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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The Illinois State treasury holds many special
3funds that have been created to hold moneys dedicated for
4particular purposes; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Some of those special funds are dedicated for
6various purposes concerning agriculture and conservation; and
 
7    WHEREAS, In the recent past, the General Assembly has taken
8action to "sweep" moneys from certain dedicated special funds
9into the General Revenue Fund or other funds so that those
10moneys may be used for other purposes unrelated to the purposes
11for which the special funds were created; and
 
12    WHEREAS, These "fund sweeps" result in less money being
13available for the purposes for which the special funds were
14created and have a significant negative impact on Illinois
15residents who would otherwise benefit from services funded by
16the moneys held in those special funds; and
 
17    WHEREAS, "Fund sweeps" from special funds dedicated for
18various purposes concerning agriculture and conservation, or
19any other similar budgetary maneuvers, will negatively impact
20the State; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
2ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
3CONCURRING HEREIN, that special funds in the State treasury
4that are dedicated for purposes concerning agriculture and
5conservation shall not be subject to sweeps, administrative
6charge-backs, including, but not limited to, those authorized
7under Section 8h of the State Finance Act, or any other fiscal
8or budgetary maneuver that would in any way transfer any funds
9from such special funds into any other fund of the State.