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92_HB2159eng HB2159 Engrossed LRB9207072MWmgA 1 AN ACT concerning State budget stabilization. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 5 Rainy Day Budget Stabilization Act. 6 Section 5. Budget Stabilization Fund. The Budget 7 Stabilization Fund is a special fund in the State treasury 8 established for the purpose of reducing the need for future 9 tax increases, maintaining the highest possible bond rating, 10 reducing the need for short term borrowing, and providing 11 available resources to meet State obligations whenever casual 12 deficits or failures in revenue occur. In authorizing 13 transfers from the Budget Stabilization Fund, priority 14 consideration must be given to meeting obligations for 15 secondary and elementary education, childcare, and other 16 programs that may provide a direct benefit to children. 17 Section 10. Transfers to Budget Stabilization Fund and 18 Early Debt Retirement Fund. 19 (a) For fiscal year 2002, if the Economic and Fiscal 20 Commission's estimates of the State's general funds revenues 21 exceed the prior year's estimated general funds revenues by 22 more than 4%, and for each fiscal year thereafter in which 23 the Revenue Estimating Council's report, as adopted by the 24 General Assembly under Section 50-5.5 of the State Budget Law 25 of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, estimates 26 revenues into the State's general funds to exceed the prior 27 year's estimated general funds revenues by more than 4%, the 28 Comptroller shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund as 29 provided by this Section a total amount equal to 1% of the 30 estimated general funds revenues to the Budget Stabilization HB2159 Engrossed -2- LRB9207072MWmgA 1 Fund or the Early Debt Retirement Fund. Nothing in this Act 2 prohibits the General Assembly from appropriating additional 3 moneys into the Budget Stabilization Fund or the Early Debt 4 Retirement Fund. 5 (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), the 6 Comptroller shall transfer 1/12 of the total amount to be 7 transferred each fiscal year under subsection (a) into the 8 Budget Stabilization Fund on the first day of each month of 9 that fiscal year or as soon thereafter as possible. 10 (c) When the Revenue Estimating Council has estimated 11 that the balance of the Budget Stabilization Fund will exceed 12 4% of the Revenue Estimating Council's estimate of the total 13 general funds revenues, the Comptroller shall: 14 (1) Transfer 1/12 of the total amount identified 15 for transfer to the Budget Stabilization Fund into the 16 Budget Stabilization Fund on the first day of each month 17 of that fiscal year or as soon thereafter as possible; 18 and 19 (2) Transfer 1/12 of the total amount identified 20 for transfer to the Early Debt Retirement Fund into the 21 Early Debt Retirement Fund on the first day of each month 22 of that fiscal year or as soon thereafter as possible. 23 Section 15. Notifications. 24 (a) At any time when the Governor determines that there 25 are insufficient resources available within the general funds 26 of the State to meet the State's obligations, the Governor 27 may request the General Assembly to do one or more of the 28 following: 29 (1) enact legislation that it deems necessary to 30 appropriate or transfer funds or reduce appropriations of 31 the current State budget; 32 (2) enact legislation that it deems necessary to 33 transfer funds from the Budget Stabilization Fund to the HB2159 Engrossed -3- LRB9207072MWmgA 1 general funds; or 2 (3) authorize the Governor, in a written document 3 certified by the President of the Senate and the Speaker 4 of the House of Representatives, to direct the 5 Comptroller to make transfers from the Budget 6 Stabilization Fund to the general funds in order to 7 address cash flow emergencies. 8 (b) If the General Assembly is not in regular session to 9 enact legislation as provided in subsection (a), the 10 President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of 11 Representatives may certify that the Senate and the House of 12 Representatives are not in regular session and approve of the 13 Governor's request to transfer funds from the Budget 14 Stabilization Fund to the general funds in order to address 15 cash flow emergencies. 16 (c) The Comptroller must notify the Governor upon 17 determination that there is, or may be, a cash flow emergency 18 in meeting the obligations of the State. 