99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB3449
 
Introduced 11/9/2016, by Sen. Julie A. Morrison
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
30 ILCS 105/9.09 new

     Amends the State Finance Act. Requires State agencies to report to the Governor's Office of Management and Budget certain information concerning federal funds either unused or unclaimed by those agencies. Requires the State agencies to report this information every 2 years. Requires the Governor's Office of Management and Budget to compile and release the State agencies' reports.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended  by adding 
5Section 9.09 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/9.09 new)
7    Sec. 9.09. Federal government grant funds report.
8    (a) The purpose of this Section is to ensure that each 
9State agency is taking action to receive the full amount of 
10federal funds available for its programs and purposes, and that 
11each State agency is managing its activities and fulfilling its 
12responsibilities in a  way that maximizes its eligibility for 
13federal funds.
14    (b) By November 30, 2018, and by November 30 of every 
15even-numbered year thereafter, each State agency shall report 
16to the Governor's Office of Management and Budget all of the 
17following information for the previous 2 complete fiscal years:
18        (1) The amount of federal funds that the State agency 
19    received from federal sources but did not expend.
20        (2) Federal grant programs relevant to the State 
21    agency's mission or programs overseen by the State agency 
22    for which the State agency was eligible to apply to 
23    participate in but did not apply. The information provided 
 
 
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1    under this paragraph (2) shall include information 
2    concerning the potential amount of federal funds available 
3    under the federal grant program as well as the reason that 
4    the agency did not apply for the federal grant program.
5        (3) Federal grant programs relevant to the State 
6    agency's mission or programs overseen by the State agency 
7    for which the State agency was eligible to receive funding 
8    for that required the expenditure of matching State funds 
9    that the State agency did not expend. The information 
10    provided under this paragraph (3) shall include 
11    information concerning the potential amount of federal 
12    funds available under the federal grant program.
13    By December 31, 2018, and by December 31 of every 
14even-numbered year thereafter, the Governor's Office of 
15Management and Budget shall compile and release the State 
16agencies' reports and publish the compiled reports on the 
17Office's website.
18    (c) As used in this Section, "State agency" has the meaning 
19ascribed to it in the Illinois State Auditing Act.