96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB0279

Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John O. Jones

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
65 ILCS 5/8-1-3.1 from Ch. 24, par. 8-1-3.1

Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. In a Section authorizing the corporate authorities of a municipality to borrow money from any bank or other financial institution, adds to the definition of "financial institution" any regional planning commission or joint regional planning commission established in accordance with the Counties Code. Effective immediately.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

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1 AN ACT concerning local government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Municipal Code is amended by
5 changing Section 8-1-3.1 as follows:
6 (65 ILCS 5/8-1-3.1) (from Ch. 24, par. 8-1-3.1)
7 Sec. 8-1-3.1. The corporate authorities may borrow money
8 for corporate purposes from one fund for the use of another
9 fund providing such borrowing shall be repaid within the
10 current fiscal year.
11 The corporate authorities may also borrow money from any
12 bank or other financial institution provided such money shall
13 be repaid within 10 years from the time the money is borrowed.
14 The mayor or president of the municipality, as the case may be,
15 shall execute a promissory note or similar debt instrument, but
16 not a bond, to evidence the indebtedness incurred by the
17 borrowing. The obligation to make the payments due under the
18 promissory note or other debt instrument shall be a lawful
19 direct general obligation of the municipality payable from the
20 general funds of the municipality and such other sources of
21 payment as are otherwise lawfully available. The promissory
22 note or other debt instrument shall be authorized by an
23 ordinance passed by the corporate authorities and shall be

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1 valid whether or not an appropriation with respect to that
2 ordinance is included in any annual or supplemental
3 appropriation adopted by the corporate authorities. The
4 indebtedness incurred under this Section, when aggregated with
5 the existing indebtedness of the municipality, may not exceed
6 the debt limitation provided in Section 8-5-1 of this Code.
7 "Financial institution" means any bank subject to the "Illinois
8 Banking Act", any savings and loan association subject to the
9 "Illinois Savings and Loan Act of 1985", and any federally
10 chartered commercial bank or savings and loan association
11 organized and operated in this State pursuant to the laws of
12 the United States, and any regional planning commission or
13 joint regional planning commission established in accordance
14 with Section 5-14001 or Section 5-14003 of the Counties Code.
15 (Source: P.A. 95-693, eff. 11-5-07.)
16 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17 becoming law.