(65 ILCS 46/Art. 5 heading)

(65 ILCS 46/5-1) Sec. 5-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the Municipal Validation of 2002. (Source: P.A. 92-884, eff. 1-13-03.)

(65 ILCS 46/5-5) Sec. 5-5. Redevelopment actions; validation. All actions taken before the effective date of this Law by any municipality pursuant to the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act for purposes of approving a redevelopment plan and redevelopment project, designating a redevelopment project area, and adopting tax increment allocation financing are validated, ratified, and confirmed as valid actions in full force and effect as of the date of adoption of the ordinance of the municipality approving the redevelopment plan and project, notwithstanding that an ordinance designating the redevelopment project area was not adopted on that date and an ordinance adopting tax increment allocation financing was not adopted on that date, provided that, no later than 180 days after the effective date of this Law, the governing body of the municipality adopts an ordinance designating the redevelopment project area and an ordinance adopting tax increment allocation financing for the redevelopment project area. (Source: P.A. 92-884, eff. 1-13-03.)

(65 ILCS 46/5-10) Sec. 5-10. Election validation. All actions taken before the effective date of this Law with respect to a public question authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds of a municipality that was submitted to and approved by the electors of that municipality at the general primary election held on March 19, 2002 and all bonds issued or to be issued by that municipality pursuant to that approval are ratified, validated, and confirmed as lawful actions to authorize the issuance of those bonds and any such bonds shall be lawful, valid, and binding general obligations of that municipality, notwithstanding that the notice of election and the form of public question approved by the electors at that election did not conform to the requirements of applicable law, provided that the notice of election and the public question did set forth the principal amount of the bonds and the capital improvements to be financed by the bonds and that no bond issued by virtue of the approval of the public question shall bear interest at a rate exceeding 7% per annum. (Source: P.A. 92-884, eff. 1-13-03.)