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                                     LRB093 06524 SJM 13407 a

 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1777

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 1777  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:

 4        "AN ACT concerning legislative member initiatives."; and

 5    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 6    following:

 7        "Section 5.  The State Finance Act is amended  by  adding
 8    Section 13.5 as follows:

 9        (30 ILCS 105/13.5 new)
10        Sec.  13.5.  Limitation on appropriations for legislative
11    member initiatives.
12        (a)  Unless it complies with this  Section,  a  purported
13    appropriation   of  State  funds  for  a  legislative  member
14    initiative is not a valid appropriation. No State  funds  may
15    be  expended  for  a legislative member initiative unless the
16    appropriation for that legislative member initiative complies
17    with this Section.
18        (b)  Each  appropriation   for   a   legislative   member
19    initiative  must  be  by  a separate line item appropriation.
20    That line item must fully  describe  the  legislative  member
21    initiative, including without limitation the entity that will
 
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 1    receive  the  benefit  of the expenditure, the purpose of the
 2    expenditure, the specific location of the  project,  and  the
 3    Legislative District and Representative District in which the
 4    project  is  located. No legislative member initiative may be
 5    funded through a lump sum appropriation.
 6        (c)  "Legislative    member    initiative"    means    an
 7    appropriation for a grant or distribution to a specific  unit
 8    of  local  government,  specific  school  district,  specific
 9    not-for-profit  organization,  or  specific  non-governmental
10    entity for infrastructure improvements or operating expenses.
11    Appropriations  that  are part of a statewide program and are
12    based on generally applicable standards  of  eligibility  are
13    not    legislative    member   initiatives.   "Infrastructure
14    improvements"    include    without    limitation     capital
15    improvements,   capital   projects,  planning,  construction,
16    reconstruction, equipment, utilities, vehicles, and all costs
17    associated with  economic  development,  community  programs,
18    educational programs, public health, and public safety.
19        (d)  The  purpose  of this Section is to require full and
20    complete disclosure during the appropriation process of State
21    expenditures  that  are  primarily  for  a   specific   local
22    community  within  a  Legislative  District or Representative
23    District.  This  Section  shall  be  liberally  construed  to
24    effectuate its purpose.

25        Section 99.  Effective date. This Act takes  effect  upon
26    becoming law.".