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1 | AN ACT concerning finance.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sections 8.3 and 8h as follows:
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6 | (30 ILCS 105/8.3) (from Ch. 127, par. 144.3)
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7 | Sec. 8.3. Money in the Road Fund shall, if and when the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | State of
Illinois incurs any bonded indebtedness for the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | construction of
permanent highways, be set aside and used for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | the purpose of paying and
discharging annually the principal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | and interest on that bonded
indebtedness then due and payable, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | and for no other purpose. The
surplus, if any, in the Road Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | after the payment of principal and
interest on that bonded | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | indebtedness then annually due shall be used as
follows:
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15 | first -- to pay the cost of administration of Chapters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | 2 through 10 of
the Illinois Vehicle Code, except the cost | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | of administration of Articles I and
II of Chapter 3 of that | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Code; and
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19 | secondly -- for expenses of the Department of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Transportation for
construction, reconstruction, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | improvement, repair, maintenance,
operation, and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | administration of highways in accordance with the
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23 | provisions of laws relating thereto, or for any purpose |
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1 | related or
incident to and connected therewith, including | ||||||
2 | the separation of grades
of those highways with railroads | ||||||
3 | and with highways and including the
payment of awards made | ||||||
4 | by the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission under the | ||||||
5 | terms of
the Workers' Compensation Act or Workers' | ||||||
6 | Occupational Diseases Act for
injury or death of an | ||||||
7 | employee of the Division of Highways in the
Department of | ||||||
8 | Transportation; or for the acquisition of land and the
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9 | erection of buildings for highway purposes, including the | ||||||
10 | acquisition of
highway right-of-way or for investigations | ||||||
11 | to determine the reasonably
anticipated future highway | ||||||
12 | needs; or for making of surveys, plans,
specifications and | ||||||
13 | estimates for and in the construction and maintenance
of | ||||||
14 | flight strips and of highways necessary to provide access | ||||||
15 | to military
and naval reservations, to defense industries | ||||||
16 | and defense-industry
sites, and to the sources of raw | ||||||
17 | materials and for replacing existing
highways and highway | ||||||
18 | connections shut off from general public use at
military | ||||||
19 | and naval reservations and defense-industry sites, or for | ||||||
20 | the
purchase of right-of-way, except that the State shall | ||||||
21 | be reimbursed in
full for any expense incurred in building | ||||||
22 | the flight strips; or for the
operating and maintaining of | ||||||
23 | highway garages; or for patrolling and
policing the public | ||||||
24 | highways and conserving the peace; or for the operating | ||||||
25 | expenses of the Department relating to the administration | ||||||
26 | of public transportation programs; or for any of
those |
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1 | purposes or any other purpose that may be provided by law.
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2 | Appropriations for any of those purposes are payable from | ||||||
3 | the Road
Fund. Appropriations may also be made from the Road | ||||||
4 | Fund for the
administrative expenses of any State agency that | ||||||
5 | are related to motor
vehicles or arise from the use of motor | ||||||
6 | vehicles.
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7 | Beginning with fiscal year 1980 and thereafter, no Road | ||||||
8 | Fund monies
shall be appropriated to the following Departments | ||||||
9 | or agencies of State
government for administration, grants, or | ||||||
10 | operations; but this
limitation is not a restriction upon | ||||||
11 | appropriating for those purposes any
Road Fund monies that are | ||||||
12 | eligible for federal reimbursement;
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13 | 1. Department of Public Health;
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14 | 2. Department of Transportation, only with respect to | ||||||
15 | subsidies for
one-half fare Student Transportation and | ||||||
16 | Reduced Fare for Elderly;
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17 | 3. Department of Central Management
Services, except | ||||||
18 | for expenditures
incurred for group insurance premiums of | ||||||
19 | appropriate personnel;
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20 | 4. Judicial Systems and Agencies.
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21 | Beginning with fiscal year 1981 and thereafter, no Road | ||||||
22 | Fund monies
shall be appropriated to the following Departments | ||||||
23 | or agencies of State
government for administration, grants, or | ||||||
24 | operations; but this
limitation is not a restriction upon | ||||||
25 | appropriating for those purposes any
Road Fund monies that are | ||||||
26 | eligible for federal reimbursement:
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1 | 1. Department of State Police, except for expenditures | ||||||
2 | with
respect to the Division of Operations;
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3 | 2. Department of Transportation, only with respect to | ||||||
4 | Intercity Rail
Subsidies and Rail Freight Services.
