103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB2443

 

Introduced 2/14/2023, by Sen. Michael W. Halpin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
15 ILCS 20/50-40
25 ILCS 80/5  from Ch. 63, par. 42.93-5
30 ILCS 105/6z-51
30 ILCS 105/9.08
30 ILCS 122/10
30 ILCS 122/15
30 ILCS 122/20

    Amends the Balanced Budget Note Act. Specifies that the Pension Stabilization Fund is a general fund for purposes of identifying supplemental appropriation bills. Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that the monthly reports on State liabilities submitted to the Comptroller by the Department on Aging, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Central Management Services, and the Department of Revenue shall also include certain supplemental information. Amends the Budget Stabilization Act. Modifies provisions placing limits on amounts that may be appropriated, transferred, or diverted by the General Assembly from general funds. Modifies provisions concerning requirements for and transfers into the Budget Stabilization Fund and the Pension Stabilization Fund based on the State's accounts payable. Makes changes to the definition of "estimated general funds revenues". Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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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 Budget Law of the Civil
5Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section
650-40 as follows:
 
7    (15 ILCS 20/50-40)
8    Sec. 50-40. General funds defined. "General funds" or
9"State general funds" means the General Revenue Fund, the
10Common School Fund, the General Revenue Common School Special
11Account Fund, the Education Assistance Fund, the Fund for the
12Advancement of Education, the Commitment to Human Services
13Fund, and the Budget Stabilization Fund, and the Pension
14Stabilization Fund.
15(Source: P.A. 100-23, eff. 7-6-17.)
 
16    Section 6. The Balanced Budget Note Act is amended by
17changing Section 5 as follows:
 
18    (25 ILCS 80/5)  (from Ch. 63, par. 42.93-5)
19    Sec. 5. Supplemental appropriation bill defined. For
20purposes of this Act, "supplemental appropriation bill" means
21any appropriation bill that is (a) introduced or amended

 

 

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1(including any changes to legislation by means of the
2submission of a conference committee report) on or after July
31 of a fiscal year and (b) proposes (as introduced or as
4amended as the case may be) to authorize, increase, decrease,
5or reallocate any general funds appropriation for that same
6fiscal year. The general funds consist of the General Revenue
7Fund, the Common School Fund, the General Revenue Common
8School Special Account Fund, the Education Assistance Fund,
9the Fund for the Advancement of Education, the Commitment to
10Human Services Fund, and the Budget Stabilization Fund, and
11the Pension Stabilization Fund.
12(Source: P.A. 100-587, eff. 6-4-18.)
 
13    Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
14Sections 6z-51 and 9.08 as follows:
 
15    (30 ILCS 105/6z-51)
16    Sec. 6z-51. Budget Stabilization Fund.
17    (a) The Budget Stabilization Fund, a special fund in the
18State Treasury, shall consist of moneys appropriated or
19transferred to that Fund, as provided in Section 6z-43 and as
20otherwise provided by law. All earnings on Budget
21Stabilization Fund investments shall be deposited into that
22Fund.
23    (b) The State Comptroller may direct the State Treasurer
24to transfer moneys from the Budget Stabilization Fund to the

 

 

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1General Revenue Fund in order to meet cash flow deficits
2resulting from timing variations between disbursements and the
3receipt of funds within a fiscal year. Except as provided in
4subsection (b-5), any Any moneys so borrowed in any fiscal
5year other than Fiscal Year 2011 shall be repaid by June 30 of
6the fiscal year in which they were borrowed. Any moneys so
7borrowed in Fiscal Year 2011 shall be repaid no later than July
815, 2011.
9    (b-5) For Fiscal Year 2025 and each fiscal year
10thereafter, any moneys transferred into the Budget
11Stabilization Fund pursuant to Section 15 of the Budget
12Stabilization Act may be transferred into the General Revenue
13Fund in order for the Comptroller to address outstanding
14vouchers and shall not be subject to repayment into the Budget
15Stabilization Fund if the amount of accounts payable, as
16determined by the Comptroller on June 30 of that fiscal year,
17exceeds $4,000,000,000.
18    (c)(Blank). During Fiscal Year 2017 only, amounts may be
19expended from the Budget Stabilization Fund only pursuant to
20specific authorization by appropriation. Any moneys expended
21pursuant to appropriation shall not be subject to repayment.
22    (d) (Blank). For Fiscal Years 2020 through 2022, any
23transfers into the Fund pursuant to the Cannabis Regulation
24and Tax Act may be transferred to the General Revenue Fund in
25order for the Comptroller to address outstanding vouchers and
26shall not be subject to repayment back into the Budget

 

 

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1Stabilization Fund.
2    (e) Beginning July 1, 2023, on the first day of each month,
3or as soon thereafter as practical, the State Comptroller
4shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer $3,750,000
5from the General Revenue Fund to the Budget Stabilization
6Fund.
7(Source: P.A. 101-10, eff. 6-5-19; 102-699, eff. 4-19-22.)
 
