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EXECUTIVE BRANCH
(20 ILCS 3005/) Governor's Office of Management and Budget Act.

20 ILCS 3005/0.01

    (20 ILCS 3005/0.01) (from Ch. 127, par. 410)
    Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Governor's Office of Management and Budget Act.
(Source: P.A. 93-25, eff. 6-20-03.)

20 ILCS 3005/1

    (20 ILCS 3005/1) (from Ch. 127, par. 411)
    Sec. 1. Definitions.
    "Capital expenditure" means money spent for replacing, remodeling, expanding, or acquiring facilities, buildings or land owned directly by the State through any State department, authority, public corporation of the State, State college or university, or any other public agency created by the State, but not units of local government or school districts.
    "Director" means the Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget.
    "Office" means the Governor's Office of Management and Budget.
    "State Agency," whether used in the singular or plural, means all Departments, Officers, Commissions, Boards, Institutions and bodies, politic and corporate of the State, including the Offices of Clerk of the Supreme Court and Clerks of the Appellate Courts; except it shall not mean the several Courts of the State, nor the Legislature, its Committees or Commissions, nor the Constitutionally elected State Officers, nor the Executive Ethics Commission, nor the Offices of Executive Inspectors General.
(Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 8-18-09.)

20 ILCS 3005/2

    (20 ILCS 3005/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 412)
    Sec. 2. There is created in the executive office of the Governor an Office to be known as the Governor's Office of Management and Budget. The Office shall be headed by a Director, who shall be appointed by the Governor. The functions of the Office shall be as prescribed in Sections 2.1 through 2.10 of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 98-706, eff. 7-16-14.)

20 ILCS 3005/2.1

    (20 ILCS 3005/2.1) (from Ch. 127, par. 412.1)
    Sec. 2.1. To assist the Governor in submitting a recommended budget, including estimated receipts and revenue, to the General Assembly, and to consult with the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, at the Commission's request, in compiling a report on the estimated income of the State, as required under Section 4 of the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability Act.
(Source: P.A. 96-958, eff. 7-1-10.)

20 ILCS 3005/2.2

    (20 ILCS 3005/2.2) (from Ch. 127, par. 412.2)
    Sec. 2.2. To make detailed studies of the State agencies to enable the Governor to determine what changes should be made in the existing organization, activities, and methods of business of such agencies so as to strengthen the State's management processes and bring about more efficient and economical conduct of State services.
(Source: P.A. 76-23.)

20 ILCS 3005/2.3

    (20 ILCS 3005/2.3) (from Ch. 127, par. 412.3)
    Sec. 2.3. To evaluate for the Governor programs proposed by State agencies in terms of goals, costs, and relative priorities, to keep the Governor informed of the programs and accomplishment of activities by the State agencies, and to coordinate the development and implementation of State programs, to the end that the monies appropriated by the Legislature may be expended in the most economical manner possible with the least possible overlapping and duplication of effort.
(Source: P.A. 76-23.)

20 ILCS 3005/2.4

    (20 ILCS 3005/2.4) (from Ch. 127, par. 412.4)
    Sec. 2.4. To advise and assist the Governor in the development of policies, plans and programs for improving intergovernmental cooperation and coordinating Federal, State and local fiscal relationships.
(Source: P.A. 76-23.)

20 ILCS 3005/2.5

    (20 ILCS 3005/2.5) (from Ch. 127, par. 412.5)
    Sec. 2.5. Effective January 1, 1980, to require the preparation and submission of an annual long-range capital expenditure plan for all State agencies. Such Capital Plan shall detail each project for each of the following 3 fiscal years, including the project cost in current dollar amounts, the future maintenance costs for the completed project, the anticipated life expectancy of the project and the impact the project will have on the annual operating budget for the agency. Each State agency's annual capital plan shall include energy conservation projects intended to reduce energy costs to the greatest extent possible in those agency's buildings and facilities included in the capital plan. Each State agency's annual capital plan shall be submitted to the Office no later than January 15th of each year. A summary of all capital plans and future needs assessments shall be included in the Governor's Budget Request and the detail of the capital plans shall be delivered to the Chairmen and Minority Spokesmen of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees and the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability on the date of the Governor's Budget Address to the General Assembly; except that, in 2004 only, the summary and detail shall be delivered not later than the fourth Tuesday in March (March 23, 2004).
(Source: P.A. 93-25, eff. 6-20-03; 93-662, eff. 2-11-04; 93-1067, eff. 1-15-05.)

