HB5504 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB096 18496 RCE 33877 b

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5504

Introduced 2/5/2010, by Rep. Chapin Rose

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 105/9.07 new

Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that no State funds may be expended for nonessential promotional purposes or advertising or for any other nonessential goods or services. Defines "nonessential" as not critical to the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Illinois. The prohibition applies to expenditures by State agencies and also to expenditures by State grant recipients from grant moneys. Provides for the Comptroller to enforce the prohibition, and allows the Comptroller to require State agencies and grant recipients to justify any expenditures that the Comptroller believes may be nonessential. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning finance.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding Section 9.07 as follows:

(30 ILCS 105/9.07 new)

Sec. 9.07. Freeze; nonessential expenditures. Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, no State funds may be expended for nonessential promotional purposes or advertising or for any other nonessential goods or services. In this Section, "nonessential" means not critical to the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of Illinois. This prohibition applies to expenditures by State agencies and also to expenditures by State grant recipients from grant moneys. The Comptroller shall enforce the provisions of this Section and may require State agencies and grant recipients to justify any expenditures that the Comptroller believes may be nonessential.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.