Refunding Surplus After Bonds Paid



 
    (105 ILCS 5/prec. Sec. 19-27 heading)
REFUNDING SURPLUS AFTER BONDS PAID

    (105 ILCS 5/19-27) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-27)
    Sec. 19-27. Payment to treasurer.
    Whenever all the bonds of any school district have been paid and cancelled upon the records of the school treasurer and there remains in the hands of the county collector or any ex-county collector, the county treasurer, or ex-county treasurer, any balance to the credit of the bond fund of the school township, the county collector or ex-county collector, county treasurer or ex-county treasurer shall pay to the school treasurer the balance of such funds in his hands and the school treasurer shall give his receipt therefor.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)

    (105 ILCS 5/19-28) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-28)
    Sec. 19-28. Distribution and apportionment. At the first regular semi-annual meeting of the trustees of the township after the receipt of the funds mentioned in Section 19-27, they shall distribute and apportion the funds among the districts or fractions of districts of the township whose treasurer is the township treasurer, and among the school boards or board of incorporated cities, towns or school districts in such township having a treasurer other than the township treasurer, in proportion to the number of children under 21 years of age in each. The funds thus apportioned shall be placed on the books of the treasurer to the credit of the respective districts and the same shall be paid out by the treasurer on the legal orders of the school boards of the proper districts, except such part of the fund as may be payable to the boards of education of incorporated cities, towns or school districts having a treasurer other than the township treasurer, which portion of the fund shall be paid by the township treasurer to the treasurer of the board of education.
(Source: P.A. 86-1441.)

    (105 ILCS 5/19-29) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-29)
    Sec. 19-29. Computation of debt incurring power. In computing the debt incurring power of any school district where there has been included in any such school district only a part of any former school district which at the time of such inclusion has outstanding bonded indebtedness, a proportionate amount of such bonded indebtedness shall be chargeable to such school district based upon the ratio that the assessed valuation of taxable property as equalized and determined by the Department of Revenue in that part of the territory of such former school district that has been included in any such school district bears to the total assessed valuation of the former school district as equalized and determined by the Department of Revenue for the year in which the change occurred, and the proportionate amount of such bonded indebtedness shall be chargeable against such school district in determining its debt incurring power.
(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)

    (105 ILCS 5/19-30) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-30)
    Sec. 19-30. Any school district which, pursuant to Section 10-22.31b of this Act, has entered into a joint agreement with one or more school districts to acquire, build, establish and maintain sites and buildings for area vocational purposes may by proper resolution borrow money for the purpose of acquiring sites and buildings and building, equipping, improving and remodeling buildings and sites for vocational education purposes and as evidence of such indebtedness issue bonds without referendum, provided that the project which is the subject of such joint agreement has been designated by the State Board of Vocational Education and Rehabilitation as an Area Secondary Vocational Center, and further provided (a) that such district has been authorized by referendum to impose the tax under Section 17-2.4 of this Act, or (b) that such district, not having been so authorized by such referendum, by resolution has authorized the payment of its proportionate share of the cost of the area vocational center under such agreement from funds raised by building tax levies. The proceeds of the sale of such bonds may, in the discretion of the school board of the district issuing such bonds, be transferred to the Capital Development Board, any other school district which is a party to such joint agreement or the State or any of its agencies provided, however, that such board first determines that such transfer is necessary in order to accomplish the purposes for which such bonds are issued. The amount of the bonds issued by any such participating school district shall not exceed the district's estimated proportionate share of the cost of the area vocational center as budgeted under such agreement and as certified by the State Board of Vocational Education and Rehabilitation, and provided that (a) any such participating district which has been authorized by referendum to impose the tax under Section 17-2.4 of this Act, shall thereafter reduce the maximum statutory amount which may be raised by such levy under Section 17-2.4 to the extent of the total amount to be yielded by the imposition of the tax authorized by this Section, and (b) any such participating district, not having been so authorized by such referendum, but having by resolution authorized the payment of its proportionate share of the cost of the area vocational center under such joint agreement from funds raised by building tax levies, shall thereafter, annually reduce the maximum statutory amount which may be raised by such building tax levies to the extent of the amount to be yielded annually by the imposition of the tax authorized by this Section. Such 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, and shall mature within 20 years from date.
    The failure on the part of a school district to abate or reduce such taxes as described in (a) and (b) shall not constitute a forfeiture by the district of its right to levy the direct annual tax authorized by this Section.
    In order to authorize and issue such bonds, the school board shall adopt a resolution fixing the amount of the bonds, the date thereof, maturities thereof, rates of interest thereof, place of payment and denomination, which shall be in denominations of not less than $100 and not more than $5,000 and provide for the levy and collection of a direct annual tax upon all the taxable property in the school district sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on such bonds to maturity. Upon the filing in the office of the County Clerk or Clerks of the County or Counties in which the school district is located of a certified copy of such resolution it shall be the duty of such County Clerk or Clerks to extend the tax therefor, in addition to and in excess of all other taxes heretofore or hereafter authorized to be levied by such school district.
    This Section shall be cumulative and it shall constitute complete authority for site acquisitions and building programs and for the issuance of bonds as provided for hereunder, notwithstanding any other statute or law to the contrary.
    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.)

