2-32-760 Judgment tax – Annual levy – Use of funds.

   The City of Chicago, acting by its city council, shall in the year 1980 and every year thereafter levy a tax upon all the taxable property in the municipality at a rate that will produce not to exceed $9,000,000.00 upon the valuation to be ascertained by the assessment of such property for the purposes of taxation in the year 1980, and every year thereafter. This tax, when levied, shall be for the purpose of paying tort judgments, judgments for damage to or for the taking of private property for public use, or any other judgments entered against the City of Chicago. This tax shall be levied and collected in the same manner as the general taxes of the municipality. It shall be known as the judgment tax and shall be in addition to the maximum of all other taxes which the municipality is now, or may be hereafter, authorized by law to levy upon the aggregate valuation of all taxable property within the City of Chicago.

   All money received from this tax shall be set apart in a separate fund and shall be used solely for the purpose of paying judgments as provided for in this ordinance. Judgments against the City of Chicago shall be paid out of this fund in order in which the judgments were obtained. This order of payment shall not apply to judgments of $1,000.00 or less, which judgments may be paid out of said order and in the order in which these judgments of $1,000.00 or less were obtained.

   Interest accrued on these judgments shall be paid with the principal thereof. However, the interest accrued to any particular date on all judgments payable out of this fund may be paid ratably at any time without payment of the principal thereof; warrants or notes issued in anticipation of the judgment tax shall be issued under the applicable provisions of the Illinois Revised Statutes and shall bear interest at a rate to be determined at the time of sale.

(Prior code § 7-66)

ARTICLE IX. WATER REVENUE BONDS (2-32-770 et seq.)

2-32-770 Issuance – Authorized when – Effect.

   The City of Chicago, acting by its city council, may, from time to time, borrow money for the purpose of paying the cost of constructing extensions, improvements, or both, to the existing Chicago Water System, and for the purpose of paying the principal of and accrued interest on interim notes issued pursuant to Sections 2-32-850 through 2-32-890 of this chapter to provide temporary financing for such extensions, improvements, or both, to the Chicago Water System, and in evidence of such borrowing, issue its water revenue bonds, which shall be payable both as to principal and interest solely and only from the revenues to be derived from the operation of the water system of said city, which water revenue bonds shall become due within 40 years of their date and shall not in any event constitute an indebtedness of said city within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision or limitation on indebtedness which may be incurred and the water revenue bonds shall not be payable from ad valorem taxes to be levied and extended against taxable property situated within the city. The procedures for the issuance of water revenue bonds shall be as substantially herein provided in Sections 2-32-780 through 2-32-840 of this chapter.

(Prior code § 7-67)

2-32-780 Issuance – Ordinance and public hearing required.

   The city council shall adopt an ordinance (hereinafter designated the "water revenue bond ordinance"), which shall set forth the amount of money necessary to be borrowed and the amount of the water revenue bonds to be issued in evidence of such borrowing, shall describe in a general way the improvements, extensions, or both, necessary to be made and the estimated cost thereof. It shall not be necessary that such water revenue bond ordinance refer to or incorporate therein by reference detailed plans and specifications of such improvements, extensions, or both.

   Prior to the adoption of any such water revenue bond ordinance, a public hearing shall be held thereon by the finance committee of the city council, provided that no approval of projects to be permanently financed thereby shall be necessary if such projects have been theretofore approved by the finance committee and the city council, and financed through the issuance of interim notes pursuant to Sections 2-32-850 through 2-32-890 of this chapter, pursuant to a notice given of such public hearing, such notice to refer generally to the subject matter of the water revenue bond ordinance and to be published at least once in a newspaper published in and having a general circulation within the City of Chicago, the date of such publication to be not less than ten days prior to the date of the public hearing.

(Prior code § 7-68)