30 ILCS 355. Metropolitan Civic Center Support Act.

    (30 ILCS 355/1) (from Ch. 85, par. 1391)
    Sec. 1.
    This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Metropolitan Civic Center Support Act.
(Source: P.A. 76-2030.)

    (30 ILCS 355/2) (from Ch. 85, par. 1392)
    Sec. 2. When used in this Act:
    "Authority" means the River Forest Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authority, the Village Board of Trustees of the Village of Rosemont for the sole purposes of rehabilitating, developing and making improvements to the O'Hare Exposition Center, or any Metropolitan Exposition Auditorium and Office Building Authority, Metropolitan Exposition and Auditorium Authority or Civic Center Authority created prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1983 or hereafter created pursuant to the statutes of the State of Illinois, except those created pursuant to the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Act.
    "Bonds" means any limited obligation revenue bonds issued by the Department before July 1, 1989 and by the Bureau (now Office) on or after July 1, 1989 pursuant to Section 7 of this Act.
    "Bond Fund" means the Illinois Civic Center Bond Fund, as provided in this Act.
    "Bond Retirement Fund" means the Illinois Civic Center Bond Retirement and Interest Fund, as provided in this Act.
    "Bond Sale Order" means any order authorizing the issuance and sale of Bonds, which order shall be approved by the Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget.
    "Budget Director" means the Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget.
    "Bureau" means the Bureau of the Budget, (now Governor's Office of Management and Budget).
    "Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
    "Director" means the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
    "Local Bonds" means any bonds subject to State Financial Support under subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of Section 4 of this Act.
    "MEAOB Fund" means the Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Fund, as provided in this Act.
    "Office" means the Governor's Office of Management and Budget.
    "State Financial Support" means either the payment of debt service on bonds issued by an Authority or a unit of local government or the grant to an Authority of the proceeds of Bonds issued by the Department before July 1, 1989 and by the Bureau (now Office) on or after July 1, 1989, all in accordance with subsection (3) of Section 4 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)

    (30 ILCS 355/3) (from Ch. 85, par. 1393)
    Sec. 3. There is hereby created the Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Fund in the State Treasury, into which shall be paid the proceeds of those taxes provided in Section 28 of the "Illinois Horse Racing Act" of 1975, certified December 22, 1975, as now or hereafter amended, and any other revenues, deposits, or transfers as provided by law.
(Source: P.A. 86-44.)

    (30 ILCS 355/4) (from Ch. 85, par. 1394)
    Sec. 4. Moneys will be committed and distributed from the MEAOB Fund in the following manner:
    (1) Any Authority desiring to make application for financial support shall do so on forms and in the manner provided by the Department and accompanied by an economic feasibility report, an economic impact report, master building plan and design, documented evidence that the Authority has been created pursuant to law, a financial plan, and the required local share of total project costs, which local share shall include cash or pledges available on demand through construction in an amount equivalent to 10% of total project costs, and the sources of and procedures for obtaining such local share, including evidence that the local share was authorized at a public meeting. Local share may not include State funds provided to the Authority through grant or loan.
    (2)  (a) The application cycle for each program year is from July 1 to June 30.
    (b) Only Authorities recognized by the Director as being created and organized prior to July 1 of a program year may apply for support in that year.
    (c) An application must be submitted by August 1 to be considered in that year. An application submitted by August 1, 1990, that is not fully funded shall remain on file and shall constitute a continuing application for the following 4 program years ending on June 30, 1992, June 30, 1993, June 30, 1994, and June 30, 1995. An Authority must participate in a consultation with the Department prior to submitting an application.
    (d) Applications shall be made available for public inspection by the Authority.
    (e) The Department shall hold one or more hearings on the applications. Applications may be grouped for hearings.
    (f) Applications may be divided into construction phases, but dividing the project into phases shall not imply subsequent approval of funding the delayed phases. Applications shall be limited to single or multi-purpose projects the primary function of which is to provide public entertainment, exhibitions or conventions or to provide parking facilities related thereto. Office facilities may be included as an incidental rather than a primary function of a project. If the Authority holds land or property not physically contiguous to the civic center property, the Authority may utilize such other lands or property for any facility administered by the Authority, and such facility may be included as an incidental function of a project. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Authority created under the Metropolitan Civic Center Act with a population of less than 100,000, that before July 1, 1990, has received State financial support for 2 theatre renovation projects in 2 separate communities, may be eligible to seek State financial support for an agricultural center, university sports facility, and arena in cooperation with a State university created under the Regency Universities Act.
    (g) The Director shall certify an application as eligible for State financial support if, in his judgment: (i) the application satisfies all conditions in subsection (1) of this Section; (ii) the application proposes a facility which accommodates a documented community need; (iii) the application shows evidence of community support; (iv) the application proposes a facility which can reasonably be expected to provide primary and secondary economic benefits in the metropolitan area of the Authority including such things as job creation, private investments and other benefits; and (v) the application proposes a facility the operational expenses of which are met by the Authority or through other means available to the Authority.
    (h) The Director may deny all or a portion of an application and may deny certification to an applicant if in the judgment of the Director the applicant has failed to show that the project is economically feasible, or if the master building plan and design are incomplete or inadequate, or if the financial plan is inadequate. The submitted application will be competitively ranked: If, after funding the highest ranked applications, the amount available for certification by the Director, as determined by the written certification from the Budget Director pursuant to Section 4(4) of this Act, is insufficient to fund the next highest ranked project and the project cannot be separated into workable phases, the Director may select the next highest ranked project for which funds are sufficient.
    (i) Upon completion of the application review the Director shall provide a list of applications approved and the amount approved, and a list of applications denied and the amount denied to each applicant.
    (j) Applicants denied shall be provided with the reason for denial in writing.
    (k) Applications not certified in one year may be resubmitted in another year, but no preference shall be given to resubmissions, unless the only reason for denial is lack of available State financial support.
    (l) Applications certified prior to June 1, 1985, shall remain certified and eligible for State financial support during fiscal year 1986 after September 3, 1985. Applications received but not certified by the Department prior to June 1, 1985, may be certified during fiscal year 1986 after September 3, 1985 in accordance with statutory provisions in existence at the time the application was received. All such applications shall be given priority over applications subsequently received by the Department.
    (3) (a) The Department shall establish for each applicant which has been certified by the Director as being eligible for State financial support a base sum equal to the lesser of:
        (i) 75% of the total project costs as determined from

