(30 ILCS 415/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 701) Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Transportation Bond Act". (Source: P.A. 77-150.)

(30 ILCS 415/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 702) Sec. 2. The State of Illinois is authorized to issue, sell and provide for the retirement of bonds of the State of Illinois in the amount of $1,729,000,000, hereinafter called the "Bonds", for the specific purpose of promoting and assuring rapid, efficient, and safe highway, air and mass transportation for the inhabitants of the State by providing monies, including the making of grants and loans, to be used for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, extension and improvement of the following transportation facilities and equipment and for the acquisition of real property and interests in real property required or expected to be required in connection therewith, and within the limitations set forth in Section 5.1 of this Act for the specific purpose set forth in Section 2(b) (2) and (3) of this Act: (a) (1) the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, extension and improvement of State highways, arterial highways, freeways, roads, structures separating highways and railroads and bridges; and (2) the repair and reconstruction of bridges on roads maintained by counties, municipalities, townships or road districts; (b) (1) the acquisition, construction, extension, reconstruction and improvement of mass transportation facilities including rapid transit, rail, bus and other equipment used in connection therewith by the State or any unit of local government, special transportation district, municipal corporation or other corporation or public authority authorized to provide and promote public transportation within the State or two or more of the foregoing acting jointly; and (2) for the purpose of providing immediate relief from existing or impending inability to meet principal and interest payments and thereby aiding in achieving the maximum benefit for the public from the transportation capital improvement program, to provide funds for any payments required to be made for principal of and interest on bonds, certificates, equipment trust certificates or other evidences of indebtedness issued or guaranteed prior to the passage of this Act by the State or any unit of local government, special transportation district, municipal corporation or other corporation or public authority authorized to provide public transportation within the State, or two or more of the foregoing acting jointly, pursuant to any indenture, ordinance, resolution, agreement or contract to obtain and finance transportation facilities; and, (3) for the purpose of reimbursing the General Revenue Fund for monies paid from the General Revenue Fund after passage of this Act for the purpose described in Section 2(b) (2). (c) the acquisition, construction, extension, reconstruction, and improvement of airport or aviation facilities and any equipment used in connection therewith, including reimbursement for certain engineering and land acquisition costs as provided in Section 34a of the "Illinois Aeronautics Act", approved July 24, 1945, as amended, by the State or any unit of local government, special transportation district, municipal corporation or other corporation or public authority authorized to provide public transportation within the State or two or more of the foregoing acting jointly. $1,326,000,000 of the Bonds will be used for State highway acquisition, construction, reconstruction, extension and improvement as specifically described herein, hereinafter called the "Transportation Bonds, Series A". $363,000,000 of the Bonds will be used for the mass transportation purposes specifically described herein and $40,000,000 of the Bonds will be used for the aviation purposes specifically described herein, such $403,000,000 of Bonds collectively hereinafter called the "Transportation Bonds, Series B". The $75,000,000 authorized for mass transportation purposes by this amendatory Act of 1973 shall be used for the acquisition of mass transportation equipment including rail and bus, and other equipment used in connection therewith for the area comprising the counties of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will, and that portion of the County of Cook outside the City of Chicago, as determined by the Regional Transportation Authority established pursuant to "The Regional Transportation Authority Act", enacted by the 78th General Assembly. The proceeds of the sale of such bonds shall be expended only to, or with the approval of, such Authority. Nothing in this paragraph prohibits that Authority from using or approving the use of such proceeds for purposes of acquisition of mass transportation equipment for use between such area and other areas. Of the Bonds authorized to be used for highway purposes, the proceeds of $14,965,100 of such bonds shall be used by the Department of Transportation for the purpose of the repair and reconstruction of unsafe and substandard bridges on roads maintained by counties, municipalities, townships and road districts under the Illinois Highway Code and the proceeds of $12,000,000 of such bonds shall be used by the Department of Transportation for the same purposes as provided in Sections 6-902 through 6-905 of the Illinois Highway Code. Of the Bonds authorized to be sold for highway purposes, the proceeds of $36,939,400 of the Bonds shall be used for such purposes within the City of Chicago, the proceeds of $42,457,000 of the Bonds shall be used for such purposes in the Chicago urbanized area, the proceeds of $46,359,000 of the bonds shall be used for such purposes outside the Chicago urbanized area, the proceeds of $142,105,500 of the Bonds shall be used for such purposes within the Counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will, the proceeds of $181,139,100 of the Bonds shall be used for such purposes within the Counties of the State outside the Counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will. Of the $106,000,000 of Bonds authorized to be sold for mass transportation purposes by this amendatory Act of 1979, $98,000,000 of the Bonds shall be used for such purposes within the Counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will and the proceeds of $8,000,000 of the Bonds shall be used for such purposes within the Counties of the State outside the Counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will. (Source: P.A. 86-453.)

