(25 ILCS 130/4-1) (from Ch. 63, par. 1004-1)
Sec. 4-1. For purposes of the Successor Agency Act and Section 9b of the
State
Finance
Act, the Legislative Research Unit is the successor to the
Illinois Commission on
Intergovernmental Cooperation.
The Legislative Research Unit succeeds to and assumes all powers, duties,
rights, responsibilities, personnel, assets, liabilities, and indebtedness of
the Illinois Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation.
Any reference in any law, rule, form, or other
document to the
Illinois Commission on
Intergovernmental Cooperation
is
deemed to be a reference to the Legislative Research Unit.
For purposes of the Successor Agency Act and Section 9b of the State Finance Act, on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability is the successor to the Legislative Research Unit. The Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability succeeds to and assumes all powers, duties, rights, responsibilities, personnel, assets, liabilities, and indebtedness of the Legislative Research Unit with respect to the provisions of this Article 4. (Source: P.A. 100-1148, eff. 12-10-18.)
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(25 ILCS 130/4-2) (from Ch. 63, par. 1004-2)
Sec. 4-2. Intergovernmental functions. It shall be the function of the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability:
(1) To carry forward the participation of this State |
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(2) To encourage and assist the legislative,
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| executive, administrative and judicial officials and employees of this State to develop and maintain friendly contact by correspondence, by conference, and otherwise, with officials and employees of the other States, of the Federal Government, and of local units of government.
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(3) To endeavor to advance cooperation between this
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(a) The adoption of compacts.
(b) The enactment of uniform or reciprocal
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(c) The adoption of uniform or reciprocal
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(d) The informal cooperation of governmental
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(e) The personal cooperation of governmental
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(f) The interchange and clearance of research and
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(g) Any other suitable process, and
(h) To do all such acts as will enable this State
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(Source: P.A. 100-1148, eff. 12-10-18.)
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(25 ILCS 130/4-2.1)
Sec. 4-2.1. Federal program functions. The Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability is established as the information
center for the
General Assembly in the field of federal-state relations and as State
Central Information Reception Agency for the purpose of receiving
information from federal agencies under the United States Office
of Management and Budget circular A-98 and the United States Department
of the Treasury Circular TC-1082 or any successor circulars promulgated
under authority of the United States Inter-governmental Cooperation Act of
1968. Its powers and duties in this capacity include, but are not limited to:
(a) Compiling and maintaining current information on |
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(b) Analyzing the relationship of federal aid
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| programs with state and locally financed programs, and assessing the impact of federal aid programs on the State generally;
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(c) Reporting annually to the General Assembly on the
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| adequacy of programs financed by federal aid in the State, the types and nature of federal aid programs in which State agencies or local governments did not participate, and to make recommendations on such matters;
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(d) Cooperating with the Governor's Office of
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| Management and Budget and with any State of Illinois offices located in Washington, D.C., in obtaining information concerning federal grant-in-aid legislation and proposals having an impact on the State of Illinois;
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(e) Cooperating with the Governor's Office of
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| Management and Budget in developing forms and identifying number systems for the documentation of applications, awards, receipts and expenditures of federal funds by State agencies;
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(f) Receiving from every State agency, other than
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| State colleges and universities, agencies of legislative and judicial branches of State government, and elected State executive officers not including the Governor, all applications for federal grants, contracts and agreements and notification of any awards of federal funds and any and all changes in the programs, in awards, in program duration, in schedule of fund receipts, and in estimated costs to the State of maintaining the program if and when federal assistance is terminated, or in direct and indirect costs, of any grant under which they are or expect to be receiving federal funds;
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(g) Forwarding to the Governor's Office of Management
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| and Budget all documents received under paragraph (f) after assigning an appropriate, State application identifier number to all applications; and
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(h) Reporting such information as is received under
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| subparagraph (f) to the President and Minority Leader of the Senate and the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and their respective appropriation staffs and to any member of the General Assembly on a monthly basis at the request of the member.
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The State colleges and universities, the agencies of the legislative
and judicial branches of State government, and the elected State
executive officers, not including the Governor, shall submit to
the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, in a manner prescribed by
the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, summaries
of applications for federal funds filed and grants of federal funds awarded.
(Source: P.A. 100-1148, eff. 12-10-18.)
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