(105 ILCS 5/34A-103) (from Ch. 122, par. 34A-103)

Sec. 34A-103. Definitions. As used in this Article:

(a) "Authority" means the "(Name of City) School Finance Authority";

(b) "Board" means any board of education to which this Article is applicable;

(c) "Budget" means the budget of the Board as defined in Section 34-43 of this Act, as from time to time in effect;

(d) "Chairman" means the chairman of the Authority appointed pursuant to paragraph (c) of Section 34A-301 of this Article;

(e) "City" means the city wherein the school district of such Board is located;

(f) "Financial Plan" means the financial plan of the Board to be developed pursuant to Section 34A-403 of this Article, as from time to time in effect;

(g) "Fiscal Year" means the fiscal year of the Board;

(h) "Governor" means the Governor of the State of Illinois;

(i) "School year" means the school year of the Board;

(j) "Approved System-Wide Educational Reform Goals and Objectives Plan" means the system-wide educational reform goals and objectives plan that has been accepted and approved by the Authority;

(k) "Investment Obligations" means any of the following which at the time of investment are legal investments under the laws of the State for the money proposed to be invested therein:

(i) Direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America;

(ii) Bonds, debentures or notes or other evidence of indebtedness issued or guaranteed by any of the following agencies: Bank for Cooperatives; Federal Intermediate Credit Banks; Federal Land Banks; Federal Home Loan Banks; the Federal National Mortgage Association; the United States Postal Service; the Government National Mortgage Association; the Federal Financing National Mortgage Association; the Federal Financing Bank; or any other agency or instrumentality of the United States of America now existing or hereafter created;

(iii) New Housing Authority Bonds issued by public agencies or municipalities and fully secured as to the payment of both principal and interest by a pledge of annual contributions under an Annual Contributions Contract or Contracts with the United States of America, or Project Notes issued by public agencies or municipalities and fully secured as to the payment of both principal and interest by a requisition or payment agreement with the United States of America;

(iv) Direct and general obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the State, to the payment of the principal of and interest on which the full faith and credit of the State is pledged;

(v) Negotiable or non-negotiable time deposits evidenced by certificates of deposit issued by banks, trust companies or national banking associations (which may include the trustee) which are members of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and savings and loan associations which are members of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, provided that such time deposits in any such bank, trust company, national banking association or savings and loan association are continuously secured by obligations described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) of this definition, provided further that such obligations at all times have a market value at least equal to the maturity value of the deposits so secured, including accrued interest; and

(vi) Repurchase agreements with banks (which may include the trustee) described in clause (v) of this definition and government bond dealers reporting to, trading with, and recognized as primary dealers by a Federal Reserve Bank, the underlying securities of which are obligations described in clauses (i) or (ii) of this definition, provided that the underlying securities are required to be continuously maintained at a market value not less than the amount so invested;

(l) "Mayor" means the Mayor of the City;

(m) "Obligations" means bonds and notes of the Authority;

(n) "State" means the State of Illinois.

(Source: P.A. 85-1418; 86-1477.)