19 Section 20. Use of the Budget Stabilization Fund. 20 (a) Upon receipt of the certification from the President 21 of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives 22 authorizing the transfer of funds from the Budget 23 Stabilization Fund, the Governor may direct the Comptroller 24 to transfer a specified amount from the Budget Stabilization 25 Fund to a general fund. The directive to the Comptroller must 26 state whether the transfer is in response to failures in 27 revenue when collections are not anticipated to meet 28 projections in the current fiscal year or in response to a 29 casual deficit in revenue where collections are expected to 30 meet projections in the current fiscal year. 31 (b) The Governor is authorized to direct the Comptroller 32 to transfer funds under this Act until any time that a quorum 33 of the General Assembly can convene in regular or special HB2159 Engrossed -4- LRB9207072MWmgA 1 session in order to enact the appropriate legislative 2 actions. 3 (c) If transfers authorized in subsection (a) were 4 deemed necessary by the Governor for the purpose of 5 responding to casual deficits in projected revenue within the 6 same fiscal year, the Governor must direct the Comptroller to 7 transfer all amounts transferred for this purpose from the 8 appropriate general fund into the Budget Stabilization Fund 9 by the end of the same fiscal year or as soon thereafter as 10 possible. 11 Section 800. The State Budget Law of the Civil 12 Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing 13 Sections 50-5 and 50-10 and by adding Section 50-5.5 as 14 follows: 15 (15 ILCS 20/50-5) (was 15 ILCS 20/38) 16 Sec. 50-5. Governor to submit State budget. The Governor 17 shall, as soon as possible and not later than the third 18 Wednesday in February of each year beginning in 1998, submit 19 a State budget, embracing therein the amounts recommended by 20 the Governor to be appropriated to the respective 21 departments, offices, and institutions, and for all other 22 public purposes, the estimated revenues from taxation, the 23 estimated revenues from sources other than taxation, and an 24 estimate of the amount required to be raised by taxation. 25 The amounts recommended by the Governor for appropriation to 26 the respective departments, offices and institutions shall be 27 formulated according to the various functions and activities 28 for which the respective department, office or institution of 29 the State government (including the elective officers in the 30 executive department and including the University of Illinois 31 and the judicial department) is responsible. The amounts 32 relating to particular functions and activities shall be HB2159 Engrossed -5- LRB9207072MWmgA 1 further formulated in accordance with the object 2 classification specified in Section 13 of the State Finance 3 Act. 4 The Governor shall not propose expenditures and the 5 General Assembly shall not enact appropriations that exceed 6 the resources estimated to be available, as provided in this 7 Section. 8 For the purposes of Article VIII, Section 2 of the 1970 9 Illinois Constitution, the State budget for and 10 appropriations from the following funds shall be prepared on 11 the basis of revenue and expenditure measurement concepts 12 that are in concert with generally accepted accounting 13 principles for governments: 14 (1) General Revenue Fund. 15 (2) Common School Fund. 16 (3) Educational Assistance Fund. 17 (4) Road Fund. 18 (5) Motor Fuel Tax Fund. 19 (6) Agricultural Premium Fund. 20 These funds shall be known as the "budgeted funds". The 21 revenue estimates used in the State budget for the budgeted 22 funds shall include the estimated beginning fund balance, 23 plus revenues estimated to be received during the budgeted 24 year, plus the estimated receipts due the State as of June 30 25 of the budgeted year that are expected to be collected during 26 the lapse period following the budgeted year, minus the 27 receipts collected during the first 2 months of the budgeted 28 year that became due to the State in the year before the 29 budgeted year. Revenues shall also include estimated federal 30 reimbursements associated with the recognition of Section 25 31 of the State Finance Act liabilities. For any budgeted fund 32 for which current year revenues are anticipated to exceed 33 expenditures, the surplus shall be considered to be a 34 resource available for expenditure in the budgeted fiscal HB2159 Engrossed -6- LRB9207072MWmgA 1 year. 2 Expenditure estimates for the budgeted funds included in 3 the State budget shall include the costs to be incurred by 4 the State for the budgeted year that are,to be paid in the 5 next fiscal year, excluding costs paid in the budgeted year 6 which were carried over from the prior year, where the 7 payment is authorized by Section 25 of the State Finance Act. 