(30 ILCS 415/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 703) Sec. 3. The Bonds shall bear interest payable annually or semi-annually, from their date, at the rate of not more than 7% per annum. The Bonds shall be serial bonds and be dated, issued and sold by the Governor, from time to time, in such amounts as may be necessary to provide funds for the specific purposes contemplated by Section 2 of this Act. Each Bond shall be in the denomination of $5,000 or some multiple thereof, and shall be made payable within not more than 30 years from its date as the Governor shall determine. These Bonds shall be signed by the Governor and attested by the Secretary of State under the printed facsimile seal of the State and countersigned by the State Treasurer by his manual signature or by his duly authorized deputy. The signatures of the Governor and the Secretary of State may be printed facsimile signatures. Interest coupons with printed facsimile signatures of the Governor, Secretary of State and State Treasurer may be attached to the Bonds. The fact that an officer whose signature or facsimile thereof appears on a Bond or interest coupon no longer holds such office at the time the Bond or coupon is delivered shall not invalidate such Bond or interest coupon. (Source: P.A. 77-150.)

(30 ILCS 415/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 704) Sec. 4. The Bonds shall be sold to the highest and best bidders, for not less than their par value, upon sealed bids, from time to time, as the Governor shall direct. The Governor may reserve the right to reject any and all bids. The Secretary of State shall, from time to time, as the Bonds are to be sold, advertise in at least two daily newspapers, one of which is published in the City of Springfield and one in the City of Chicago, for proposals to purchase the Bonds. Each of such advertisements for proposals shall be published once at least 10 days prior to the date of the opening of the bids. All or any part of the Bonds may be made registerable as to principal with the State Treasurer. The Bonds may be callable as determined by the Governor; provided however, that the State shall not pay a premium of more than 3% of the principal of any Bonds so called. The Bonds shall be deposited with the State Treasurer, and upon delivery of the Bonds to the purchaser, the proceeds of the Bonds shall be paid into the State Treasury. The proceeds of the Transportation Bonds, Series A shall be kept in a separate fund known as the "Transportation Bond, Series A Fund", which separate fund is hereby created. The proceeds of the Transportation Bonds, Series B shall be kept in a separate fund known as the "Transportation Bond, Series B Fund", which separate fund is hereby created. (Source: P.A. 77-150.)

(30 ILCS 415/5) (from Ch. 127, par. 705) Sec. 5. Prior to January 1, 1972, the proceeds from the sale of the Bonds shall be used by and under the direction of the Department of Aeronautics, the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (now Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity) and the Department of Public Works and Buildings, and thereafter such department or agency as shall be designated by law, subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, in such amounts and at such times as the respective department deems necessary or desirable for the purposes provided by Section 2 of this Act. (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06.)

(30 ILCS 415/5.1) (from Ch. 127, par. 705.1) Sec. 5.1. Not more than $32,000,000 of the proceeds from the sale of the Bonds shall be used for payments pursuant to any indenture, ordinance, resolution, agreement or contract adopted or entered into prior to the passage of this Act to finance transportation facilities, and to reimburse the General Revenue Fund, as provided in Section 2(b) (2) and (3). No Bond proceeds shall be subject to appropriation for such purposes by the General Assembly after June 30, 1972. (Source: P.A. 77-150.)

