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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Illinois Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform Act. | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Section 10. Establishment of Commission. | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | (a) The Illinois Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | Reform is established. The Commission shall consist of 18 | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | voting members as follows: 6 members of the Illinois House of | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | Representatives, 3 appointed by the Speaker of the House and 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | appointed by the House Minority Leader; 6 members of the | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | Illinois Senate, 3 appointed by the Senate President and 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | appointed by the Senate Minority Leader; and 6 members, with no | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | more than 4 from the same political party, who shall be | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | appointed by the Governor. Members shall serve without | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | compensation. | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | (b) As soon as possible after the effective date of this | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | Act, the Commission shall meet. | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | (c) The Commission shall be provided assistance and | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | necessary staff support services by the Commission on | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | Government Forecasting and Accountability and the Governor's | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | Office of Management and Budget. |
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1 | Section 15. Purposes of Commission. The purpose of the | ||||||
2 | Commission is to make recommendations to assist the State in | ||||||
3 | reducing State spending and to balance the State's budget in | ||||||
4 | order to improve the State's long-term fiscal stability. The | ||||||
5 | Commission's recommendations must focus on the following | ||||||
6 | areas: | ||||||
7 | (1) discretionary State spending, | ||||||
8 | (2) State tax reform and simplification, | ||||||
9 | (3) cost containment in publicly-financed health care, | ||||||
10 | (4) specific areas in which State agencies could be | ||||||
11 | required to reduce expenditures, | ||||||
12 | (5) State budget and accounting practices, and | ||||||
13 | (6) measures to reform the actuarial status of | ||||||
14 | State-managed pension systems. | ||||||
15 | Section 20. Report. Within 60 days after the effective date | ||||||
16 | of this Act, the Commission must vote on its recommendations | ||||||
17 | and submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly. | ||||||
18 | If the Commission adopts the report by a three-fifths vote, | ||||||
19 | then the General Assembly must, within 14 days after the report | ||||||
20 | is filed by the Commission, vote on whether to accept the | ||||||
21 | report by the adoption of a resolution by a record vote of a | ||||||
22 | majority of the members elected in each house. If the General | ||||||
23 | Assembly is not in session on the day that the report is filed, | ||||||
24 | then the General Assembly must vote on whether to accept the | ||||||
25 | report within 14 days after the General Assembly convenes for |
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1 | the first time after the report is filed. | ||||||
2 | The Commission is abolished on the day after the report is | ||||||
3 | submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly.
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4 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
5 | becoming law.
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