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