8    (30 ILCS 105/9.08)
9    Sec. 9.08. State agency reports; bills held by the agency.
10    (a) Each State agency shall provide a report to the State
11Comptroller identifying: (i) current State liabilities held at
12the agency, by fund source; (ii) whether the liabilities are
13appropriated; and (iii) an estimate of interest penalties
14accrued under the State Prompt Payment Act under criteria
15prescribed by the State Comptroller. The report shall be
16provided monthly in a time and form prescribed by the State
17Comptroller in which the State Comptroller may provide a
18waiver to the monthly reporting requirement if a State agency
19does not have State liabilities. In the monthly reports under
20this subsection (a) for January 2024, and in the monthly
21reports under this subsection (a) for each January thereafter:
22        (1) the Department on Aging, the Department of
23    Healthcare and Family Services, and the Department of
24    Human Services shall include the total number and
25    aggregate dollar value of the invoices submitted by that

 

 

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1    agency that may be paid from appropriations in a future
2    fiscal year under Section 25 because appropriations in the
3    current fiscal year are insufficient;
4        (2) the Department of Central Management Services
5    shall include the total number and aggregate dollar value
6    of the invoices that may be paid from appropriations in
7    future fiscal years under Section 25 due to insufficient
8    resources in the Health Insurance Reserve Fund; and
9        (3) the Department of Revenue shall include an
10    estimate of the amount of individual and corporate income
11    tax overpayments that will not be refunded before the
12    close of the current fiscal year because deposits into the
13    Income Tax Refund Fund are insufficient to pay those
14    refunds.
15    (b) As soon as possible after receiving a report from a
16State agency under subsection (a) of this Section, the State
17Comptroller shall post on his or her public-facing website the
18information amount reported by the State agency under
19subsection (a). The Comptroller shall also include on that
20website the liabilities reported to the Comptroller as of the
21close of business on December 31 of the previous calendar
22year.
23    (c) For purposes of this Section, "State agency" means:
24all executive branch officers, boards, commissions and
25agencies created by the Constitution; all officers,
26departments, boards, commissions, agencies, institutions,

 

 

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1authorities, universities, bodies politic and corporate of the
2State; and administrative units or corporate outgrowths of the
3State government which are created by or pursuant to statute,
4other than units of local government and their officers,
5school districts and boards of election commissioners; and all
6administrative units and corporate outgrowths of the above and
7as may be created by executive order of the Governor. "State
8agency" does not include any officer, department, board,
9commission, agency, unit, or authority of the legislative or
10judicial branch.
11(Source: P.A. 100-552, eff. 1-1-18.)
 
12    Section 15. The Budget Stabilization Act is amended by
13changing Sections 10, 15 and 20 as follows:
 
14    (30 ILCS 122/10)
15    Sec. 10. Budget limitations.
16    (a) Through Fiscal Year 2024, except Except as provided in
17subsection (b-5), in addition to Section 50-5 of the State
18Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the
19General Assembly's appropriations and transfers or diversions
20as required by law from general funds shall not exceed 99% of
21the estimated general funds revenues for the fiscal year when
22revenue estimates of the State's general funds revenues exceed
23the prior fiscal year's estimated general funds revenues by
24more than 4%. Beginning in Fiscal Year 2025, in addition to

 

 

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1Section 50-5 of the State Budget Law of the Civil
2Administrative Code of Illinois, the General Assembly's
3appropriations and transfers or diversions as required by law
4from general funds shall not exceed 99% of the estimated
5general funds revenues for the fiscal year if (i) revenue
6estimates of the State's general funds revenues for the fiscal
7year exceed the prior fiscal year's estimated general funds
8revenues by more than 4% and (ii) projected accounts payable
9are estimated by the Comptroller to be less than
10$3,000,000,000 for the fiscal year.
11    (b) Through Fiscal Year 2024, except Except as provided in
12subsection (b-5), the General Assembly's appropriations and
13transfers or diversions as required by law from general funds
14shall not exceed 98% of the estimated general funds revenues
15for the fiscal year when revenue estimates of the State's
16general funds revenues exceed the prior fiscal year's
17estimated general funds revenues by more than 4% for 2 or more
18consecutive fiscal years.
19    (b-5) The limitations on appropriations and transfers or
20diversions set forth under subsections (a) and (b) do not
21apply for State fiscal year 2008.
22    (c) For the purpose of this Act, through Fiscal Year 2024,
23"estimated general funds revenues" include, for each budget
24year, all taxes, fees, and other revenues expected to be
25deposited into the State's general funds, including recurring
26transfers from other State funds into the general funds.

