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91_HB4445eng HB4445 Engrossed LRB9113186MWpc 1 AN ACT regarding appropriations. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The following sums, or so much thereof as may 5 be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the President 6 of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives 7 for furnishing the items provided in Section 4 of the General 8 Assembly Compensation Act to members of their respective 9 houses throughout the year in connection with their 10 legislative duties and responsibilities and not in connection 11 with any political campaign, as prescribed by law: 12 To the President of the Senate.................. $ 3,953,000 13 To the Speaker of the House of 14 Representatives............................... 6,726,000 15 Total $10,679,000 16 Section 10. Payments from the amounts appropriated in 17 Section 5 hereof shall be made only upon the delivery of a 18 voucher approved by the member to the State Comptroller. The 19 voucher shall also be approved by the President of the Senate 20 or the Speaker of the House of Representatives as the case 21 may be. 22 Section 15. The following named sums, or so much thereof 23 as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and 24 purposes hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the 25 ordinary and contingent expenses of the Senate: 26 For the ordinary and incidental expenses of 27 legislative leadership and legislative staff 28 assistants: 29 President................................... $ 4,689,899 30 Minority Leader............................. 4,689,899 HB4445 Engrossed -2- LRB9113186MWpc 1 For the ordinary and incidental expenses of 2 committees, the general staff and 3 operations, per diem employees, special and 4 standing committees of the Senate and 5 expenses incurred in transcribing and 6 printing of Senate debate................... 3,673,186 7 For the ordinary and incidental expenses of the 8 Senate, also including the purchasing on 9 contract as required by law of printing, 10 binding, printing paper, stationery and 11 office supplies............................. 194,876 12 For allowances for the particular and additional 13 services appertaining to or entailed by the 14 respective officers of the Senate named in 15 and in accordance with the following 16 schedule: 17 President................................... 76,014 18 Minority Leader............................. 76,014 19 For travel, including expenses to Springfield of 20 members on official legislative business 21 during weeks when the General Assembly is 22 not in session.............................. 52,530 23 Total $13,035,371 24 Section 20. The sum of $629,021, or so much thereof as 25 may be necessary, is appropriated for the use of the Senate 26 standing committees for expert witnesses, technical services, 27 consulting assistance and other research assistance 28 associated with special studies and long range research 29 projects which may be requested by the standing committees. 30 Section 22. The following named sums, or so much thereof 31 as may be necessary, are appropriated for expenses in 32 connection with the planning and preparation of redistricting HB4445 Engrossed -3- LRB9113186MWpc 1 of legislative and representative districts as required by 2 Article IV, Section 3 of the Illinois Constitution of 1970: 3 For the Senate President ................... $ 750,000 4 For the Senate Minority Leader ............. 750,000 5 Total $1,500,000 6 Section 25. The sum of $64,581, or so much thereof as 7 may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Assembly 8 Operations Revolving Fund to the Office of the President, to 9 meet the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Senate. 10 Section 30. The following named sums, or so much thereof 11 as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and 12 purposes hereinafter named, are appropriated to meet the 13 ordinary, incidental and contingent expenses of the House 14 Majority and Minority Leadership Staff and Office operations: 15 For the Speaker............................. $ 4,199,722 16 For the Minority Leader..................... 4,199,722 17 Total $8,166,252 18 Section 35. The following named sums, or so much thereof 19 as may be necessary, are appropriated to meet the ordinary, 20 incidental and contingent expenses of the House Majority and 21 Minority Leadership Staff and the general staff: 22 For the Speaker............................. $ 325,583 23 For the Minority Leader..................... 147,599 24 Total $459,998 25 Section 40. The following named sums, or so much thereof 26 as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and 27 purposes hereinafter named, relating to the operation of the 28 House of Representatives, are appropriated to meet its 29 ordinary and contingent expenses: 30 For the ordinary and incidental expenses of the HB4445 Engrossed -4- LRB9113186MWpc 1 general staff, operations, and special and 2 standing committees of the House, for per 3 diem employees and for expenses incurred in 4 transcribing and printing of House debates.. $4,861,188 5 For the ordinary and incidental expenses of the 6 House, also including the purchasing on 7 contract as required by law of printing, 8 binding, printing paper, stationery and 9 office supplies, no part of which shall be 10 expended for expenses of purchasing, 11 handling or distributing such supplies and 12 against which no indebtedness shall be 13 incurred without the written approval of the 14 Speaker of the House of Representatives..... 90,846 15 Pursuant to the Legislative Commission 16 Reorganization Act of 1984, to the Speaker 17 of the House for 18 Standing House Committees................... 2,168,047 19 Total $6,879,164 20 Section 45. The following named sum, or so much thereof 21 as may be necessary, for the objects and purposes hereinafter 22 named, relating to House membership, is appropriated to meet 23 the ordinary and contingent expenses of the House: 24 For travel, including expenses to 25 Springfield of members on official 26 legislative business during weeks when 27 the General Assembly is not in session .............$27,707 28 Section 47. The following named sums, or so much thereof 29 as may be necessary, are appropriated for expenses in 30 connection with the planning and preparation of redistricting 31 of legislative and representative districts as required by 32 Article IV, Section 3 of the Illinois Constitution of 1970: HB4445 Engrossed -5- LRB9113186MWpc 1 For the Speaker ............................ $ 750,000 2 For the Minority Leader .................... 750,000 3 Total $1,500,000 4 Section 50. The sum of $64,581, or so much thereof as 5 may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Assembly 6 Operations Revolving Fund to the Office of the Speaker, to 7 meet the ordinary and contingent expenses of the House. 8 Section 52. The amount of $328,000, or so much thereof 9 as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue 10 Fund to the General Assembly. Any use of funds appropriated 11 under this Section must be approved jointly by the Clerk of 12 the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate. 13 Section 55. As used in Sections 30 and 35 hereof, except 14 where the approval of the Speaker of the House of 15 Representatives is expressly required for the expenditure of 16 or the incurring of indebtedness against an appropriation for 17 certain purchases on contract, "Speaker" means the leader of 18 the party having the largest number of members of the House 19 of Representatives as of January 13, 1999, and "Minority 20 Leader" means the leader of the party having the second 21 largest number of members of the House of Representatives as 22 of January 13, 1999. 23 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 24 1, 2000.