96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB1679

 

Introduced 2/19/2009, by Sen. Matt Murphy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
15 ILCS 20/50-25 new

    Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the use of zero-based budgeting in the formation of the State budget for fiscal year 2012. Establishes a legislative task force to implement use of the zero-based budgeting method for crafting State budgets. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative
5 Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 50-25 as follows:
 
6     (15 ILCS 20/50-25 new)
7     Sec. 50-25. Zero-based budgeting.
8     (a) Legislative findings.
9         (1) Zero-based budgeting is a method of budgeting that
10     is designed with the purpose of justifying every
11     expenditure within the State budget, regardless of whether
12     the expenditure was included in previous budgets.
13         (2) Zero-based budgeting stands in distinct contrast
14     to the traditional form of budgeting, which projects a
15     spending level based on the previous year's expenditures
16     plus anticipated growth in resources.
17         (3) Zero-based budgeting is a method of budgeting that
18     has been embraced and pursued in a bipartisan manner as a
19     means of controlling government spending.
20         (4) President Jimmy Carter proposed to use zero-based
21     budgeting at the federal level in the late 1970s.
22         (5) Many state legislatures (California, Texas, and
23     Georgia) have investigated the use of zero-based budgeting

 

 

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1     as a means for crafting a state's budget.
2     (b) Zero-based Budget Implementation Task Force.
3         (1) There is created a Zero-based Budget
4     Implementation Task Force that is assigned the task of
5     transforming the State's budget process from its current
6     form to a zero-based budget system.
7         (2) For the purposes of this Section, zero-based
8     budgeting is defined as a means by which a budget is
9     created that requires any State agency that spends State
10     resources to justify all requested expenditures rather
11     than simply justifying amounts requested in excess of the
12     previous fiscal year.
13         (3) The Zero-based Budget Implementation Task Force
14     shall be composed of 12 legislators, with 3 from each
15     legislative caucus. The Senate President shall appoint 3
16     members, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall
17     appoint 3 members, the Senate Minority Leader shall appoint
18     3 members, and the House Minority Leader shall appoint 3
19     members.
20         (4) A chairperson for the Zero-based Budget
21     Implementation Task Force shall be elected by a simple
22     majority vote of the appointed members.
23         (5) The Zero-based Budget Implementation Task Force
24     shall meet at least once every 3 months until December 31,
25     2011.
26         (6) The Task Force shall have the following duties and

 

 

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1     obligations:
2                 (i) Investigate and identify the necessary
3             steps to implement a zero-based budget approach
4             before the introduction of the budget for State
5             fiscal year 2012.
6                 (ii) In cooperation with the Governor's Office
7             of Management and Budget, create a timeline for the
8             transformation of the State budgeting method from
9             traditional budgeting to zero-based budgeting to
10             be completed before the introduction of the State
11             fiscal year 2012 budget.
12                 (iii) Take all actions necessary and submit
13             any legislation necessary to implement zero-based
14             budgeting before the introduction of the State
15             fiscal year 2011 budget.
16                 (iv) Conduct an exercise in the last 3 months
17             of calendar year 2010 that will simulate
18             zero-based budgeting for the State fiscal year
19             2011 budget.
20     (c) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act, the
21 State shall use zero-based budgeting for crafting the State
22 fiscal year 2012 budget.
 
23     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24 becoming law.