101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB1517

 

Introduced 2/15/2019, by Sen. Jil Tracy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
15 ILCS 20/50-5

    Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides for the submission of the State budget by the Governor on either the third Wednesday in February or the date of the Governor's Budget Address, whichever occurs first (currently, the third Wednesday in February only). Provides that the State budget shall be submitted with all proposed appropriation and budget implementation legislation to the General Assembly.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative
5Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section 50-5 as
6follows:
 
7    (15 ILCS 20/50-5)
8    Sec. 50-5. Governor to submit State budget.
9    (a) The Governor shall, as soon as possible and not later
10than the second Wednesday in March in 2010 (March 10, 2010),
11the third Wednesday in February in 2011, the fourth Wednesday
12in February in 2012 (February 22, 2012), the first Wednesday in
13March in 2013 (March 6, 2013), the fourth Wednesday in March in
142014 (March 26, 2014), and, for each year thereafter, the third
15Wednesday in February or the date of the Governor's Budget
16Address, whichever occurs first of each year thereafter, except
17as otherwise provided in this Section, submit a State budget
18with all proposed appropriation and budget implementation
19legislation to the General Assembly, embracing therein the
20amounts recommended by the Governor to be appropriated to the
21respective departments, offices, and institutions, and for all
22other public purposes, the estimated revenues from taxation,
23and the estimated revenues from sources other than taxation.

 

 

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1Except with respect to the capital development provisions of
2the State budget, beginning with the revenue estimates prepared
3for fiscal year 2012, revenue estimates shall be based solely
4on: (i) revenue sources (including non-income resources),
5rates, and levels that exist as of the date of the submission
6of the State budget for the fiscal year and (ii) revenue
7sources (including non-income resources), rates, and levels
8that have been passed by the General Assembly as of the date of
9the submission of the State budget for the fiscal year and that
10are authorized to take effect in that fiscal year. Except with
11respect to the capital development provisions of the State
12budget, the Governor shall determine available revenue, deduct
13the cost of essential government services, including, but not
14limited to, pension payments and debt service, and assign a
15percentage of the remaining revenue to each statewide
16prioritized goal, as established in Section 50-25 of this Law,
17taking into consideration the proposed goals set forth in the
18report of the Commission established under that Section. The
19Governor shall also demonstrate how spending priorities for the
20fiscal year fulfill those statewide goals. The amounts
21recommended by the Governor for appropriation to the respective
22departments, offices and institutions shall be formulated
23according to each department's, office's, and institution's
24ability to effectively deliver services that meet the
25established statewide goals. The amounts relating to
26particular functions and activities shall be further

 

 

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1formulated in accordance with the object classification
2specified in Section 13 of the State Finance Act. In addition,
3the amounts recommended by the Governor for appropriation shall
4take into account each State agency's effectiveness in
5achieving its prioritized goals for the previous fiscal year,
6as set forth in Section 50-25 of this Law, giving priority to
7agencies and programs that have demonstrated a focus on the
8prevention of waste and the maximum yield from resources.
9    Beginning in fiscal year 2011, the Governor shall
10distribute written quarterly financial reports on operating
11funds, which may include general, State, or federal funds and
12may include funds related to agencies that have significant
13impacts on State operations, and budget statements on all
14appropriated funds to the General Assembly and the State
15Comptroller. The reports shall be submitted no later than 45
16days after the last day of each quarter of the fiscal year and
17shall be posted on the Governor's Office of Management and
18Budget's website on the same day. The reports shall be prepared
19and presented for each State agency and on a statewide level in
20an executive summary format that may include, for the fiscal
21year to date, individual itemizations for each significant
22revenue type as well as itemizations of expenditures and
23obligations, by agency, with an appropriate level of detail.
24The reports shall include a calculation of the actual total
25budget surplus or deficit for the fiscal year to date. The
26Governor shall also present periodic budget addresses

 

 