20 ILCS 3005/2.6

    (20 ILCS 3005/2.6) (from Ch. 127, par. 412.6)
    Sec. 2.6. To provide bond indentures to the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability no later than 7 calendar days following the sale or issuance of any bonds.
(Source: P.A. 93-1067, eff. 1-15-05.)

20 ILCS 3005/2.7

    (20 ILCS 3005/2.7)
    Sec. 2.7. Securities information. To assist those entities underwriting securities that are payable from State appropriations, whether issued by the State or by others, by providing financial and other information regarding the State to securities investors, nationally recognized securities information repositories, or the federal Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, and to any State information depository as required by the federal Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules promulgated thereunder. The Governor's Office of Management and Budget is the only State office authorized to provide such information.
(Source: P.A. 98-756, eff. 7-16-14.)

20 ILCS 3005/2.8

    (20 ILCS 3005/2.8)
    Sec. 2.8. Pursuant to the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act, to create, on or before July 1, 2014, the Grant Accountability and Transparency Unit within the Office. The Grant Accountability and Transparency Unit shall report directly to the Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget.
(Source: P.A. 98-706, eff. 7-16-14.)

20 ILCS 3005/2.9

    (20 ILCS 3005/2.9)
    Sec. 2.9. Pursuant to the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act, to maintain a list of those individuals and entities that are ineligible, either temporarily or permanently, to receive an award of grant funds from the State.
(Source: P.A. 98-706, eff. 7-16-14.)

20 ILCS 3005/2.10

    (20 ILCS 3005/2.10)
    Sec. 2.10. To adopt rules on or before July 1, 2015 necessary to comply with the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act. Should changes to the rules be required by the review mandated by Section 65 of the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act, the Governor's Office of Management and Budget may adopt such peremptory rules as are necessary to comply with changes to corresponding federal rules. All other rules that the Governor's Office of Management and Budget deems necessary to adopt in connection with the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act must proceed through the ordinary rule-making process.
(Source: P.A. 98-706, eff. 7-16-14.)

20 ILCS 3005/2.11

    (20 ILCS 3005/2.11)
    Sec. 2.11. Stop payment orders. Upon a request for a stop payment order from a State grant-making agency for a recipient or subrecipient, the Office of the Comptroller shall notify the Grant Accountability and Transparency Unit within 30 days of the request.
(Source: P.A. 100-997, eff. 8-20-18.)

20 ILCS 3005/2.12

    (20 ILCS 3005/2.12)
    Sec. 2.12. (Repealed).
(Source: P.A. 100-997, eff. 8-20-18. Repealed internally, eff. 1-1-21.)

20 ILCS 3005/2.13

    (20 ILCS 3005/2.13)
    Sec. 2.13. Appropriations; Railsplitter Tobacco Settlement Authority Bonds. Subject to appropriation, the Office may make payments from the Tobacco Settlement Recovery Fund to the trustee of those bonds issued by the Railsplitter Tobacco Settlement Authority with which the Authority has executed a bond indenture pursuant to the terms of the Railsplitter Tobacco Settlement Authority Act for the purpose of defeasing outstanding bonds of the Authority.
(Source: P.A. 103-8, eff. 6-7-23.)

20 ILCS 3005/2.14

    (20 ILCS 3005/2.14)
    Sec. 2.14. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report Internal Control Unit. As used in this Section:
    "ACFR" means the State Annual Comprehensive Financial Report.
    There is created within the Governor's Office of Management and Budget an ACFR Internal Control Unit, which shall advise and assist the Director in coordinating the audit of the State Annual Comprehensive Financial Report on behalf of the Governor. The ACFR Internal Control Unit may develop policies, plans, and programs to be used by the Office for the coordination of the financial audit and may advise and assist State agencies, as defined in the Illinois State Auditing Act and under the jurisdiction of the Governor, in improving internal controls related to the State's financial statements and reporting. The ACFR Internal Control Unit is authorized to direct State agencies under the jurisdiction of the Governor in the adoption of internal control procedures and documentation necessary to address internal control deficiencies or resolve ACFR audit findings, and to direct implementation of such corrective actions. Each State agency under the jurisdiction of the Governor shall furnish to the Office such information as the Office may from time to time require, and the Director or any duly authorized employee of the Office shall for the purpose of securing such information, have access to, and the right to examine and receive a copy of all documents, papers, reports, or records of any State agency under the jurisdiction of the Governor to assist in carrying out the Office's responsibilities under this Section.
(Source: P.A. 103-866, eff. 8-9-24.)

