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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB5892
Introduced , by Rep. Jim Durkin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that each appropriation for a legislative member initiative must be by a separate line item appropriation that fully describes the legislative member initiative. Provides that no legislative member initiative may be funded through a lump sum appropriation. Provides that a bill making an appropriation for a legislative member initiative must be heard by a standing committee of each chamber and each initiative must be individually approved by the committee. Defines "legislative member initiative".
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A BILL FOR
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HB5892 |
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LRB095 15229 RCE 41211 b |
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| AN ACT concerning finance.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding |
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| Section 13.8 as
follows:
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| (30 ILCS 105/13.8 new)
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| Sec. 13.8. Committee approval of legislative member
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| initiatives. |
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| (a) Each appropriation for a legislative member initiative |
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| must be by a
separate line item appropriation. That line item |
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| must fully describe the
legislative member initiative, |
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| including without limitation the name of the member of the |
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| General Assembly who requested the initiative, the name of the |
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| entity that
will receive the benefit of the expenditure, the |
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| purpose of the expenditure,
the specific location of the |
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| project, and the Legislative District and
Representative |
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| District in which the project is located. No
legislative member |
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| initiative may be funded through a lump sum appropriation. |
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| (b) Prior to its passage in each chamber of the General |
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| Assembly, a bill containing a legislative member initiative, in |
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| its final form and amount, must be heard by a standing |
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| committee of that chamber and that committee must individually |
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| approve each such initiative by record vote. |
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| (c) Unless it complies with subsections (a) and (b), a |
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| purported appropriation of State
funds for a legislative member |
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| initiative is not a valid appropriation. No
State funds may be |
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| expended for a legislative member initiative unless the
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| appropriation for that legislative member initiative complies |
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| with subsections (a) and (b).
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| (d) "Legislative member initiative" means an appropriation |
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| for a grant or
distribution to a specific unit of local |
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| government, specific school district,
specific not-for-profit |
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| organization, or specific non-governmental entity for
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| infrastructure improvements or operating expenses. |
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| Appropriations that are part
of a statewide program and are |
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| based on generally applicable standards of
eligibility are not |
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| legislative member initiatives. "Infrastructure
improvements" |
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| include without limitation capital improvements, capital
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| projects, planning, construction, reconstruction, equipment, |
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| utilities,
vehicles, and all costs associated with economic |
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| development, community
programs, educational programs, public |
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| health, and public safety.
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| (e) The purpose of this Section is to require full and |
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| complete
disclosure during the appropriation process of State |
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| expenditures that are
primarily for a specific local community |
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| within a Legislative District or
Representative District. This |
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| Section shall be liberally construed to
effectuate its purpose.
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