Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 30 ILCS 352/10

  • 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.
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
     Notwithstanding and in addition to any other law, before adopting an ordinance selling non-referendum general obligation bonds or limited bonds, the governing body of the governmental unit proposing to sell the bonds shall hold at least one public hearing concerning the governing body’s intent to sell the bonds. The governing body or the presiding officer of the governing body shall set the date, time, and location of the hearing. The hearing may be part of a regularly scheduled meeting of the governing body.