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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1546 Introduced 2/4/2025, by Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 15 ILCS 20/50-5 Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code. Provides that, beginning with the budget prepared for Fiscal Year 2027, the rate of growth of appropriations from the State general funds over the preceding fiscal year appropriations from the State general funds shall not exceed the rate of growth of the Illinois economy. Provides that the rate of growth of the Illinois economy is the compound annual growth rate of the gross domestic product in the State over the preceding 10 calendar years, calculated using data reported by the United States Bureau of Economic Analysis or its successor agency before the December 31 that immediately precedes the beginning of the applicable fiscal year. LRB104 10316 SPS 20390 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1546 Introduced 2/4/2025, by Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 15 ILCS 20/50-5 15 ILCS 20/50-5 Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code. Provides that, beginning with the budget prepared for Fiscal Year 2027, the rate of growth of appropriations from the State general funds over the preceding fiscal year appropriations from the State general funds shall not exceed the rate of growth of the Illinois economy. Provides that the rate of growth of the Illinois economy is the compound annual growth rate of the gross domestic product in the State over the preceding 10 calendar years, calculated using data reported by the United States Bureau of Economic Analysis or its successor agency before the December 31 that immediately precedes the beginning of the applicable fiscal year. LRB104 10316 SPS 20390 b LRB104 10316 SPS 20390 b A BILL FOR
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5	5	Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code. Provides that, beginning with the budget prepared for Fiscal Year 2027, the rate of growth of appropriations from the State general funds over the preceding fiscal year appropriations from the State general funds shall not exceed the rate of growth of the Illinois economy. Provides that the rate of growth of the Illinois economy is the compound annual growth rate of the gross domestic product in the State over the preceding 10 calendar years, calculated using data reported by the United States Bureau of Economic Analysis or its successor agency before the December 31 that immediately precedes the beginning of the applicable fiscal year.
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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning State government.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The State Budget Law of the Civil
15	15	5 Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section
16	16	6 50-5 as follows:
17	17	7 (15 ILCS 20/50-5)
18	18	8 Sec. 50-5. Governor to submit State budget.
19	19	9 (a) The Governor shall, as soon as possible and not later
20	20	10 than the second Wednesday in March in 2010 (March 10, 2010),
21	21	11 the third Wednesday in February in 2011, the fourth Wednesday
22	22	12 in February in 2012 (February 22, 2012), the first Wednesday
23	23	13 in March in 2013 (March 6, 2013), the fourth Wednesday in March
24	24	14 in 2014 (March 26, 2014), the first Wednesday in February in
25	25	15 2022 (February 2, 2022), and the third Wednesday in February
26	26	16 of each year thereafter, except as otherwise provided in this
27	27	17 Section, submit a State budget, embracing therein the amounts
28	28	18 recommended by the Governor to be appropriated to the
29	29	19 respective departments, offices, and institutions, and for all
30	30	20 other public purposes, the estimated revenues from taxation,
31	31	21 and the estimated revenues from sources other than taxation.
32	32	22 Except with respect to the capital development provisions of
33	33	23 the State budget, beginning with the revenue estimates
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37	37	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1546 Introduced 2/4/2025, by Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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40	40	Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code. Provides that, beginning with the budget prepared for Fiscal Year 2027, the rate of growth of appropriations from the State general funds over the preceding fiscal year appropriations from the State general funds shall not exceed the rate of growth of the Illinois economy. Provides that the rate of growth of the Illinois economy is the compound annual growth rate of the gross domestic product in the State over the preceding 10 calendar years, calculated using data reported by the United States Bureau of Economic Analysis or its successor agency before the December 31 that immediately precedes the beginning of the applicable fiscal year.
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68	68	1 prepared for fiscal year 2012, revenue estimates shall be
69	69	2 based solely on: (i) revenue sources (including non-income
70	70	3 resources), rates, and levels that exist as of the date of the
71	71	4 submission of the State budget for the fiscal year and (ii)
72	72	5 revenue sources (including non-income resources), rates, and
73	73	6 levels that have been passed by the General Assembly as of the
74	74	7 date of the submission of the State budget for the fiscal year
75	75	8 and that are authorized to take effect in that fiscal year.
76	76	9 Except with respect to the capital development provisions of
77	77	10 the State budget, the Governor shall determine available
78	78	11 revenue, deduct the cost of essential government services,
79	79	12 including, but not limited to, pension payments and debt
80	80	13 service, and assign a percentage of the remaining revenue to
81	81	14 each statewide prioritized goal, as established in Section
82	82	15 50-25 of this Law, taking into consideration the proposed
83	83	16 goals set forth in the report of the Commission established
84	84	17 under that Section. The Governor shall also demonstrate how
85	85	18 spending priorities for the fiscal year fulfill those
86	86	19 statewide goals. The amounts recommended by the Governor for
87	87	20 appropriation to the respective departments, offices and
88	88	21 institutions shall be formulated according to each
89	89	22 department's, office's, and institution's ability to
90	90	23 effectively deliver services that meet the established
91	91	24 statewide goals. The amounts relating to particular functions
92	92	25 and activities shall be further formulated in accordance with
93	93	26 the object classification specified in Section 13 of the State
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104	104	1 Finance Act. In addition, the amounts recommended by the
105	105	2 Governor for appropriation shall take into account each State
106	106	3 agency's effectiveness in achieving its prioritized goals for
107	107	4 the previous fiscal year, as set forth in Section 50-25 of this
108	108	5 Law, giving priority to agencies and programs that have
109	109	6 demonstrated a focus on the prevention of waste and the
110	110	7 maximum yield from resources.
