This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "School Construction Bond Act"
This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "School Construction Bond Act". (Source: P.A. 78-220.)
Illinois · statute · 30 ILCS 390 · 14 active provisions
This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "School Construction Bond Act". (Source: P.A. 78-220.)
The General Assembly has examined the long-term capital facility and land needs of the local school districts within the State of Illinois. The General Assembly also recognizes the State of Illinois' primary responsibility for financing the system of public education. The objective of this Act is to provide for capital…
The State of Illinois is authorized to issue, sell and provide for the retirement of general obligation bonds of the State of Illinois in the amount of $330,000,000 hereinafter called the "Bonds", for the specific purpose of providing funds to make grants to local school districts for capital facilities program plannin…
The Bonds shall be issued and sold from time to time in such amounts as directed by the Governor, upon recommendation by the Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget. The Bonds shall be serial bonds and shall be in such form, in the denomination of $5,000 or some multiple thereof, payable within 30 ye…
The Bonds shall be signed by the Governor and attested by the Secretary of State under the printed facsimile seal of the State and countersigned by the Treasurer by his manual signature or by his duly authorized deputy. The signatures of the Governor and the Secretary of State may be printed facsimile signatures. Inter…
The Bonds shall be sold from time to time by the Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget to the highest and best bidders, for not less than their par value, upon sealed bids, at not exceeding the maximum interest rate fixed in the order authorizing the issuance of the Bonds, provided, that at no one…
At all times, the proceeds from the sale of the Bonds are subject to appropriation by the General Assembly to the Capital Development Board or its successor, or, for the 1976 and 1977 fiscal years only, to the State Board of Education for reimbursements for special education building purposes. Proceeds from the sale of…
The Treasurer may, with the approval of the Governor, invest and reinvest any money in the School Construction Fund in the State Treasury which, in the opinion of the Governor communicated in writing to the Treasurer, is not needed for current expenditures due or about to become due from such funds. Such investments sh…
To provide for the manner of repayment of the Bonds, the Governor shall include an appropriation in each annual State Budget of monies in such amount as shall be necessary and sufficient, for the period covered by such budget, to pay the interest, as it shall accrue, on all Bonds issued under this Act and also to pay a…
If the State fails to pay the principal of or interest on any of the Bonds as the same become due, a civil action to compel payment may be instituted in the Supreme Court of Illinois as a court of original jurisdiction by the holder or holders of the Bonds on which such default of payment exists. Delivery of a summons…
Upon each delivery of Bonds authorized to be issued under this Act, the Comptroller shall compute and certify to the State Treasurer the total amount of principal of and interest on the Bonds issued that will be payable in order to retire such Bonds and the amount of principal of and interest on such Bonds that will be…
The State of Illinois is authorized, from time to time as the Governor shall determine, to issue, sell and provide for the retirement of Bonds of the State of Illinois for the sole purpose of refunding all or any portion of the principal of the Bonds; provided that such refunding bonds shall mature no later than the fi…
If any Section, sentence, or clause of this Act is for any reason held invalid or to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Act. (Source: P.A. 78-220.)
After December 1, 1984 no additional bonds shall be issued or sold pursuant to this Act; instead all State of Illinois general obligation bonds shall be issued and sold pursuant to the "General Obligation Bond Act". (Source: P.A. 83-1490.)