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5 | Beginning with fiscal year 1982 and thereafter, no Road | ||||||
6 | Fund monies
shall be appropriated to the following Departments | ||||||
7 | or agencies of State
government for administration, grants, or | ||||||
8 | operations; but this
limitation is not a restriction upon | ||||||
9 | appropriating for those purposes any
Road Fund monies that are | ||||||
10 | eligible for federal reimbursement: Department
of Central | ||||||
11 | Management Services, except for awards made by
the Illinois | ||||||
12 | Workers' Compensation Commission under the terms of the | ||||||
13 | Workers' Compensation Act
or Workers' Occupational Diseases | ||||||
14 | Act for injury or death of an employee of
the Division of | ||||||
15 | Highways in the Department of Transportation.
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16 | Beginning with fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, no Road | ||||||
17 | Fund monies
shall be appropriated to the following Departments | ||||||
18 | or agencies of State
government for administration, grants, or | ||||||
19 | operations; but this
limitation is not a restriction upon | ||||||
20 | appropriating for those purposes any
Road Fund monies that are | ||||||
21 | eligible for federal reimbursement:
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22 | 1. Department of State Police, except not more than 40% | ||||||
23 | of the
funds appropriated for the Division of Operations;
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24 | 2. State Officers.
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25 | Beginning with fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, no Road | ||||||
26 | Fund monies
shall be appropriated to any Department or agency |
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1 | of State government
for administration, grants, or operations | ||||||
2 | except as provided hereafter;
but this limitation is not a | ||||||
3 | restriction upon appropriating for those
purposes any Road Fund | ||||||
4 | monies that are eligible for federal
reimbursement. It shall | ||||||
5 | not be lawful to circumvent the above
appropriation limitations | ||||||
6 | by governmental reorganization or other
methods. | ||||||
7 | Appropriations shall be made from the Road Fund only in
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8 | accordance with the provisions of this Section.
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9 | Money in the Road Fund shall, if and when the State of | ||||||
10 | Illinois
incurs any bonded indebtedness for the construction of | ||||||
11 | permanent
highways, be set aside and used for the purpose of | ||||||
12 | paying and
discharging during each fiscal year the principal | ||||||
13 | and interest on that
bonded indebtedness as it becomes due and | ||||||
14 | payable as provided in the
Transportation Bond Act, and for no | ||||||
15 | other
purpose. The surplus, if any, in the Road Fund after the | ||||||
16 | payment of
principal and interest on that bonded indebtedness | ||||||
17 | then annually due
shall be used as follows:
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18 | first -- to pay the cost of administration of Chapters | ||||||
19 | 2 through 10
of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and
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20 | secondly -- no Road Fund monies derived from fees, | ||||||
21 | excises, or
license taxes relating to registration, | ||||||
22 | operation and use of vehicles on
public highways or to | ||||||
23 | fuels used for the propulsion of those vehicles,
shall be | ||||||
24 | appropriated or expended other than for costs of | ||||||
25 | administering
the laws imposing those fees, excises, and | ||||||
26 | license taxes, statutory
refunds and adjustments allowed |
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1 | thereunder, administrative costs of the
Department of | ||||||
2 | Transportation, including, but not limited to, the | ||||||
3 | operating expenses of the Department relating to the | ||||||
4 | administration of public transportation programs, payment | ||||||
5 | of debts and liabilities incurred
in construction and | ||||||
6 | reconstruction of public highways and bridges,
acquisition | ||||||
7 | of rights-of-way for and the cost of construction,
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8 | reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and operation of | ||||||
9 | public highways and
bridges under the direction and | ||||||
10 | supervision of the State, political
subdivision, or | ||||||
11 | municipality collecting those monies, and the costs for
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12 | patrolling and policing the public highways (by State, | ||||||
13 | political
subdivision, or municipality collecting that | ||||||
14 | money) for enforcement of
traffic laws. The separation of | ||||||
15 | grades of such highways with railroads
and costs associated | ||||||
16 | with protection of at-grade highway and railroad
crossing | ||||||
17 | shall also be permissible.
