The growing need for local governmental bodies to continue to innovate, sometimes with less help from superior governments, makes this handbook important to practitioners throughout Illinois. More and more is being asked of local governments and lawyers, and this handbook provides easy access to the best research on these subjects to enable practitioners to provide better services to their local governmental clients. Everything municipal law practitioners need to know to prevent financial disaster for their municipality clients, as well as practical tips for dealing with the municipal property itself, is found in this handbook. It covers finance and tax issues, general obligation and revenue bonds, the sale of municipal obligations, special assessments, special service areas, tax increment allocation financing, police and fire pensions, insurance, alternate risk financing, and more.
Chapter 1 — Finance and Tax
James V. Ferolo, Michael T. Jurusik, Michael A. Marrs, and Gregory T. Smith, Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins, Ltd., Chicago
Chapter 2 — General Obligation and Revenue Bonds
Kelly K. Kost and Anjali Vij, Chapman and Cutler LLP, Chicago
Chapter 3 — Sale of Municipal Obligations
Kyle W. Harding, Chapman and Cutler LLP, Chicago, and Andrew Kim, PMA Securities, LLC, Naperville
Chapter 4 — Special Assessments, Special Service Areas, and Business Districts
Thomas P. Bayer, Michael T. Jurusik, and Gregory T. Smith, Klein, Thorpe and Jenkins, Ltd., Chicago
Chapter 5 — Tax Increment Allocation Financing
Adam B. Simon, Ancel Glink, P.C., Vernon Hills, and Kent M. Floros and Lawrence E. White, Chapman and Cutler LLP, Chicago
Chapter 6 — Municipal Property
Mark E. Burkland, Peter M. Friedman, and Lucy A. Prather, Elrod Friedman LLP, Chicago
Chapter 7 — Police Officers’ and Firefighters’ Pension Boards
M. Neal Smith, Robbins Schwartz, Lisle
