104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4854
 
Introduced , by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 105/5.1038 new
30 ILCS 105/6z-149 new
    Amends the State Finance Act. Creates the Public, Educational, and Governmental Programming Fund. Provides that moneys in the Public, Educational, and Governmental Programming Fund shall be used by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for operational and administrative expenditures related to, as well as the award of grants to, public, educational, and governmental programmers and public, educational, and governmental studio operators with the purpose of subsidizing operational, capital, and equipment costs related to producing and procuring that programming. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding 
5Sections 5.1038 and 6z-149 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/5.1038 new)
7    Sec. 5.1038. The Public, Educational, and Governmental 
8Programming Fund.
 
9    (30 ILCS 105/6z-149 new)
10    Sec. 6z-149. The Public, Educational, and Governmental 
11Programming Fund; creation.
12    (a) The Public, Educational, and Governmental Programming 
13Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. The 
14Fund may accept moneys from any lawful source. Any interest 
15earned on moneys in the Fund shall be deposited into the Fund. 
16    (b) Subject to appropriation, moneys in the Public, 
17Educational, and Governmental Programming Fund shall be used 
18by the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for 
19operational and administrative expenditures related to, as 
20well as the award of grants to, public, educational, and 
21governmental programmers and public, educational, and 
22governmental studio operators with the purpose of subsidizing 
 
 
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1operational, capital, and equipment costs related to producing 
2and procuring that programming. 
3    (c) On or before January 1, 2027, the Department of 
4Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall adopt rules 
5establishing requirements for the distribution of grant moneys 
6and the determination of which persons or entities are 
7eligible for grants under this Section and may adopt any other 
8rules necessary to implement this Section and administer the 
9Public, Educational, and Governmental Programming Fund. 
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
11becoming law.