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Current as of January 01, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
§ 11-114-3. Subject to the provisions of this Division 114 the corporate authorities of any municipality specified in this Division 114 may issue bonds for the purposes authorized. These bonds shall (1) be issued in the name of the municipality, (2) be attested by the municipal clerk, (3) bear interest at a rate of not to exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended 1 at the time of the making of the contract, payable annually, and (4) mature at such time not exceeding 20 years from the date thereof, as is specified in the bonds. The proceeds of the bonds shall be used exclusively for the purposes authorized by this Division 114.
An annual tax which, when considered in the aggregate for the period for which the bonds are issued, will be sufficient to pay the principal and interest of the bonds, may be levied for the payment thereof.
With respect to instruments for the payment of money issued under this Section either before, on, or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1989, it is and always has been the intention of the General Assembly (i) that the Omnibus Bond Acts 2 are and always have been supplementary grants of power to issue instruments in accordance with the Omnibus Bond Acts, regardless of any provision of this Act that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts, (ii) that the provisions of this Section are not a limitation on the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts, and (iii) that instruments issued under this Section within the supplementary authority granted by the Omnibus Bond Acts are not invalid because of any provision of this Act that may appear to be or to have been more restrictive than those Acts.
Any bonds issued under this Section as limited bonds as defined in Section 3 of the Local Government Debt Reform Act 3 shall comply with the requirements of the Bond Issue Notification Act. 4
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Illinois Statutes Chapter 65. Municipalities § 5/11-114-3. Issuance of bonds; tax levy - last updated January 01, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/il/chapter-65-municipalities/il-st-sect-65-5-11-114-3/
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