Illinois Compiled Statutes 315 ILCS 5 Blighted Areas Redevelopment Act of 1947. Section 26.2

    (315 ILCS 5/26.2) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 88.2)

    Sec. 26.2. In connection with the issuance of bonds and in order to secure the payment of such bonds, a Commission, in addition to its other powers, shall have power in the bond resolution, subject to the limitations, terms and provisions in this Act contained:

    (a) To pledge all or any part of its revenues to which its right then exists or may thereafter come into existence.

    (b) To covenant against pledging all or any part of its revenues, or against permitting or allowing any lien on its revenues or property; and to covenant as to what other, or additional debts or obligations may be incurred by it.

    (c) To covenant as to the bonds to be issued and as to the issuance of such bonds in escrow or otherwise, and as to the use and disposition of the proceeds thereof; to provide for the replacement of lost, destroyed or mutilated bonds; and to covenant for their redemption and to provide the terms and conditions thereof.

    (d) To covenant as to the use and disposition to be made of all or any part of its revenues; and to create or to authorize the creation of special funds for moneys held for operating costs, debt service, reserves, or other purposes, and to covenant as to the use and disposition of the moneys held in such funds.

    (e) To prescribe the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with bondholders may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds the holders of which must consent thereto and the manner in which such consent may be given.

    (f) To covenant as to the rights, liabilities, powers and duties arising upon the breach by it of any covenant, condition, or obligation; and to covenant and prescribe as to events of default and terms and conditions upon which any or all of its bonds shall become or may be declared due before maturity, and as to the terms and conditions upon which such declaration and its consequences may be waived.

    (g) To vest in a trustee or trustees or the holders of bonds or any specified proportion of them the right to enforce the payment of the bonds or any covenants securing or relating to the bonds; and to enforce collection of the proceeds and revenues arising from any redevelopment project which have been pledged to secure such bonds and to dispose of such moneys in accordance with the agreement of the Commission with such trustee or trustees, or obligee or obligees; to provide for the powers and duties of such trustee or trustees and obligee or obligees and to limit the liabilities thereof; and to provide the terms and conditions upon which such trustee or trustees, or obligee or obligees may enforce any covenant or rights securing or relating to the bonds; and

    (h) To exercise all or any part or combination of the powers herein granted; to make covenants other than and in addition to the covenants herein expressly authorized, of like or different character; to make such covenants and to do any and all such acts and things as may be necessary or convenient or desirable in order to secure its bonds, or, in the absolute discretion of the Commission, as will tend to make the bonds more marketable notwithstanding that such covenants, acts or things may not be enumerated herein.

(Source: P.A. 84-551.)

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