111	111	8 Beginning in fiscal year 2011, the Governor shall
112	112	9 distribute written quarterly financial reports on operating
113	113	10 funds, which may include general, State, or federal funds and
114	114	11 may include funds related to agencies that have significant
115	115	12 impacts on State operations, and budget statements on all
116	116	13 appropriated funds to the General Assembly and the State
117	117	14 Comptroller. The reports shall be submitted no later than 45
118	118	15 days after the last day of each quarter of the fiscal year and
119	119	16 shall be posted on the Governor's Office of Management and
120	120	17 Budget's website on the same day. The reports shall be
121	121	18 prepared and presented for each State agency and on a
122	122	19 statewide level in an executive summary format that may
123	123	20 include, for the fiscal year to date, individual itemizations
124	124	21 for each significant revenue type as well as itemizations of
125	125	22 expenditures and obligations, by agency, with an appropriate
126	126	23 level of detail. The reports shall include a calculation of
127	127	24 the actual total budget surplus or deficit for the fiscal year
128	128	25 to date. The Governor shall also present periodic budget
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141	141	2 The Governor shall not propose expenditures and the
142	142	3 General Assembly shall not enact appropriations that exceed
143	143	4 the resources estimated to be available, as provided in this
144	144	5 Section. Appropriations may be adjusted during the fiscal year
145	145	6 by means of one or more supplemental appropriation bills if
146	146	7 any State agency either fails to meet or exceeds the goals set
147	147	8 forth in Section 50-25 of this Law.
148	148	9 For the purposes of Article VIII, Section 2 of the 1970
149	149	10 Illinois Constitution, the State budget for the following
150	150	11 funds shall be prepared on the basis of revenue and
151	151	12 expenditure measurement concepts that are in concert with
152	152	13 generally accepted accounting principles for governments:
153	153	14 (1) General Revenue Fund.
154	154	15 (2) Common School Fund.
155	155	16 (3) Educational Assistance Fund.
156	156	17 (4) Road Fund.
157	157	18 (5) Motor Fuel Tax Fund.
158	158	19 (6) Agricultural Premium Fund.
159	159	20 These funds shall be known as the "budgeted funds". The
160	160	21 revenue estimates used in the State budget for the budgeted
161	161	22 funds shall include the estimated beginning fund balance, plus
162	162	23 revenues estimated to be received during the budgeted year,
163	163	24 plus the estimated receipts due the State as of June 30 of the
164	164	25 budgeted year that are expected to be collected during the
165	165	26 lapse period following the budgeted year, minus the receipts
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176	176	1 collected during the first 2 months of the budgeted year that
177	177	2 became due to the State in the year before the budgeted year.
178	178	3 Revenues shall also include estimated federal reimbursements
179	179	4 associated with the recognition of Section 25 of the State
180	180	5 Finance Act liabilities. For any budgeted fund for which
181	181	6 current year revenues are anticipated to exceed expenditures,
182	182	7 the surplus shall be considered to be a resource available for
183	183	8 expenditure in the budgeted fiscal year.
184	184	9 Expenditure estimates for the budgeted funds included in
185	185	10 the State budget shall include the costs to be incurred by the
186	186	11 State for the budgeted year, to be paid in the next fiscal
187	187	12 year, excluding costs paid in the budgeted year which were
188	188	13 carried over from the prior year, where the payment is
189	189	14 authorized by Section 25 of the State Finance Act. For any
190	190	15 budgeted fund for which expenditures are expected to exceed
191	191	16 revenues in the current fiscal year, the deficit shall be
192	192	17 considered as a use of funds in the budgeted fiscal year.
193	193	18 Revenues and expenditures shall also include transfers
194	194	19 between funds that are based on revenues received or costs
195	195	20 incurred during the budget year.
196	196	21 Appropriations for expenditures shall also include all
197	197	22 anticipated statutory continuing appropriation obligations
198	198	23 that are expected to be incurred during the budgeted fiscal
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200	200	25 By March 15 of each year, the Commission on Government
201	201	26 Forecasting and Accountability shall prepare revenue and fund
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212	212	1 transfer estimates in accordance with the requirements of this
213	213	2 Section and report those estimates to the General Assembly and
214	214	3 the Governor.
215	215	4 For all funds other than the budgeted funds, the proposed
216	216	5 expenditures shall not exceed funds estimated to be available
217	217	6 for the fiscal year as shown in the budget. Appropriation for a
218	218	7 fiscal year shall not exceed funds estimated by the General
219	219	8 Assembly to be available during that year.
220	220	9 Beginning with the budget prepared for Fiscal Year 2027,
221	221	10 the rate of growth of appropriations from the State general
222	222	11 funds over the preceding fiscal year appropriations from the
223	223	12 State general funds shall not exceed the rate of growth of the
224	224	13 Illinois economy. For the purposes of this Section, the rate
225	225	14 of growth of the Illinois economy is the compound annual
226	226	15 growth rate of the gross domestic product in the State over the
227	227	16 preceding 10 calendar years, calculated using data reported by
228	228	17 the United States Bureau of Economic Analysis or its successor
229	229	18 agency before the December 31 that immediately precedes the
230	230	19 beginning of the applicable fiscal year.
231	231	20 (b) By February 24, 2010, the Governor must file a written
232	232	21 report with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the
233	233	22 House of Representatives containing the following:
234	234	23 (1) for fiscal year 2010, the revenues for all
235	235	24 budgeted funds, both actual to date and estimated for the
236	236	25 full fiscal year;
237	237	26 (2) for fiscal year 2010, the expenditures for all
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