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18 | Appropriations for any of such purposes are payable from | ||||||
19 | the Road
Fund or the Grade Crossing Protection Fund as provided | ||||||
20 | in Section 8 of
the Motor Fuel Tax Law.
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21 | Except as provided in this paragraph, beginning with fiscal | ||||||
22 | year 1991 and
thereafter, no Road Fund monies
shall be | ||||||
23 | appropriated to the Department of State Police for the purposes | ||||||
24 | of
this Section in excess of its total fiscal year 1990 Road | ||||||
25 | Fund
appropriations for those purposes unless otherwise | ||||||
26 | provided in Section 5g of
this Act.
For fiscal years 2003,
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1 | 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 only, no Road Fund monies shall
be | ||||||
2 | appropriated to the
Department of State Police for the purposes | ||||||
3 | of this Section in excess of
$97,310,000.
For fiscal year 2008 | ||||||
4 | only, no Road
Fund monies shall be appropriated to the | ||||||
5 | Department of State Police for the purposes of
this Section in | ||||||
6 | excess of $106,100,000. For fiscal year 2009 only, no Road Fund | ||||||
7 | monies shall be appropriated to the Department of State Police | ||||||
8 | for the purposes of this Section in excess of $114,700,000. It | ||||||
9 | shall not be lawful to circumvent this limitation on
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10 | appropriations by governmental reorganization or other methods | ||||||
11 | unless
otherwise provided in Section 5g of this Act.
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12 | In fiscal year 1994, no Road Fund monies shall be | ||||||
13 | appropriated
to the
Secretary of State for the purposes of this | ||||||
14 | Section in excess of the total
fiscal year 1991 Road Fund | ||||||
15 | appropriations to the Secretary of State for
those purposes, | ||||||
16 | plus $9,800,000. It
shall not be
lawful to circumvent
this | ||||||
17 | limitation on appropriations by governmental reorganization or | ||||||
18 | other
method.
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19 | Beginning with fiscal year 1995 and thereafter, no Road | ||||||
20 | Fund
monies
shall be appropriated to the Secretary of State for | ||||||
21 | the purposes of this
Section in excess of the total fiscal year | ||||||
22 | 1994 Road Fund
appropriations to
the Secretary of State for | ||||||
23 | those purposes. It shall not be lawful to
circumvent this | ||||||
24 | limitation on appropriations by governmental reorganization
or | ||||||
25 | other methods.
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26 | Beginning with fiscal year 2000, total Road Fund |
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1 | appropriations to the
Secretary of State for the purposes of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | this Section shall not exceed the
amounts specified for the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | following fiscal years:
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15 | It shall not be lawful to circumvent this limitation on | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | appropriations by
governmental reorganization or other | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | methods.
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18 | No new program may be initiated in fiscal year 1991 and
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19 | thereafter that is not consistent with the limitations imposed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | by this
Section for fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, insofar as | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | appropriation of
Road Fund monies is concerned.
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22 | Nothing in this Section prohibits transfers from the Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Fund to the
State Construction Account Fund under Section 5e of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | this Act; nor to the
General Revenue Fund, as authorized by | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | this amendatory Act of
the 93rd
General Assembly.
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26 | The additional amounts authorized for expenditure in this |
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1 | Section by Public Acts 92-0600, 93-0025, 93-0839, and 94-91
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2 | shall be repaid to the Road Fund
from the General Revenue Fund | ||||||
3 | in the next succeeding fiscal year that the
General Revenue | ||||||
4 | Fund has a positive budgetary balance, as determined by
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5 | generally accepted accounting principles applicable to | ||||||
6 | government.
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7 | Beginning with fiscal year 2009 and thereafter, no Road | ||||||
8 | Fund moneys may be
appropriated to the Department of Central
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9 | Management Services, the Department of Employment
Security, | ||||||
10 | the Department of Revenue, the Court of Claims, or any other | ||||||
11 | State
agency (other than the Department of State Police and the | ||||||
12 | Department of
Transportation and the Secretary of State) for | ||||||
13 | the
purposes of this Section.