20 ILCS 3005/3

    (20 ILCS 3005/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 413)
    Sec. 3. The Director, under such rules and regulations as the Governor may prescribe, may organize the Office, allocate functions and duties within it, and appoint employees, in such a manner as best enables it to achieve its purposes and fulfill its responsibilities. He is authorized to make expenditures for necessary expenses of the Office within the appropriations made therefor.
(Source: P.A. 93-25, eff. 6-20-03.)

20 ILCS 3005/4

    (20 ILCS 3005/4) (from Ch. 127, par. 414)
    Sec. 4. Under such regulations as the Governor may prescribe, (1) every State agency shall furnish to the Office such information as the Office may from time to time require, and (2) the Director or any duly authorized employee of the Office shall for the purpose of securing such information, have access to, and the right to examine, all books, documents, papers or records of any State agency.
(Source: P.A. 93-25, eff. 6-20-03.)

20 ILCS 3005/5.1

    (20 ILCS 3005/5.1) (from Ch. 127, par. 415)
    Sec. 5.1. Under such regulations as the Governor may prescribe, every State agency, other than State colleges and universities, agencies of legislative and judicial branches of State government, and elected State executive officers not including the Governor, shall file with the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability all applications for federal grants, contracts and agreements. Each State agency subject to this Section shall, at least 45 days before submitting its application to the federal agency, report in detail to the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability what the grant is intended to accomplish and the specific plans for spending the federal dollars received pursuant to the grant. The Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability shall immediately review such reports of applications and plans of expenditure, which shall include but shall not be limited to:
        (1) an estimate of both the direct and indirect costs
    
in non-federal revenues of participation in the federal program;
        (2) the probable length of duration of the program, a
    
schedule of fund receipts and an estimate of the cost to the State of maintaining the program if and when the federal financial assistance or grant is terminated;
        (3) a list of State or local agencies utilizing the
    
financial assistance as direct recipients or subgrantees;
        (4) a description of each program proposed to be
    
funded by the financial assistance or grant; and
        (5) a description of any financial, program or
    
planning commitment on the part of the State required by the federal government as a requirement for receipt of the financial assistance or grant.
    All State agencies subject to this Section shall immediately file with the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability any awards of federal funds and any and all changes in the programs, in awards, in program duration, in schedule of fund receipts, and in estimated costs to the State of maintaining the program if and when federal assistance is terminated, or in direct and indirect costs, of any grant under which they are or expect to be receiving federal funds. The Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability shall immediately forward such materials to the Office.
    The Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability shall develop standard forms and a system of identifying numbers for the applications and reports required by this Section. Upon receipt from the State agencies of each application and report, the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability shall promptly designate the appropriate identifying number therefor and communicate such number to the respective State agency, the Comptroller and the Office.
    Each State agency subject to this Section shall include in each report to the Comptroller of the receipt of federal funds the identifying number applicable to the grant under which such funds are received.
(Source: P.A. 103-616, eff. 7-1-24.)

20 ILCS 3005/6

    (20 ILCS 3005/6) (from Ch. 127, par. 416)
    Sec. 6. In performing its responsibility under Section 2.1, to assist the Governor in submitting a recommended budget, the Office shall:
    (a) Distribute to all state agencies the proper blanks necessary to the preparation of budget estimates, which blanks shall be in such form as shall be prescribed by the Director, to procure, among other things, information as to the revenues and expenditures for the preceding fiscal year, the appropriations made by the General Assembly for the preceding fiscal year, the expenditures therefrom, obligations incurred thereon, and the amounts unobligated and unexpended, an estimate of the revenues and expenditures of the current fiscal year, and an estimate of the revenues and amounts needed for the respective departments and offices for the next succeeding fiscal year.
    (b) Require from each state agency its estimate of receipts and expenditures for the succeeding fiscal year, accompanied by a statement in writing giving facts and explanation of reasons for each item of expenditure requested.
    (c) Make, at the discretion of the Director, further inquiries and investigations as to any item desired.
    (d) Approve, disapprove or alter the estimates.
(Source: P.A. 93-25, eff. 6-20-03.)

20 ILCS 3005/6.01

    (20 ILCS 3005/6.01) (from Ch. 127, par. 416.01)
    Sec. 6.01. The several courts of the State, the General Assembly, its committees and commissions, and the elective officers in the Executive department shall file with the Office information which will enable the Governor to present to the General Assembly estimates of the amount of money required to be raised by taxation for all purposes. They shall submit to the Office, on forms prescribed by the Office, information as to the revenues and expenditures for the preceding fiscal year, the appropriations made by the General Assembly for the preceding fiscal year, the expenditures therefrom, obligations incurred thereon, and the amounts unobligated and unexpended, an estimate of the revenues and expenditures of the current fiscal year, and an estimate of the revenues and amounts needed for the respective departments and offices for the next succeeding fiscal year.
(Source: P.A. 93-25, eff. 6-20-03.)

