CRETE — As part of his campaign against
issuing general obligation bonds without voter approval, Crete resident Richard Blievernicht spoke out against two bond proposals at recent local public hearings.
Sportsplex would take on the bulk of the construction cost - about $ 5.5 million - and the Park District would
issue general obligation bonds to finance the remainder.
The village would
issue general obligation bonds and turn over the funds to the Park District, while the school district would repay the village for the cost of the park.
a type of municipal bond backed by the full faith, credit, and taxing power of the issuer, specifically its ability to collect taxes; only entities that have the right to levy and collect taxes can
issue general obligation bonds; certain governmental entities are subject to legal limits on the amount of taxes that they can impose, and their issues are called limited - tax general obligation bonds; unlimited - tax bonds are issued by government entities that are not subject to those limits
Not exact matches
They decided to focus on selecting bonds
issued by the government of Puerto Rico and its public corporations, which could include infrastructure bonds backed by alcohol taxes and
general obligation bonds.
In his 2012 fall report, the Auditor
General raises the
issue of «long - term fiscal sustainability» — the government's capacity to finance its activities and debt
obligations in the future without imposing an unfair tax burden on future generations.
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obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation
issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
General obligation bonds
issued by local units of government are secured by a pledge of the issuer's property taxing power and must be authorized by the electorate.
Commissioners also are considering approving the
issuing of a $ 550,000
general obligation bond to help pay for buying and remodeling Park Central, the district's headquarters and banquet facility at 3000 Central Rd.
Despite the threat of a Lake in the Hills condemnation lawsuit to buy the Hoffman Farm on Illinois Highway 31, the Cary Park District voted Thursday night to
issue $ 12 million in
general obligation bonds to finance the acquisition of the farmland.
The Park District
issued $ 17.7 million in
general obligation bonds in spring 1999 to pay for construction of the facility.
SOUTH BARRINGTON — The South Barrington Park District board voted Wednesday night to
issue $ 400,000 in
general obligation bonds for future improvements to the South Barrington Fitness Center and Tennis Club.
In November 2000, the Park District went back to the community and asked for approval to
issue $ 15 million in
general obligation bonds to replace, construct and improve the swimming pools at Camelot, Frontier, Heritage, and Olympic Parks.
The first question asks whether the district should
issue $ 8 million in
general obligation bonds to purchase the parcel at 1st Avenue and Three Oaks Road, improve it and build a family aquatic center, which could accommodate 850 to 1,000 swimmers.
HOFFMAN ESTATES — The Hoffman Estates Park District Board on Tuesday night voted unanimously to
issue $ 17.7 million in
general obligation bonds for the design and construction of the Prairie Stone Community Center.
In December of 1972 the vote went against the Park District's referendum to
issue $ 2,550,000 in
general obligation bonds for park improvement and development including the construction of a fieldhouse at Dryden Park, land acquisition, the construction of a north side maintenance garage, and the construction of an indoor ice rink complex along with increasing the corporate tax rate by.025 %.
The board last week also approved
issuing $ 580,000 in
general obligation bonds.
The Crete Park District plans to
issue $ 300,000 in
general obligation bonds to fund recreational projects, including a second phase of a rails - to - trails bike path.
ELMHURST — The Elmhurst Park District board on Monday authorized
issuing $ 975,000 in
general obligation bonds for improvements, including repair of a ceiling in the Courts, its health facility on West Avenue.
The village plans to
issue $ 1.5 million in
general obligation bonds for infrastructure improvements within the tax - increment financing redevelopment area and for development.
DES PLAINES — The Des Plaines Park District Board voted this week to
issue $ 4.9 million in
general obligation bonds to build a 37 - acre park that will include an 18 - hole miniature golf course, soccer fields, walking and jogging paths and a playground.
ROLLING MEADOWS — The Rolling Meadows Park District Board voted Tuesday night to
issue $ 425,000 in
general obligation bonds to raise funds that officials said would help restructure a loan and buy equipment.
The Medinah Park District has authorized its attorney to draft an ordinance for a $ 530,000
general obligation bond
issue to fund miscellaneous park projects that officials say are necessities.
SCHAUMBURG — The Schaumburg Park District Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a $ 1.75 million
general obligation limited tax bond
issue Thursday night.
BARRINGTON — The Barrington Park District will decide Nov. 5 whether to
issue $ 300,000 in
general obligation bonds to help pay for a renovation of the district's pool complex.
2.45 pm Update: Dominic Grieve, the Attorney
General, has said that if necessary he will
issue a notice to remind the media of their
obligation to coverage the murder inquiry fairly.