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1throughout the fiscal year at the invitation of the General
2Assembly.
3    The Governor shall not propose expenditures and the General
4Assembly shall not enact appropriations that exceed the
5resources estimated to be available, as provided in this
6Section. Appropriations may be adjusted during the fiscal year
7by means of one or more supplemental appropriation bills if any
8State agency either fails to meet or exceeds the goals set
9forth in Section 50-25 of this Law.
10    For the purposes of Article VIII, Section 2 of the 1970
11Illinois Constitution, the State budget for the following funds
12shall be prepared on the basis of revenue and expenditure
13measurement concepts that are in concert with generally
14accepted accounting principles for governments:
15        (1) General Revenue Fund.
16        (2) Common School Fund.
17        (3) Educational Assistance Fund.
18        (4) Road Fund.
19        (5) Motor Fuel Tax Fund.
20        (6) Agricultural Premium Fund.
21    These funds shall be known as the "budgeted funds". The
22revenue estimates used in the State budget for the budgeted
23funds shall include the estimated beginning fund balance, plus
24revenues estimated to be received during the budgeted year,
25plus the estimated receipts due the State as of June 30 of the
26budgeted year that are expected to be collected during the

 

 

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1lapse period following the budgeted year, minus the receipts
2collected during the first 2 months of the budgeted year that
3became due to the State in the year before the budgeted year.
4Revenues shall also include estimated federal reimbursements
5associated with the recognition of Section 25 of the State
6Finance Act liabilities. For any budgeted fund for which
7current year revenues are anticipated to exceed expenditures,
8the surplus shall be considered to be a resource available for
9expenditure in the budgeted fiscal year.
10    Expenditure estimates for the budgeted funds included in
11the State budget shall include the costs to be incurred by the
12State for the budgeted year, to be paid in the next fiscal
13year, excluding costs paid in the budgeted year which were
14carried over from the prior year, where the payment is
15authorized by Section 25 of the State Finance Act. For any
16budgeted fund for which expenditures are expected to exceed
17revenues in the current fiscal year, the deficit shall be
18considered as a use of funds in the budgeted fiscal year.
19    Revenues and expenditures shall also include transfers
20between funds that are based on revenues received or costs
21incurred during the budget year.
22    Appropriations for expenditures shall also include all
23anticipated statutory continuing appropriation obligations
24that are expected to be incurred during the budgeted fiscal
25year.
26    By March 15 of each year, the Commission on Government

 

 

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1Forecasting and Accountability shall prepare revenue and fund
2transfer estimates in accordance with the requirements of this
3Section and report those estimates to the General Assembly and
4the Governor.
5    For all funds other than the budgeted funds, the proposed
6expenditures shall not exceed funds estimated to be available
7for the fiscal year as shown in the budget. Appropriation for a
8fiscal year shall not exceed funds estimated by the General
9Assembly to be available during that year.
10    (b) By February 24, 2010, the Governor must file a written
11report with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the
12House of Representatives containing the following:
13        (1) for fiscal year 2010, the revenues for all budgeted
14    funds, both actual to date and estimated for the full
15    fiscal year;
16        (2) for fiscal year 2010, the expenditures for all
17    budgeted funds, both actual to date and estimated for the
18    full fiscal year;
19        (3) for fiscal year 2011, the estimated revenues for
20    all budgeted funds, including without limitation the
21    affordable General Revenue Fund appropriations, for the
22    full fiscal year; and
23        (4) for fiscal year 2011, an estimate of the
24    anticipated liabilities for all budgeted funds, including
25    without limitation the affordable General Revenue Fund
26    appropriations, debt service on bonds issued, and the

 

 

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1    State's contributions to the pension systems, for the full
2    fiscal year.
3    Between July 1 and August 31 of each fiscal year, the
4members of the General Assembly and members of the public may
5make written budget recommendations to the Governor.
6    Beginning with budgets prepared for fiscal year 2013, the
7budgets submitted by the Governor and appropriations made by
8the General Assembly for all executive branch State agencies
9must adhere to a method of budgeting where each priority must
10be justified each year according to merit rather than according
11to the amount appropriated for the preceding year.
12(Source: P.A. 97-669, eff. 1-13-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 98-2,
13eff. 2-19-13; 98-626, eff. 2-5-14.)