2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 30 - FINANCE › 30 ILCS 385/ - Motor Fuel Tax Fund Bond Act.

(30 ILCS 385/0.01) (from Ch. 121, par. 101-90)
Sec. 0.01. 
		Short title. 
		This Act may be cited as the
Motor Fuel Tax Fund Bond Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
(30 ILCS 385/1) (from Ch. 121, par. 102-1)
Sec. 1. 
		
		
		As used in this Act:
(a) "Governmental unit" means any county, township, road district, city,
village or incorporated town.
(b) "Highway" means a highway as defined in the Illinois Highway Code.
(c) "Road district" means a road district as defined in the Illinois
Highway Code.
(Source: P.A. 76-374.)
(30 ILCS 385/2) (from Ch. 121, par. 102-2)
Sec. 2. 
		
		The governing body of a governmental unit may issue bonds of the
governmental unit for the purpose of constructing or improving highways of
the governmental unit. The governing body of the governmental unit, and in
the case of townships and road districts only with written approval of
their respective county engineers  or superintendents of highways, and in
the case of consolidated road districts only with written approval of their
county boards, shall, before issuing such bonds, by resolution determine
that it is necessary to issue bonds of the governmental unit for the
purpose of constructing or improving particular highways, and specify the
type of construction or improvements, the proposed width of the highways,
together with an estimate of the cost of such construction or improvements
and the amount of bonds to be issued.
(Source: P.A. 87-217.)
(30 ILCS 385/3) (from Ch. 121, par. 102-3)
Sec. 3. 
		
		The governing body of the governmental unit shall issue the bonds of the
governmental unit not exceeding the amount named in the resolution. Such
bonds shall become due not more than 30 years after their date, shall be in
denominations of $100 or any multiple thereof, and shall bear interest, at
a rate not exceeding the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization
Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract,
for bonds issued before
January 1, 1972
and at a rate not exceeding the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization
Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract,
for bonds issued
after January 1,
1972, payable semiannually, as shall be determined by the governing body.
Such bonds shall be sold in competitive bids; and the governing body may,
if it is of the opinion that the bids are unsatisfactory, reject the bids
and re-advertise and solicit other bids.
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.)
(30 ILCS 385/4) (from Ch. 121, par. 102-4)
Sec. 4. 
		
		
		The bonds authorized by this Act shall be sold and the proceeds used
solely for the specified purpose. At the time or before issuing any such
bonds, the governing body shall adopt a resolution fixing the details of
such bonds and providing for the payment of the principal and interest on
such bonds as the same become due out of the motor fuel tax funds allotted
to such governmental unit, subject to the approval of the Department of
Transportation as provided in the Illinois Highway Code.
The proceeds received from the sale of the bonds shall be placed in a
special fund in the governmental unit treasury to be designated as the
"Bond Highway Fund" and thereafter in the annual appropriation bill
appropriate from such fund such sum or sums as may be necessary to carry
out the provisions of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 77-179.)