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65 ILCS 5/11-117-8
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-117-8)Sec. 11-117-8.         For the purpose of acquiring any public utility, or any part  thereof, or property necessary or appropriate for the operation of any  public utility, either by purchase, condemnation, or construction, any  municipality may borrow money and issue negotiable bonds therefor, pledging  the faith and credit of the municipality. But no such bonds shall be issued  unless the proposition to issue the bonds has first been submitted to the  electors of the municipality and approved by a majority of those voting  thereon. The proposition shall be submitted in accordance with the  provisions of Section 11-117-3. No such bonds shall be issued in an amount  in excess of the cost of the municipality of the property for which the  bonds are issued, and 10% of that cost in addition thereto.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-117-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-117-10)Sec. 11-117-10.         The expense of acquiring any public utility, or any part  thereof, or the property necessary or appropriate for the operation of any  public utility, either by purchase, condemnation, or construction, or such  part of the expense as may be just and reasonable, may be assessed in any  municipality upon and collected from the property and real estate specially  benefited thereby, if any, in such manner as is or may be provided by  Article 9 for the making of special assessments for local improvements in  that municipality.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-117-11
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-117-11)Sec. 11-117-11.         For the purpose of constructing water purification  plants and acquiring or constructing wharves, piers, docks, levees, or  in connection with wharves, piers, docks, levees, elevators, warehouses,  vaults, or necessary and appropriate tracks or terminal facilities, any  municipality may reclaim the submerged land under any public waters  within the jurisdiction of or bordering upon the municipality, and  thereupon shall be vested with the absolute title, in fee simple, to the  land so reclaimed. For any of these purposes the municipality may  acquire, by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, the title of private or  public owners to land lying beneath those public waters, and also the  riparian or other rights of the owners of the shore land abutting on  those public waters, or in or over those public waters, or the submerged  land under those waters. However, where any park district holds land  abutting upon the shores of Lake Michigan adjacent to the submerged land  intended to be reclaimed for the purpose of constructing water  filtration plants, the approval of a plan by such park district showing  the boundaries of the submerged land to be reclaimed and the character  of buildings and structures to be erected thereon shall first be  obtained prior to the reclamation of such submerged land by any  municipality. Nothing contained in this section, however, shall give to  any municipality the right to acquire submerged land from any park  district where any grant heretofore has been made of this submerged land  to the park district and the grant has been accepted by the park  district.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-117-12
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-117-12)Sec. 11-117-12.         The charges fixed for the product supplied or the service rendered by  any municipality shall be sufficient at least to bear all cost of  maintenance and operation, to meet interest charges on the bonds and  certificates issued on account thereof, and to permit the accumulation of a  surplus or sinking fund to meet all unpaid bonds or certificates at  maturity.The corporate authorities of any municipality owning and operating a  municipal utility plant shall, in addition to fixing utility rates, have  the power to establish a service charge for the late payment of rates charged.These amendatory Acts of 1971 and 1975 are not  limits on any municipality which is a home rule unit.    (Source: P.A. 79-661.)
65 ILCS 5/11-117-12.1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-117-12.1)Sec. 11-117-12.1.         No gas or electric service furnished to residential users  by a municipality shall be terminated for nonpayment of bills on:  (i)  any day when the National Weather Service forecast for the following 24  hours covering the area in which the residence is located includes a forecast  that the temperature will be 20 degrees Fahrenheit or below; or (ii) any  day preceding a holiday or a weekend when such a forecast indicates  that the temperature will be 20 degrees Fahrenheit or below during the holiday  or weekend.This amendatory Act of 1979 applies to all municipalities that own or operate  a public utility, including home rule units.  However, nothing in this Section  shall prevent any municipality from establishing more stringent measures.    (Source: P.A. 81-986.)
65 ILCS 5/11-117-12.2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

Sec. 11-117-12.2. Military personnel in military service; no stoppage of gas or electricity; arrearage.(a) In this Section:"Military service" means any full-time training or duty, no matter how described under federal or State law, for which a service member is ordered to report by the President, Governor of a state, commonwealth, or territory of the United States, or other appropriate military authority."Primary occupant" means the current residential customer of record in whose name the account is registered with the municipality owning  a public utility."Service member" means a resident of Illinois who is a member of any component of the U.S. Armed Forces or the National Guard of any state, the District of Columbia, a commonwealth, or a territory of the United States.(b) No municipality owning a public utility shall stop gas or electricity from entering the residential premises of which a service member was a primary occupant immediately before the service member entered military service for nonpayment for gas or electricity supplied to the residential premises.(c) Upon the return from military service of a residential consumer who is a service member, the municipality shall offer the residential consumer a period equal to at least the period of the residential consumer's military service to pay any arrearages incurred during the period of the residential consumer's military service. The municipality shall inform the residential consumer that, if the period the municipality offers presents a hardship to the consumer, the consumer may request a longer period to pay the arrearages.(d) In order to be eligible for the benefits granted to a service member under this Section, a service member must provide the municipality owning a public utility with a copy of the orders calling the service member to military service in excess of 29 consecutive days or copies of orders further extending the service member's period of service and provide documentation that his or her military service materially affects his or her ability to pay for such services when due. In the event the service member no longer claims to be the primary occupant of the residential premises, or if the customer account of record changes, then the municipality owning a public utility may enforce all applicable rules, regulations, and tariffs.(e) A violation of this Section constitutes a civil rights violation under the Illinois Human Rights Act.All proceeds from the collection of any civil penalty imposed under this subsection shall be deposited into the Illinois Military Family Relief Fund.  (Source: P.A. 97-913, eff. 1-1-13.)
