95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB3077

 

Introduced 11/19/2008, by Sen. Donne E. Trotter

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the Emergency Budget Act of 2009. Authorizes the Governor to require contingency reserves of up to 8% concerning appropriations from the General Funds to executive State agencies directly responsible to the Governor, appropriations to the State Board of Education, appropriations for higher education, appropriations to State pension funds, and distributions and payments to units of local government. Provides that the Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Comptroller, and the Treasurer have the same rights and powers with respect to appropriations in their budgets. 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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Emergency Budget Act of Fiscal Year 2009.
 
6     Section 5. Contingency reserves.
7     (a) Notwithstanding any continuing appropriations to the
8 contrary, the Governor may designate the following as
9 contingency reserves:
10         (1) For each executive State agency that is directly
11     responsible to the Governor, an amount no greater than 8%
12     of the total appropriations made from the General Funds to
13     that executive State agency that is directly responsible to
14     the Governor.
15         (2) An amount no greater than 8% of the total
16     appropriations of State funds to the State Board of
17     Education.
18         (3) An amount no greater than 8% of the total
19     appropriations of State funds for higher education
20     purposes to each agency, board, commission, or university
21     receiving funding for higher education purposes.
22         (4) An amount no greater than 8% of the total
23     appropriations of State funds for contributions to the

 

 

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1     State pension funds established under Articles 2, 14, 15,
2     16, and 18 of the Illinois Pension Code.
3         (5) An amount no greater than 8% of the total
4     distributions of revenues received on behalf of local
5     governments or other payments to units of local government.
6     This subsection (a) does not apply to the General
7 Obligation Bond Retirement and Interest Fund or to the Build
8 Illinois Bond Retirement and Interest Fund.
9     (b) Amounts designated as a contingency reserve may not be
10 obligated, encumbered, or expended.
11     (c) Any periodic transfers or expenditures must be reduced
12 to accommodate a contingency reserve. Any necessary proration
13 of periodic payments shall be distributed equally among the
14 remaining payments for the fiscal year.
15     (d) In this Section, "executive State agency that is
16 directly responsible to the Governor" means any office,
17 officer, division, or part thereof, and other office,
18 nonelective officer, department, division, bureau, board, or
19 commission in the executive branch of State government, except
20 that it does not apply to any agency whose primary function is
21 service to the General Assembly or the judicial branch of State
22 government, or to any agency administered by the Attorney
23 General, Secretary of State, State Comptroller, or State
24 Treasurer.
25     (e) The Lieutenant Governor, the Attorney General, the
26 Secretary of State, the State Comptroller, and the State

 

 

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1 Treasurer have the same rights and powers granted the Governor
2 under subsection (a) with respect to those appropriations in
3 each of their respective budgets.
 
4     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5 becoming law.