99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB2419

 

Introduced 2/9/2016, by Sen. Scott M. Bennett

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
15 ILCS 20/50-21 new

    Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that, within 30 days after the enactment of the State budget for a fiscal year, the Auditor General must certify whether the enacted budget will be balanced with expenses not exceeding funds estimated by the General Assembly to be available during that year. Provides that the Comptroller may find at any time during the fiscal year that the State budget has become unbalanced and so report to the Auditor General, which shall have 10 days to respond to this report. Provides that, if the Auditor General certifies that the budget is not balanced or agrees with the Comptroller's finding that the State budget has become unbalanced, then (i) the Comptroller shall withhold all payments for the salaries of General Assembly members and the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, and Treasurer and (ii) a special session of the General Assembly shall be convened within 10 days to enact a new State budget. Provides that, upon certification that the new budget will be balanced, the Comptroller will be allowed to resume payments. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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 adding Section 50-21 as follows:
 
6    (15 ILCS 20/50-21 new)
7    Sec. 50-21. Balanced budget certification.
8    (a) Within 30 days after the enactment of the law or laws
9comprising the State budget for a fiscal year, the Office of
10the Auditor General must certify whether the enacted budget
11will be balanced with expenses not exceeding funds estimated by
12the General Assembly to be available during that year pursuant
13to subsection (b) of Section 2 of Article VIII of the Illinois
14Constitution. If the Office of the Auditor General certifies
15that the budget is not balanced, then the Comptroller shall
16withhold all payments for the salaries of General Assembly
17members and the constitutional officers specified in Section 1
18of Article V of the Illinois Constitution. The Comptroller
19shall resume payments for the salaries of General Assembly
20members and constitutional officers, including payments for
21the period during which salaries were withheld under this
22Section, when the Office of the Auditor General certifies that
23the new State budget will be balanced.

 

 

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1    (b) Within 10 days after the certification by the Office of
2the Auditor General that the budget is not balanced as provided
3in subsection (a), the General Assembly must convene to address
4the State budget and enact a new State budget. If a special
5session is not convened by the Governor or the General Assembly
6by proclamation by the tenth day, the certification by the
7Office of the Auditor General under this Section shall operate
8to convene the General Assembly in special session on the tenth
9day after the certification is made. Upon the enactment of the
10law or laws comprising the new State budget, the Office of the
11Auditor General must certify whether the new State budget will
12be balanced with expenses not exceeding expected revenue.
13    (c) If the Comptroller finds at any time during the fiscal
14year that the State budget has become unbalanced, the
15Comptroller shall so report to the Office of the Auditor
16General. The Office of the Auditor General shall have 10 days
17to respond to this report and, if the Office of the Auditor
18General agrees with the finding of the Comptroller that the
19State budget has become unbalanced, the Comptroller must
20withhold payments as specified in subsection (a) and the
21procedure in subsection (b) must be followed to create a
22balanced budget for the remainder of the fiscal year.
 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24becoming law.