101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3008

 

Introduced 2/5/2020, by Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
15 ILCS 20/50-5

    Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that beginning with the budget prepared for fiscal year 2021, the rate of growth of general funds appropriations shall not exceed the rate of growth of the Illinois median household income. Defines "rate of growth of the Illinois median household income".


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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 the third Wednesday in February of
15each year thereafter, except as otherwise provided in this
16Section, submit a State budget, embracing therein the amounts
17recommended by the Governor to be appropriated to the
18respective departments, offices, and institutions, and for all
19other public purposes, the estimated revenues from taxation,
20and the estimated revenues from sources other than taxation.
21Except with respect to the capital development provisions of
22the State budget, beginning with the revenue estimates prepared
23for fiscal year 2012, revenue estimates shall be based solely

 

 

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

 

 

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1take into account each State agency's effectiveness in
2achieving its prioritized goals for the previous fiscal year,
3as set forth in Section 50-25 of this Law, giving priority to
4agencies and programs that have demonstrated a focus on the
5prevention of waste and the maximum yield from resources.
6    Beginning in fiscal year 2011, the Governor shall
7distribute written quarterly financial reports on operating
8funds, which may include general, State, or federal funds and
9may include funds related to agencies that have significant
10impacts on State operations, and budget statements on all
11appropriated funds to the General Assembly and the State
12Comptroller. The reports shall be submitted no later than 45
13days after the last day of each quarter of the fiscal year and
14shall be posted on the Governor's Office of Management and
15Budget's website on the same day. The reports shall be prepared
16and presented for each State agency and on a statewide level in
17an executive summary format that may include, for the fiscal
18year to date, individual itemizations for each significant
19revenue type as well as itemizations of expenditures and
20obligations, by agency, with an appropriate level of detail.
21The reports shall include a calculation of the actual total
22budget surplus or deficit for the fiscal year to date. The
23Governor shall also present periodic budget addresses
24throughout the fiscal year at the invitation of the General
25Assembly.
26    The Governor shall not propose expenditures and the General

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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1the Governor.
2    For all funds other than the budgeted funds, the proposed
3expenditures shall not exceed funds estimated to be available
4for the fiscal year as shown in the budget. Appropriation for a
5fiscal year shall not exceed funds estimated by the General
6Assembly to be available during that year.
7    Beginning with the budget prepared for fiscal year 2021,
8the rate of growth of general funds appropriations shall not
9exceed the rate of growth of the Illinois median household
10income. For the purposes of this paragraph, "rate of growth of
11the Illinois median household income" means the average annual
12growth rate of median household income in this State over the
13preceding 10 calendar years, using data reported by the United
14States Census Bureau or its successor agency as reported in the
15American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates or, if unavailable
16or discontinued, its equivalent survey before December 31
17immediately preceding the beginning of the fiscal year.
18    (b) By February 24, 2010, the Governor must file a written
19report with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the
20House of Representatives containing the following:
21        (1) for fiscal year 2010, the revenues for all budgeted
22    funds, both actual to date and estimated for the full
23    fiscal year;
24        (2) for fiscal year 2010, the expenditures for all
25    budgeted funds, both actual to date and estimated for the
26    full fiscal year;

 

 

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1        (3) for fiscal year 2011, the estimated revenues for
2    all budgeted funds, including without limitation the
3    affordable General Revenue Fund appropriations, for the
4    full fiscal year; and
5        (4) for fiscal year 2011, an estimate of the
6    anticipated liabilities for all budgeted funds, including
7    without limitation the affordable General Revenue Fund
8    appropriations, debt service on bonds issued, and the
9    State's contributions to the pension systems, for the full
10    fiscal year.
11    Between July 1 and August 31 of each fiscal year, the
12members of the General Assembly and members of the public may
13make written budget recommendations to the Governor.
14    Beginning with budgets prepared for fiscal year 2013, the
15budgets submitted by the Governor and appropriations made by
16the General Assembly for all executive branch State agencies
17must adhere to a method of budgeting where each priority must
18be justified each year according to merit rather than according
19to the amount appropriated for the preceding year.
20(Source: P.A. 97-669, eff. 1-13-12; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 98-2,
21eff. 2-19-13; 98-626, eff. 2-5-14.)