Full Text of HR0360 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Subsection (b) of Section 2 of Article VIII | 3 | | (Finance)
of the Constitution of Illinois states the following
| 4 | | requirement: "Appropriations for a fiscal year shall not exceed
| 5 | | funds estimated by the General Assembly to be available during
| 6 | | that year."; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois is currently operating with | 8 | | no
comprehensive budget in place for the previous two fiscal | 9 | | years;
concurrently, the legislature has failed to adopt a | 10 | | revenue
estimate as is constitutionally mandated in order to | 11 | | allow the
budget-making process to proceed; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Pursuant to the constitutional obligation set | 13 | | forth in
Subsection (b) of Section 2 of Article VIII of the | 14 | | Constitution,
it is the duty of the Illinois legislature to | 15 | | adopt a revenue
estimate for each and every fiscal year in | 16 | | order to have a basis
from which to design a budget that is | 17 | | balanced; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, In order to assist the legislature in meeting this | 19 | | end,
subsection (a) of Section 4 of the Commission on | 20 | | Government
Forecasting and Accountability Act directs
the | 21 | | Commission to publish on the third Wednesday in March of
each | 22 | | year, revised revenue estimates for the approaching fiscal
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| 1 | | year; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, For FY 2018, the Commission on Government | 3 | | Forecasting and Accountability provides that Illinois will | 4 | | generate
$33.991 billion, including federal and State sources; | 5 | | with
regard to the Subtotal of General Funds generated for FY | 6 | | 2018,
the Commission reports that the State will have $31.147 | 7 | | billion in total
general revenues once allocations are made to | 8 | | the Refund Fund,
the Fund for Advancement of Education, and the | 9 | | Commitment to Human
Services Fund; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The Governor's Office of Management and Budget | 11 | | reports in its revenue estimate that for FY 2018, Illinois
will | 12 | | generate a total of $34.401 billion when including total
| 13 | | federal and State sources; with regard to the Subtotal of
| 14 | | General Funds generated for FY 2018, the Office reports that | 15 | | the State
will have $31.476 billion in total general revenues | 16 | | once
allocations are made to the Refund Fund, the Fund for | 17 | | Advancement of
Education, and the Commitment to Human Services | 18 | | Fund; the Office has included two key assumptions in the budget | 19 | | book, including $300
million to be received from the sale of | 20 | | the Thompson Center and
$942 million in the Fund for | 21 | | Advancement of Education and the Commitment
to Human Services | 22 | | Fund re-classification under general funds
definitions; and
| 23 | | WHEREAS, With the estimates provided by the Commission on |
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| 1 | | Government Forecasting and Accountability and the Governor's | 2 | | Office of Management and Budget, the House
of Representatives | 3 | | and the Senate have a proper basis from which to
adopt a | 4 | | revenue estimate for FY 2018; House Joint Resolution 49, House | 5 | | Joint Resolution 50, and House Joint Resolution 51
of the 100th | 6 | | General Assembly have been filed and contain detailed | 7 | | explanations of the
estimates for FY 2018 from both agencies; | 8 | | therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 10 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the | 11 | | House of Representatives shall
adopt a resolution that contains | 12 | | a revenue estimate for
FY 2018 that will enable the legislature | 13 | | to
devise a budget for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, | 14 | | 2017,
that is congruent and does not exceed the forecasted | 15 | | revenues
for FY 2018, thereby meeting the General Assembly's
| 16 | | constitutional obligation set forth in subsection (b) of | 17 | | Section
2 of Article VIII of the Illinois Constitution; and be | 18 | | it further | 19 | | RESOLVED, That we urge the House of Representatives to | 20 | | adopt House Joint Resolution 49, House Joint Resolution 50, and | 21 | | House Joint Resolution 51
of the 100th General Assembly in | 22 | | order to proceed with
the budget-making process; and be it | 23 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 2 | | delivered
to the Speaker of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives, the
President of the Illinois Senate, the | 4 | | House Minority Leader, and
the Senate Minority Leader.
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