    (105 ILCS 5/19-31) (from Ch. 122, par. 19-31)
    Sec. 19-31. Any school district which, pursuant to Section 10-22.31b of this Act, or under the provisions of the "Intergovernmental Cooperation Act", has entered into a joint agreement or contract with one or more school districts to acquire, build, establish and maintain sites and buildings for the education of one or more of the types of children with disabilities as defined in Sections 14-1.02 through 14-1.07 of this Act, may by proper resolution of the board borrow money for the purpose of acquiring sites and buildings and building, equipping, improving and remodeling buildings and sites for such special education purposes, and as evidence of such indebtedness issue bonds, provided that the project which is the subject of such joint agreement has been approved by the State Board of Education. The proceeds of the sale of such bonds may, in the discretion of the school board of the district issuing such bonds, be transferred to the Capital Development Board, any other school district which is a party to such joint agreement, or the State or any of its agencies provided, however, that such board first determines that such transfer is necessary in order to accomplish the purposes for which such bonds are issued. The amount of the bonds issued by any such participating school district shall not exceed the district's estimated proportionate share of the cost of such special education purposes as budgeted under such joint agreement or contract, and shall be amortized over a period not exceeding the number of years of levy remaining available to such participating school district under Section 17-2.2a of this Act, and provided further that any such participating district shall thereafter reduce the maximum statutory amount which may be raised by the tax levy authorized under Section 17-2.2a of this Act to the extent of the total amount to be yielded by the imposition of the tax authorized by this Section. The failure on the part of a school district to abate or reduce such taxes shall not however constitute a forfeiture by the district of its right to levy the direct annual tax authorized by this Section.
    Such 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, and shall mature within 8 years from the date of issuance. In order to authorize and issue such bonds, the school board shall adopt a resolution fixing the amount of the bonds, the date thereof, maturities thereof, rates of interest thereof, place of payment and denomination, which shall be in denominations of not less than $100 and not more than $5,000 and provide for the levy and collection of a direct annual tax upon all the taxable property in the school district sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on such bonds to maturity, but not to exceed the levy authorized under Section 17-2.2a. Upon the filing in the office of the County Clerk or Clerks of the County or Counties in which the school district is located of a certified copy of such resolution it shall be the duty of such County Clerk or Clerks to extend the tax therefor, in addition to and in excess of all other taxes heretofore or hereafter authorized to be levied by such school district.
    This Section shall be cumulative and it shall constitute complete authority for site acquisitions and building programs and for the issuance of bonds as provided for hereunder, notwithstanding any other statute or law to the contrary.
    Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section, any school district qualifying for a special education construction grant pursuant to the Capital Development Board Act may finance the construction project by levying the tax authorized by Section 17-2.2a and issuing bonds in the manner provided for in this Section at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, as amended at the time of the making of the contract, with a maturity date not more than 20 years from the date of issuance.
    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. 89-397, eff. 8-20-95.)