(110 ILCS 420/0.01) (from Ch. 144, par. 70.90) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the University of Illinois Revenue Bond Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

(110 ILCS 420/1) (from Ch. 144, par. 71) Sec. 1. The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois is hereby authorized to: (a) Provide for the payment and termination of any trust or mortgage created by and between the Board of Trustees and any person, firm or corporation pursuant to any existing law, involving any building now used by said University for student social activities or educational purposes or for the reacquiring of any property or interest in property now used by said University for student social activities or educational purposes and conveyed in trust or for security by said Board of Trustees pursuant to any existing law, and pledge the revenues thereof for any or all such purposes. (b) Maintain and operate any such buildings, and to charge for the use thereof, and to carry on such activities in connection therewith as will produce a reasonable excess of income over maintenance and operation expenses. (c) Hold in the treasury of the University of Illinois all funds derived from the operation of any such building or buildings and to apply the same toward the cost of and maintenance and operation thereof, and toward the retirement of any bonds issued in connection with the acquisition, completion, construction or equipment thereof. (d) Enter into contracts touching in any manner any matter within the objects and purposes of this Act. (e) To provide for the payment and termination of any trust created by and between the Board of Trustees and any person, firm or corporation pursuant to any existing law, involving any building now used by said University for student social activities or educational purposes or to reacquire any property or interest in property now used by said University for student social activities or educational purposes and conveyed in trust or for security by said Board of Trustees, pursuant to any existing law, and to pledge the revenues thereof for the payment of any bonds issued for any or all of such purposes as provided in this Act. (f) Borrow money and issue and sell bonds, at such price as the Board of Trustees may determine, for the purpose of completing, constructing, or equipping such buildings, or for the purpose of paying and terminating any trust created by and between the Board of Trustees or any person, firm or corporation pursuant to any existing law involving any building used by the University for student social activities, student residence halls or educational purposes, or for the purpose of reacquiring any property or interest in property used by said University for student social activities, student residence halls or educational purposes and conveyed in trust or for security by said Board of Trustees pursuant to any existing law, and to refund or refinance, from time to time as often as it shall be advantageous and in the public interest to do so, any and all bonds issued and sold by the Board pursuant to this Act; provided that no bonds shall be issued and sold at a price which will yield to maturity, computed according to standard tables of bond values, a return at the interest rate specified therein in excess of six per cent per annum. Such bonds shall be payable solely and only from the revenues derived from the operation of any such building or buildings acquired, completed, constructed or equipped with the proceeds of such bonds, and shall be secured by a pledge of sufficient of the revenues of any such building or buildings so acquired, completed, constructed or equipped as herein provided. Such bonds shall have all the qualities of negotiable instruments under the Law Merchant and the Uniform Commercial Code. Said Board of Trustees shall have power from time to time to execute and deliver trust agreements hereunder to a bank or trust company authorized by the laws of this State or of the United States of America, to accept and execute trusts in the State. Such trust agreements may contain any provision for the deposit with the Trustee thereunder and the disposition of the proceeds of the bonds issued under the provisions of this Act and secured thereby, and such provisions for the protection and enforcement of the rights and remedies of said Trustee and the holders of such bonds as the Board of Trustees may approve. (Source: P.A. 83-333.)

(110 ILCS 420/2) (from Ch. 144, par. 72) Sec. 2. All such bonds shall be signed by the President and any two members of the Board of Trustees and shall have the seal of the University affixed thereto and attested by the Secretary of such Board of Trustees, and in case any officer or member of the Board of Trustees who shall have signed or attested any such bonds shall cease to be such officer, or member of the Board of Trustees, before such bonds shall have been actually issued by the Board of Trustees, such bonds may nevertheless be validly issued by said Board. Said Board of Trustees may provide for registration as to principal of any of such bonds. All interest coupons shall be authenticated by the facsimile signature of the Treasurer of the University of Illinois. Such bonds shall in no case be or become a charge or debt against the State of Illinois or the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, and such fact shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond. (Source: Laws 1967, p. 1410.)

(110 ILCS 420/3) (from Ch. 144, par. 73) Sec. 3. In the execution and determination of the objects and purposes herein set forth the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois shall have power to adopt means and methods reasonably calculated to accomplish such objects and purposes. (Source: Laws 1941, vol. 1, p. 1303.)

(110 ILCS 420/4) (from Ch. 144, par. 74) Sec. 4. Upon the determination by the Board of Trustees to complete, construct or equip any student social center, student residence hall or building or buildings, or to pay and terminate any trust created by and between the Board of Trustees and any person, firm or corporation pursuant to any existing law involving any building used by the University for student social activities, student residence halls, or educational purposes, or to reacquire any property or interest in property used by said University for student social activities, student residence halls or educational purposes and conveyed in trust or for security by said Board of Trustees pursuant to any existing law, the Board of Trustees shall adopt a resolution describing in a general way the contemplated project, the estimated cost thereof, and fix the amount of bonds, the maturity or maturities, the interest rate, and all details in respect thereof. Such resolution shall contain such covenants and restrictions upon the issuance of additional bonds that may thereafter be issued payable from the rents, issues and profits derived from the operation of any building or buildings as may be deemed necessary or advisable for the assurance and payment of the bonds thereby authorized, and such resolution shall pledge for the maintenance and operation of any such building or buildings and for the payment of the principal of and interest upon such bonds, the revenues derived from the operation thereof. (Source: Laws 1943, vol. 1, p. 1357.)

(110 ILCS 420/5) (from Ch. 144, par. 75) Sec. 5. Whenever bonds are issued by the Board of Trustees, as provided in this Act, it shall be the duty of such Board to establish a charge or fee for the use of any such building or buildings sufficient at all times to pay maintenance and operation costs and principal of and interest on such bonds, and all revenues derived from the operation thereof shall be set aside in a separate account and fund which shall be used only in paying the cost of maintenance and operation, and paying the principal of and interest upon the bonds issued for the purpose or purposes set forth and described in the resolution authorizing the issue of said bonds, and such charges or fees shall be sufficient at all times for such purposes. (Source: Laws 1941, vol. 1, p. 1303.)

(110 ILCS 420/6) (from Ch. 144, par. 76) Sec. 6. Any holder of a bond, or of any of the coupons of any such bonds, issued under this Act, may, by action, mandamus, injunction or other proceeding enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by this Act, including establishment of sufficient fees or charges for use of any such building or buildings and the application of the income and revenue thereof, and it shall be the duty of the Board of Trustees upon the issuance of any such bonds, to establish by resolution from time to time the fees or charges to be made for the use of any such building or buildings, which fees or charges shall be adjusted from time to time in order to always provide sufficient income for maintenance and operation and payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds issued as provided for in this Act. (Source: P.A. 83-345.)

(110 ILCS 420/7) (from Ch. 144, par. 77) Sec. 7. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as a limitation upon or restriction of the powers of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois under any law which is now in force, or which may hereafter be enacted. (Source: Laws 1941, vol. 1, p. 1303.)

(110 ILCS 420/8) (from Ch. 144, par. 78) Sec. 8. If any clause, sentence or provision in this Act shall be declared invalid, such invalidity shall not affect any other clause, sentence or provision of this Act, it being the intention of the legislature to enact such other clause, sentence or provision in any event. (Source: Laws 1941, vol. 1, p. 1303.)