Illinois § 65

§ 65.

Charges. An agency may establish, levy, and collect or may authorize, by contract, franchise, lease, or otherwise, the establishment, levying, and collection of rents, rates, and other charges for the products and services afforded by the agency or by or in connection with any eligible project or properties that it may construct, acquire, own, operate, or control or with respect to which it may have any interest or any right to the products and services thereof as it may deem necessary, proper, desirable, or reasonable, except that such agency shall not sell electricity to end-use customers otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of the Public Utilities Act, but further provided that this provision does not affect any exemption otherwise available to the agency under the Public Utilities Act. Rents, rates, and other charges shall be established so as to be sufficient to meet the operation, maintenance, and other expenses thereof, including reasonable reserves, interest, and principal payments, including payments into one or more sinking funds for the retirement of principal. An agency may pledge its rates, rents, and other revenue, or any part thereof, as security for the repayment, with interest and premium, if any, of any moneys borrowed by it or advanced to it for any of its authorized purposes and as security for the payment of amounts due and owing by it under any contract. (Source: P.A. 96-946, eff. 6-25-10.)