Illinois Compiled Statutes 70 ILCS 820 — Forest Preserve District Refunding Bond Act.

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Short title. This Act may be cited as the Forest Preserve District Refunding Bond Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

The corporate authorities of any forest preserve district, without submitting the question to the electors thereof for approval, may authorize by ordinance the issuance of refunding bonds (1) to refund its bonds prior to their maturity; (2) to refund its unpaid matured bonds; (3) to refund matured coupons evidencing in…

The ordinance authorizing the refunding bonds shall prescribe all details thereof and shall provide for the levy and collection of a direct annual tax upon all the taxable property within the forest preserve district sufficient to pay the principal thereof and interest thereon as it matures. This tax shall be in additi…

The refunding bonds may be exchanged for the bonds to be refunded on the basis of dollar for dollar for the par value of the bonds, interest coupons, and interest not represented by coupons, if any

The refunding bonds may be exchanged for the bonds to be refunded on the basis of dollar for dollar for the par value of the bonds, interest coupons, and interest not represented by coupons, if any. Instead of this exchange, the refunding bonds may be sold at not less than their par value and accrued interest. The proc…

The refunding bonds shall be of such form and denomination, payable at such place, bear such date, and be executed by such officials as may be provided by the corporate authorities of the forest preserve district in the bond ordinance. They shall mature within not to exceed twenty years from their date, and may be made…

Whenever any refunding bonds are purchased and cancelled, as provided in section 4 of this Act, the taxes thereafter to be extended for payment of the principal of and the interest on the remainder of the issue shall be reduced in an amount equal to the principal of and the interest that would have thereafter accrued u…

Money which becomes available from taxes that were levied for prior years for payment of bonds or interest coupons that were paid or refunded before those taxes were collected, after payment of all warrants that may have been issued in anticipation of these taxes, shall be placed in the sinking fund account provided in…

The corporate authorities of a forest preserve district may take any action that may be necessary to inform the owners of unpaid bonds regarding the financial condition of the forest preserve district, the necessity of refunding its unpaid bonds and readjusting the maturities thereof in order that sufficient taxes may…

This Act shall apply to any forest preserve district, regardless of the law under which it is organized and operating, and shall constitute complete authority for issuing refunding bonds as herein provided without reference to other laws. This Act shall be construed as conferring powers in addition to, but not as limit…