8 For any budgeted fund for which expenditures are expected to 9 exceed revenues in the current fiscal year, the deficit shall 10 be considered as a use of funds in the budgeted fiscal year. 11 Revenues and expenditures shall also include transfers 12 between funds that are based on revenues received or costs 13 incurred during the budget year. 14By March 15 of each year, the Economic and Fiscal15Commission shall prepare revenue and fund transfer estimates16in accordance with the requirements of this Section and17report those estimates to the General Assembly and the18Governor.19 For all funds other than the budgeted funds, the proposed 20 expenditures shall not exceed funds estimated to be available 21 for the fiscal year as shown in the budget. Appropriation 22 for a fiscal year shall not exceed (i) funds estimated by the 23 General Assembly to be available during that year as 24 contained within the joint resolution adopted by the General 25 Assembly in accordance with Section 50-5.5 of this Act or 26 (ii) for fiscal year 2002, funds estimated to be available in 27 accordance with this Section prior to the effective date of 28 this amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly. The 29 General Assembly's appropriations from the general funds for 30 fiscal year 2002 and thereafter may not exceed 99% of the 31 estimated general funds revenues when the revenues exceed the 32 prior year's estimated general funds revenues by more than 33 4%. Appropriations for a fiscal year must include one or 34 more separate line items for payment of liabilities incurred HB2159 Engrossed -7- LRB9207072MWmgA 1 in a prior fiscal year and authorized to be paid during the 2 budget year under Section 25 of the State Finance Act. 3 (Source: P.A. 90-479, eff. 8-17-97; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.) 4 (15 ILCS 20/50-5.5 new) 5 Sec. 50-5.5. Revenue Estimating Council. 6 (a) There is created a Revenue Estimating Council, 7 consisting of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, the 8 State Comptroller, and the Director of the Illinois Economic 9 and Fiscal Commission, or their designees. 10 (b) By January 1, 2002 and by January 1 of each year 11 thereafter, the Revenue Estimating Council must prepare 12 revenue and fund transfer estimates in accordance with the 13 requirements of Section 50-5 and report those estimates to 14 the General Assembly. In addition to the revenue and 15 transfer estimates, the Revenue Estimating Council must 16 certify to the following: 17 (1) An estimate of all income of the State from all 18 applicable revenue sources for the next ensuing fiscal 19 year and of any other funds estimated to be available for 20 that fiscal year. 21 (2) When estimated general funds revenues exceed 22 the prior year's estimated general funds revenues by more 23 than 4%, the general funds available for appropriation in 24 an amount equal to 99% of the estimated general funds 25 revenues for the fiscal year. 26 (3) When estimated general funds revenues exceed 27 the prior year's estimated general funds revenues by more 28 than 4%, the general funds available for transfer into 29 the Budget Stabilization Fund or the Early Debt 30 Retirement Fund in a total amount equal to 1% of the 31 estimated general funds revenues for the fiscal year. 32 (4) The amount of transfers into the Budget 33 Stabilization Fund necessary for the balance of the HB2159 Engrossed -8- LRB9207072MWmgA 1 Budget Stabilization Fund to equal 4% of general funds 2 revenues for the budgeted year; and 3 (5) When the Revenue Estimating Council estimates 4 that the balance of the Budget Stabilization Fund shall 5 exceed 4% of the general funds revenues for the budgeted 6 year, the portion of the 1% available for transfer under 7 paragraph (3) for transfer into the Early Debt Retirement 8 Fund. 9 Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, for 10 the purpose of determining the estimates under this Section 11 during fiscal year 2002, the Revenue Estimating Council must 12 use the prior year's estimated general funds revenues as 13 determined by the Economic and Fiscal Commission during 14 fiscal year 2002. 