20 ILCS 3005/7

    (20 ILCS 3005/7) (from Ch. 127, par. 417)
    (Text of Section WITH the changes made by P.A. 98-599, which has been held unconstitutional)
    Sec. 7. All statements and estimates of expenditures submitted to the Office in connection with the preparation of a State budget, and any other estimates of expenditures, supporting requests for appropriations, shall be formulated according to the various functions and activities for which the respective department, office or institution of the State government (including the elective officers in the executive department and including the University of Illinois and the judicial department) is responsible. All such statements and estimates of expenditures relating to a particular function or activity shall be further formulated or subject to analysis in accordance with the following classification of objects:
    (1) Personal services
    (2) State contribution for employee group insurance
    (3) Contractual services
    (4) Travel
    (5) Commodities
    (6) Equipment
    (7) Permanent improvements
    (8) Land
    (9) Electronic Data Processing
    (10) Telecommunication services
    (11) Operation of Automotive Equipment
    (12) Contingencies
    (13) Reserve
    (14) Interest
    (15) Awards and Grants
    (16) Debt Retirement
    (17) Non-cost Charges
    (18) State retirement contribution for annual normal cost
    (19) State retirement contribution for unfunded accrued liability.
(Source: P.A. 98-599, eff. 6-1-14.)
 
    (Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 98-599, which has been held unconstitutional)
    Sec. 7. All statements and estimates of expenditures submitted to the Office in connection with the preparation of a State budget, and any other estimates of expenditures, supporting requests for appropriations, shall be formulated according to the various functions and activities for which the respective department, office or institution of the State government (including the elective officers in the executive department and including the University of Illinois and the judicial department) is responsible. All such statements and estimates of expenditures relating to a particular function or activity shall be further formulated or subject to analysis in accordance with the following classification of objects:
    (1) Personal services
    (2) State contribution for employee group insurance
    (3) Contractual services
    (4) Travel
    (5) Commodities
    (6) Equipment
    (7) Permanent improvements
    (8) Land
    (9) Electronic Data Processing
    (10) Telecommunication services
    (11) Operation of Automotive Equipment
    (12) Contingencies
    (13) Reserve
    (14) Interest
    (15) Awards and Grants
    (16) Debt Retirement
    (17) Non-cost Charges.
(Source: P.A. 93-25, eff. 6-20-03.)

20 ILCS 3005/7.1

    (20 ILCS 3005/7.1)
    Sec. 7.1. Transparency in finance. Upon request by the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, or the Minority Leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives, the Office shall provide a summary of all formal presentations submitted by the Office to credit rating agencies or potential investors in State bonds. Within 10 business days after the submission of State financial information to credit rating agencies or potential investors in State bonds, a summary of the submitted information shall be provided to the legislative leaders and posted on the Office's website. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the Office shall not release any information that is not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
(Source: P.A. 96-555, eff. 8-18-09.)

20 ILCS 3005/7.2

    (20 ILCS 3005/7.2)
    Sec. 7.2. Quarterly financial reports. The Office shall prepare and publish a quarterly financial report to update the public and the General Assembly on the status of the State's finances. At a minimum, each report shall include the following information:
        (1) A review of the State's economic outlook.
        (2) A review of general funds revenue performance,
    
both quarterly and year to date, and an evaluation of that performance.
        (3) The outlook for future general funds revenue
    
performance, including projections of future general funds revenues.
        (4) An assessment of the State's financial position,
    
including a summary of general fund receipts, transfers, expenditures, and liabilities.
        (5) A review of Statewide employment statistics.
        (6) Other information necessary to present the status
    
of the State's finances.
        (7) For the report covering the fourth quarter of
    
State fiscal year 2015 only, the report shall also include the information described in subsection (e) of Section 8.50 of the State Finance Act.
In addition, the fourth quarter report for each fiscal year shall include a summary of fiscal and balanced budget notes issued by the Office to the General Assembly during the prior legislative session. Each report shall be posted on the Office's website within 45 days.
(Source: P.A. 99-2, eff. 3-26-15.)

