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| 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010SB2673
  Introduced 1/28/2010, by Sen. John J. Cullerton  SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 
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|  |  |     Amends the Illinois Finance Authority Act.  Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the powers of the Authority.
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|  |  | SB2673 |  | LRB096 17276 RCE 32626 b |  | 
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| 1 |  |     AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 |  |     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 |  | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 |  |     Section 5. The Illinois Finance Authority Act is amended by  | 
| 5 |  | changing Section 830-5 as follows:
 
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| 6 |  |     (20 ILCS 3501/830-5)
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| 7 |  |     Sec. 830-5. The Authority shall have the following powers: 
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| 8 |  |     (a) To loan its funds to one or more persons to be used by  | 
| 9 |  | such persons to
pay
the
the costs of acquiring, constructing,  | 
| 10 |  | reconstructing or improving Agricultural
Facilities, soil or  | 
| 11 |  | water conservation projects or watershed areas, such loans
to  | 
| 12 |  | be on such terms and conditions, and for such period of time,  | 
| 13 |  | and secured or
evidenced by such mortgages, deeds of trust,  | 
| 14 |  | notes, debentures, bonds or other
secured or unsecured  | 
| 15 |  | evidences of indebtedness of such persons as the Board may
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| 16 |  | determine; | 
| 17 |  |     (b) To loan its funds to any agribusiness which operates or  | 
| 18 |  | will operate a
facility located in Illinois for those purposes  | 
| 19 |  | permitted by rules and
regulations issued pursuant to the  | 
| 20 |  | Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended,
relating to the use  | 
| 21 |  | of moneys loaned from the proceeds from the issuance of
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| 22 |  | industrial development revenue bonds; such loans shall be on  | 
| 23 |  | terms and
conditions, and for periods of time, and secured or  | 
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| 1 |  | evidenced by mortgages,
deeds of trust, notes, debentures,  | 
| 2 |  | bonds or other secured or unsecured
evidences
of indebtedness  | 
| 3 |  | of such agribusiness as the Board may require;
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| 4 |  |     (c) To purchase, or to make commitments to purchase, from  | 
| 5 |  | lenders notes,
debentures, bonds or other evidences of  | 
| 6 |  | indebtedness secured by mortgages,
deeds of trust, or security  | 
| 7 |  | devices, or unsecured, as the Authority may
determine, or  | 
| 8 |  | portions thereof or participations therein, which notes,  | 
| 9 |  | bonds,
or other evidences of indebtedness shall have been or  | 
| 10 |  | will be executed by the
obligors thereon to obtain funds with  | 
| 11 |  | which to acquire, by purchase,
construction, or otherwise,  | 
| 12 |  | reconstruct or improve Agricultural Facilities;
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| 13 |  |     (d) To contract with lenders or others for the origination  | 
| 14 |  | of or the
servicing
of the loans made by the Authority pursuant  | 
| 15 |  | to this
Section or
represented by the notes, bonds, or other  | 
| 16 |  | evidences of indebtedness which it
has purchased pursuant to  | 
| 17 |  | this
Section; provided that such
servicing fees shall not  | 
| 18 |  | exceed one percent per annum of the principal amount
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| 19 |  | outstanding owed to the Authority; and
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| 20 |  |     (e) To enter into a State Guarantee with a lender or a  | 
| 21 |  | person holding a note
and
to sell or issue such State  | 
| 22 |  | Guarantees, bonds or evidences of indebtedness in a
primary or  | 
| 23 |  | a secondary market.
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| 24 |  | (Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)
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