99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB0045

 

Introduced , by Rep. Lou Lang

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
15 ILCS 20/50-5

    Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change concerning submission of the State budget.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative
5Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section 50-5 as
6follows:
 
7    (15 ILCS 20/50-5)
8    Sec. 50-5. Governor to submit State budget.
9    (a) The Governor shall, as soon as possible and and not
10later than the second Wednesday in March in 2010 (March 10,
112010), the third Wednesday in February in 2011, the fourth
12Wednesday in February in 2012 (February 22, 2012), the first
13Wednesday in March in 2013 (March 6, 2013), the fourth
14Wednesday in March in 2014 (March 26, 2014), and the third
15Wednesday in February of each year thereafter, except as
16otherwise provided in this Section, submit a State budget,
17embracing therein the amounts recommended by the Governor to be
18appropriated to the respective departments, offices, and
19institutions, and for all other public purposes, the estimated
20revenues from taxation, and the estimated revenues from sources
21other than taxation. Except with respect to the capital
22development provisions of the State budget, beginning with the
23revenue estimates prepared for fiscal year 2012, revenue

 

 

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1estimates shall be based solely on: (i) revenue sources
2(including non-income resources), rates, and levels that exist
3as of the date of the submission of the State budget for the
4fiscal year and (ii) revenue sources (including non-income
5resources), rates, and levels that have been passed by the
6General Assembly as of the date of the submission of the State
7budget for the fiscal year and that are authorized to take
8effect in that fiscal year. Except with respect to the capital
9development provisions of the State budget, the Governor shall
10determine available revenue, deduct the cost of essential
11government services, including, but not limited to, pension
12payments and debt service, and assign a percentage of the
13remaining revenue to each statewide prioritized goal, as
14established in Section 50-25 of this Law, taking into
15consideration the proposed goals set forth in the report of the
16Commission established under that Section. The Governor shall
17also demonstrate how spending priorities for the fiscal year
18fulfill those statewide goals. The amounts recommended by the
19Governor for appropriation to the respective departments,
20offices and institutions shall be formulated according to each
21department's, office's, and institution's ability to
22effectively deliver services that meet the established
23statewide goals. The amounts relating to particular functions
24and activities shall be further formulated in accordance with
25the object classification specified in Section 13 of the State
26Finance Act. In addition, the amounts recommended by the

 

 

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1Governor for appropriation shall take into account each State
2agency's effectiveness in achieving its prioritized goals for
3the previous fiscal year, as set forth in Section 50-25 of this
4Law, giving priority to agencies and programs that have
5demonstrated a focus on the prevention of waste and the maximum
6yield from resources.
7    Beginning in fiscal year 2011, the Governor shall
8distribute written quarterly financial reports on operating
9funds, which may include general, State, or federal funds and
10may include funds related to agencies that have significant
11impacts on State operations, and budget statements on all
12appropriated funds to the General Assembly and the State
13Comptroller. The reports shall be submitted no later than 45
14days after the last day of each quarter of the fiscal year and
15shall be posted on the Governor's Office of Management and
16Budget's website on the same day. The reports shall be prepared
17and presented for each State agency and on a statewide level in
18an executive summary format that may include, for the fiscal
19year to date, individual itemizations for each significant
20revenue type as well as itemizations of expenditures and
21obligations, by agency, with an appropriate level of detail.
22The reports shall include a calculation of the actual total
23budget surplus or deficit for the fiscal year to date. The
24Governor shall also present periodic budget addresses
25throughout the fiscal year at the invitation of the General
26Assembly.