applicant's estimate.

        (ii) .0310 times the total assessed valuation, as

equalized by the Department of Revenue, of all taxable property located within the metropolitan area of the Authority for the year 1975 or 1983, whichever is greater.

        (iii) $20,000,000.
    Notwithstanding the foregoing, an applicant with a facility with more than 400,000 square feet of exhibition space shall have a base sum of $15,000,000 in any event, and the applicant shall be eligible to receive up to $10,000,000 of its base sum in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1990, and the balance of its base sum in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1991. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an applicant that has received by July 1, 1990, the maximum amount of State financial support authorized under subsection (3)(a)(iii) of this Section shall receive additional State financial support as appropriated by the General Assembly.
    (b) After this base sum has been established, the Department shall enter into an agreement with the Authority whereby the Department will agree to do one of the following:
        (i) Subject to annual appropriation by the General

Assembly, to pay annually to the Authority from the MEAOB Fund (A) an amount equal to the interest and principal cost to the Authority of amortizing revenue bonds issued by the Authority in an amount equal to the base sum or (B) an amount equal to the interest and principal cost to a unit of local government of amortizing revenue or general obligation bonds issued by the unit of local government pursuant to an intergovernmental cooperation agreement with the Authority in an amount equal to the base sum. The amortization schedule for such revenue or general obligation bonds shall be determined by the Authority or the unit of local government and be approved by the Department; or

        (ii) After September 3, 1985, to provide State

financial support from the issuance of Bonds pursuant to Section 7 of this Act, the proceeds of which shall be granted by the Department to the Authority in an amount equal to the base sum, subject to annual appropriation by the General Assembly. After September 3, 1985, newly certified applicants shall receive State financial support only in accordance with this subparagraph (ii).

