96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0515

 

Introduced 2/4/2009, by Rep. Jil Tracy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 105/8.3   from Ch. 127, par. 144.3
30 ILCS 105/8h

    Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that no appropriations from the Road Fund may be made to any State agency (other than the Secretary of State, Department of State Police, and Department of Transportation) or the Court of Claims in FY10 or thereafter. Provides that no further transfers may be made from the Road Fund or the State Construction Account Fund to the General Revenue Fund. 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,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
5 Sections 8.3 and 8h as follows:
 
6     (30 ILCS 105/8.3)  (from Ch. 127, par. 144.3)
7     Sec. 8.3. Money in the Road Fund shall, if and when the
8 State of Illinois incurs any bonded indebtedness for the
9 construction of permanent highways, be set aside and used for
10 the purpose of paying and discharging annually the principal
11 and interest on that bonded indebtedness then due and payable,
12 and for no other purpose. The surplus, if any, in the Road Fund
13 after the payment of principal and interest on that bonded
14 indebtedness then annually due shall be used as follows:
15         first -- to pay the cost of administration of Chapters
16     2 through 10 of the Illinois Vehicle Code, except the cost
17     of administration of Articles I and II of Chapter 3 of that
18     Code; and
19         secondly -- for expenses of the Department of
20     Transportation for construction, reconstruction,
21     improvement, repair, maintenance, operation, and
22     administration of highways in accordance with the
23     provisions of laws relating thereto, or for any purpose

 

 

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1     related or incident to and connected therewith, including
2     the separation of grades of those highways with railroads
3     and with highways and including the payment of awards made
4     by the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission under the
5     terms of the Workers' Compensation Act or Workers'
6     Occupational Diseases Act for injury or death of an
7     employee of the Division of Highways in the Department of
8     Transportation; or for the acquisition of land and the
9     erection of buildings for highway purposes, including the
10     acquisition of highway right-of-way or for investigations
11     to determine the reasonably anticipated future highway
12     needs; or for making of surveys, plans, specifications and
13     estimates for and in the construction and maintenance of
14     flight strips and of highways necessary to provide access
15     to military and naval reservations, to defense industries
16     and defense-industry sites, and to the sources of raw
17     materials and for replacing existing highways and highway
18     connections shut off from general public use at military
19     and naval reservations and defense-industry sites, or for
20     the purchase of right-of-way, except that the State shall
21     be reimbursed in full for any expense incurred in building
22     the flight strips; or for the operating and maintaining of
23     highway garages; or for patrolling and policing the public
24     highways and conserving the peace; or for the operating
25     expenses of the Department relating to the administration
26     of public transportation programs; or for any of those

 

 

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1     purposes or any other purpose that may be provided by law.
2     Appropriations for any of those purposes are payable from
3 the Road Fund. Appropriations may also be made from the Road
4 Fund for the administrative expenses of any State agency that
5 are related to motor vehicles or arise from the use of motor
6 vehicles.
7     Beginning with fiscal year 1980 and thereafter, no Road
8 Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments
9 or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or
10 operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon
11 appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are
12 eligible for federal reimbursement;
13         1. Department of Public Health;
14         2. Department of Transportation, only with respect to
15     subsidies for one-half fare Student Transportation and
16     Reduced Fare for Elderly;
17         3. Department of Central Management Services, except
18     for expenditures incurred for group insurance premiums of
19     appropriate personnel;
20         4. Judicial Systems and Agencies.
21     Beginning with fiscal year 1981 and thereafter, no Road
22 Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments
23 or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or
24 operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon
25 appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are
26 eligible for federal reimbursement:

 

 

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1         1. Department of State Police, except for expenditures
2     with respect to the Division of Operations;
3         2. Department of Transportation, only with respect to
4     Intercity Rail Subsidies and Rail Freight Services.
5     Beginning with fiscal year 1982 and thereafter, no Road
6 Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments
7 or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or
8 operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon
9 appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are
10 eligible for federal reimbursement: Department of Central
11 Management Services, except for awards made by the Illinois
12 Workers' Compensation Commission under the terms of the
13 Workers' Compensation Act or Workers' Occupational Diseases
14 Act for injury or death of an employee of the Division of
15 Highways in the Department of Transportation.
16     Beginning with fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, no Road
17 Fund monies shall be appropriated to the following Departments
18 or agencies of State government for administration, grants, or
19 operations; but this limitation is not a restriction upon
20 appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund monies that are
21 eligible for federal reimbursement:
22         1. Department of State Police, except not more than 40%
23     of the funds appropriated for the Division of Operations;
24         2. State Officers.
25     Beginning with fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, no Road
26 Fund monies shall be appropriated to any Department or agency