 

 

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1Beginning in Fiscal Year 2025, "estimated general funds
2revenues" means the estimate from the Governor's Office of
3Management and Budget under Section 50-5 of the State Budget
4Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois of all the
5taxes, fees, and other revenues expected to be deposited into
6the State's general funds, including recurring transfers from
7other State funds into the general funds, but excluding any
8federal revenue sources.
9    Through Fiscal Year 2024, year-over-year Year-over-year
10comparisons used to determine the percentage growth factor of
11estimated general funds revenues shall exclude the sum of the
12following: (i) expected revenues resulting from new taxes or
13fees or from tax or fee increases during the first year of the
14change, (ii) expected revenues resulting from one-time
15receipts or non-recurring transfers in, (iii) expected
16proceeds resulting from borrowing, and (iv) increases in
17federal grants that must be completely appropriated based on
18the terms of the grants.
19(Source: P.A. 94-839, eff. 6-6-06; 95-707, eff. 1-11-08.)
 
20    (30 ILCS 122/15)
21    Sec. 15. Transfers to Budget Stabilization Fund. In
22furtherance of the State's objective for the Budget
23Stabilization Fund to have resources representing 7.5% of the
24State's annual general funds revenues:
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1appropriations and transfers or diversions as required by law
2from general funds do not exceed 99% of the estimated general
3funds revenues pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 10, the
4Comptroller shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund as
5provided by this Section a total amount equal to 0.5% of the
6estimated general funds revenues to the Budget Stabilization
7Fund.
8    (b) Through the Fiscal Year 2024, For each fiscal year
9when the General Assembly's appropriations and transfers or
10diversions as required by law from general funds do not exceed
1198% of the estimated general funds revenues pursuant to
12subsection (b) of Section 10, the Comptroller shall transfer
13from the General Revenue Fund as provided by this Section a
14total amount equal to 1% of the estimated general funds
15revenues to the Budget Stabilization Fund.
16    (c) The Comptroller shall transfer 1/12 of the total
17amount to be transferred each fiscal year under this Section
18into the Budget Stabilization Fund on the first day of each
19month of that fiscal year or as soon thereafter as possible.
20    The balance of the Budget Stabilization Fund shall not
21exceed 7.5% of the total of general funds revenues estimated
22for that fiscal year. Beginning in Fiscal Year 2025, once the
23balance of the Budget Stabilization Fund is equal to 7.5% of
24the total general funds revenues of the prior fiscal year, no
25further transfers shall be made into the Budget Stabilization
26Fund in that fiscal year. If any of the reports submitted under

 

 

