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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB4092
Introduced 2/27/2009, by Rep. Mike Bost SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that the Governor shall submit a proposed budget for higher education in which total GRF appropriations are no less than the total GRF appropriations of the previous fiscal year, unless the Governor declares in writing to the General Assembly the reason for lesser amounts. Provides that the General Assembly shall appropriate amounts for higher education from GRF for each fiscal year so that the total GRF appropriation is no less than the total GRF appropriation for the previous fiscal year, unless the General Assembly declares by Joint Resolution the reason for lesser amounts. Effective immediately.
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HB4092 |
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LRB096 08346 RCE 18456 b |
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative |
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| Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 50-25 as follows: |
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| (15 ILCS 20/50-25 new) |
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| Sec. 50-25. Responsible Higher Education Funding Law. |
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| (a) The Governor shall submit to the General Assembly a |
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| proposed budget for higher education in which total General |
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| Revenue Fund appropriations are no less than the total General |
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| Revenue Fund appropriations of the previous fiscal year. The |
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| Governor may submit a proposed budget in which the total |
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| appropriated amounts are less than the previous fiscal year if |
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| the Governor declares in writing to the General Assembly the |
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| reason for the lesser amounts. |
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| (b) The General Assembly shall appropriate amounts for |
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| higher education from the General Revenue Fund for each fiscal |
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| year so that the total General Revenue Fund appropriation is no |
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| less than the total General Revenue Fund appropriation for |
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| higher education for the previous fiscal year. The General |
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| Assembly may appropriate lesser amounts if it declares by Joint |
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| Resolution the reason for the lesser amounts. |
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| (c) This Section may be cited as the Responsible Higher |