20 ILCS 3005/7.3

    (20 ILCS 3005/7.3)
    Sec. 7.3. Annual economic and fiscal policy report. No later than November 15 of each year, the Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall submit an economic and fiscal policy report to the General Assembly. The report must outline the long-term economic and fiscal policy objectives of the State, the economic and fiscal policy intentions for the upcoming fiscal year, and the economic and fiscal policy intentions for the following 4 fiscal years. The report must highlight the total level of revenue, expenditure, deficit or surplus, and debt with respect to each of the reporting categories. The report must include any assumptions concerning tax rates and fees used to determine revenue and expenditures for future fiscal years. The report must include a comparison of the enacted current fiscal year budget to the current fiscal year outlook, and, if applicable, must outline any budgetary shortfalls and fiscal and policy options that the Office will pursue to remedy those budgetary shortfalls. If the projected expenditures for any of the following 4 fiscal years exceeds the corresponding fiscal year projected revenues, then the report must outline fiscal and policy options that the Office will pursue to remedy the budgetary shortfall. The report must include: (1) an estimate of Late Interest Penalties under the State Prompt Payment Act for the upcoming fiscal year and projections of the same for each of the following 4 fiscal years; and (2) an estimate of interest penalties under Sections 368a and 370a of the Illinois Insurance Code for the upcoming fiscal year and projections of the same for each of the following 4 fiscal years. The report must include an agency categorization key for the reporting categories. The report must be posted on the Office's Internet website and allow members of the public to post comments concerning the report.
(Source: P.A. 99-854, eff. 8-19-16; 100-1064, eff. 8-24-18.)

20 ILCS 3005/7.4

    (20 ILCS 3005/7.4)
    Sec. 7.4. Monthly revenues reporting. No later than the 15th day following the end of each month, the Office shall prepare and publish a written report including, at a minimum, the following information:
        (1) year-to-date general funds revenues as compared
    
to anticipated revenues;
        (2) year-to-date general funds expenditures as
    
compared to the then current fiscal year budget as enacted; and
        (3) any transfers between budget lines pursuant to
    
Section 13.2 of the State Finance Act exceeding 2%.
(Source: P.A. 103-588, eff. 6-5-24.)

20 ILCS 3005/8

    (20 ILCS 3005/8) (from Ch. 127, par. 418)
    (Text of Section WITH the changes made by P.A. 98-599, which has been held unconstitutional)
    Sec. 8. When used in connection with a State budget or expenditure or estimate, items (1) through (16) in the classification of objects stated in Section 7 shall have the meanings ascribed to those items in Sections 14 through 24.7, respectively, of the State Finance Act.
    When used in connection with a State budget or expenditure or estimate, items (18) and (19) in the classification of objects stated in Section 7 shall have the meanings ascribed to those items in Sections 24.12 and 24.13, respectively, of the State Finance Act.
(Source: P.A. 98-599, eff. 6-1-14.)
 
    (Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 98-599, which has been held unconstitutional)
    Sec. 8. When used in connection with a State budget or expenditure or estimate, items (1) through (16) in the classification of objects stated in Section 7 shall have the meanings ascribed to those items in Sections 14 through 24.7, respectively, of "An Act in relation to State finance", approved June 10, 1919, as amended.
(Source: P.A. 82-325.)

20 ILCS 3005/9

    (20 ILCS 3005/9) (from Ch. 127, par. 419)
    Sec. 9. All statements and estimates of expenditures submitted to the Director of the Office in connection with the preparation of a State budget, and any other estimates of expenditures supporting requests for appropriations, shall be accompanied by comparative performance data formulated according to the various functions and activities, and, whenever the nature of the work admits, according to the work units, for which the respective state agency is responsible. All such statements and estimates of expenditures shall be accompanied, in addition, by a tabulation of all position and employment titles in such department, office or institution, the number of each, and the salaries for each, formulated according to divisions, bureaus, sections, offices, departments, boards, and similar subdivisions, which shall correspond as nearly as practicable to the functions and activities for which the department, office or institution is responsible.
(Source: P.A. 93-25, eff. 6-20-03.)

20 ILCS 3005/9.5

    (20 ILCS 3005/9.5)
    Sec. 9.5. Name change. On the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the name of the Bureau of the Budget is changed to the Governor's Office of Management and Budget. References in any law, appropriation, rule, form, or other document (i) to the Bureau of the Budget or to BOB are deemed, in appropriate contexts, to be references to the Governor's Office of Management and Budget for all purposes and (ii) to the Director of the Bureau of the Budget are deemed, in appropriate contexts, to be references to the Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Budget for all purposes.
(Source: P.A. 93-25, eff. 6-20-03.)