 

 

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1 of State government for administration, grants, or operations
2 except as provided hereafter; but this limitation is not a
3 restriction upon appropriating for those purposes any Road Fund
4 monies that are eligible for federal reimbursement. It shall
5 not be lawful to circumvent the above appropriation limitations
6 by governmental reorganization or other methods.
7 Appropriations shall be made from the Road Fund only in
8 accordance with the provisions of this Section.
9     Money in the Road Fund shall, if and when the State of
10 Illinois incurs any bonded indebtedness for the construction of
11 permanent highways, be set aside and used for the purpose of
12 paying and discharging during each fiscal year the principal
13 and interest on that bonded indebtedness as it becomes due and
14 payable as provided in the Transportation Bond Act, and for no
15 other purpose. The surplus, if any, in the Road Fund after the
16 payment of principal and interest on that bonded indebtedness
17 then annually due shall be used as follows:
18         first -- to pay the cost of administration of Chapters
19     2 through 10 of the Illinois Vehicle Code; and
20         secondly -- no Road Fund monies derived from fees,
21     excises, or license taxes relating to registration,
22     operation and use of vehicles on public highways or to
23     fuels used for the propulsion of those vehicles, shall be
24     appropriated or expended other than for costs of
25     administering the laws imposing those fees, excises, and
26     license taxes, statutory refunds and adjustments allowed

 

 

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1     thereunder, administrative costs of the Department of
2     Transportation, including, but not limited to, the
3     operating expenses of the Department relating to the
4     administration of public transportation programs, payment
5     of debts and liabilities incurred in construction and
6     reconstruction of public highways and bridges, acquisition
7     of rights-of-way for and the cost of construction,
8     reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and operation of
9     public highways and bridges under the direction and
10     supervision of the State, political subdivision, or
11     municipality collecting those monies, and the costs for
12     patrolling and policing the public highways (by State,
13     political subdivision, or municipality collecting that
14     money) for enforcement of traffic laws. The separation of
15     grades of such highways with railroads and costs associated
16     with protection of at-grade highway and railroad crossing
17     shall also be permissible.
18     Appropriations for any of such purposes are payable from
19 the Road Fund or the Grade Crossing Protection Fund as provided
20 in Section 8 of the Motor Fuel Tax Law.
21     Except as provided in this paragraph, beginning with fiscal
22 year 1991 and thereafter, no Road Fund monies shall be
23 appropriated to the Department of State Police for the purposes
24 of this Section in excess of its total fiscal year 1990 Road
25 Fund appropriations for those purposes unless otherwise
26 provided in Section 5g of this Act. For fiscal years 2003,

 

 

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1 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 only, no Road Fund monies shall be
2 appropriated to the Department of State Police for the purposes
3 of this Section in excess of $97,310,000. For fiscal year 2008
4 only, no Road Fund monies shall be appropriated to the
5 Department of State Police for the purposes of this Section in
6 excess of $106,100,000. For fiscal year 2009 only, no Road Fund
7 monies shall be appropriated to the Department of State Police
8 for the purposes of this Section in excess of $114,700,000. It
9 shall not be lawful to circumvent this limitation on
10 appropriations by governmental reorganization or other methods
11 unless otherwise provided in Section 5g of this Act.
12     In fiscal year 1994, no Road Fund monies shall be
13 appropriated to the Secretary of State for the purposes of this
14 Section in excess of the total fiscal year 1991 Road Fund
15 appropriations to the Secretary of State for those purposes,
16 plus $9,800,000. It shall not be lawful to circumvent this
17 limitation on appropriations by governmental reorganization or
18 other method.
19     Beginning with fiscal year 1995 and thereafter, no Road
20 Fund monies shall be appropriated to the Secretary of State for
21 the purposes of this Section in excess of the total fiscal year
22 1994 Road Fund appropriations to the Secretary of State for
23 those purposes. It shall not be lawful to circumvent this
24 limitation on appropriations by governmental reorganization or
25 other methods.
26     Beginning with fiscal year 2000, total Road Fund

 

 