65 ILCS 5/11-117-13
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-117-13)Sec. 11-117-13. Any municipality, owning a public utility, shall keep  the accounts for each public utility distinct from other municipal  accounts and in such manner as to show the true and complete financial  results of municipal ownership or ownership and operation, as the case  may be. These accounts shall be so kept as to show (1) the actual cost  of the municipality of each public utility owned; (2) all costs of  maintenance, extension, and improvement; (3) all operating expenses of  every description, in case of municipal operation; (4) the amounts set  aside for sinking fund purposes; (5) if water or other service is  furnished for the use of a public utility without charge, as nearly as  possible, the value of that service and also the value of any similar  service rendered by each public utility to any other municipal  department without charge; (6) reasonable allowances for interest,  depreciation, and insurance; and (7) estimates of the amount of taxes  that would be chargeable against each public utility if owned by a  private corporation.The corporate authorities shall print annually for public  distribution, a report, in the form specified in this Section, showing  the financial results of the municipal ownership or ownership and  operation. The accounts of each public utility shall be examined once  each year by a licensed Certified Public Accountant permitted to perform audits under the Illinois Public Accounting Act who shall report to the corporate  authorities the results of his examination. This accountant shall  be selected in such manner as the corporate authorities may direct, and  he shall receive for his services such compensation, to be paid out of  the revenue from each public utility, as the municipality may prescribe.       (Source: P.A. 94-465, eff. 8-4-05.)
65 ILCS 5/11-117-14
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-117-14)Sec. 11-117-14.         No referendum for the acquisition, construction or  operation of any public utility shall be held in any municipality within  the 10 months' period next following a submission to and failure of  approval by the electors therein of a proposition or ordinance to  acquire, construct or operate a public utility for the rendition of like  public utility service.    (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 117.1 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 DIVISION 117.1.  TERRORISM PREVENTION  (Source: P.A. 94-480, eff. 1-1-06.)
65 ILCS 5/11-117.1-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

Sec. 11-117.1-1. Terrorism prevention measures. A municipality that owns or operates a municipal utility may promulgate rules for the exclusion of any person, based upon criminal conviction information received about that person under the Criminal Identification Act, from all or a portion of any water treatment facility, water pumping station, electrical transfer station, electrical generation facility, natural gas facility, or any other utility facility owned or operated by the municipality. The rules must be promulgated by the appropriate municipal agency in cooperation with the principal law enforcement agency of the municipality and, in the case of rules concerning the exclusion of employees, in cooperation with bona fide collective bargaining representatives. The rules may apply to employees of the municipality, any other persons performing work at the facility, or any visitors to the facility. The rules must identify the types of criminal convictions that disqualify a person from entering a particular area, based solely on whether the person poses an unreasonable risk  to the public safety because of the person's potential for future criminal conduct affecting a municipal utility facility. The rules may be amended from time to time and shall be available for inspection under the Freedom of Information Act.  (Source: P.A. 94-480, eff. 1-1-06.)
65 ILCS 5/Art 11 prec Div 118  heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

              HEAT, POWER AND LIGHT SERVICES
65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 118 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 DIVISION 118.      REVENUE BONDS TO CONSTRUCT HEATING PLANTS
65 ILCS 5/11-118-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-118-1)Sec. 11-118-1.         Any municipality is authorized to pay for the construction  of a heating plant and system by the issuance and sale of revenue bonds  payable solely from the revenue derived from the operation thereof. These  bonds shall bear interest at the rate of not to exceed the maximum rate  authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the  making of the contract, payable semi-annually, and shall mature within 20  years from the date 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 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.The amendatory Acts of 1971, 1972 and 1973 are not a limit upon any  municipality which is a home rule unit.    (Source: P.A. 86-4.)