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1Section 9.08 by the Department on Aging, the Department of
2Central Management Services, the Department of Healthcare and
3Family Services, the Department of Human Services, or the
4Department of Revenue indicate that there are invoices that
5have been submitted by that agency that may be paid from
6appropriations in future fiscal years because appropriations
7in the then current fiscal year are insufficient to pay those
8invoices, then the Comptroller shall order transferred and the
9Treasurer shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund into
10the Health Insurance Reserve Fund, the Healthcare Provider
11Relief Fund, or the Income Tax Refund Fund, as applicable, an
12amount necessary to reduce those amounts to zero, but not to
13exceed a monthly aggregate combined total for all funds of
141/12 of the total amount identified for transfer into those
15funds. except as provided by subsection (d) of this Section.
16    (d) Upon written notice from the Governor to the Clerk of
17the House of Representatives, the Secretary of the Senate, and
18the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 1.1 of the Short
19Term Borrowing Act, the Comptroller may cease the order of any
20further transfers into the Budget Stabilization Fund and may
21order the transfer, and the Treasurer shall transfer, from the
22Budget Stabilization Fund into the General Revenue Fund an
23amount deemed necessary to maintain the State's accounts
24payable at an amount less than $3,000,000,000. If the written
25notice has been provided, the General Assembly may make
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1for the upcoming fiscal year as necessary to provide for the
2health, safety, and welfare of the people of the State of
3Illinois. If the balance of the Budget Stabilization Fund
4exceeds 7.5% of the total general funds revenues estimated for
5that fiscal year, the additional transfers are not required
6unless there are outstanding liabilities under Section 25 of
7the State Finance Act from prior fiscal years. If there are
8such outstanding Section 25 liabilities, then the Comptroller
9shall continue to transfer 1/12 of the total amount identified
10for transfer to the Budget Stabilization Fund on the first day
11of each month of that fiscal year or as soon thereafter as
12possible to be reserved for those Section 25 liabilities.
13Nothing in this Act prohibits the General Assembly from
14appropriating additional moneys into the Budget Stabilization
15Fund.
16    (e) (Blank). On or before August 31 of each fiscal year,
17the amount determined to be transferred to the Budget
18Stabilization Fund shall be reconciled to actual general funds
19revenues for that fiscal year. The final transfer for each
20fiscal year shall be adjusted so that the total amount
21transferred under this Section is equal to the percentage
22specified in subsection (a) or (b) of this Section, as
23applicable, based on actual general funds revenues calculated
24consistently with subsection (c) of Section 10 of this Act for
25each fiscal year.
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1fiscal year thereafter, the budget proposal to the General
2Assembly shall identify liabilities incurred in a prior fiscal
3year under Section 25 of the State Finance Act and the budget
4proposal shall provide funding as allowable pursuant to
5subsection (d) of this Section, if applicable.
6    (g) Beginning in Fiscal Year 2025, the Commission on
7Government Forecasting and Accountability shall provide in a
8report to the General Assembly, the Governor, and the
9Comptroller, by January 10 of every year, a review of the first
106 months of revenue for the current fiscal year. If the general
11funds revenues for the first 6 months of the then current
12fiscal year exceed 4% growth over the first 6 months of the
13previous fiscal year and the Comptroller has reported accounts
14payable of less than $3,000,000,000, then, by the end of the
15fiscal year, the Comptroller shall order the transfer and the
16Treasurer shall transfer 0.5% of the updated estimated
17revenues for that fiscal year into the Budget Stabilization
18Fund and 0.5% of the updated estimated revenues for that
19fiscal year into the Pension Stabilization Fund.
20(Source: P.A. 102-1115, eff. 1-9-23.)
 
21    (30 ILCS 122/20)
22    (Text of Section WITH the changes made by P.A. 98-599,
23which has been held unconstitutional)
24    Sec. 20. Pension Stabilization Fund.
25    (a) The Pension Stabilization Fund is hereby created as a

 

 

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1special fund in the State treasury. Moneys in the fund shall be
2used for the sole purpose of making payments to the designated
3retirement systems as provided in Section 25.
4    (b) For each fiscal year through State fiscal year 2014,
5when the General Assembly's appropriations and transfers or
6diversions as required by law from general funds do not exceed
799% of the estimated general funds revenues pursuant to
8subsection (a) of Section 10, the Comptroller shall transfer
9from the General Revenue Fund as provided by this Section a
10total amount equal to 0.5% of the estimated general funds
11revenues to the Pension Stabilization Fund.
12    (c) For each fiscal year through State fiscal year 2014,
13when the General Assembly's appropriations and transfers or
14diversions as required by law from general funds do not exceed
1598% of the estimated general funds revenues pursuant to
16subsection (b) of Section 10, the Comptroller shall transfer
17from the General Revenue Fund as provided by this Section a
18total amount equal to 1.0% of the estimated general funds
19revenues to the Pension Stabilization Fund.
20    (c-5) In addition to any other amounts required to be
21transferred under this Section, in State fiscal year 2016 and
22each fiscal year thereafter through State fiscal year 2045, or
23when each of the designated retirement systems, as defined in
24Section 25, has achieved 100% funding, whichever occurs first,
25the State Comptroller shall order transferred and the State
26Treasurer shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the

 

 