    The issuance of Bonds pursuant to Section 7 of this Act to provide State financial support, as provided in subparagraph (ii) above, shall be subject to the satisfaction of all the conditions contained in this Act required for the issuance of Bonds, including, without limitation, those conditions contained in Section 9. Any application certified by the Director as eligible for State financial support in one fiscal year, but for which State financial support is not provided during such fiscal year, shall continue to be certified as eligible for State financial support in subsequent fiscal years.
    (4) Prior to July 1, 1989, the Director shall not certify an applicant Authority as eligible for State Financial Support unless he receives written certification from the Budget Director that the revenues for the last completed fiscal year paid into the MEAOB Fund equal or exceed 175% of the annual debt service required with respect to Bonds and Local Bonds for previously certified applications and the application then under consideration. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1989, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Director shall not certify an applicant Authority as eligible for State Financial Support unless he receives written certification from the Budget Director that the amount to be certified by the Director, when added to all other amounts previously certified by the Director and funded from the proceeds of Bonds, does not exceed the estimated proceeds available under this Act to fund civic center and library projects from the proceeds of Bonds to be issued and sold after July 1, 1989 pursuant to Section 7 of this Act. The total aggregate amount of principal issued and outstanding in Bonds and in Local Bonds subject to State financial support under subsection (3)(b) above at any given time for all Authorities shall not exceed the sum of $200,000,000. Bonds and Local Bonds (or portions thereof) for which there shall be delivered to an escrow agent or trustee for the benefit of the holders thereof either cash or a combination of cash and direct obligations of, or obligations the principal and interest on which are fully guaranteed by, the United States of America shall be deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any determination of, or certification relating to, debt service coverage required by this Act to the extent that the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such bonds are payable from the amount so delivered and any income or increment to accrue thereon (without consideration of any reinvestment thereof). Bonds and Local Bonds (or portions thereof) for which there shall be delivered to an escrow agent or trustee for the benefit of the holders thereof either cash or a combination of cash and direct obligations of, or obligations the principal and interest on which are fully guaranteed by, the United States of America shall be deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any determination of, or certification relating to, the aggregate amount of Bonds and Local Bonds outstanding at any given time under this Act to the extent that the principal of and premium, if any, on such bonds are payable from the amount so delivered and any income or increment to accrue thereon (without consideration of any reinvestment thereof).
(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

    (30 ILCS 355/5) (from Ch. 85, par. 1395)
    Sec. 5. To the extent that moneys in the MEAOB Fund, in the opinion of the Governor and the Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, are in excess of 125% of the maximum debt service in any fiscal year, the Governor shall notify the Comptroller and the State Treasurer of that fact, who upon receipt of such notification shall transfer the excess moneys from the MEAOB Fund to the General Revenue Fund.
(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)

    (30 ILCS 355/6) (from Ch. 85, par. 1396)
    Sec. 6. Annual statements of assets and expenses and annual audit reports shall be submitted to the Department and to the Legislative Audit Commission by each Authority receiving or having received State financial support. Each Authority receiving or having received State financial support shall prepare an annual operating plan which details income and expenditures for the proposed budget year of the Authority. This plan shall contain the appropriate detail for the proposed budget year and a 3 year plan which will justify the project's ability to meet financial obligations by producing sufficient revenue and detailing depreciation and maintenance requirements. Such annual operating plan shall be submitted to the Department and to the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability no later than January 15th of each year.
(Source: P.A. 93-1067, eff. 1-15-05.)

    (30 ILCS 355/7) (from Ch. 85, par. 1397)
    Sec. 7. The Department before July 1, 1989 and the Bureau (now Office) on and after July 1, 1989 are authorized to issue and sell Bonds in the total amount outstanding at any given time of $200,000,000, herein called "Bonds". Bonds may be issued for advance refunding of any or all bonds issued prior to July 1, 1985 by an Authority or a unit of local government subject to repayment from State financial support pursuant to subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of Section 4 of this Act and for the purpose of providing State financial support to Authorities pursuant to subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of Section 4 of this Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Bonds shall be issued in a total amount outstanding at any given time not to exceed $10,000,000, which amount is included within and is not in addition to the $200,000,000 bond authorization under this Section, for the purpose of making construction and improvement grants by the Secretary of State, as State Librarian, to public libraries and library systems, and the Secretary of State, as State Librarian, is authorized to make those grants from moneys appropriated for those purposes. In addition to the $200,000,000 of Bonds authorized above, bonds may be issued by the Bureau (now Office) on and after July 1, 1989 to refund or advance refund previously issued Bonds if the Budget Director determines that the refunding or advance refunding of Bonds results in debt service savings to the State measured on a present value basis.
(Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)

    (30 ILCS 355/8) (from Ch. 85, par. 1397a)
    Sec. 8. An amount necessary to pay the reasonable cost of each issuance and sale of Bonds authorized and sold pursuant to Section 7 of this Act is hereby authorized to be paid from the proceeds of each issue of Bonds. Such costs may include, but shall not be limited to, any one or more of the following: fees and expenses of trustees, depositaries, and paying agents; legal fees; rating agency fees; and the fees of any accountants or experts retained to verify the accuracy of mathematical computations or the adequacy of any deposits to reserve or escrow funds. Such costs also may include the costs of obtaining, from any department or agency of the United States or of the State of Illinois, or any private company or financial institution, any insurance, guaranty, or other credit-support instrument as to, or of, or for the payment or repayment of, interest on or principal of, or both, or premiums on any Bonds or any Local Bonds; and in that connection the Bond Sale Order for any issue of Bonds may authorize the Director or the Budget Director, as the case may be, to enter into any agreement, contract, or any other instrument whatsoever with respect to any such insurance, guaranty, or other credit-support instrument and to accept payment in such manner and form as provided therein, and to assign any such insurance, guaranty, or other credit-support instrument as security for such obligations.
(Source: P.A. 86-44.)