65 ILCS 5/11-118-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-118-2)Sec. 11-118-2.         The corporate authorities of any municipality availing  itself of the provisions of this Division 118, shall adopt an ordinance  describing in a general way the heating plant and system to be constructed  and refer to the plans and specifications prepared for that purpose, which  shall be open to the inspection of the public. This ordinance shall set out  the estimated cost of the heating plant and system and fix the amount of  bonds proposed to be issued, maturity, interest rate, and all details in  respect thereof. Revenue bonds issued under this Division 118 shall be  payable solely from the revenue derived from the heating plant and system.  These bonds shall not in any event constitute an indebtedness of the  municipality within the meaning of the constitutional provisions or  limitations. It shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond that the  bond has been issued under the provisions of this Division 118 and that it  does not constitute an indebtedness of the municipality within any  constitutional or statutory limitation.After this ordinance has been adopted, it shall be published as provided  in Section 1-2-4. After the expiration of 10 days from the date of this  publication, the ordinance shall be in effect.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-118-3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-118-3)Sec. 11-118-3.         Whenever revenue bonds have been issued under this Division  118, the entire revenue received thereafter from the operation of the  heating plant and system shall be deposited in a separate fund, designated  the heating fund of the municipality of ..... This revenue shall be used  only in paying the cost of maintenance and operation of the heating plant  and system and the principal of interest upon the bonds issued under this  Division 118.Rates charged for heating shall be sufficient to pay the cost of  maintenance and operation and to pay the principal of and interest upon all  bonds issued under this Division 118, for the construction of the heating  plant and system. These rates shall not be reduced while any of these bonds  are unpaid.Revenue bonds issued under this Division 118 may be redeemed at any  interest-paying date, by proceeding as follows: (1) a written notice shall  be mailed to the holder of such a bond 30 days prior to an interest-paying  date, notifying the holder that the bond will be redeemed on the next  interest-paying date; or (2) if the holder of such a bond is unknown, then  a notice describing the bond to be redeemed and the date of its redemption  shall be published 30 days prior to an interest-paying date in one or more  newspapers published in the municipality, or, if no newspaper is published  therein, then in one or more newspapers with a general circulation within  the municipality. In municipalities with less than 500 population in which  no newspaper is published, publication may instead be made by posting a  notice in 3 prominent places within the municipality. When notice has been  mailed to the holder of such a bond, or when notice has been published in a  newspaper, in case the holder of the bond is unknown, the bond shall cease  bearing interest from and after the next interest-paying date.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-118-4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-118-4)Sec. 11-118-4.         In case an officer whose signature appears on these bonds,  or the coupons attached thereto, ceases to hold his office before the  delivery of the bonds to the purchaser, his signature, nevertheless, shall  be valid and sufficient for all purposes, to the same effect as if he had  remained in his office until the delivery of the bonds. These bonds shall  have all the qualities of negotiable paper under the law merchant and the  negotiable instrument law.    (Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
65 ILCS 5/11-118-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-118-5)Sec. 11-118-5.         The electors of a municipality may adopt and become  entitled to the benefits of this Division 118 in the following manner:  whenever a number equalling 1,000, or one-eighth, whichever is less, of  the electors of a municipality, voting at the last preceding election, petition  the circuit court for the  county in which that municipality is located, to order submitted  to a vote of the  electors of that municipality the proposition whether that municipality  shall adopt and become entitled to the benefits of this Division 118,  that court shall order this proposition certified and submitted  accordingly, at an election in accordance with the general election law. If the  proposition is not adopted at this election, it shall in like manner be  submitted to a vote of the electors of that municipality upon order of that court  upon like application at any succeeding  election.    (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
65 ILCS 5/11-118-6
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-118-6)Sec. 11-118-6.         If a majority of the votes  cast upon this proposition are in favor of the proposition, this  Division 118 is adopted by that municipality. The mayor or president  shall thereupon issue a proclamation declaring this Division 118 in  force in that municipality.A municipality which has adopted "An Act authorizing cities, villages  and incorporated towns to issue revenue bonds for the purpose of  constructing a heating plant and system," filed July 29, 1939, as  amended, shall be treated as having adopted this Division 118 and bonds  issued under that Act shall be treated as having been issued under this  Division 118.    (Source: P.A. 81-1489.)
65 ILCS 5/Art. 11 Div. 119 heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 DIVISION 119.      REVENUE BONDS TO IMPROVE LIGHT AND GAS PLANTS
65 ILCS 5/11-119-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 65 - MUNICIPALITIES|65 ILCS 5/ - Illinois Municipal Code.|Article 11 - Corporate Powers and Functions

 (from Ch. 24, par. 11-119-1)Sec. 11-119-1.         Every city or village owning and operating its electric  light plant and system or its gas plant and system, may pay for improving,  enlarging or extending the plant and system by the issuance and sale of  revenue bonds. These bonds shall bear interest at a rate of not to exceed  the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at  the time of the making of the contract,  payable semi-annually, and shall mature within the period of usefulness of  the project for which they are issued, such period of usefulness to be  determined by the corporate authorities, but in no event more than 30 years  from the date of completion of the project. The bonds shall be sold in such  manner as the corporate authorities shall determine, except that if issued  to bear interest at the rate of 7% annually, the bonds shall be sold for  not less than par and accrued interest, and except that the selling price  of bonds bearing less than 7% interest shall be such that the interest cost  to the municipality of the money received from the sale of such bonds,  shall not exceed 7% annually, computed to maturity according to standard  tables of bond values.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.The amendatory Acts of 1971, 1972 and 1973 are not a limit upon any  municipality which is a home rule unit.    (Source: P.A. 86-4.)