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1Pension Stabilization Fund an amount equal to 10% of (1) the
2sum of the amounts certified by the designated retirement
3systems under subsection (a-5) of Section 2-134, subsection
4(a-10) of Section 14-135.08, subsection (a-10) of Section
515-165, and subsection (a-10) of Section 16-158 of this Code
6for that fiscal year minus (2) the sum of (i) the transfer
7required under subsection (c-10) of this Section for that
8fiscal year and (ii) the sum of the required State
9contributions certified by the retirement systems under
10subsection (a) of Section 2-134, subsection (a-5) of Section
1114-135.08, subsection (a-5) of Section 15-165, and subsection
12(a-5) of Section 16-158 of this Code for that fiscal year. The
13transferred amount is intended to represent one-tenth of the
14annual savings to the State resulting from the enactment of
15this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly.
16    (c-10) In State fiscal year 2019, the State Comptroller
17shall order transferred and the State Treasurer shall transfer
18$364,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Pension
19Stabilization Fund. In State fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal
20year thereafter until terminated under subsection (c-15), the
21State Comptroller shall order transferred and the State
22Treasurer shall transfer $1,000,000,000 from the General
23Revenue Fund to the Pension Stabilization Fund.
24    (c-15) The transfers made beginning in State fiscal year
252020 pursuant to subsection (c-10) of this Section shall
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1the designated retirement systems, as defined in Section 25,
2has achieved 100% funding, whichever occurs first.
3    (d) The Comptroller shall transfer 1/12 of the total
4amount to be transferred each fiscal year under this Section
5into the Pension Stabilization Fund on the first day of each
6month of that fiscal year or as soon thereafter as possible;
7except that the final transfer of the fiscal year shall be made
8as soon as practical after the August 31 following the end of
9the fiscal year.
10    Until State fiscal year 2015, before the final transfer
11for a fiscal year is made, the Comptroller shall reconcile the
12estimated general funds revenues used in calculating the other
13transfers under this Section for that fiscal year with the
14actual general funds revenues for that fiscal year. The final
15transfer for the fiscal year shall be adjusted so that the
16total amount transferred under this Section for that fiscal
17year is equal to the percentage specified in subsection (b) or
18(c) of this Section, whichever is applicable, of the actual
19general funds revenues for that fiscal year. The actual
20general funds revenues for the fiscal year shall be calculated
21in a manner consistent with subsection (c) of Section 10 of
22this Act.
23(Source: P.A. 98-599, eff. 6-1-14.)
 
24    (Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 98-599,
25which has been held unconstitutional)

 

 

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1    Sec. 20. Pension Stabilization Fund.
2    (a) The Pension Stabilization Fund is hereby created as a
3special fund in the State treasury. Moneys in the fund shall be
4used for the sole purpose of making payments to the designated
5retirement systems as provided in Section 25.
6    (b) For each fiscal year when the General Assembly's
7appropriations and transfers or diversions as required by law
8from general funds do not exceed 99% of the estimated general
9funds revenues pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 10, the
10Comptroller shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund as
11provided by this Section a total amount equal to 0.5% of the
12estimated general funds revenues to the Pension Stabilization
13Fund. Beginning in Fiscal Year 2025, for each fiscal year when
14the General Assembly's appropriations and transfers or
15diversions as required by law from general funds do not exceed
1699% of the estimated general funds revenues pursuant to
17subsection (a) of Section 10 and the Budget Stabilization Fund
18is equal to 7.5% of general funds revenues, the Comptroller
19shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund as provided by
20this Section a total amount equal to 1% of the estimated
21general funds revenues into the Pension Stabilization Fund.
22    (c) Through Fiscal Year 2024, For each fiscal year when
23the General Assembly's appropriations and transfers or
24diversions as required by law from general funds do not exceed
2598% of the estimated general funds revenues pursuant to
26subsection (b) of Section 10, the Comptroller shall transfer

 

 

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1from the General Revenue Fund as provided by this Section a
2total amount equal to 1.0% of the estimated general funds
3revenues to the Pension Stabilization Fund.
4    (d) The Comptroller shall transfer 1/12 of the total
5amount to be transferred each fiscal year under this Section
6into the Pension Stabilization Fund on the first day of each
7month of that fiscal year or as soon thereafter as possible;
8except that the final transfer of the fiscal year shall be made
9as soon as practical after the August 31 following the end of
10the fiscal year.
11    Before the final transfer for a fiscal year is made, the
12Comptroller shall reconcile the estimated general funds
13revenues used in calculating the other transfers under this
14Section for that fiscal year with the actual general funds
15revenues for that fiscal year. The final transfer for the
16fiscal year shall be adjusted so that the total amount
17transferred under this Section for that fiscal year is equal
18to the percentage specified in subsection (b) or (c) of this
19Section, whichever is applicable, of the actual general funds
20revenues for that fiscal year. The actual general funds
21revenues for the fiscal year shall be calculated in a manner
22consistent with subsection (c) of Section 10 of this Act.
23(Source: P.A. 94-839, eff. 6-6-06.)
 
24    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
25becoming law.