Appropriations to those
entities | ||||||
14 | for those purposes shall,
instead, be made from the General | ||||||
15 | Revenue Fund. It shall not be lawful to
circumvent this | ||||||
16 | limitation on appropriations by governmental reorganization or
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17 | other methods. Nothing in this paragraph prohibits | ||||||
18 | appropriations from the
Road Fund to the Department of State | ||||||
19 | Police for the purposes of the
highway patrol budget only. | ||||||
20 | The additional amounts authorized for expenditure by the | ||||||
21 | Secretary of State
and
the Department of State Police in this | ||||||
22 | Section by this amendatory Act of the
94th General Assembly | ||||||
23 | shall be repaid to the Road Fund from the General Revenue Fund | ||||||
24 | in the
next
succeeding fiscal year that the General Revenue | ||||||
25 | Fund has a positive budgetary
balance,
as determined by | ||||||
26 | generally accepted accounting principles applicable to
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1 | government.
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2 | (Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05; 94-839, eff. 6-6-06; 95-707, | ||||||
3 | eff. 1-11-08; 95-744, eff. 7-18-08.)
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4 | (30 ILCS 105/8h)
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5 | Sec. 8h. Transfers to General Revenue Fund. | ||||||
6 | (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section and | ||||||
7 | Section 8n of this Act, and
notwithstanding any other
State law | ||||||
8 | to the contrary, the Governor
may, through June 30, 2007, from | ||||||
9 | time to time direct the State Treasurer and Comptroller to | ||||||
10 | transfer
a specified sum from any fund held by the State | ||||||
11 | Treasurer to the General
Revenue Fund in order to help defray | ||||||
12 | the State's operating costs for the
fiscal year. The total | ||||||
13 | transfer under this Section from any fund in any
fiscal year | ||||||
14 | shall not exceed the lesser of (i) 8% of the revenues to be | ||||||
15 | deposited
into the fund during that fiscal year or (ii) an | ||||||
16 | amount that leaves a remaining fund balance of 25% of the July | ||||||
17 | 1 fund balance of that fiscal year. In fiscal year 2005 only, | ||||||
18 | prior to calculating the July 1, 2004 final balances, the | ||||||
19 | Governor may calculate and direct the State Treasurer with the | ||||||
20 | Comptroller to transfer additional amounts determined by | ||||||
21 | applying the formula authorized in Public Act 93-839 to the | ||||||
22 | funds balances on July 1, 2003.
No transfer may be made from a | ||||||
23 | fund under this Section that would have the
effect of reducing | ||||||
24 | the available balance in the fund to an amount less than
the | ||||||
25 | amount remaining unexpended and unreserved from the total |
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1 | appropriation
from that fund estimated to be expended for that | ||||||
2 | fiscal year. This Section does not apply to any
funds that are | ||||||
3 | restricted by federal law to a specific use, to any funds in
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4 | the Motor Fuel Tax Fund, the Intercity Passenger Rail Fund, the | ||||||
5 | Hospital Provider Fund, the Medicaid Provider Relief Fund, the | ||||||
6 | Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund, the Reviewing Court | ||||||
7 | Alternative Dispute Resolution Fund, the Voters' Guide Fund, | ||||||
8 | the Foreign Language Interpreter Fund, the Lawyers' Assistance | ||||||
9 | Program Fund, the Supreme Court Federal Projects Fund, the | ||||||
10 | Supreme Court Special State Projects Fund, the Supplemental | ||||||
11 | Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund, the Good Samaritan Energy | ||||||
12 | Trust Fund, the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facility | ||||||
13 | Development and Operation Fund, the Horse Racing Equity Trust | ||||||
14 | Fund, the Metabolic Screening and Treatment Fund, or the | ||||||
15 | Hospital Basic Services Preservation Fund, or to any
funds to | ||||||
16 | which Section 70-50 of the Nurse Practice Act applies. No | ||||||
17 | transfers may be made under this Section from the Pet | ||||||
18 | Population Control Fund. Notwithstanding any
other provision | ||||||
19 | of this Section, for fiscal year 2004,
the total transfer under | ||||||
20 | this Section from the Road Fund or the State
Construction | ||||||
21 | Account Fund shall not exceed the lesser of (i) 5% of the | ||||||
22 | revenues to be deposited
into the fund during that fiscal year | ||||||
23 | or (ii) 25% of the beginning balance in the fund.
