Rep. Robert Martwick
Filed: 4/21/2017
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3871




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3871 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
 
4    "Section 5. The State Budget Law of the Civil 
5Administrative Code of Illinois is amended  by adding Sections 
650-23 and 50-24 as follows:
 
7    (15 ILCS 20/50-23 new)
8    Sec. 50-23. Funding for public education.
9    (a)   As it is a fundamental goal that the State support the 
10educational development of all people of Illinois and as the 
11State has primary responsibility for financing the system of 
12public education, it is the policy of the State of Illinois 
13that stability of payments for education shall be a priority.
14    (b)   For purposes of this Section:
15        "Funding for public education" means appropriations 
16    made available for public education from the General 
 
 
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1    Revenue Fund; Education Assistance Fund; Common School 
2    Fund; Fund for the Advancement of Education; Personal 
3    Property Tax Replacement Fund; Drivers Education Fund; 
4    School District Emergency Financial Assistance Fund; 
5    School Technology Revolving Loan Fund; SBE Federal 
6    Department of Education Fund; and School Infrastructure 
7    Fund.
8        "Public education" means services provided for by a 
9    school under the jurisdiction of the State Board of 
10    Education or an institution of higher education under the 
11    jurisdiction of the Board of Higher Education.
 
12    (15 ILCS 20/50-24 new)
13    Sec. 50-24. Funding for human services.
14    (a)    To provide for public health and welfare it is the 
15policy of the State that in payments from general revenue, 
16stability of payments for human needs shall be a priority.
17    (b)   For purposes of this Section:
18        "Human services" means all services provided for by the 
19    following Departments: the Department of Human Services, 
20    the Department on Aging, the Department of Healthcare and 
21    Family Services, the Department of Children and Family 
22    Services, and the Department of Public Health.
23        "Funding for human services" means appropriations made 
24    available for human services from the General Revenue Fund; 
25    Commitment to Human Services Fund; Long Term Care Ombudsman 
 
 
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1    Fund; Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund; and Department on 
2    Aging State Projects Fund.
 
3    Section 10. The State Comptroller Act is amended  by adding 
4Section 9.5 as follows:
 
5    (15 ILCS 405/9.5 new)
6    Sec. 9.5. Prioritization of payments.
7    (a)   It is the policy of the State that in payments from the 
8General Revenue Fund, payments for education and human needs 
9should be prioritized in order to provide for the health, 
10safety and well-being of the people of Illinois. The 
11Comptroller is responsible for implementing this policy.
12    (b)   As used in this section:
13        "Education" means services provided for by a school 
14    under the jurisdiction of the State Board of Education or 
15    an institution of higher education under the jurisdiction 
16    of the Board of Higher Education.
17        "Human services" means all services provided for by the 
18    following Departments: the Department of Human Services, 
19    the Department on Aging, the Department of Healthcare and 
20    Family Services, the Department of Children and Family 
21    Services, and the Department of Public Health.
22        "Payments for financial services" means payments to 
23    financial institutions for processes related to activities 
24    of State finance from the General Revenue Fund. "Payments 
 
 
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1    for financial services" shall not include payments to 
2    bondholders; however, it shall include, but not be limited 
3    to, payments for net payments on interest rate swap 
4    agreements, fees for credit enhancements and re-marketing, 
5    and other fees for financial services associated with 
6    bonds.
7    (c)   If any cash flow deficit resulting from timing 
8variation between disbursement and receipt of funds in the 
9General Revenue Fund is anticipated, the Comptroller's efforts 
10to manage timing variations shall include issuing payments for 
11education and human services before issuing payments for 
12financial services.
 
13    Section 15. The State Treasurer Act is amended  by changing 
14Section 11 as follows:
 


15    (15 ILCS 505/11)  (from Ch. 130, par. 11)




16    Sec. 11. 
When any warrant is presented to the State 
17Treasurer to be
countersigned, he shall do so if the warrant is 
18in proper form, and there
are sufficient moneys in the fund to 
19pay the warrant, and the Comptroller certifies that the 
20provisions of Section 9.5 of the State Comptroller Act have 
21been followed. He shall also make a
record of the date and 
22amount of each warrant.

23    Upon request for a wire or electronic transfer of funds 
24pursuant to a
warrant payable from the State treasury, the 
 
 
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1State Treasurer may impose upon
and collect from the requesting 
2payee a service charge covering all costs
of such transfer.

3(Source: P.A. 99-562, eff. 1-1-17.)".