Illinois Code § 825-35

§ 825-35.

Pledge of Funds. Any financially distressed city which receives funds from the Department of Revenue, including without limitation funds received pursuant to Section 8-11-1, 8-11-5 or 8-11-6 of the Illinois Municipal Code or Section 2 or 12 of the State Revenue Sharing Act, or from the Department of Transportation pursuant to Section 8 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law, may, by appropriate proceedings, pledge to the Authority, or any entity acting on behalf of the Authority (including, without limitation, any trustee), any or all of such receipts to the extent that such receipts are determined by the Authority to be necessary to provide revenues to pay or secure the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on any of the bonds issued on behalf of, or loans made to, the financially distressed city by the Authority under Sections 825-20 through 825-60. The adoption of such proceedings shall constitute a directive to the State Comptroller and State Treasurer to pay to, or on behalf of, the Authority or such other entity (including, without limitation, any trustee) such portion of the pledged receipts from the Department of Revenue or Department of Transportation, as the case may be, and with the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer. With respect to any bonds issued on behalf of, or loans made to, the financially distressed city by the Authority under Sections 825-20 through 825-60, which are in default in the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, to the extent that the State Treasurer, the State Comptroller, the Department of Revenue or the Department of Transportation shall be the custodian at any time of any other available funds or moneys pledged to the payment of such local government securities or such lease rental payments securing such local government securities pursuant to this Section and due or payable to such a unit of local government at any time subsequent to written notice to the State Comptroller and State Treasurer from the Authority or any entity acting on behalf of the Authority (including, without limitation, any trustee) to the effect that such financially distressed city has not paid or is in default as to payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any bonds issued on behalf of, or loans made to, the financially distressed city by the Authority under Sections 825-20 through 825-60: (a) The State Comptroller and the State Treasurer shall withhold the payment of such funds or moneys from the financially distressed city until the amount of such principal, premium, if any, and interest then due and unpaid has been paid to the Authority or such entity acting on behalf of the Authority (including, without limitation, any trustee), or the State Comptroller or State Treasurer have been advised that arrangements, satisfactory to the Authority or such entity, have been made for the payment of such principal, premium, if any, and interest; and (b) Within 10 days after a demand for payment by the Authority or such entity is given to the State Treasurer and the State Comptroller, the State Treasurer shall pay such funds or moneys as are legally available therefor to the Authority or such entity for the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on such bonds or loans. The Authority or such entity may carry out this Section and exercise all the rights, remedies and provisions provided or referred to in this Section. (Source: P.A. 93-205, eff. 1-1-04.)