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1 | AN ACT concerning legislative member initiatives.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 13.6 as
follows:
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6 | (30 ILCS 105/13.6 new)
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7 | Sec. 13.6. Limitation on appropriations for legislative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | member
initiatives.
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9 | (a) Unless it complies with this Section, a purported | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | appropriation of State
funds for a legislative member | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | initiative is not a valid appropriation. No
State funds may be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | expended for a legislative member initiative unless the
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13 | appropriation for that legislative member initiative complies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | with this
Section.
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15 | (b) Each appropriation for a legislative member initiative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | must be by a
separate line item appropriation. That line item | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | must fully describe the
legislative member initiative, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | including without limitation the entity that
will receive the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | benefit of the expenditure, the purpose of the expenditure,
the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | specific location of the project, and the Legislative District | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | and
Representative District in which the project is located. No
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22 | legislative member initiative may be funded through a lump sum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | appropriation.
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1 | (c) "Legislative member initiative" means an appropriation | ||||||
2 | for a grant or
distribution to a specific unit of local | ||||||
3 | government, specific school district,
specific not-for-profit | ||||||
4 | organization, or specific non-governmental entity for
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5 | infrastructure improvements or operating expenses. | ||||||
6 | Appropriations that are part
of a statewide program and are | ||||||
7 | based on generally applicable standards of
eligibility are not | ||||||
8 | legislative member initiatives. "Infrastructure
improvements" | ||||||
9 | include without limitation capital improvements, capital
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10 | projects, planning, construction, reconstruction, equipment, | ||||||
11 | utilities,
vehicles, and all costs associated with economic | ||||||
12 | development, community
programs, educational programs, public | ||||||
13 | health, and public safety.
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14 | (d) The purpose of this Section is to require full and | ||||||
15 | complete
disclosure during the appropriation process of State | ||||||
16 | expenditures that are
primarily for a specific local community | ||||||
17 | within a Legislative District or
Representative District. This | ||||||
18 | Section shall be liberally construed to
effectuate its purpose.
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19 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
20 | becoming law.
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