Rep. Gary Hannig
Filed: 11/20/2008
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2083




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2083, AS AMENDED, 
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by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
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following:

 
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    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
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Emergency Budget Act of Fiscal Year 2009.
 
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    Section 5. Contingency reserves. 
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    (a)  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, including the 
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grant of continuing appropriation authority, the Governor may 
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designate the following as contingency reserves:
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        (1)  For each executive State agency that is directly 
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    responsible to the Governor, an amount no greater than 8% 
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    of the total appropriations made from the General Funds to 
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    that executive State agency that is directly responsible to 
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    the Governor.
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        (2)  An amount no greater than 8% of the total 
 


 






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    appropriations of State funds to the State Board of 
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    Education.

In order to implement the 8% contingency reserve 
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    on total appropriations under this subsection (a)(2), the 
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    State Board of Education shall designate the specific 
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    appropriation lines to be impacted by the contingency 
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    reserves and the amount of State funds to hold under each 
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    designated appropriation line.
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        (3)  An amount no greater than 8% of the total 
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    appropriations of State funds for higher education 
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    purposes to each agency, board, commission, or university 
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    receiving funding for higher education purposes.

In order 
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    to implement the 8% contingency reserve on total 
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    appropriations under this subsection (a)(3),  the Board of 
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    Higher Education shall designate the specific 
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    appropriation lines to be impacted by the contingency 
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    reserves and the amount of the State funds to hold under 
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    each designated appropriation line.
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        (4)  An amount no greater than 8% of the total 
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    appropriations of State funds for contributions to the 
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    State pension funds established under Articles 2, 14, 15, 
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    16, and 18 of the Illinois Pension Code.


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        (5)  An amount no greater than 8% of the total transfers 
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    otherwise required to be made to the Local Government 
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    Distributive Fund under Section 901(b) of the Illinois 
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    Income Tax Act.


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    This subsection (a) does not apply to the General 
 


 






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Obligation Bond Retirement and Interest Fund or to the Build 
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Illinois Bond Retirement and Interest Fund.


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    (b)  Amounts designated as a contingency reserve may not be 
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obligated, encumbered, or expended.


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    (c)  Any periodic transfers or expenditures must be reduced 
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to accommodate a contingency reserve.  Any necessary proration 
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of periodic payments shall be distributed equally among the 
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remaining payments for the fiscal year.


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    (d)  In this Section, "executive State agency that is 
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directly responsible to the Governor" means any office, 
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officer, division, or part thereof, and other office, 
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nonelective officer, department, division, bureau, board, or 
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commission in the executive branch of State government, except 
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that it does not apply to any agency whose primary function is 
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service to the General Assembly or the judicial branch of State 
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government, or to any agency administered by the Attorney 
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General, Secretary of State, State Comptroller, or State 
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Treasurer.


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    (e)  The Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General, the 
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Secretary of State, the State Comptroller, and the State  
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Treasurer have the same rights and powers granted the Governor 
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under subsection (a) with respect to those appropriations in 
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each of their respective budgets.


 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.".