Illinois 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB2909 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/16/2023

                    103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2909 Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:   30 ILCS 105/6a-6 from Ch. 127, par. 142a6  30 ILCS 305/1 from Ch. 17, par. 6601 105 ILCS 305/4.5 new  Amends the State Finance Act, the Bond Authorization Act, and the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Law. Sets forth certain types of revenue the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy may retain in its own treasury. Provide that the Board of Trustees of the Academy is authorized to borrow money and issue and sell bonds for the purpose of acquiring, purchasing, completing, building, constructing, reconstructing, enlarging, improving, extending, or equipping buildings, structures, and facilities that are required by or are necessary for the use or benefit of the Academy. Provides that such bonds shall be payable only from tuition, fee, and room and board revenue and from other funds authorized by law to be used for such purpose and applied as a supplement to such revenue. Sets forth other provisions concerning the issuance of bonds by the Academy, including the execution and delivery of trust agreements to a bank or trust company and the adoption of a resolution or resolutions describing in a general way the contemplated facility or facilities designated as the project or projects and the estimated cost. Effective immediately.  LRB103 05327 NHT 57083 b   A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2909 Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:  30 ILCS 105/6a-6 from Ch. 127, par. 142a6  30 ILCS 305/1 from Ch. 17, par. 6601 105 ILCS 305/4.5 new 30 ILCS 105/6a-6 from Ch. 127, par. 142a6 30 ILCS 305/1 from Ch. 17, par. 6601 105 ILCS 305/4.5 new  Amends the State Finance Act, the Bond Authorization Act, and the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Law. Sets forth certain types of revenue the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy may retain in its own treasury. Provide that the Board of Trustees of the Academy is authorized to borrow money and issue and sell bonds for the purpose of acquiring, purchasing, completing, building, constructing, reconstructing, enlarging, improving, extending, or equipping buildings, structures, and facilities that are required by or are necessary for the use or benefit of the Academy. Provides that such bonds shall be payable only from tuition, fee, and room and board revenue and from other funds authorized by law to be used for such purpose and applied as a supplement to such revenue. Sets forth other provisions concerning the issuance of bonds by the Academy, including the execution and delivery of trust agreements to a bank or trust company and the adoption of a resolution or resolutions describing in a general way the contemplated facility or facilities designated as the project or projects and the estimated cost. Effective immediately.  LRB103 05327 NHT 57083 b     LRB103 05327 NHT 57083 b   A BILL FOR
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2909 Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 105/6a-6 from Ch. 127, par. 142a6  30 ILCS 305/1 from Ch. 17, par. 6601 105 ILCS 305/4.5 new 30 ILCS 105/6a-6 from Ch. 127, par. 142a6 30 ILCS 305/1 from Ch. 17, par. 6601 105 ILCS 305/4.5 new
30 ILCS 105/6a-6 from Ch. 127, par. 142a6
30 ILCS 305/1 from Ch. 17, par. 6601
105 ILCS 305/4.5 new
Amends the State Finance Act, the Bond Authorization Act, and the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Law. Sets forth certain types of revenue the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy may retain in its own treasury. Provide that the Board of Trustees of the Academy is authorized to borrow money and issue and sell bonds for the purpose of acquiring, purchasing, completing, building, constructing, reconstructing, enlarging, improving, extending, or equipping buildings, structures, and facilities that are required by or are necessary for the use or benefit of the Academy. Provides that such bonds shall be payable only from tuition, fee, and room and board revenue and from other funds authorized by law to be used for such purpose and applied as a supplement to such revenue. Sets forth other provisions concerning the issuance of bonds by the Academy, including the execution and delivery of trust agreements to a bank or trust company and the adoption of a resolution or resolutions describing in a general way the contemplated facility or facilities designated as the project or projects and the estimated cost. Effective immediately.
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1  AN ACT concerning education.
2  Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3  represented in the General Assembly:
4  Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
5  Section 6a-6 as follows:
6  (30 ILCS 105/6a-6) (from Ch. 127, par. 142a6)
7  Sec. 6a-6.  (1) Unless otherwise provided for in this
8  Section, all items of income received by the Illinois
9  Mathematics and Science Academy shall be deposited in a local
10  clearing account paid into the State Treasury without delay
11  and not later than 10 days after the receipt of such items of
12  income. All such moneys shall be paid into a special fund in
13  the State Treasury to be known as the "IMSA Income Fund". The
14  General Assembly shall from time to time make appropriations
15  payable from the IMSA Income Fund for the support and
16  improvement of the academy.
17  (2) The following items of income shall be retained by the
18  Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in its own treasury:
19  endowment funds, gifts, and trust funds; alumni dues and
20  contributions; funds of any alumni association or
21  organization, or any foundation related to the Academy; monies
22  of the IMSA Fund for the Advancement of Education; funds
23  received in connection with the retention, receipt,

