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                                                91HB4582sam01

 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4582

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 4582  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN  ACT to amend the Build Illinois Bond Act by changing
 5    Sections 2 and 4."; and

 6    by replacing everything after the enacting  clause  with  the
 7    following:

 8        "Section  5.   The  Build Illinois Bond Act is amended by
 9    changing Sections 2 and 4 as follows:

10        (30 ILCS 425/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 2802)
11        Sec. 2.  Authorization for Bonds.  The State of  Illinois
12    is  authorized  to issue, sell and provide for the retirement
13    of limited obligation bonds, notes  and  other  evidences  of
14    indebtedness  of the State of Illinois in the total principal
15    amount  of  $2,851,970,000   $2,790,970,000   herein   called
16    "Bonds".   Such  authorized  amount of Bonds shall be reduced
17    from time to time by amounts, if any, which are equal to  the
18    moneys  received  by  the Department of Revenue in any fiscal
19    year pursuant to Section  3-1001  of  the  "Illinois  Vehicle
20    Code",  as  amended, in excess of the Annual Specified Amount
21    (as defined in Section 3 of the  "Retailers'  Occupation  Tax
 
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 1    Act",  as  amended) and transferred at the end of such fiscal
 2    year from the General Revenue  Fund  to  the  Build  Illinois
 3    Purposes  Fund  as  provided  in Section 3-1001 of said Code;
 4    provided, however, that no such reduction  shall  affect  the
 5    validity  or enforceability of any Bonds issued prior to such
 6    reduction.   Such  amount  of  authorized  Bonds   shall   be
 7    exclusive  of  any refunding Bonds issued pursuant to Section
 8    15 of this Act and exclusive of any Bonds issued pursuant  to
 9    this Section which are redeemed, purchased, advance refunded,
10    or  defeased in accordance with paragraph (f) of Section 4 of
11    this Act.  Bonds shall  be  issued  for  the  categories  and
12    specific purposes expressed in Section 4 of this Act.
13    (Source: P.A. 91-39, eff. 6-15-99; 91-53, eff. 6-30-99.)

14        (30 ILCS 425/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 2804)
15        Sec. 4. Purposes of Bonds.  Bonds shall be issued for the
16    following  purposes  and  in  the  approximate amounts as set
17    forth below:
18        (a)  $2,029,889,000 $2,069,889,000 for  the  expenses  of
19    issuance and sale of Bonds, including bond discounts, and for
20    planning,     engineering,     acquisition,     construction,
21    reconstruction, development, improvement and extension of the
22    public  infrastructure  in  the State of Illinois, including:
23    the making of loans or grants to local governments for  waste
24    disposal  systems,  water and sewer line extensions and water
25    distribution and purification  facilities,  rail  or  air  or
26    water port improvements, gas and electric utility extensions,
27    publicly  owned  industrial  and  commercial sites, buildings
28    used for public  administration  purposes  and  other  public
29    infrastructure  capital  improvements; the making of loans or
30    grants  to  units  of  local  government  for  financing  and
31    construction  of  wastewater   facilities;   refinancing   or
32    retiring  bonds issued between January 1, 1987 and January 1,
33    1990 by home rule municipalities, debt service  on  which  is
 
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 1    provided from a tax imposed by home rule municipalities prior
 2    to  January 1, 1990 on the sale of food and drugs pursuant to
 3    Section  8-11-1  of  the  Home  Rule   Municipal   Retailers'
 4    Occupation  Tax  Act  or  Section  8-11-5  of  the  Home Rule
 5    Municipal Service Occupation Tax Act; the making of  deposits
 6    not  to  exceed  $70,000,000  in the aggregate into the Water
 7    Pollution Control Revolving Fund  to  provide  assistance  in
 8    accordance   with   the  provisions  of  Title  IV-A  of  the
 9    Environmental  Protection  Act;  the  planning,  engineering,
10    acquisition,   construction,   reconstruction,    alteration,
11    expansion,  extension  and  improvement of highways, bridges,
12    structures separating highways  and  railroads,  rest  areas,
13    interchanges,  access  roads  to  and from any State or local
14    highway and other transportation improvement  projects  which
15    are related to economic development activities; the making of
16    loans  or  grants  for planning, engineering, rehabilitation,
17    improvement or construction of rail and  transit  facilities;
18    the   planning,   engineering,   acquisition,   construction,
19    reconstruction  and improvement of watershed, drainage, flood
20    control, recreation and related improvements and  facilities,
21    including  expenses related to land and easement acquisition,
22    relocation, control structures, channel work and clearing and
23    appurtenant work; the making of grants  for  improvement  and
24    development  of  zoos  and  park  district  field  houses and
25    related structures; and the making of grants for  improvement
26    and development of Navy Pier and related structures.
27        (b)  $114,301,500   $71,301,500  for  fostering  economic
28    development and increased employment and the  well  being  of
29    the citizens of Illinois, including: the making of grants for
30    improvement  and  development  of McCormick Place and related
31    structures;   the   planning   and    construction    of    a
32    microelectronics  research  center,  including  the planning,
33    engineering,  construction,   improvement,   renovation   and
34    acquisition  of  buildings,  equipment  and  related  utility
 