In a response dated March 4, Assistant Attorney
General Colleen D. Galligan said sanctions on Liebman — who retired last summer — were inappropriate since he's not a defendant in the suit «and had no
obligation to maintain the emails at
issue at the time that they were lost.»
Moody's rating was attributed to the county's «outstanding
general obligation debt» which led to its removal of the negative outlook it
issued in 2016.
Thirty - four states have conduit bond -
issuing agencies, but only a few have made the state's credit (either
general obligation or moral
obligation) available to charters.
Interestingly enough, regarding climate change, there are efforts to have a resolution passed in the UN
General Assembly that would ask the ICJ for an advisory opinion that would define states»
obligations and responsibilities with respect to greenhouse emissions under international law (see policy brief
issued by The Hague Institute for Global Justice).
Craig Evans,
general manager of the UK Asbestos Training Association, explains the problems surrounding the
issue of asbestos in schools, identification and legal
obligation
Some bond investors consider
general obligation (GO) munis to be safer than revenue bonds because GOs are backed by the full taxing power and creditworthiness of the government entity
issuing them.
They are
general obligation issues, and are repaid from property taxes.
They were already at their maximum level of what they could expect given assumed growth in the property tax base, so what could they do if they wanted to
issue more
general obligation debt without raising the tax rate?
* Review focused on bonds
issued by and are the
general obligation of counties and cities.
Municipalities may also
issue unsecured bonds, or
general obligation bonds, backed by the municipality's taxing power.
the area or activities to which the funds raised from a municipal bond
issue will be directed and, in turn, the source of future bond interest payments and principal repayment; for
general obligation bonds, funds raised may be for
general purposes, both operating and infrastructure, and payments are secured by the
general taxing power of the issuer — usually a state, town, or city; revenue bonds are categorized under terms such as «Utilities» or «Transportation»
With
general obligation bonds, the government entity that
issues the bonds puts their «full faith and credit» behind the bonds.
General obligation bonds,
issued to raise immediate capital to cover expenses, are supported by the taxing power of the issuer.
Unsecured debt
obligation,
issued against the
general credit of a corporation, rather than against a specific asset.
The other is the
general obligation bond, which is backed by the credit of the
issuing jurisdiction, rather than the revenue from a specific project.
The Fund primarily purchases
general obligation and pre-refunded bonds
issued for any purpose as well as certain revenue bonds.
Recent evidence suggests that states that have included a
general obligation for the public service board (PSB) to consider environmental matters when
issuing a regulatory ruling may be slowing greenhouse gas emissions.
To date, 16 states have adopted a
general obligation for the PSB to consider environmental matters when
issuing a regulatory ruling.
Moreover, given that the Rules of Professional Conduct include specific language government lawyer's
obligations vis - a-vis equity
issues (in the commentary to Section 2.1, section 6.3.1, to name the obvious ones), it's inappropriate to try to interpret a
general provision in a manner which renders nugatory the express provisions of the Rules.
It is not through the invocation of a substantive electoral right contained in the Treaties that Member States are restricting that the
issue falls within Union law — rather it is an implicit
obligation contained in Article 14 (3) TEU as reflected in the 1976 Act that elections be universal and direct; it is a
general obligation placed on Member States to ensure the democratic integrity of EP elections that catches electoral law and subjects it to review under the Charter.
The
general issue of mitigation, that is, the
obligation to look for alternative employment following termination of employment has been reviewed in a prior post.
There are also probably some «local rules» in each court addressing
issues such as the mailing address and operating hours of the court, the way that hearing dates are scheduled, the process by which motions are considered, the duty if any of parties to confer with each other or engaged in ADR, mandatory pre-trial disclosure
obligations, civil cover sheets for new cases, standard deadlines to finish tasks that don't have deadlines in the
general application civil rules, preferred forms for certain kinds of motions and orders such as entries of appearance, etc..
«As you might imagine, when the
general concept was presented, I got very nervous because it's a sensitive thing to execute,» Dudukovich says, ticking off potential problems: fraud, ethical conduct
issues, code of business
obligations.
In the present case, since it is apparent from paragraphs 29 and 30 above that neither Directive 2004/17 nor its underlying
general principles impose on Member States a specific
obligation to lay down provisions requiring the contracting entity to grant its contractual partner an upwards price review after the award of a contract, the provisions of Legislative Decree No 163/2006 at
issue in the main proceedings, in so far as they do not provide for periodic price review within the sectors covered by that directive, do not have any connection with that directive and can not, therefore, be regarded as implementing EU law (C - 152 / 17, paras 33 - 35, references omitted and emphases added).