Illinois § 3

§ 3.

The State of Illinois is authorized to issue, sell and provide for the retirement of general obligation bonds of the State of Illinois in the amount of $330,000,000 hereinafter called the "Bonds", for the specific purpose of providing funds to make grants to local school districts for capital facilities program planning assistance and for the acquisition, development, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, financing, architectural planning and installation of capital facilities, including but not limited to those required for special education building projects provided for in Article 14 of The School Code, consisting of buildings, structures, and durable equipment and for the acquisition and improvement of real property and interests in real property required, or expected to be required, in connection therewith and for debt service on school district bonds issued for such purposes after January 1, 1969. The proceeds from the sale of the Bonds shall be used in the following specific manner: (a) $251,550,000, with the addition of such sums as may be authorized under Subsection (c) of this Section, for grants to school districts for capital facilities program planning assistance and for the acquisition, development, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation improvement, architectural planning and installation of capital facilities consisting of buildings, structures, durable equipment and land for educational purposes; and (b) $58,450,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for grants to school districts for the making of principal and interest payments, required to be made, on bonds issued by such school districts after January 1, 1969, pursuant to any indenture, ordinance, resolution, agreement or contract to provide funds for the acquisition, development, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, architectural planning and installation of capital facilities consisting of buildings, structures, durable equipment and land for educational purposes or for lease payments required to be made by a school district for principal and interest payments on bonds issued by a Public Building Commission after January 1, 1969; and (c) $20,000,000 for reimbursements to school districts for the acquisition, development, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, improvement, architectural planning and installation of capital facilities consisting of buildings, structures, durable equipment and land for special education building projects as provided for in Article 14 of The School Code. (d) If, in any fiscal year, the funds appropriated for grants to school districts under Subsection (b) of this Section are not needed in their entirety for the purpose of grants to school districts for debt service, the surplus funds may be used for grants to accomplish the purposes of Subsection (a) of this Section. (Source: P.A. 84-832.)