    (30 ILCS 355/9) (from Ch. 85, par. 1397b)
    Sec. 9. (a) Prior to July 1, 1989, Bonds shall be issued and sold from time to time in such amounts as directed by the Director with the approval of the Budget Director. The Budget Director shall withhold approval unless he is able to certify that revenues for the last completed fiscal year paid into the MEAOB Fund equal or exceed 175% of the annual debt service required with respect to bonds subject to State financial support under subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of Section 4 of this Act plus, Bonds previously issued, and plus the Bonds proposed for issuance. No Bonds shall be issued without such prior certification in writing. After July 1, 1989, Bonds shall be issued and sold from time to time in such amounts as directed by the Budget Director. The Budget Director shall not issue and sell bonds unless he is able to certify for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1989, or July 1, 1990, as the case may be, that revenues for the last completed fiscal year paid into the MEAOB Fund pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 8.25e of the State Finance Act and Section 28 of the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 together with the amount to be deposited during such fiscal year pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 8.25e of the State Finance Act, and for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1991 and for each fiscal year thereafter that revenues for the last completed fiscal year paid into the MEAOB Fund equal or exceed 200% of the annual debt service required with respect to bonds subject to State Financial Support under subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of Section 4 of this Act, plus Bonds previously issued, and plus the Bonds prepared for issuance. No Bonds shall be issued without such prior certification in writing.
    (b) Bonds shall be in such form, in such denominations, payable within 30 years from their date, bearing interest payable annually or semi-annually from their date at a rate that does not exceed that permitted in the Bond Authorization Act; provided, however, that if such Bonds are sold at a price less than par the net effective interest rate of the Bonds shall also not exceed that permitted, and shall be dated as shall be fixed and determined by the Director or the Budget Director, as the case may be, in the order authorizing the issuance and sale of Bonds, which order shall be approved by the Director or the Budget Director, as the case may be, and is herein called a "Bond Sale Order". Bonds shall be payable at such place or places within or without the State of Illinois, and may be made registrable as to either principal or as to both principal and interest, as shall be fixed and determined by the Director or the Budget Director, as the case may be, in the Bond Sale Order. Bonds may be callable as fixed and determined by the Director or the Budget Director, as the case may be, in the Bond Sale Order.
    Bonds authorized under this Act shall be issued pursuant to a trust indenture executed and delivered on behalf of the State by the Director or the Budget Director, as the case may be, such trust indenture to be in substantially the form approved in the Bond Sale Order authorizing the issuance and Sale of the Bonds. A trust indenture shall be entered into with a bank or trust company in the State of Illinois designated by the Treasurer having trust powers and possessing capital and surplus of not less than $25,000,000. A trust indenture shall set forth the terms and conditions of the Bonds and provide for payment of and security for the Bonds, including the establishment and maintenance of debt service and reserve funds, and for other protections for holders of the Bonds. The term "reserve funds" as used in this Act shall include funds and accounts established under a trust indenture to provide for the payment of principal of and premium and interest on Bonds and to provide for fees of trustees, registrars, paying agents and other fiduciaries.
(Source: P.A. 86-44; 86-1017; 86-1475.)

    (30 ILCS 355/10) (from Ch. 85, par. 1397c)
    Sec. 10. Bonds shall be executed by the Director or the Budget Director, as the case may be, and attested by the Secretary of State and countersigned by the Treasurer. If Bonds are issued in registered form pursuant to the Registered Bond Act, each of the signatures may be printed facsimile signatures. The trust indenture may also require that each Bond be authenticated by the manual signature of the trustee thereunder. Unless Bonds are issued in fully registered form, interest coupons with facsimile signatures of the Director or the Budget Director, as the case may be, the Secretary of State, and the Treasurer may be attached to the Bonds. The fact that an officer whose signature or facsimile thereof appears on the Bond, interest coupon, indenture or agreement authorized under this Act no longer holds such office at the time the Bond, coupon, indenture or agreement is delivered shall not invalidate such Bond, coupon, indenture or agreement.
(Source: P.A. 86-44.)