 

 

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1    The Governor shall not propose expenditures and the General
2Assembly shall not enact appropriations that exceed the
3resources estimated to be available, as provided in this
4Section. Appropriations may be adjusted during the fiscal year
5by means of one or more supplemental appropriation bills if any
6State agency either fails to meet or exceeds the goals set
7forth in Section 50-25 of this Law.
8    For the purposes of Article VIII, Section 2 of the 1970
9Illinois Constitution, the State budget for the following funds
10shall be prepared on the basis of revenue and expenditure
11measurement concepts that are in concert with generally
12accepted accounting principles for governments:
13        (1) General Revenue Fund.
14        (2) Common School Fund.
15        (3) Educational Assistance Fund.
16        (4) Road Fund.
17        (5) Motor Fuel Tax Fund.
18        (6) Agricultural Premium Fund.
19    These funds shall be known as the "budgeted funds". The
20revenue estimates used in the State budget for the budgeted
21funds shall include the estimated beginning fund balance, plus
22revenues estimated to be received during the budgeted year,
23plus the estimated receipts due the State as of June 30 of the
24budgeted year that are expected to be collected during the
25lapse period following the budgeted year, minus the receipts
26collected during the first 2 months of the budgeted year that

 

 

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1became due to the State in the year before the budgeted year.
2Revenues shall also include estimated federal reimbursements
3associated with the recognition of Section 25 of the State
4Finance Act liabilities. For any budgeted fund for which
5current year revenues are anticipated to exceed expenditures,
6the surplus shall be considered to be a resource available for
7expenditure in the budgeted fiscal year.
8    Expenditure estimates for the budgeted funds included in
9the State budget shall include the costs to be incurred by the
10State for the budgeted year, to be paid in the next fiscal
11year, excluding costs paid in the budgeted year which were
12carried over from the prior year, where the payment is
13authorized by Section 25 of the State Finance Act. For any
14budgeted fund for which expenditures are expected to exceed
15revenues in the current fiscal year, the deficit shall be
16considered as a use of funds in the budgeted fiscal year.
17    Revenues and expenditures shall also include transfers
18between funds that are based on revenues received or costs
19incurred during the budget year.
20    Appropriations for expenditures shall also include all
21anticipated statutory continuing appropriation obligations
22that are expected to be incurred during the budgeted fiscal
23year.
24    By March 15 of each year, the Commission on Government
25Forecasting and Accountability shall prepare revenue and fund
26transfer estimates in accordance with the requirements of this

 

 

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1Section and report those estimates to the General Assembly and
2the Governor.
3    For all funds other than the budgeted funds, the proposed
4expenditures shall not exceed funds estimated to be available
5for the fiscal year as shown in the budget. Appropriation for a
6fiscal year shall not exceed funds estimated by the General
7Assembly to be available during that year.
8    (b) By February 24, 2010, the Governor must file a written
9report with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the
10House of Representatives containing the following:
11        (1) for fiscal year 2010, the revenues for all budgeted
12    funds, both actual to date and estimated for the full
13    fiscal year;
14        (2) for fiscal year 2010, the expenditures for all
15    budgeted funds, both actual to date and estimated for the
16    full fiscal year;
17        (3) for fiscal year 2011, the estimated revenues for
18    all budgeted funds, including without limitation the
19    affordable General Revenue Fund appropriations, for the
20    full fiscal year; and
21        (4) for fiscal year 2011, an estimate of the
22    anticipated liabilities for all budgeted funds, including
23    without limitation the affordable General Revenue Fund
24    appropriations, debt service on bonds issued, and the
25    State's contributions to the pension systems, for the full
26    fiscal year.

 

 

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1    Between July 1 and August 31 of each fiscal year, the
2members of the General Assembly and members of the public may
3make written budget recommendations to the Governor.
4    Beginning with budgets prepared for fiscal year 2013, the
5budgets submitted by the Governor and appropriations made by
6the General Assembly for all executive branch State agencies
7must adhere to a method of budgeting where each priority must
8be justified each year according to merit rather than according
9to the amount appropriated for the preceding year.
10(Source: P.A. 97-669, eff. 1-13-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 98-2,
11eff. 2-19-13; 98-626, eff. 2-5-14.)