HB4235 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB4235

Introduced , by Rep. Bill Mitchell

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

15 ILCS 20/50-22

Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Expands current continuing appropriations provisions to cover executive branch operations and all State universities (currently, the provisions cover only judges and the legislative branch). Defines "executive branch operations" to include all State agencies, the office of any constitutional officer, including any agency or entity reporting to a constitutional officer, and any agency, board, commission, or other entity of the executive branch. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

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

Section 5. The State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section 50-22 as follows:

(15 ILCS 20/50-22)

Sec. 50-22. Funding for salaries of General Assembly members and judges; legislative operations.

(a) Beginning July 1, 2014, the aggregate appropriations available for salaries for members of the General Assembly and judges from all State funds for each State fiscal year shall be no less than the total aggregate appropriations made available for salaries for members of the General Assembly and judges for the immediately preceding fiscal year.

(b) Beginning July 1, 2014, the aggregate appropriations available for legislative operations from all State funds for each State fiscal year shall be no less than the total aggregate appropriations made available for legislative operations for the immediately preceding fiscal year. For purposes of this subsection (b), "legislative operations" means any expenditure for the operation of the Office of the Auditor General, the House of Representatives, the Senate, the Legislative Ethics Commission, the Office of the Legislative Inspector General, the Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services, and the legislative support services agencies.

(b-5) Beginning July 1, 2015, the aggregate appropriations available for executive branch operations from all State funds for each State fiscal year shall be no less than the total aggregate appropriations made available for executive branch operations for the immediately preceding fiscal year. For purposes of this subsection (b-5), "executive branch operations" means any expenditure for the operation of any State agency, the office of any constitutional officer, including any agency or entity reporting to a constitutional officer, and any agency, board, commission, or other entity of the executive branch, including, but not limited to, the Executive Ethics Commission, the Offices of the Executive Inspectors General, the Illinois Commerce Commission, the Pollution Control Board, and the Prisoner Review Board.

(b-10) Beginning July 1, 2015, the aggregate appropriations available for each State university from all State funds for each State fiscal year shall be no less than the total aggregate appropriations made available for each State university for the immediately preceding fiscal year. For purposes of this subsection (b-10), "State university" means the University of Illinois, Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois University, Southern Illinois University, and Western Illinois University.

(c) If for any reason the aggregate appropriations made available are insufficient to meet the levels required by subsections (a), and (b), (b-5), and (b-10) of this Section, this Section shall constitute a continuing appropriation of all amounts necessary for these purposes. The General Assembly may appropriate lesser amounts by law.

(Source: P.A. 98-682, eff. 6-30-14.)

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