    (30 ILCS 355/11) (from Ch. 85, par. 1397d)
    Sec. 11. Bonds shall be sold from time to time pursuant to advertised notice of sale and public bid or by negotiated sale at such price or prices as the Director or the Budget Director, as the case may be, shall, in his sole discretion, determine in order to market the Bonds in an economic, efficient manner. Executed Bonds shall, upon payment therefor, be delivered to the purchaser, and the proceeds of Bonds shall be paid into the State Treasury as directed by Section 12 of this Act. The Director or the Budget Director, as the case may be, is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver contracts of sale with underwriters and to execute and deliver such certificates, agreements and documents and to take such actions and do such things as shall be necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-44.)

    (30 ILCS 355/12) (from Ch. 85, par. 1397e)
    Sec. 12. Proceeds from the sale of Bonds shall be deposited in a separate fund in the State Treasury known as the Illinois Civic Center Bond Fund and shall be expended only pursuant to appropriation by the General Assembly and pursuant to Section 13 of this Act. The General Assembly shall appropriate moneys from the Fund to the Secretary of State, as State Librarian, for the purpose of making grants by the Secretary of State, as State Librarian, under Section 7. Proceeds to be deposited into an advance refunding fund or any debt service or reserve funds as may be required under any trust indenture shall be paid from the Bond Fund to the trustee under the trust indenture specified in the Bond Sale Order at the time of the delivery of the Bonds. Proceeds to be used to pay expenses of issuance and sale shall be paid from the Bond Fund as directed in the Bond Sale Order.
(Source: P.A. 86-1414.)

    (30 ILCS 355/13) (from Ch. 85, par. 1397f)
    Sec. 13. The proceeds from the sale of Bonds issued pursuant to this Act to be deposited into advance refunding, debt service or reserve funds as may be required under any trust indenture are hereby appropriated and authorized to be expended as provided in this Act and in any trust indentures delivered pursuant to this Act. This Act shall constitute an irrevocable and continuing appropriation from the Bond Fund of all amounts necessary for such purposes and the irrevocable and continuing authority for and direction to the State Treasurer and the Comptroller to make the necessary transfers and deposits, as directed in the Bond Sale Order. All other proceeds are, at all times, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly and may be obligated or expended only with the written approval of the Governor in such amounts, at such times, and for such purposes as contemplated in such appropriations and in Section 7 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 84-245.)

    (30 ILCS 355/14) (from Ch. 85, par. 1397g)
    Sec. 14. (a) To provide for the manner of repayment of Bonds, the Governor shall include an appropriation in each annual State Budget of monies in such amount as shall be necessary and sufficient, for the period covered by such budget, to pay the interest, as it shall accrue, on all Bonds issued under this Act, to pay and discharge the principal of such Bonds as shall, by their terms fall due during such period and to pay a premium, if any, on Bonds to be redeemed prior to the maturity date and to replenish any reserve fund as may be required under any trust indenture.
    (b) A separate fund in the State Treasury called the "Illinois Civic Center Bond Retirement and Interest Fund" is hereby created.
    (c) The Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall pay subject to annual appropriation by the General Assembly the principal of, interest on, and premium, if any, on Bonds sold under this Act from the Bond Retirement Fund.
(Source: P.A. 93-839, eff. 7-30-04.)

    (30 ILCS 355/15) (from Ch. 85, par. 1397h)
    Sec. 15. (a) Upon each delivery of Bonds authorized to be issued under this Act, the Comptroller shall compute and certify to the Treasurer the total amount of principal of and interest on Bonds issued that will be payable in order to retire such Bonds and the amount of principal of and interest on such Bonds that will be payable on each payment date according to the tenor of such Bonds during the then current and each succeeding fiscal year.
    (b) On or before the last day of each month the Treasurer and Comptroller shall transfer from the MEAOB Fund to the Bond Retirement Fund an amount sufficient to pay the aggregate of the principal of, interest on, and premium, if any, on Bonds payable, by their terms on the next payment date divided by the number of full calendar months between the date of such Bonds and the first such payment date, and thereafter, divided by the number of months between each succeeding payment date after the first. Such computations and transfers shall be made for each series of Bonds issued and delivered; provided that in any fiscal year such transfers shall not exceed $19,000,000. The transfer of monies herein and above directed is not required if monies in the Bond Retirement Fund are more than the amount otherwise to be transferred as herein above provided, and if the Budget Director notifies the Treasurer and Comptroller of such fact.
    (c) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a transfer of funds from the MEAOB Fund to the General Revenue Fund in accordance with Section 5 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-44.)