(30 ILCS 415/6) (from Ch. 127, par. 706) Sec. 6. The State Treasurer may, with the approval of the Governor, invest and reinvest, at the existing market price and in any event not to exceed 102% of par plus accrued interest, in obligations, the principal of and interest on which is guaranteed by the United States Government, or any certificates of deposit of any savings and loan association or any State or national bank which are fully secured by obligations, the principal of and interest on which is guaranteed by the United States Government, any money in the Transportation Bond, Series A Fund or the Transportation Bond, Series B Fund in the State Treasury which, in the opinion of the Governor communicated in writing to the State Treasurer, is not needed for current expenditures due or about to become due from such funds. The cost price of all such obligations shall be considered as cash in the custody of the State Treasurer, and such obligations shall be conveyed at cost price as cash by the State Treasurer to his successor. The money in the Transportation Bond, Series A Fund and in the Transportation Bond, Series B Fund in the form of such obligations shall be set up by the State Treasurer as separate accounts and shown distinctly in every report issued by him regarding fund balances. Earnings received on investments of the Transportation Bond, Series A Fund shall be paid into the Road Fund. All other earnings received upon any such investment shall be paid into the General Revenue Fund. All of the monies other than accrued interest received from the sale or redemption of such investments shall be replaced by the State Treasurer in the fund from which the money was removed for such investment. No bank or savings and loan association shall receive public funds as permitted by this Section, unless it has complied with the requirements established pursuant to Section 6 of "An Act relating to certain investments of public funds by public agencies", approved July 23, 1943, as now or hereafter amended. (Source: P.A. 83-541.)

(30 ILCS 415/7) (from Ch. 127, par. 707) Sec. 7. The Governor shall include an appropriation in each annual State budget of monies in such amount as shall be necessary and sufficient, for the period covered by such budget, to pay the interest, as it shall accrue, on all Bonds issued under this Act and also to pay and discharge the principal of such of the Bonds as shall fall due during such period. To provide for the manner of repayment of the Transportation Bonds, Series A, a separate fund in the State Treasury called the "Transportation Bond, Series A Retirement and Interest Fund" is hereby created. The General Assembly shall annually make appropriations for monies to pay the principal of and interest on the Transportation Bonds, Series A from the Transportation Bond, Series A Retirement and Interest Fund and shall direct the transfer from time to time of monies from the Road Fund to the Transportation Bond, Series A Retirement and Interest Fund, an amount which shall be sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Transportation Bonds, Series A as the same become due. If there are insufficient funds in the Road Fund to pay the principal of and interest on the Transportation Bonds, Series A, as the same become due, the General Assembly shall direct the transfer from time to time of monies from the General Revenue Fund to the Transportation Bond, Series A Retirement and Interest Fund to the extent such transfer of monies is necessary to pay the principal of and interest on such Transportation Bonds, Series A which could not be paid by monies transferred from the Road Fund. To provide for the manner of repayment of the Transportation Bonds, Series B a separate fund in the State Treasury called the "Transportation Bond, Series B Retirement and Interest Fund" is hereby created. The General Assembly shall make appropriations for monies to pay the principal of and interest on the Transportation Bonds, Series B from the Transportation Bond, Series B Retirement and Interest Fund and shall direct the transfer from time to time of monies from the General Revenue Fund to the Transportation Bond, Series B Retirement and Interest Fund, an amount which shall be sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Transportation Bonds, Series B as the same become due. If for any reason the General Assembly fails to make appropriations for or transfers to the said Transportation Bond, Series A Retirement and Interest Fund and the Transportation Bond, Series B Retirement and Interest Fund, as the case may be, of amounts sufficient for the State to pay the principal of and interest on the Bonds as the same become due, this Act shall constitute an irrevocable and continuing appropriation of all amounts necessary for that purpose, and the irrevocable and continuing authority for and direction to the Auditor of Public Accounts, or Comptroller as his successor, and to the Treasurer of the State to make the necessary transfers out of and disbursements from the revenues and funds of the State for that purpose. All Bonds issued in accordance with the provisions of this Act shall be direct, general obligations of the State of Illinois and shall so state on the face thereof, and the full faith and credit of the State of Illinois are hereby pledged for the punctual payment of the interest thereon as the same shall become due and for the punctual payment of the principal thereof at maturity, and the provisions of this Section shall be irrepealable until all such Bonds are paid in full as to both principal and interest. (Source: P.A. 77-150.)