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1 appropriations to the Secretary of State for the purposes of
2 this Section shall not exceed the amounts specified for the
3 following fiscal years:
4        Fiscal Year 2000$80,500,000;
5        Fiscal Year 2001$80,500,000;
6        Fiscal Year 2002$80,500,000;
7        Fiscal Year 2003$130,500,000;
8        Fiscal Year 2004$130,500,000;
9        Fiscal Year 2005$130,500,000;
10        Fiscal Year 2006 $130,500,000;
11        Fiscal Year 2007 $130,500,000;
12        Fiscal Year 2008$130,500,000;
13        Fiscal Year 2009 $130,500,000;
14        Fiscal Year 2010 and each year thereafter$30,500,000.
15     It shall not be lawful to circumvent this limitation on
16 appropriations by governmental reorganization or other
17 methods.
18     No new program may be initiated in fiscal year 1991 and
19 thereafter that is not consistent with the limitations imposed
20 by this Section for fiscal year 1984 and thereafter, insofar as
21 appropriation of Road Fund monies is concerned.
22     Nothing in this Section prohibits transfers from the Road
23 Fund to the State Construction Account Fund under Section 5e of
24 this Act; nor to the General Revenue Fund, as authorized by
25 this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.
26     The additional amounts authorized for expenditure in this

 

 

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1 Section by Public Acts 92-0600, 93-0025, 93-0839, and 94-91
2 shall be repaid to the Road Fund from the General Revenue Fund
3 in the next succeeding fiscal year that the General Revenue
4 Fund has a positive budgetary balance, as determined by
5 generally accepted accounting principles applicable to
6 government.
7     Beginning with fiscal year 2010 and thereafter, no Road
8 Fund moneys may be appropriated to the Department of Central
9 Management Services, the Department of Employment Security,
10 the Department of Revenue, the Court of Claims, or any other
11 State agency (other than the Department of State Police and the
12 Department of Transportation and the Secretary of State) for
13 the purposes of this Section. Appropriations to those entities
14 for those purposes shall, instead, be made from the General
15 Revenue Fund. It shall not be lawful to circumvent this
16 limitation on appropriations by governmental reorganization or
17 other methods. Nothing in this paragraph prohibits
18 appropriations from the Road Fund to the Department of State
19 Police for the purposes of the highway patrol budget only.
20     The additional amounts authorized for expenditure by the
21 Secretary of State and the Department of State Police in this
22 Section by this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly
23 shall be repaid to the Road Fund from the General Revenue Fund
24 in the next succeeding fiscal year that the General Revenue
25 Fund has a positive budgetary balance, as determined by
26 generally accepted accounting principles applicable to

 

 

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1 government.
2 (Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05; 94-839, eff. 6-6-06; 95-707,
3 eff. 1-11-08; 95-744, eff. 7-18-08.)
 
4     (30 ILCS 105/8h)
5     Sec. 8h. Transfers to General Revenue Fund.
6     (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section and
7 Section 8n of this Act, and notwithstanding any other State law
8 to the contrary, the Governor may, through June 30, 2007, from
9 time to time direct the State Treasurer and Comptroller to
10 transfer a specified sum from any fund held by the State
11 Treasurer to the General Revenue Fund in order to help defray
12 the State's operating costs for the fiscal year. The total
13 transfer under this Section from any fund in any fiscal year
14 shall not exceed the lesser of (i) 8% of the revenues to be
15 deposited into the fund during that fiscal year or (ii) an
16 amount that leaves a remaining fund balance of 25% of the July
17 1 fund balance of that fiscal year. In fiscal year 2005 only,
18 prior to calculating the July 1, 2004 final balances, the
19 Governor may calculate and direct the State Treasurer with the
20 Comptroller to transfer additional amounts determined by
21 applying the formula authorized in Public Act 93-839 to the
22 funds balances on July 1, 2003. No transfer may be made from a
23 fund under this Section that would have the effect of reducing
24 the available balance in the fund to an amount less than the
25 amount remaining unexpended and unreserved from the total

 

 

