Public Act 103-0229
 
SB1790 EnrolledLRB103 28422 JDS 54802 b


  
    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    (25 ILCS 130/4-4 rep.)

    (25 ILCS 130/4-5 rep.)


    (25 ILCS 130/4-6 rep.)

    Section 5. The Legislative Commission Reorganization Act 
of 1984 is amended  by repealing Sections 4-4, 4-5, and 4-6.
  
 
    Section 10. The Commission on Government Forecasting and 
Accountability Act is amended by changing Sections 3 and  4 as 
follows:
 
    (25 ILCS 155/3)  (from Ch. 63, par. 343)
    Sec. 3. The Commission shall:


        (1) Study from time to time and report to the General 
    Assembly on
economic development and trends in the State.


        (2) Make such special economic and fiscal studies as 
    it deems
appropriate or desirable or as the General 
    Assembly may request.


        (3) Based on its studies, recommend such State fiscal 
    and economic
policies as it deems appropriate or desirable 
    to improve the functioning
of State government and the 
    economy of the various regions within the
State.


        (4) Prepare annually a State economic report.


        (5) Provide information for all appropriate 
    legislative
organizations and personnel on economic trends 
    in relation to long range
planning and budgeting.


        (6) Study and make such recommendations as it deems 
    appropriate to
the General Assembly on local and regional 
    economic and fiscal policy
and on federal fiscal policy as 
    it may affect Illinois.


        (7) Review capital expenditures, appropriations and 
    authorizations
for both the State's general obligation and 
    revenue bonding authorities.
At the direction of the 
    Commission, specific reviews may include
economic 
    feasibility reviews of existing or proposed revenue bond

    projects to determine the accuracy of the original 
    estimate of useful
life of the projects, maintenance 
    requirements and ability to meet debt
service requirements 
    through their operating expenses.


        (8) Receive and review all executive agency and 
    revenue bonding
authority annual and 3 year plans.  The 
    Commission shall prepare a
consolidated review of these 
    plans, an updated assessment of current
State agency 
    capital plans, a report on the outstanding and unissued

    bond authorizations, an evaluation of the State's ability 
    to market
further bond issues and shall submit them as the 
    "Legislative Capital
Plan Analysis" to the House and 
    Senate Appropriations Committees at
least once a year.  The 
    Commission shall annually submit to the General
Assembly 
    on the first Wednesday of April a report on the State's 
    long-term
capital needs, with particular emphasis upon and 
    detail of the 5-year
period in the immediate future.


        (9) Study and make recommendations it deems 
    appropriate to the
General Assembly on State bond 
    financing, bondability guidelines, and
debt management.  At 
    the direction of the Commission, specific studies
and 
    reviews may take into consideration short and long-run 
    implications
of State bonding and debt management policy.


        (10) Comply with the provisions of the "State Debt

    Impact Note Act" as now or hereafter amended.


        (11) Comply with the provisions of the Pension Impact 
    Note Act, as now
or hereafter amended.


        (12) Prepare By August 1st of each year, the 
    Commission must prepare and cause to
be published by 
    August 1 of each year a summary report of State 
    appropriations for the State fiscal year
beginning the 
    previous July 1st, except that, if no State appropriations 
    have been enacted by July 1 for the State fiscal year, then 
    the summary report shall be prepared and published within 
    60 days after the enactment of  appropriations for that 
    State fiscal year.   The summary report must discuss major

    categories of appropriations, the issues the General 
    Assembly faced in
allocating appropriations, comparisons 
    with appropriations for previous
State fiscal years, and 
    other matters helpful in providing the citizens of

    Illinois with an overall understanding of appropriations 
    for that fiscal year.
The summary report must be written 
    in plain language and designed for
readability, and it 
    must be provided in a report to the General Assembly  and 
    published on the General Assembly's website.  Publication 
    must be in newspapers of general circulation in the

    various areas of the State to ensure distribution 
    statewide.  The summary
report must also be published on 
    the General Assembly's web site.


        (13) Comply with the provisions of the State 
    Facilities Closure Act.

        (14)  For fiscal year 2012 and thereafter, develop a 
    3-year budget forecast for the State, including 
    opportunities and threats concerning anticipated revenues 
    and expenditures, with an appropriate level of detail. 
        (15)   Perform the powers, duties, rights, and 
    responsibilities of the Legislative Research Unit as 
    transferred to the Commission under Section 7. 
    The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly 
shall be satisfied
by filing copies of the report as required 
by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly
Organization Act, and

filing such additional copies with the State Government Report 
Distribution
Center for the General Assembly as is required 
under paragraph (t) of
Section 7 of the State Library Act.


(Source: P.A. 100-1148, eff. 12-10-18.)

 
    (25 ILCS 155/4)  (from Ch. 63, par. 344)
    Sec. 4. (a) The Commission shall publish, during at the 
convening of each regular
session of the General Assembly, a 
report on the estimated income of the
State from all 
applicable revenue sources for the next ensuing fiscal
year 
and of any other funds estimated to be available for such 
fiscal
year. The Commission, in its discretion, may consult 
with the Governor's Office of Management and Budget in 
preparing the report. By On the third Wednesday in March after 
the session convenes, the
Commission shall issue the report 
required by this Section containing the a revised and updated 
set of revenue figures
reflecting the latest available 
information. The House and Senate by
joint resolution shall 
adopt or modify such estimates as may be
appropriate. The 
joint resolution shall constitute the General
Assembly's 
estimate, under paragraph (b) of Section 2 of Article VIII of

the Constitution, of the funds estimated to be available 
during the next
fiscal year.

    (b) On the third Wednesday in March or within 14 days after 
the Governor's budget address, whichever is later, the 
Commission shall issue estimated:

        (1) pension funding requirements under P.A. 86-273; 
    and

        (2) liabilities of the State employee group health 
    insurance program.

    These estimated costs shall be for the fiscal year 
beginning the following
July 1.

    (c) The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly 
shall be satisfied
by filing copies of the report as required 
by Section 3.1 of the General Assembly
Organization Act, and 
filing
such
additional copies with the State Government Report 
Distribution Center for the
General Assembly as is required 
under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State
Library Act.

(Source: P.A. 100-1148, eff. 12-10-18.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.