(30 ILCS 415/8) (from Ch. 127, par. 708) Sec. 8. If the State fails to pay the principal of or interest on the Bonds as the same become due, a civil action to compel payment may be instituted in the Supreme Court of Illinois as a court of original jurisdiction by the holder or holders of the Bonds in respect of which such failure exists. Delivery of the summons and a copy of the complaint to the Attorney General or leaving them at his office in the capital with his assistant or clerk shall constitute good and sufficient service to give the Supreme Court of Illinois jurisdiction of the subject matter of such a suit of the State and its officer or officers named as defendants for the purpose of compelling such payment. Any case or cause of action concerning the validity of this Act relates to the revenue of the State of Illinois. (Source: P.A. 77-150.)

(30 ILCS 415/9) (from Ch. 127, par. 709) Sec. 9. Upon each delivery of the Bonds authorized to be issued under this Act, the Comptroller shall compute and certify to the State Treasurer the total amount of principal of and interest on the Bonds issued that will be payable in order to retire such Bonds and the amount of principal of and interest on such Bonds that will be payable on each payment date according to the tenor of such Bonds during the then current and each succeeding fiscal year. On the last day of each month, commencing with the month in which the Transportation Bonds, Series A are issued and delivered, the State Treasurer and the Auditor of Public Accounts, or Comptroller as his successor, shall transfer from the Road Fund in the State Treasury, or the General Revenue Fund as provided in Section 7 of this Act, to the Transportation Bond, Series A Retirement and Interest Fund a sum of money, appropriated for such purpose, equal to the result of the amount of principal of and interest on the Transportation Bonds, Series A payable on the next payment date divided by the number of full calendar months between the date of such Transportation Bonds, Series A and the first such payment date, and thereafter divided by the number of months between each succeeding payment date after the first. On the last day of each month, commencing with the month in which the Transportation Bonds, Series B are issued and delivered, the State Treasurer and the Auditor of Public Accounts, or Comptroller as his successor, shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund in the State Treasury to the Transportation Bond, Series B Retirement and Interest Fund in the State Treasury a sum of money, appropriated for such purpose, equal to the result of the amount of principal of and interest on the Transportation Bonds, Series B payable on the next payment date divided by the number of full calendar months between the date of such Transportation Bonds, Series B and the first such payment date, and thereafter divided by the number of months between each succeeding payment date after the first. Such computations and transfers shall be made when a series of such Bonds is issued and delivered. The transfer of monies hereinabove directed is not required if monies in the Transportation Bond, Series A Retirement and Interest Fund, or the Transportation Bond, Series B Retirement and Interest Fund, as the case may be, are more than the amount otherwise to be transferred as hereinabove provided, and if the Governor notifies the Auditor of Public Accounts, or Comptroller as his successor, and the State Treasurer of such fact. (Source: P.A. 83-1280.)

(30 ILCS 415/10) (from Ch. 127, par. 710) Sec. 10. The State of Illinois is authorized from time to time to issue, sell and provide for the retirement of bonds of the State of Illinois for the sole purpose of refunding all or any portion of the principal of the Bonds; provided that such refunding bonds shall mature within the terms of the Bonds. Such refunding bonds shall in all other respects be subject to the terms and conditions of Sections 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of this Act. The principal amount of any such refunding bonds shall not exceed 103% of the principal amount of the Bonds refunded with the proceeds of such refunding bonds. (Source: P.A. 77-150.)

(30 ILCS 415/11) (from Ch. 127, par. 711) Sec. 11. If any Section, sentence, or clause of this Act is for any reason held invalid or to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Act. (Source: P.A. 77-150.)

(30 ILCS 415/11.1) (from Ch. 127, par. 712) Sec. 11.1. After December 1, 1984, no additional bonds shall be issued or sold pursuant to this Act; instead all State of Illinois general obligation bonds shall be issued and sold pursuant to the "General Obligation Bond Act". (Source: P.A. 83-1490.)