95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

State of Illinois

2007 and 2008   

SB2946

Introduced 3/19/2008, by Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

Makes appropriations to the State Board of Elections for its ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2008.

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$STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS

    AN ACT concerning appropriations.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

ARTICLE 5

    Section 5-5.  The following amounts, or so much of those amounts as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the State Board of Elections for its ordinary and contingent expenses as follows:

The Board

For Contractual Services............................ 21,700

For Travel.......................................... 20,400

For Equipment........................................ __500

    Total                                           $42,600

Administration

For Personal Services.............................. 706,300

For Employee Retirement Contributions

    Paid By Employer................................ 28,300

For State Contributions to State Employees'

    Retirement System.............................. 117,000

For State Contributions to

    Social Security................................. 54,100

For Contractual Services........................... 408,700

For Travel.......................................... 19,800

For Commodities..................................... 17,100

For Printing........................................ 10,900

For Equipment........................................ 3,100

For Telecommunications............................. 142,100

For Operation of Automotive Equipment................ 4,400

    Total                                        $1,511,800

Elections

For Personal Services............................ 1,602,500

For Employee Retirement Contributions

    Paid By Employer................................ 64,200

For State Contributions to State

    Employees' Retirement System................... 265,400

For State Contributions to Social Security......... 122,600

For Contractual Services............................ 25,400

For Travel.......................................... 47,700

For Printing........................................ 26,500

For Equipment........................................ 3,900

For Purchase of Election Codes...................... 15,000

For HAVA Maintenance of Effort

    Contribution-State............................. 550,000

For Reimbursement to Counties for Increased

    Compensation to Judges and other Election

    Officials, as provided in Public Acts

    81-850, 81-1149, and 90-672-Election

    Day Judges only.............................. 5,850,000

For implementation and FY2009 operations of the

    Voting Systems Integrity and

    Testing Center............................... 1,045,100

For completion of Phase ll of the Census 2010

    Redistricting Program pursuant to

    Public Act 94-141.............................. 350,000

For FY2009 costs related to development and

    implementation of Statewide voter canvassing

    operations and reporting system project, as

    mandated by Public Act 95-0699................. 476,400

For additional State match requirement and

    interest on previously received Help

    America Vote Act (HAVA) funding (per federal

    Election Assistance Commission special audit

    report E-HP-IL-07-06), and fund estimated

    State match requirement on additional federal

    HAVA Requirements program funds to be

    received during FY2009......................... 671,022

For reimbursing federal government for

    disallowed HAVA program expenditure per

    federal Election Assistance Commission

    special audit report E-HP-IL-07-06............... 3,889

For reimbursing Counties for Election Judges and

    other officials-Early Voting activities...... 2,875,000

For FY2009 reimbursement and assistance to

    local election jurisdictions for

    ongoing support costs, and SBE maintenance

    of local election jurisdiction interfaces

    for the Illinois Voter Registration System

    (IVRS) Statewide database.................... 2,498,700

For Payment of Lump Sum Awards to County Clerks,

    County Recorders, and Chief Election

    Clerks as Compensation for Additional

    Duties required of such officials

    by consolidation of elections law,

    as provided in Public Acts 82-691

    and 90-713.................................... 806,000

For Payment to Election Authorities for expenses

    in supplying voter registration tapes to

    the State Board of Elections pursuant to

    Public Act 85-958............................... 20,250

    Total                                       $17,319,561

General Counsel

For Personal Services.............................. 279,900

For Employee Retirement Contributions

    Paid By Employer................................ 11,200

For State Contributions to State

    Employees' Retirement System.................... 46,400

For State Contributions to

    Social Security................................. 21,500

For Contractual Services........................... 107,100

For Travel.......................................... 10,000

For Equipment........................................ __500

    Total                                          $476,600

Campaign Disclosure

For Personal Services.............................. 728,300

For Employee Retirement Contributions

    Paid By Employer................................ 29,200

For State Contributions to State

    Employees' Retirement System................... 120,700

For State Contributions to

    Social Security................................. 55,800

For Contractual Services............................ 10,200

For Travel.......................................... 10,500

For Printing........................................ 14,800

For Equipment........................................ 9,300

    Total                                          $978,800

Information Technology

For Personal Services.............................. 601,300

For Employee Retirement Contributions

   Paid By Employer................................. 24,100

For State Contributions to State Employees'

    Retirement System............................... 99,600

For State Contributions to Social Security.......... 46,000

For Contractual Services........................... 469,700

For Travel.......................................... 12,700

For Commodities..................................... 20,500

For Printing........................................... 700

For Equipment...................................... 220,000

    Total                                        $1,494,600

    Section 5-10. The following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are reappropriated from the Help Illinois Vote Fund to the State Board of Elections for Implementation of the Help America Vote Act of 2002:

For distribution to Local Election

  Authorities under Section 251 of the

  Help America Vote Act......................... 21,700,000

For the implementation of the Statewide

  Voter Registration System as required by

  Section 1A-25 of the Illinois Election

  Code, including maintenance of the

  IDEA/VISTA program............................. 4,700,000

For distribution to Local Election Authorities

  for replacement of punch-card voting

  systems under Section 102 of the Help

  America Vote Act................................. 200,000

For administrative costs and discretionary

  grants to Local Election Authorities

  under Section 101 of the Help America

  Vote Act....................................... 5,900,000

    Total                                       $32,500,000

    Total, this Article........................ $54,323,961

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2008.