 

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2909 Introduced , by Rep. Barbara Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 105/6a-6 from Ch. 127, par. 142a6  30 ILCS 305/1 from Ch. 17, par. 6601 105 ILCS 305/4.5 new 30 ILCS 105/6a-6 from Ch. 127, par. 142a6 30 ILCS 305/1 from Ch. 17, par. 6601 105 ILCS 305/4.5 new
30 ILCS 105/6a-6 from Ch. 127, par. 142a6
30 ILCS 305/1 from Ch. 17, par. 6601
105 ILCS 305/4.5 new
Amends the State Finance Act, the Bond Authorization Act, and the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy Law. Sets forth certain types of revenue the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy may retain in its own treasury. Provide that the Board of Trustees of the Academy is authorized to borrow money and issue and sell bonds for the purpose of acquiring, purchasing, completing, building, constructing, reconstructing, enlarging, improving, extending, or equipping buildings, structures, and facilities that are required by or are necessary for the use or benefit of the Academy. Provides that such bonds shall be payable only from tuition, fee, and room and board revenue and from other funds authorized by law to be used for such purpose and applied as a supplement to such revenue. Sets forth other provisions concerning the issuance of bonds by the Academy, including the execution and delivery of trust agreements to a bank or trust company and the adoption of a resolution or resolutions describing in a general way the contemplated facility or facilities designated as the project or projects and the estimated cost. Effective immediately.
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1  assignment, license, sale or transfer of interests in, rights
2  to, or income from discoveries, inventions, patents, or
3  copyrightable works; laboratory fees, fees for testing;
4  supplementary food service fees received for payment to a food
5  service vendor; refundable deposits; funds received from
6  student or staff health programs; and moneys received for
7  student athletics or student activities.
8  The Academy may also retain in its own treasury all moneys
9  received from the sale of any debt obligations, including
10  bonds issued under the provisions of the Illinois Mathematics
11  and Science Academy Law, and any tuition, fee, and room and
12  board revenue pledged to the payment of such obligations or
13  necessary to meet any financial covenants related thereto or,
14  as determined by the Board of Trustees of the Academy,
15  necessary to pay such obligations or for the support and
16  improvement of the Academy.
17  Whenever such funds retained by the Academy in its own
18  treasury or held in a local clearing account are deposited
19  with a bank or savings and loan association and the amount of
20  the deposit exceeds the amount of federal deposit insurance
21  coverage, a bond or pledged securities shall be obtained. Only
22  the types of securities which the State treasurer may, in his
23  discretion, accept for amounts not insured by the Federal
24  Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Federal Savings and Loan
25  Insurance Corporation under Section 11 of "An Act in relation
26  to State moneys", approved June 28, 1919, as amended, may be

 

 

