110 ILCS 610/1 — Illinois Code / Chapter 110 / Act 610 / Section 1
Section 1
Status: in_force

(110 ILCS 610/1) (from Ch. 144, par. 1011) Sec. 1. The Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities or its successor is hereby authorized to: (a) Acquire by purchase or otherwise, construct, equip, complete, remodel, operate, control, and manage student residence halls, dormitories, dining halls, student union buildings, field houses, stadiums, and any other revenue-producing buildings of such type and character as the Board or its successor shall from time to time find a necessity therefor exists and as may be required for the good and benefit of any of the State Colleges or State Universities under its jurisdiction and for that purpose may acquire property of any and every kind and description, whether real, personal or mixed, by gift, purchase or otherwise; (b) Maintain and operate any such buildings and structures and to charge for the use thereof, and carry on such activities, including particularly, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, housing and food services as are commonly conducted in connection with any such buildings or structures; (c) Enter into contracts touching in any manner or any matter within the objects and purposes of this Act; (d) Acquire building sites and buildings or structures by gift, purchase or otherwise and to pledge the revenues thereof for the payment of any bonds issued for such purpose as provided in this Act; (e) Borrow money and issue and sell bonds in such amount or amounts as the Board or its successor may determine for the purpose of acquiring, completing, remodeling, constructing or equipping any such buildings or structures, and to refund and refinance the same from time to time as often as it is advantageous and to the public interest to do so. All such bonds shall bear interest at not more than the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract, and may be sold by the Board or its successor in such manner as they consider to be best in the public interest. Such bonds shall be sold at such price that the interest cost of the proceeds therefrom will not exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract, based on the average maturity of such bonds and computed according to standard tables of bond values. Such bonds shall be payable solely from the revenues to be derived from the operation of any such building or buildings or structures acquired, completed, remodeled, constructed or equipped in whole or in part with the proceeds of such bonds and shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues of any such building or buildings or structures so acquired, completed, remodeled, constructed or equipped as herein provided. All bonds issued hereunder shall have all the qualities of negotiable instruments under the law of this State. Such bonds may bear such date or dates and may mature at such time or times not exceeding 40 years from their date or dates, may be in such form, carry such registration privileges, may be payable at such place or places, may be subject to such terms of redemption prior to maturity with or without premium if so stated on the face of the bonds, and may contain such terms and covenants all as may be provided by resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds. Such bonds shall be executed by such officers of the Board or its successor as shall be designated by the Board or its successor and countersigned by the Treasurer of the State of Illinois. A facsimile of the signatures of the officers of the Board or its successor who are designated to execute such bonds, a facsimile of the signature of the Treasurer of the State of Illinois, and a facsimile of the seal of the Board or its successor, may be imprinted, engraved or otherwise reproduced on such bonds and on the interest coupons attached thereto. Any bonds bearing the signature or facsimile of officers in office at the date of signing thereof are valid and binding for all purposes, notwithstanding that before delivery thereof any or all such persons whose signatures or facsimiles appear thereon have ceased to be such officers. Each such bond shall state upon its face that it is payable solely from the revenues derived from the operation of the building or buildings or structures constructed, remodeled, completed or equipped with the proceeds of the sale of such bonds, and shall state upon its face that it does not constitute an obligation of the State of Illinois within the meaning or application of any constitutional or statutory limitation or provision. Such bonds shall be registered by the Auditor of Public Accounts. The State and all counties, cities, villages, incorporated towns and other municipal corporations, political subdivisions and public bodies, and public officers of any thereof, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds issued pursuant to this Act, it being the purpose of this Section to authorize the investment in such bonds of all sinking, insurance, retirement, compensation, pension and trust funds, whether owned or controlled by private or public persons or officers. Nothing contained in this Section may be construed as relieving any person, firm or corporation from any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities for purchase or investment. The Board shall prepare an annual capital plan which details the proposed budget year and 3 year capital needs of each university for capital expenditures to finance revenue producing facilities through the issuance of revenue bonds. This plan shall detail each project and the project cost in current dollar amounts. The plan shall contain the appropriate detail for the proposed budget year and the 3 year plan which will justify the projects ability to meet: the debt service requirements by producing sufficient revenue, life expectancy and maintenance requirements. Such annual capital plans shall be submitted to the Board of Higher Education. 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 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. (Source: P.A. 86-4.)