Full Text of HR0055 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The people of Illinois - who pay for a General | 3 | | Assembly to plan for the long-term
affairs of the State - | 4 | | deserve to have a budget planning document in place that | 5 | | considers medium-term
and long-term spending pressures in the | 6 | | setting of State spending priorities; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, No budget was enacted for fiscal years 2016 or | 8 | | 2017; during this period, State spending continued without | 9 | | legislative participation, putting Illinois on the brink of | 10 | | financial disaster; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Political pressures associated with the 2020 | 12 | | election cycle will only increase with time,
further tainting | 13 | | the budget process with politics and raising the possibility | 14 | | that, in the absence of
corrective action, a repetition of this | 15 | | dismal pattern will occur as the spring 2020 deadline nears to
| 16 | | craft and enact a budget for fiscal year 2021; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, The General Assembly needs to re-establish a | 18 | | budget cycle and re-establish the
credibility it needs in order | 19 | | to shift its attention to pension reform, property tax relief, | 20 | | crime and violence, the jobs climate, the outmigration from | 21 | | Illinois of younger and highly-educated workers
and | 22 | | professionals, and other urgent issues; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Many states such as Nebraska, Ohio, and Texas, and | 2 | | including the neighboring state of
Indiana, practice 2-year | 3 | | spending plans or full-scale biennial budgeting; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The Constitution of Illinois directs the Governor | 5 | | of Illinois to present an annual budget
proposal to the General | 6 | | Assembly, but, as we have come to know all too well, nothing
| 7 | | constrains the General Assembly's actual responses to these | 8 | | proposals; nothing prevents the
General Assembly from adopting | 9 | | a planning process that faces the fact that we, as a State, are | 10 | | on the
brink of financial disaster and responds to that fact in | 11 | | a professional manner and in keeping with our identity as
| 12 | | legislators and our oaths of office; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, In these times, moving toward a long-term budget | 14 | | planning cycle will enable State
agencies performing essential | 15 | | services, third-party service providers whose services are no | 16 | | less
essential, and institutions and entities of higher | 17 | | education to obtain the information that their leaders
have | 18 | | testified is essential to carrying out their duties; therefore, | 19 | | be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 21 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 22 | | we declare that it is expedient for the General Assembly to |
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| 1 | | adopt a 2-year budget planning document to cover revenues in | 2 | | all of fiscal years 2020 and 2021, take account of moneys | 3 | | already spent, and control spending in the remainder of fiscal | 4 | | year 2019; and be it further | 5 | | RESOLVED, That this planning document should rely upon an | 6 | | honest estimate, without false
promises or shoddy planning, of | 7 | | the actual financial income (especially general funds income) | 8 | | that
the State will take in during fiscal years 2020 and 2021; | 9 | | and be it further | 10 | | RESOLVED, That we urge the Commission on Government | 11 | | Forecasting and Accountability and the
Governor's Office of | 12 | | Management and Budget to work together to develop an | 13 | | extraordinary
consolidated revenue estimate for fiscal years | 14 | | 2020 and 2021, this estimate to be presented to both
chambers | 15 | | of the General Assembly no later than 30 days after the | 16 | | adoption of this resolution; and be it further | 17 | | RESOLVED, That we, the sponsors of this resolution, pledge | 18 | | to use this consolidated 2-year
revenue estimate to work with | 19 | | our colleagues to develop a 2-year State budget and financial
| 20 | | planning document; and be it further | 21 | | RESOLVED, That our goal, as we develop this budget planning | 22 | | document, will be to end the current
political cycle of |
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| 1 | | reactive emergency measures and budget court orders; and be it | 2 | | further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to Michael J. Madigan, Speaker of
the House of | 5 | | Representatives, John Cullerton, President of the Senate, and | 6 | | J.B. Pritzker, Governor.
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