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1  accepted as pledged securities. The market value of the bond
2  or pledged securities shall at all times be equal to or greater
3  than the uninsured portion of the deposit.
4  (3) For purposes of implementing this Amendatory act of
5  1989, the Academy is authorized to transfer monies held in its
6  treasury at the time of the effective date of this Act into the
7  IMSA Income Fund in the State Treasury.
8  (4) The IMSA Special Purposes Trust Fund, held outside the
9  State Treasury by the State Treasurer as ex officio custodian,
10  shall receive the following items of income: federal aid and
11  funds received in connection with contracts with governmental,
12  public or private agencies or persons. Disbursements from this
13  fund shall be by warrants drawn by the State Comptroller on
14  receipt of vouchers duly executed and certified by the
15  Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy.
16  All federal monies received as reimbursement for
17  expenditures from the General Revenue Fund and that were made
18  for the purposes authorized for expenditures from the IMSA
19  Special Purposes Trust Fund shall be deposited by the Academy
20  into the General Revenue Fund.
21  For purposes of implementing this amendatory Act of 1991,
22  the Academy is authorized to transfer monies held in the IMSA
23  Income Fund on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
24  1991 into the IMSA Special Purposes Trust Fund; provided,
25  monies so transferred shall not exceed the amount that would
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1  in existence when the monies were received.
2  (Source: P.A. 86-109; 87-142.)
3  Section 10. The Bond Authorization Act is amended by
4  changing Section 1 as follows:
5  (30 ILCS 305/1) (from Ch. 17, par. 6601)
6  Sec. 1.  (a) As used in this Act, "public corporations"
7  mean any body corporate organized by or pursuant to the laws of
8  this State to carry out a public governmental or proprietary
9  function, including, without limitation of the foregoing, the
10  State state, the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, or
11  any school district, park district, city, village,
12  incorporated town, county, drainage or any other type of
13  district, commission, authority, university, or public
14  community college, or any combination thereof, acting through
15  the corporate authorities thereof.
16  (b) "Bonds" or "other evidences of indebtedness" mean any
17  instrument providing for the payment of money executed by or
18  on behalf of a public corporation or which the public
19  corporation has assumed or agreed to pay, including, without
20  limitation of the foregoing, bonds, notes, contracts, leases,
21  certificates and tax anticipation warrants.
22  (Source: P.A. 82-622.)
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1  Law is amended by adding Section 4.5 as follows:
2  (105 ILCS 305/4.5 new)
3  Sec. 4.5. Revenue bond financing for facilities.
4  (a) The Board of Trustees is authorized to borrow money
5  and issue and sell bonds in such amount, at such price, and
6  redeemable prior to maturity with or without premium as the
7  Board may determine for the purpose of acquiring, purchasing,
8  completing, building, constructing, reconstructing,
9  enlarging, improving, extending, or equipping buildings,
10  structures, and facilities that, as determined by the Board,
11  are required by or are necessary for the use or benefit of the
12  Academy, including, without limiting the generality of the
13  foregoing, school classrooms, science labs, or other
14  instructional spaces; dormitories and student residence halls;
15  apartments; staff housing facilities; facilities for student,
16  staff, or administrative services; cafeteria and other food
17  service areas; auditoriums; gymnasiums, field houses,
18  stadiums, and other athletic facilities; and parking
19  facilities and including the acquisition and improvement of a
20  site or sites therefor. These bonds shall be payable only from
21  tuition, fee, and room and board revenue and, if authorized by
22  the Board, from other funds authorized by law to be used for
23  such purpose and applied as a supplement to that revenue. The
24  bonds shall be secured by a pledge of these revenues. The bonds
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1  dates, may be in such denomination or denominations, may
2  mature at such time or times not exceeding 40 years from the
3  respective dates thereof, may mature in such amount or
4  amounts, and may bear interest at such rate or rates,
5  including variable rates, not exceeding the maximum rate
6  authorized by the Bond Authorization Act at the time of the
7  making of the contract for the sale of the bonds.
8  (b) The Board shall have the power from time to time to
9  execute and deliver trust agreements under this Section to a
