100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4810
 
Introduced , by Rep. Mike Fortner
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
15 ILCS 20/50-23 new

     Amends the State Budget Law of the Illinois Civil Administrative Code. Creates the State Board of Elections Independent Funding Law. Creates a continuing appropriation for the State Board of Elections which provides that total appropriations from all sources shall be no less than total appropriations from all sources for the previous fiscal year. Creates an irrevocable and continuing appropriation for the State Board of Elections for the distribution of any federal funds received by the State Board of Elections for the purposes authorized by the federal government for those funds. Authorizes the State Treasurer and State Comptroller to make distributions of federal funds as provided. Defines "total appropriations from all sources". Effective immediately.
  


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
 
 
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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative 
5Code of Illinois is amended  by adding Section 50-23 as follows:
 
6    (15 ILCS 20/50-23 new)
7    Sec. 50-23. State Board of Elections Independent Funding 
8Law.
9    (a)   The Governor shall submit to the General Assembly a 
10proposed budget for the State Board of Elections in which the 
11total appropriations from all sources are no less than the 
12total appropriations from all sources of the previous fiscal 
13year.
14    (b)   If for any reason the total appropriations from all 
15sources are insufficient to meet the levels required by 
16subsection (a) of this Section, this Section shall constitute a 
17continuing appropriation of all amounts necessary for these 
18purposes. The General Assembly may appropriate lesser amounts 
19by law.
20    (c)   This Section shall constitute an irrevocable and 
21continuing appropriation for the distribution of any federal 
22funds received by the State Board of Elections for the purposes 
23authorized by the federal government for those funds, 
 
 
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1including, but not limited to, moneys received by the Help 
2America Vote Fund. Funds appropriated under this Section shall 
3be disbursed in accordance with any requirements imposed by the 
4federal government, and nothing in this Section shall be 
5construed in such a way so as to avoid any requirements imposed 
6by the federal government in disbursing funds to the State 
7Board of Elections. The State Treasurer and State Comptroller 
8are hereby authorized to make distributions of federal funds as 
9provided in this Section.
10    (d)   For purposes of this Section: "total appropriations 
11from all sources" includes, but is not limited to, moneys 
12appropriated from the General Revenue Fund, the Help America 
13Vote Fund, the ERIC Operations Trust Fund, or any other fund of 
14the State, regardless of whether the moneys appropriated from 
15those funds are from a federal, State, public, or private 
16source; "total appropriations from all sources" also includes 
17those moneys received in the Personal Property Tax Replacement 
18Fund that are to be distributed to local election authorities.
19    (e)   This Section may be cited as the State Board of 
20Elections Independent Funding Law.
 
 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
22becoming law.