(30 ILCS 750/8-3) (from Ch. 127, par. 2708-3)

Sec. 8-3. Powers of the Department. The Department has the power to:

(a) provide business development public infrastructure loans or grants from appropriations from the Build Illinois Bond Fund, the Fund for Illinois' Future, and the Public Infrastructure Construction Loan Fund to local governments to provide or improve a community's public infrastructure so as to create or retain private sector jobs pursuant to the provisions of this Article;

(b) provide affordable financing of public infrastructure loans and grants to, or on behalf of, local governments, local public entities, medical facilities, and public health clinics from appropriations from the Public Infrastructure Construction Loan Fund for the purpose of assisting with the financing, or application and access to financing, of a community's public infrastructure necessary to health, safety, and economic development;

(c) enter into agreements, accept funds or grants, and engage in cooperation with agencies of the federal government, or state or local governments to carry out the purposes of this Article, and to use funds appropriated pursuant to this Article to participate in federal infrastructure loan and grant programs upon such terms and conditions as may be established by the federal government;

(d) establish application, notification, contract, and other procedures, rules, or regulations deemed necessary and appropriate to carry out the provisions of this Article;

(e) coordinate assistance under this program with activities of the Illinois Finance Authority in order to maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of State development programs;

(f) coordinate assistance under the Affordable Financing of Public Infrastructure Loan and Grant Program with the activities of the Illinois Finance Authority, Illinois Housing Development Authority, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, and other federal and State programs and entities providing financing assistance to communities for public health, safety, and economic development infrastructure;

(f-5) provide staff, administration, and related support required to manage the programs authorized under this Article and pay for the staffing, administration, and related support from the Public Infrastructure Construction Loan Revolving Fund;

(g) exercise such other powers as are necessary or incidental to the foregoing.

(Source: P.A. 93-205 (Sections 890-10, 890-34, and 890-43), eff. 1-1-04; 94-91, eff. 7-1-05.)