    (30 ILCS 355/16) (from Ch. 85, par. 1397i)
    Sec. 16. (a) All Bonds issued in accordance with this Act shall be direct, limited obligations of the State of Illinois payable solely from and secured by an irrevocable, first priority pledge of and lien on moneys on deposit in (i) the Bond Retirement Fund and (ii) any fund or account maintained pursuant to any trust indenture securing any Bonds to the extent so provided in such indenture; provided, however, that Bonds of any series may be secured on a parity basis with, or on a senior or junior basis with respect to, any other series of Bonds as provided in the Bond Sale Order and trust indenture relating to such series. The Bonds are not general obligations of the State of Illinois and are not secured by a pledge of the full faith and credit of the State of Illinois and the holders of Bonds may not require the levy or imposition of any taxes or the application of other State revenues or funds to the payment of Bonds. Each Bond shall describe the limited nature of the State's obligation on the face thereof.
    (b) The Bonds shall be securities appropriate and acceptable for collateral as described in Section 6 of "An Act relating to certain investments of public funds by public agencies", approved July 23, 1943, as amended, or in any similar Act providing for the collateralization of public funds.
(Source: P.A. 84-245.)

    (30 ILCS 355/17) (from Ch. 85, par. 1397j)
    Sec. 17. If the State fails to pay the principal of or interest on any of the Bonds or premium, if any, as the same become due, a civil action to compel payment may be instituted in the Circuit Court of Sangamon County by the holder or holders of the Bonds on which such default of payment exists. Delivery of a summons and a copy of the complaint to the Attorney General shall constitute sufficient service to give the Circuit Court of Sangamon County jurisdiction of the subject matter of such a suit and jurisdiction over the State and its officers named as defendants for the purpose of compelling such payment.
(Source: P.A. 86-44.)

    (30 ILCS 355/18) (from Ch. 85, par. 1397k)
    Sec. 18. The State of Illinois irrevocably covenants and agrees with the holders of Bonds issued pursuant to this Act that the State will not limit or alter (a) the basis on which the taxes and revenues of the State are required to be collected and deposited in the MEAOB Fund and to be transferred from the MEAOB Fund; (b) the basis on which transfers of amounts credited to the MEAOB Fund are required to be made to the Bond Retirement Fund; (c) the purposes of the Bond Retirement Fund; or (d) the provisions of this Act or the provisions of "An Act in relation to State finance", approved June 10, 1919, as amended, so as to impair, in any of the foregoing respects, the obligations of contract incurred by the State in favor of the holders of Bonds issued under this Act. The covenant and agreement set forth in this Section may be included in any Bond Sale Order, trust indenture, agreement or Bond authorized under this Act.
(Source: P.A. 84-245.)

    (30 ILCS 355/19)
    Sec. 19. Annual payments of principal and interest; local option.
    (a) If the State has issued its bonds pursuant to Section 7 of this Act on behalf of a local Civic Center Authority to help fund the construction of the Authority's facilities, if those bonds have been outstanding for at least 10 years, and if the board of trustees or the city council of the village or city where the Civic Center Authority is located makes a finding in a duly adopted ordinance that it is no longer feasible to operate or cause the facilities of the Authority to be operated in such a manner that, collectively, they will earn sufficient revenues for the Authority to pay all of its operating costs, then the board of trustees or city council may, at its option, apply to the State for relief from the terms of any and all Support Agreements between the State and the Authority.
    (b) When applying to the State for relief from the terms of any such Support Agreement, the board of trustees or city council must enter into a written agreement with the State, Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, whereby the board of trustees or city council agrees to make the annual principal and interest payments on any and all outstanding bonds issued by the State on behalf of the village's or city's Civic Center Authority until all such outstanding bonds have been paid in full. In addition, the written agreement shall provide that the board of trustees or city council shall deposit the amount of each annual principal and interest payment on all such outstanding bonds with the State Treasurer's Office at least 30 days before the due date of all such annual payments. Upon the execution of such an agreement between the State of Illinois, Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and the board of trustees or city council, the Board of the local Metropolitan Exposition, Auditorium and Office Building Authority of that village or city shall declare an abandonment of all of its facilities and activities, and the board of trustees or city council may adopt an ordinance dissolving its Civic Center Authority.
(Source: P.A. 96-1209, eff. 7-22-10.)