SB0765 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB0765

Introduced 2/1/2017, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 105/9.09 new

Amends the State Finance Act. Requires State agencies to report to the Governor's Office of Management and Budget certain information concerning federal funds either unused or unclaimed by those agencies. Requires the State agencies to report this information every 2 years. Requires the Governor's Office of Management and Budget to compile and release the State agencies' reports.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning finance.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding Section 9.09 as follows:

(30 ILCS 105/9.09 new)

Sec. 9.09. Federal government grant funds report.

(a) The purpose of this Section is to ensure that each State agency is taking action to receive the full amount of federal funds available for its programs and purposes, and that each State agency is managing its activities and fulfilling its responsibilities in a way that maximizes its eligibility for federal funds.

(b) By November 30, 2018, and by November 30 of every even-numbered year thereafter, each State agency shall report to the Governor's Office of Management and Budget all of the following information for the previous 2 complete fiscal years:

(1) The amount of federal funds that the State agency received from federal sources but did not expend.

(2) Federal grant programs relevant to the State agency's mission or programs overseen by the State agency for which the State agency was eligible to apply to participate in but did not apply. The information provided under this paragraph (2) shall include information concerning the potential amount of federal funds available under the federal grant program as well as the reason that the agency did not apply for the federal grant program.

(3) Federal grant programs relevant to the State agency's mission or programs overseen by the State agency for which the State agency was eligible to receive funding for that required the expenditure of matching State funds that the State agency did not expend. The information provided under this paragraph (3) shall include information concerning the potential amount of federal funds available under the federal grant program.

By December 31, 2018, and by December 31 of every even-numbered year thereafter, the Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall compile and release the State agencies' reports and publish the compiled reports on the Office's website.

(c) As used in this Section, "State agency" has the meaning ascribed to it in the Illinois State Auditing Act.