Sec. 5-10. Election validation.
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Sec. 5-10. Election validation. All actions taken before the effective date of this Law with respect to a public question authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds of a municipality that was submitted to and approved by the electors of that municipality at the general primary election held on March 19, 2002 and all bonds issued or to be issued by that municipality pursuant to that approval are ratified, validated, and confirmed as lawful actions to authorize the issuance of those bonds and any such bonds shall be lawful, valid, and binding general obligations of that municipality, notwithstanding that the notice of election and the form of public question approved by the electors at that election did not conform to the requirements of applicable law, provided that the notice of election and the public question did set forth the principal amount of the bonds and the capital improvements to be financed by the bonds and that no bond issued by virtue of the approval of the public question shall bear interest at a rate exceeding 7% per annum.