10  bank or trust company authorized by the laws of this State or
11  the United States of America to accept and execute trusts in
12  this State. These trust agreements may contain any provision
13  for the deposit with the trustee and the disposition of the
14  proceeds of the bonds issued under the provisions of this
15  Section and secured thereby, provisions for the protection and
16  the enforcement of the rights and remedies of the trustee and
17  the holders of such bonds as the Board may approve, and
18  provision for the direct payment to or deposit with the
19  trustee of any revenues pledged to the payment of bonds issued
20  under the provisions of this Section.
21  (c) Bonds issued under the provisions of this Section
22  shall be signed by the chair of the Board and shall be attested
23  by the Director of the Academy, and if the official who signed
24  or attested the bonds or whose facsimile appears on the bonds
25  ceases to be such an official before the bonds have been issued
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1  by the Academy.
2  (d) Upon the determination by the Board to undertake one
3  or more projects set forth in subsection (a), the Board shall
4  adopt a resolution or resolutions describing in a general way
5  the contemplated facility or facilities designated as the
6  project or projects and the estimated cost thereof. The amount
7  of bonds, the maturity or maturities, the interest rate, and
8  all details in respect thereof shall be set forth in the
9  resolution or resolutions or in a related trust agreement
10  authorized in subsection (b). The resolution or resolutions or
11  related trust agreement shall contain such covenants with
12  respect to the creation of reserves or accounts and any
13  restrictions upon the issuance of additional bonds that may
14  thereafter be issued payable from tuition, fee, and room and
15  board revenue and, if authorized by the Board, from other
16  funds authorized by law to be used for such purpose and applied
17  as a supplement to that revenue as may be deemed necessary or
18  advisable for the assurance and payment of the bonds thereby
19  authorized, and the resolution or resolutions or related trust
20  agreement shall provide for the payment of the principal of
21  and interest on the bonds and the creation of any reserves or
22  accounts established by the resolution or resolutions.
23  (e) Whenever bonds are issued under the provisions of this
24  Section, it shall be the duty of the Board to establish
25  tuition, fee, and room and board revenue (i) sufficient at all
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1  meet any related financial covenants or (ii) sufficient at all
2  times, if added to other funds authorized and allocated for
3  such purpose, to pay such principal and interest and meet such
4  financial covenants.
5  (f) The Board may refund and refinance bonds issued under
6  the provisions of this Section from time to time and to this
7  end may authorize and issue refunding bonds whenever the Board
8  determines that it is in the best interests of the Academy to
9  do so. The proceeds derived from the sale of any such refunding
10  bonds shall be applied either to the payment or redemption and
11  retirement of the bonds to be refunded, or, if such bonds are
12  not then subject to payment or redemption, all proceeds
13  received at the sale thereof shall be invested in direct
14  obligations of or obligations the principal of and interest on
15  which are fully guaranteed by the United States of America, so
16  long as such investments mature at such time, with interest
17  thereon or profit therefrom, to provide funds adequate to pay,
18  when due or called for redemption prior to maturity, the bonds
19  to be refunded, together with the interest accrued thereon and
20  any redemption premium due thereon. Such proceeds or
21  obligations of the United States of America shall, with all
22  other funds legally available for such purpose, be deposited
23  in escrow with any bank or trust company doing business in this
24  State with power to accept and execute trusts, to be held in an
25  irrevocable trust for the payment at maturity or redemption of
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1  premiums, if any, if the bonds are redeemable prior to
2  maturity or upon earlier voluntary surrender with the consent
3  of the holder thereof. Any balance remaining in such escrow
4  after the payment and retirement of the bonds to be refunded
5  shall be returned to the Academy, to be used as revenues
6  pledged for the payment of the refunding bonds. All of the
7  provisions of this Section, including covenants that may be
8  entered into in connection with the issuance of bonds, shall
9  be applicable to the authorization and issuance of any
10  refunding bonds.
11  Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12  becoming law.

 

 

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