For fiscal | ||||||
24 | year 2005 through fiscal year 2007, no amounts may be | ||||||
25 | transferred under this Section from the Road Fund, the State | ||||||
26 | Construction Account Fund, the Criminal Justice Information |
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1 | Systems Trust Fund, the Wireless Service Emergency Fund, or the | ||||||
2 | Mandatory Arbitration Fund. No transfers may be made under this | ||||||
3 | Section from the Road Fund or the State
Construction Account | ||||||
4 | Fund on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act
of | ||||||
5 | the
96th General Assembly.
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6 | In determining the available balance in a fund, the | ||||||
7 | Governor
may include receipts, transfers into the fund, and | ||||||
8 | other
resources anticipated to be available in the fund in that | ||||||
9 | fiscal year.
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10 | The State Treasurer and Comptroller shall transfer the | ||||||
11 | amounts designated
under this Section as soon as may be | ||||||
12 | practicable after receiving the direction
to transfer from the | ||||||
13 | Governor.
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14 | (a-5) Transfers directed to be made under this Section on | ||||||
15 | or before February 28, 2006 that are still pending on May 19, | ||||||
16 | 2006 (the effective date of Public Act 94-774) shall be | ||||||
17 | redirected as provided in Section 8n of this Act.
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18 | (b) This Section does not apply to: (i) the Ticket For The | ||||||
19 | Cure Fund; (ii) any fund established under the Community Senior | ||||||
20 | Services and Resources Act; or (iii) on or after January 1, | ||||||
21 | 2006 (the effective date of Public Act 94-511), the Child Labor | ||||||
22 | and Day and Temporary Labor Enforcement Fund. | ||||||
23 | (c) This Section does not apply to the Demutualization | ||||||
24 | Trust Fund established under the Uniform Disposition of | ||||||
25 | Unclaimed Property Act.
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26 | (d) This Section does not apply to moneys set aside in the |
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1 | Illinois State Podiatric Disciplinary Fund for podiatric | ||||||
2 | scholarships and residency programs under the Podiatric | ||||||
3 | Scholarship and Residency Act. | ||||||
4 | (e) Subsection (a) does not apply to, and no transfer may | ||||||
5 | be made under this Section from, the Pension Stabilization | ||||||
6 | Fund.
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7 | (f) Subsection (a) does not apply to, and no transfer may | ||||||
8 | be made under this Section from, the Illinois Power Agency | ||||||
9 | Operations Fund, the Illinois Power Agency Facilities Fund, the | ||||||
10 | Illinois Power Agency Debt Service Fund, and the Illinois Power | ||||||
11 | Agency Trust Fund.
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12 | (g)
This Section does not apply to the Veterans Service | ||||||
13 | Organization Reimbursement Fund.
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14 | (h)
This Section does not apply to the Supreme Court | ||||||
15 | Historic Preservation Fund.
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16 | (i) This Section does not apply to, and no transfer may be | ||||||
17 | made under this Section from, the Money Follows the Person | ||||||
18 | Budget Transfer Fund. | ||||||
19 | (Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05; 94-120, eff. 7-6-05; 94-511, | ||||||
20 | eff. 1-1-06; 94-535, eff. 8-10-05; 94-639, eff. 8-22-05; | ||||||
21 | 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 94-648, eff. 1-1-06; 94-686, eff. | ||||||
22 | 11-2-05; 94-691, eff. 11-2-05; 94-726, eff. 1-20-06; 94-773, | ||||||
23 | eff. 5-18-06; 94-774, eff. 5-19-06; 94-804, eff. 5-26-06; | ||||||
24 | 94-839, eff. 6-6-06; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-410, eff. | ||||||
25 | 8-24-07; 95-481, eff. 8-28-07; 95-629, eff. 9-25-07; 95-639, | ||||||
26 | eff. 10-5-07; 95-695, eff. 11-5-07; 95-744, eff. 7-18-08; |
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1 | 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)
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2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
3 | becoming law.
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