Illinois Code § 150

§ 150.

Security for Bonds. In connection with the issuance of any bonds under this Act, and in order to secure the payment of any such bonds and the interest thereon, the Commission shall have the power: (a) To collect all eligible loan receipts, to pay the bonds at maturity and accruing interest thereon in accordance with their terms, and to create and maintain all reserves therefor as provided by the resolution or resolutions authorizing the bonds and to use any funds available to the Commission from its lending activities in the furtherance of its programs, as determined by the Commission, including, but not limited to, transferring such funds to other entities. (b) To provide that bonds issued under this Act shall be payable from and secured by a pledge of and a lien on all or any part of the income and revenues derived from, and to pledge and assign to or in trust for the benefit of the holder or holders of bonds issued under this Act all or any part of the incomes and revenues derived from all eligible loan receipts. (c) To covenant with or for the benefit of the holder or holders of the bonds issued under this Act that so long as any such bonds shall remain outstanding and unpaid the Commission will collect all eligible loan receipts, will pay the bonds at maturity and accruing interest thereon in accordance with their terms, will create and maintain all reserves therefor, and may pay the administrative expenses of the Commission for the administration of the loan programs as provided by the resolution or resolutions authorizing the bonds, until the bonds and accruing interest have been paid in accordance with their terms. (d) To covenant with or for the benefit of the holder or holders of bonds issued under this Act as to all matters deemed advisable by the Commission, including: (1) The terms and conditions for creating and maintaining sinking funds, reserve funds, and such other special funds as may be created in the resolution or resolutions authorizing the bonds, separate and apart from all other funds and accounts of the Commission. (2) The procedure by which the terms of any contract with the holders of the bonds may be amended, the amount of bonds the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which consent may be given. (3) The procedure for refunding the bonds. (4) Such other covenants as may be deemed necessary or desirable to assure the successful operation of its loan programs and the prompt payment of the principal of and interest upon the bonds so authorized. (e) To vest in a trustee or trustees the right to receive all or any part of the income and revenue pledged and assigned to, or for the benefit of the holder or holders of bonds issued under this Act, to hold, apply, and dispose of the same, to enforce any covenant made to secure or pay or in relation to the bonds, to execute and deliver a trust agreement or trust agreements which may set forth the powers and duties and the remedies available to the trustee or trustees and limiting the liabilities thereof and describing what occurrences shall constitute events of default upon which the trustee or trustees or the holder or holders of any specified amount or percentage of the bonds may exercise such rights, and to enforce any and all such covenants and resort to such remedies as may be appropriate. (f) To covenant to perform any and all acts and to do any and all things as may be necessary or convenient or desirable in order to secure its bonds, or as may in the judgment of the Commission tend to make the bonds more marketable, notwithstanding that those acts or things may not be enumerated herein, it being the intention hereof to give the Commission the right to issue bonds pursuant to this Act and the power to make all covenants, to perform all acts, and to do all things not inconsistent with the Constitution of the State of Illinois. (Source: P.A. 88-553; 89-442, eff. 12-21-95.)