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1 appropriation from that fund estimated to be expended for that
2 fiscal year. This Section does not apply to any funds that are
3 restricted by federal law to a specific use, to any funds in
4 the Motor Fuel Tax Fund, the Intercity Passenger Rail Fund, the
5 Hospital Provider Fund, the Medicaid Provider Relief Fund, the
6 Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund, the Reviewing Court
7 Alternative Dispute Resolution Fund, the Voters' Guide Fund,
8 the Foreign Language Interpreter Fund, the Lawyers' Assistance
9 Program Fund, the Supreme Court Federal Projects Fund, the
10 Supreme Court Special State Projects Fund, the Supplemental
11 Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund, the Good Samaritan Energy
12 Trust Fund, the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facility
13 Development and Operation Fund, the Horse Racing Equity Trust
14 Fund, the Metabolic Screening and Treatment Fund, or the
15 Hospital Basic Services Preservation Fund, or to any funds to
16 which Section 70-50 of the Nurse Practice Act applies. No
17 transfers may be made under this Section from the Pet
18 Population Control Fund. Notwithstanding any other provision
19 of this Section, for fiscal year 2004, the total transfer under
20 this Section from the Road Fund or the State Construction
21 Account Fund shall not exceed the lesser of (i) 5% of the
22 revenues to be deposited into the fund during that fiscal year
23 or (ii) 25% of the beginning balance in the fund. For fiscal
24 year 2005 through fiscal year 2007, no amounts may be
25 transferred under this Section from the Road Fund, the State
26 Construction Account Fund, the Criminal Justice Information

 

 

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1 Systems Trust Fund, the Wireless Service Emergency Fund, or the
2 Mandatory Arbitration Fund. No transfers may be made under this
3 Section from the Road Fund or the State Construction Account
4 Fund on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
5 the 96th General Assembly.
6     In determining the available balance in a fund, the
7 Governor may include receipts, transfers into the fund, and
8 other resources anticipated to be available in the fund in that
9 fiscal year.
10     The State Treasurer and Comptroller shall transfer the
11 amounts designated under this Section as soon as may be
12 practicable after receiving the direction to transfer from the
13 Governor.
14     (a-5) Transfers directed to be made under this Section on
15 or before February 28, 2006 that are still pending on May 19,
16 2006 (the effective date of Public Act 94-774) shall be
17 redirected as provided in Section 8n of this Act.
18     (b) This Section does not apply to: (i) the Ticket For The
19 Cure Fund; (ii) any fund established under the Community Senior
20 Services and Resources Act; or (iii) on or after January 1,
21 2006 (the effective date of Public Act 94-511), the Child Labor
22 and Day and Temporary Labor Enforcement Fund.
23     (c) This Section does not apply to the Demutualization
24 Trust Fund established under the Uniform Disposition of
25 Unclaimed Property Act.
26     (d) This Section does not apply to moneys set aside in the

 

 

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1 Illinois State Podiatric Disciplinary Fund for podiatric
2 scholarships and residency programs under the Podiatric
3 Scholarship and Residency Act.
4     (e) Subsection (a) does not apply to, and no transfer may
5 be made under this Section from, the Pension Stabilization
6 Fund.
7     (f) Subsection (a) does not apply to, and no transfer may
8 be made under this Section from, the Illinois Power Agency
9 Operations Fund, the Illinois Power Agency Facilities Fund, the
10 Illinois Power Agency Debt Service Fund, and the Illinois Power
11 Agency Trust Fund.
12     (g) This Section does not apply to the Veterans Service
13 Organization Reimbursement Fund.
14     (h) This Section does not apply to the Supreme Court
15 Historic Preservation Fund.
16     (i) This Section does not apply to, and no transfer may be
17 made under this Section from, the Money Follows the Person
18 Budget Transfer Fund.
19 (Source: P.A. 94-91, eff. 7-1-05; 94-120, eff. 7-6-05; 94-511,
20 eff. 1-1-06; 94-535, eff. 8-10-05; 94-639, eff. 8-22-05;
21 94-645, eff. 8-22-05; 94-648, eff. 1-1-06; 94-686, eff.
22 11-2-05; 94-691, eff. 11-2-05; 94-726, eff. 1-20-06; 94-773,
23 eff. 5-18-06; 94-774, eff. 5-19-06; 94-804, eff. 5-26-06;
24 94-839, eff. 6-6-06; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 95-410, eff.
25 8-24-07; 95-481, eff. 8-28-07; 95-629, eff. 9-25-07; 95-639,
26 eff. 10-5-07; 95-695, eff. 11-5-07; 95-744, eff. 7-18-08;

 

 

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1 95-876, eff. 8-21-08.)
 
2     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3 becoming law.