Illinois Statutes Chapter 30. Finance § 345/3. Definitions

§ 3. Definitions. (a) “Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as now or hereafter amended.  1

(b) “Official action” means a resolution or ordinance authorizing the issuance or taking similar official action with respect to the issuance of private activity bonds.

(c) “Private activity bond” means (1) that term as defined in Section 141(a) of the Code,  2 as a bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness, but only to the extent such bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness is subject to the volume cap described in Section 146 of the Code  3 or (2) any bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness, but only to the extent such bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness is subject to the volume cap described in Section 146 of the Code.

(d) “State agency” means any State agency, commission, board, authority, or body politic and corporate of the State authorized by law to issue private activity bonds, other than a unit of local government or a home rule unit.

(e) “Unit of local government” means a municipality or county, other than a home rule unit.

(f) “Governor's office” shall mean any person or entity the Governor shall designate as the person or entity charged with the authority to allocate private activity bonds within the State volume cap limits among all the political subdivisions of the State.

(g) “Guidelines and Procedures” shall mean the written procedures issued by the Governor's Office under this Act, which shall govern and control the administration of the allocation process in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

(h) “Volume cap” means the total aggregate amount of private activity bonds that the State and its State agencies, units of local government and home rule units may issue in any calendar year under Section 146 of the Code, excluding any private activity bonds which may be issued pursuant to a valid carry-forward election under Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended,  4 or Section 146 of the Code.

(i) “State Agency Pool” shall be 50% of the volume cap as reduced by the aggregate share of volume cap for all home rule units as determined under Section 146 of the Code.

(j) “Local Government Pool” shall be 50% of the volume cap as reduced by the aggregate share of volume cap for all home rule units as determined under Section 146 of the Code.

(k) “Home rule unit” means a county or municipality which is a home rule unit as provided in Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970.