Commission and have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the laws of this State.

Bonds issued under this Act, whether original issue or issues or refunding, may be issued as serial or term bonds, shall be of such denomination or denominations and form, including interest coupons to be attached thereto, shall be payable at such place or places and bear such date as the Board of Commissioners shall fix by the resolution authorizing such bonds and shall mature within a period not to exceed 40 years, and may be redeemable prior to maturity with or without premium, at the option of the Board of Commissioners, upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Commissioners shall fix by the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds. The Board of Commissioners may provide for the registration of such bonds in the name of the owner as to the principal alone or as to both principal and interest upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Commissioners may determine. All bonds issued under this Section by any Public Building Commission shall be sold at such price that the interest cost to the Commission of the proceeds of such bonds shall not exceed the maximum interest rate permitted in "An Act to authorize public corporations to issue bonds, other evidences of indebtedness and tax anticipation warrants subject to interest rate limitations set forth therein", approved May 26, 1970, as now or hereafter amended, payable semi-annually, computed to maturity and shall be sold in such manner and at such time or times as the Board of Commissioners shall determine.

Bonds issued by a Public Building Commission, and the interest thereon, shall be payable solely from the revenues derived from the operation, management or use of the buildings or other facilities acquired or to be acquired by the Commission, which revenues shall include payments received under any leases or other contracts for the use of the facilities, buildings or space therein. All bonds shall recite in the body thereof that the principal and interest thereon are payable solely from the revenues pledged to pay such bonds and shall state on their face that it is not an indebtedness of the Commission or a claim against the property of such Commission.

The bonds shall be executed in the name of the Commission by the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners or by such other officer of the Commission as the Board, by resolution, may direct, and be attested by the Secretary, or by such other officer of the Commission as the Board, by resolution, may direct, and shall be sealed with the Commission's corporate seal. The interest coupons attached to such bonds shall be executed by the facsimile signatures of the persons who shall execute the bonds. The Chairman and Secretary or other officers of the Commission executing the bonds shall adopt for their own signatures, their respective facsimile signatures appearing on such coupons. In case any officer whose signature appears on the bonds or coupons shall cease to be such officer before delivery of such bonds, such signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if such officer had remained in office until such delivery.

In its discretion, the Public Building Commission may, from time to time, as often as it may deem to be advantageous, issue refunding bonds to refund its bonds prior to their maturity, refund its outstanding matured bonds, refund matured coupons evidencing interest upon its outstanding bonds, refund interest at the coupon rate upon its outstanding matured bonds that has accrued since the maturity thereof, and refund its bonds which by their terms are subject to call or redemption before maturity. All bonds redeemed or purchased in accordance with this Act shall forthwith be cancelled and shall not be used again.

To secure the payment of any or all revenue bonds and for the purpose of setting forth the covenants and undertakings of the Commission in connection with the issuance of revenue bonds and the issuance of any additional revenue bonds payable from such revenue income to be derived from the operation, management or use of the buildings or other facilities acquired or to be acquired by the Commission, the Commission may execute and deliver a trust agreement or agreements except that no lien upon any physical property of the Commission shall be created thereby.

The proceeds from the sale of bonds under this Section shall be paid to the Treasurer of the Public Building Commission or, in the event that a trust agreement is executed and delivered by the Commission, then and in such event, the proceeds from the sale of bonds under this Section shall be paid to the trustee or trustees specified in any such trust agreement. If the proceeds from the sale of the bonds issued under this Section exceed the cost of the project, the Public Building Commission shall place such excess funds in the sinking fund created for making payment of principal or interest of such bonds as the same matures or for the purchase of outstanding bonds at such times and in such manner as may be provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds, or in any trust agreement or contract entered into with the bondholders.

The resolution shall provide for the creation of a sinking fund account into which shall be payable from the revenues of such project, from month to month as such revenues are collected, such sums in excess of the cost of maintenance and operation of the project and the costs of administration of the Commission, as will be sufficient to comply with the covenants of the bond resolution and sufficient to pay the accruing interest and retire the bonds at maturity. The Board of Commissioners, in such resolution, may provide for such other accounts as it may deem necessary for the sale of the bonds. The monies in such accounts shall be applied in the manner provided by the resolution, the trust agreement or other contract with the bondholders.

No bond issued under this Act shall constitute a debt of the Commission or of any public body within the meaning of any statutory or constitutional limitation as to debt.

From and after the issuance of bonds as provided in this Section it shall be the duty of the Board of Commissioners to establish and fix rates, rentals, fees and charges for the use of any and all buildings or space therein or other facilities owned and operated by the Commission, sufficient at all times to pay maintenance and operation costs and to pay the accruing interest and retire the bonds at maturity and to make all payments to all accounts created by any bond resolution and to comply with all covenants of any bond resolution.

(Source: P.A. 82-902.)