HB5341 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB094 18615 RSP 53961 b

94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB5341

Introduced 01/26/06, by Rep. Larry McKeon

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 105/6z-64

Amends the State Finance Act. Sets forth that notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the contrary and in addition to any other transfers that may be provided for by law, on July 1, 2005 (now, on the first day of each calendar quarter of the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2005), or as soon as may be practical thereafter, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer from each designated fund into the Workers' Compensation Revolving Fund amounts equal to each of the following totals (now, one-fourth of each total): General Revenue Fund $44,000,000 (instead of $34,000,000), and Road Fund $36,000,000 (instead of $25,987,000). Effective immediately.

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A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning finance.

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

Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing Section 6z-64 as follows:

(30 ILCS 105/6z-64)

Sec. 6z-64. The Workers' Compensation Revolving Fund.

(a) The Workers' Compensation Revolving Fund is created as a revolving fund in the State treasury. The following moneys shall be deposited into the Fund:

(1) amounts authorized for transfer to the Fund from the General Revenue Fund and other State funds (except for funds classified by the Comptroller as federal trust funds or State trust funds) pursuant to State law or Executive Order;

(2) federal funds received by the Department of Central Management Services (the "Department") as a result of expenditures from the Fund;

(3) interest earned on moneys in the Fund;

(4) receipts or inter-fund transfers resulting from billings issued by the Department to State agencies and universities for the cost of workers' compensation services rendered by the Department that are not compensated through the specific fund transfers authorized by this Section, if any;

(5) amounts received from a State agency or university for workers' compensation payments for temporary total disability, as provided in Section 405-105 of the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois; and

(6) amounts recovered through subrogation in workers' compensation and workers' occupational disease cases.

(b) Moneys in the Fund may be used by the Department for reimbursement or payment for:

(1) providing workers' compensation services to State agencies and State universities; or

(2) providing for payment of administrative and other expenses incurred by the Department in providing workers' compensation services.

(c) State agencies may direct the Comptroller to process inter-fund transfers or make payment through the voucher and warrant process to the Workers' Compensation Revolving Fund in satisfaction of billings issued under subsection (a) of this Section.

(d) Reconciliation. For the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2004 only, the Director of Central Management Services (the "Director") shall order that each State agency's payments and transfers made to the Fund be reconciled with actual Fund costs for workers' compensation services provided by the Department and attributable to the State agency and relevant fund on no less than an annual basis. The Director may require reports from State agencies as deemed necessary to perform this reconciliation.

(d-5) Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the contrary, on or after July 1, 2005 and until June 30, 2006, in addition to any other transfers that may be provided for by law, at the direction of and upon notification of the Director of Central Management Services, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer amounts into the Workers' Compensation Revolving Fund from the designated funds not exceeding the following totals:

Mental Health Fund............................$17,694,000

Statistical Services Revolving Fund............$1,252,600

Department of Corrections Reimbursement

and Education Fund.........................$1,198,600

Communications Revolving Fund....................$535,400

Child Support Administrative Fund................$441,900

Health Insurance Reserve Fund....................$238,900

Fire Prevention Fund.............................$234,100

Park and Conservation Fund.......................$142,000

Motor Fuel Tax Fund..............................$132,800

Illinois Workers' Compensation

Commission Operations Fund...................$123,900

State Boating Act Fund...........................$112,300

Public Utility Fund..............................$106,500

State Lottery Fund...............................$101,300

Traffic and Criminal Conviction

Surcharge Fund................................$88,500

State Surplus Property Revolving Fund.............$82,700

Natural Areas Acquisition Fund....................$65,600

Securities Audit and Enforcement Fund.............$65,200

Agricultural Premium Fund.........................$63,400

Capital Development Fund..........................$57,500

State Gaming Fund.................................$54,300

Underground Storage Tank Fund.....................$53,700

Illinois State Medical Disciplinary Fund..........$53,000

Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund............$53,000

General Professions Dedicated Fund...............$51,900

Total $23,003,100

(d-10) Notwithstanding any other provision of State law to the contrary and in addition to any other transfers that may be provided for by law, on the first day of each calendar quarter of the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, or as soon as may be practical thereafter, the State Comptroller shall direct and the State Treasurer shall transfer from each designated fund into the Workers' Compensation Revolving Fund amounts equal to one-fourth of each of the following totals:

General Revenue Fund..............$44,000,000 $34,000,000

Road Fund.........................$36,000,000 $25,987,000

Total $80,000,000 $59,987,000

(e) The term "workers' compensation services" means services, claims expenses, and related administrative costs incurred in performing the duties under Sections 405-105 and 405-411 of the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.

(Source: P.A. 93-839, eff. 7-30-04; 94-91, eff. 7-1-05.)

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