(105 ILCS 5/17-17)
Sec. 17-17. School board establishment of lines of credit.
(a) In lieu of issuing tax anticipation warrants in
accordance with Section 17-16 of this Code, the school board of a
school district having a population of 500,000 or less inhabitants may
issue notes, bonds, or other obligations (and in connection
with that issuance, establish a line of credit with a bank or other financial institution)
in an amount not to exceed 85% of the amount of property
taxes most recently levied for educational, operations and maintenance, transportation, or other tax levy
purposes or any combination thereof. Moneys thus borrowed shall be applied to the purposes
for which the tax or any combination of the taxes may be levied and no other purpose. All moneys so
borrowed shall be repaid exclusively from property tax
revenues within 60 days after the property tax revenues have been
received by the board.
(a-5) In lieu of issuing notes or certificates in accordance with the provisions of the Revenue Anticipation Act or Section 18-18 of this Code, the school board of a school district having a population of 500,000 or less inhabitants may anticipate revenues due in the current fiscal year or expected to be due in the next subsequent fiscal year and issue notes, bonds, or other obligations (and in connection with that issuance, establish a line of credit with a bank or other financial institution) in an amount not to exceed the following: (1) if anticipating revenues due in the current |
All moneys so borrowed shall be repaid exclusively from the anticipated revenues within 60 days after the revenues have been received.
(b) Borrowing authorized under subsections (a) and (a-5) of this
Section shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed the
maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, from
the date of issuance until paid.
(c) Prior to borrowing or establishing a line
of credit under this Section, the board shall authorize, by resolution,
the borrowing or line of credit. The resolution
shall set forth facts demonstrating the need for the
borrowing or line of credit, state the amount to be borrowed,
establish a maximum interest rate limit not to exceed that
set forth in subsection (b) of this Section, and provide a
date by which the borrowed funds shall be repaid. The
resolution shall direct the relevant officials to make arrangements to
set apart and hold the taxes or other revenue, as received,
that will be used to repay the borrowing. In addition, the
resolution may authorize the relevant officials to make
partial repayments of the borrowing as the taxes or other revenues become
available and may contain any other terms, restrictions, or
limitations not inconsistent with the provisions of this
Section.
(Source: P.A. 96-19, eff. 6-26-09.)
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