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 1    support  systems;  the  making  of  loans  to  businesses and
 2    investments in small businesses;  acquiring  real  properties
 3    for  industrial  or  commercial  site development; acquiring,
 4    rehabilitating  and  reconveying  industrial  and  commercial
 5    properties  for  the  purpose  of  expanding  employment  and
 6    encouraging private and other public sector investment in the
 7    economy of Illinois; the payment of expenses associated  with
 8    siting    the   Superconducting   Super   Collider   Particle
 9    Accelerator   in   Illinois   and   with   its   acquisition,
10    construction, maintenance, operation, promotion and  support;
11    the   making   of   loans   for  the  planning,  engineering,
12    acquisition,  construction,  improvement  and  conversion  of
13    facilities  and  equipment  which  will  foster  the  use  of
14    Illinois coal; the payment of expenses  associated  with  the
15    promotion,  establishment, acquisition and operation of small
16    business  incubator  facilities  and  agribusiness   research
17    facilities,   including   the  lease,  purchase,  renovation,
18    planning,  engineering,  construction  and   maintenance   of
19    buildings,  utility  support systems and equipment designated
20    for such purposes and the establishment  and  maintenance  of
21    centralized  support services within such facilities; and the
22    making of grants or loans to units of  local  government  for
23    Urban   Development  Action  Grant  and  Housing  Partnership
24    programs.
25        (c)  $559,128,600 $521,128,600 for  the  development  and
26    improvement   of   educational,   scientific,  technical  and
27    vocational programs  and  facilities  and  the  expansion  of
28    health  and  human  services  for  all  citizens of Illinois,
29    including: the making of construction and improvement  grants
30    and loans to public libraries and library systems; the making
31    of  grants  and  loans for planning, engineering, acquisition
32    and  construction  of  a  new  State   central   library   in
33    Springfield;   the  planning,  engineering,  acquisition  and
34    construction of an animal and dairy  sciences  facility;  the
 
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 1    planning,  engineering,  acquisition  and  construction  of a
 2    campus and all related buildings, facilities,  equipment  and
 3    materials  for  Richland  Community College; the acquisition,
 4    rehabilitation and installation of  equipment  and  materials
 5    for  scientific  and historical surveys; the making of grants
 6    or loans for distribution to  eligible  vocational  education
 7    instructional   programs  for  the  upgrading  of  vocational
 8    education programs, school shops and laboratories,  including
 9    the acquisition, rehabilitation and installation of technical
10    equipment  and  materials;  the making of grants or loans for
11    distribution to eligible local educational agencies  for  the
12    upgrading   of   math  and  science  instructional  programs,
13    including the  acquisition  of  instructional  equipment  and
14    materials;    miscellaneous    capital    improvements    for
15    universities  and  community colleges including the planning,
16    engineering,   construction,   reconstruction,    remodeling,
17    improvement,  repair  and  installation of capital facilities
18    and  costs  of  planning,  supplies,  equipment,   materials,
19    services,  and  all  other  required  expenses; the making of
20    grants or loans  for  repair,  renovation  and  miscellaneous
21    capital  improvements  for  privately  operated  colleges and
22    universities and community colleges, including the  planning,
23    engineering,   acquisition,   construction,   reconstruction,
24    remodeling,  improvement,  repair and installation of capital
25    facilities  and  costs  of  planning,  supplies,   equipment,
26    materials, services, and all other required expenses; and the
27    making   of   grants  or  loans  for  distribution  to  local
28    governments for hospital and  other  health  care  facilities
29    including    the    planning,    engineering,    acquisition,
30    construction, reconstruction, remodeling, improvement, repair
31    and installation of capital facilities and costs of planning,
32    supplies,   equipment,  materials,  services  and  all  other
33    required expenses.
34        (d)  $148,650,900    $128,650,900     for     protection,
 
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 1    preservation,  restoration  and conservation of environmental
 2    and natural resources, including: the  making  of  grants  to
 3    soil  and  water  conservation districts for the planning and
 4    implementation of  conservation  practices  and  for  funding
 5    contracts  with  the  Soil Conservation Service for watershed
 6    planning; the making of grants to units of  local  government
 7    for  the  capital  development  and improvement of recreation
 8    areas,  including  planning  and  engineering  costs,   sewer
 9    projects,  including planning and engineering costs and water
10    projects, including planning and engineering costs,  and  for
11    the   acquisition   of   open   space  lands,  including  the
12    acquisition of easements and other property interests of less
13    than fee simple ownership; the acquisition and related  costs
14    and  development  and  management  of natural heritage lands,
15    including natural  areas  and  areas  providing  habitat  for
16    endangered  species  and  nongame  wildlife,  and buffer area
17    lands; the acquisition and related costs and development  and
18    management  of  habitat  lands,  including  forest,  wildlife
19    habitat  and  wetlands;  and  the  removal and disposition of
20    hazardous  substances,  including   the   cost   of   project
21    management,  equipment,  laboratory analysis, and contractual
22    services necessary for preventative  and  corrective  actions
23    related  to the preservation, restoration and conservation of
24    the environment, including deposits not to exceed $60,000,000
25    in the aggregate  into  the  Hazardous  Waste  Fund  and  the
26    Brownfields Redevelopment Fund for improvements in accordance
27    with the provisions of Titles V and XVII of the Environmental
28    Protection Act.
29        (e)  The  amount  specified  in paragraph (a) above shall
30    include an amount necessary to  pay  reasonable  expenses  of
31    each  issuance  and  sale  of  the Bonds, as specified in the
32    related Bond Sale Order (hereinafter defined).
33        (f)  Any unexpended proceeds from any sale of Bonds which
34    are held in the Build Illinois  Bond  Fund  may  be  used  to
 
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 1    redeem,  purchase,  advance  refund,  or  defease  any  Bonds
 2    outstanding.
 3    (Source: P.A. 91-39, eff. 6-15-99; 91-53, eff. 6-30-99.)

 4        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 5    becoming law.".

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