Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 20 ILCS 3515/11

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
     Bonds issued under the provisions of this Act shall not be deemed to constitute a debt or liability of the State or of any political subdivision, but shall be payable solely from the funds herein provided therefor. The issuance of bonds under the provisions of this Act shall not, directly or indirectly or contingently, obligate the State or any political subdivision thereof to levy any form of taxation therefor or to make any appropriation for their payment. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the authority to create a debt of the State within the meaning of the Constitution or Statutes of Illinois and all bonds issued by the authority pursuant to the provisions of this Act are payable and shall state that they are payable solely from the funds pledged for their payment in accordance with the resolution authorizing their issuance or in any indenture executed as security therefor. The State shall not in any event be liable for the payment of the principal of or interest or premiums, if any, on any bonds of the authority or for the performance of any pledge, obligation or agreement of any kind whatsoever which may be undertaken by such authority concerned. No breach of any such pledge, obligation or agreement may impose any pecuniary liability upon the State or any charge upon its general credit or against its taxing power.