101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB2952
 
Introduced , by Rep. Tim Butler
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
15 ILCS 20/50-23 new

     Amends the State Budget Law of the Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides a continuing appropriation for the State Board of Elections regarding State and federal funds. Defines "total appropriations from all sources". Effective immediately.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative 
5Code of Illinois is amended  by adding Section 50-23 as follows:
 
6    (15 ILCS 20/50-23 new)
7    Sec. 50-23. State Board of Elections Independent Funding 
8Law.
9    (a)   The Governor shall submit to the General Assembly a 
10proposed budget for the State Board of Elections in which the 
11total appropriations from all sources are not less than the 
12total appropriations from all sources of the previous fiscal 
13year.
14    (b)   If for any reason the total appropriations from all 
15sources are insufficient to meet the levels required by 
16subsection (a), this Section shall constitute a continuing 
17appropriation of all amounts necessary for those purposes. The 
18General Assembly may appropriate lesser amounts by law.
19    (c)   This Section shall constitute an irrevocable and 
20continuing appropriation for the distribution of any federal 
21funds received by the State Board of Elections for the purposes 
22authorized by the federal government for those funds, 
23including, but not limited to, moneys received by the Help 
 
 
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1Illinois Vote Fund. Funds appropriated under this Section shall 
2be disbursed in accordance with any requirements imposed by the 
3federal government, and nothing in this Section shall be 
4construed in such a way so as to avoid any requirements imposed 
5by the federal government in disbursing funds to the State 
6Board of Elections. The State Treasurer and State Comptroller 
7are hereby authorized to make distributions of federal funds as 
8provided in this Section.
9    (d)   For purposes of this Section, "total appropriations 
10from all sources" includes, but is not limited to, moneys 
11appropriated from the General Revenue Fund, the Help Illinois 
12Vote Fund, the ERIC Operations Trust Fund, or any other fund of 
13the State, regardless of whether the moneys appropriated from 
14those funds are from a federal, State, public, or private 
15source. "Total appropriations from all sources" also includes 
16those moneys received in the Personal Property Tax Replacement 
17Fund that are to be distributed to local election authorities.
18    (e)   This Section may be cited as the State Board of 
19Elections Independent Funding Law.
 
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
21becoming law.