Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 30 ILCS 346/5

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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
     It is the policy of this State that in order to maintain an effective system of monitoring the use of federal subsidies within the State, facilities within the State proposed to be financed with bonds issued by an issuer that does not have jurisdiction over the location of those facilities must receive prior approval from the Governor in accordance with this Act.