Illinois § 11

§ 11.

An Authority shall have power to issue bonds from time to time in its discretion to finance in whole or in part the cost of acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, improvement, alteration, extension or repair of any project or undertaking hereunder. An Authority shall also have power to issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring bonds previously issued by it. An Authority may issue such types of bonds as it may determine by resolution, including bonds on which the principal and interest are payable; (a) exclusively from the income and revenues of the housing project financed with the proceeds of such bonds (including, without limitation, income and revenues derived from a loan agreement with respect to a project located within the municipality having a population in excess of 1,000,000), or with such proceeds together with a grant from the Federal Government or any political subdivision of the State in aid of such project; (b) exclusively from the income and revenues of certain designated housing projects of such Authority whether or not they were financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of such bonds; or (c) from its revenues generally. Any of such bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of any revenues of any housing project, projects or other property of the Authority. In addition to powers conferred by this Act and other laws concerning housing authorities in general, an Authority for a municipality having a population in excess of 1,000,000 may grant a specific pledge or assignment of, and lien on or security interest in, the income and revenues of the Authority derived from the loan agreement with respect to the project or projects, as well as in any reserves, funds, or accounts established in the resolution authorizing the bonds or the indenture or other instrument under which the bonds are issued. As evidence of such pledge, assignment, lien, and security interest, the Authority may execute and deliver a mortgage, trust agreement, indenture, security agreement, or an assignment thereof. The provisions of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly create additional powers for housing authorities having a population in excess of 1,000,000; these provisions do not limit the powers conferred on housing authorities in general. Neither the commissioners of an Authority nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. The bonds and other obligations of an Authority (and such bonds and obligations shall so state on their face) shall not be a debt of any city, village, incorporated town, county, the State or any political subdivision thereof and neither the city, village, incorporated town or the county, nor the State or any political subdivision thereof shall be liable thereon, nor in any event shall such bonds or obligations be payable out of any funds or properties other than those of said Authority. The bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or restriction. (Source: P.A. 92-481, eff. 8-23-01.)