15 By April 15 of each year, the Revenue Estimating Council 16 must issue a report updating the estimates required under 17 this subsection as may be required based on more recent 18 information. Upon its issuance, the Revenue Estimating 19 Council must submit the revised report to the Governor and 20 the General Assembly. The House and Senate must adopt the 21 report by joint resolution. The joint resolution constitutes 22 the General Assembly's estimate, under paragraph (b) of 23 Section 2 of Article VIII of the Illinois Constitution, of 24 the funds estimated to be available during the next fiscal 25 year. 26 (c) Prior to the beginning of the fiscal year, the 27 Revenue Estimating Council must prepare a cash flow estimate 28 of the general funds, identifying estimated revenues and cash 29 expenditures for each quarter of the fiscal year. Each 30 quarter of the fiscal year, the Revenue Estimating Council 31 must review the revenue and cash expenditure estimates and 32 issue a report to the Governor and the General Assembly 33 containing updates of the estimates required under this 34 subsection and notification of potential budgetary HB2159 Engrossed -9- LRB9207072MWmgA 1 shortfalls. 2 (15 ILCS 20/50-10) (was 15 ILCS 20/38.1) 3 Sec. 50-10. Budget contents. The budget shall be 4 submitted by the Governor with line item and program data. 5 The budget shall also contain performance data presenting an 6 estimate for the current fiscal year, projections for the 7 budget year, and information for the 3 prior fiscal years 8 comparing department objectives with actual accomplishments, 9 formulated according to the various functions and activities, 10 and, wherever the nature of the work admits, according to the 11 work units, for which the respective departments, offices, 12 and institutions of the State government (including the 13 elective officers in the executive department and including 14 the University of Illinois and the judicial department) are 15 responsible. 16 For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1992 and for each 17 fiscal year thereafter, the budget shall include the 18 performance measures of each department's accountability 19 report. 20 For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997 and for each 21 fiscal year thereafter, the budget shall include one or more 22 line items appropriating moneys to the Department of Human 23 Services to fund participation in the Home-Based Support 24 Services Program for Mentally Disabled Adults under the 25 Developmental Disability and Mental Disability Services Act 26 by persons described in Section 2-17 of that Act. 27 For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2002 and for each 28 fiscal year thereafter, the budget must contain one or more 29 line items appropriating moneys to fund all costs in the 30 budget year estimated for payment of liabilities incurred in 31 a prior fiscal year and authorized to be paid in the budget 32 year under Section 25 of the State Finance Act. 33 The budget shall contain a capital development Section in HB2159 Engrossed -10- LRB9207072MWmgA 1 which the Governor will present (1) information on the 2 capital projects and capital programs for which 3 appropriations are requested, (2) the capital spending plans, 4 which shall document the first and subsequent years cash 5 requirements by fund for the proposed bonded program, and (3) 6 a statement that shall identify by year the principal and 7 interest costs until retirement of the State's general 8 obligation debt. In addition, the principal and interest 9 costs of the budget year program shall be presented 10 separately, to indicate the marginal cost of principal and 11 interest payments necessary to retire the additional bonds 12 needed to finance the budget year's capital program. 13 For the budget year, the current year, and 3 prior fiscal 14 years, the Governor shall also include in the budget 15 estimates of or actual values for the assets and liabilities 16 for General Assembly Retirement System, State Employees' 17 Retirement System of Illinois, State Universities Retirement 18 System, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois, 19 and Judges Retirement System of Illinois. 20 The budget submitted by the Governor shall contain, in 21 addition, in a separate book, a tabulation of all position 22 and employment titles in each such department, office, and 23 institution, the number of each, and the salaries for each, 24 formulated according to divisions, bureaus, sections, 25 offices, departments, boards, and similar subdivisions, which 26 shall correspond as nearly as practicable to the functions 27 and activities for which the department, office, or 28 institution is responsible. 29 Together with the budget, the Governor shall transmit the 30 estimates of receipts and expenditures, as received by the 31 director of the Bureau of the Budget, of the elective 32 officers in the executive and judicial departments and of the 33 University of Illinois. 34 (Source: P.A. 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.) HB2159 Engrossed -11- LRB9207072MWmgA 1 Section 805. The Illinois Economic and Fiscal Commission 2 Act is amended by changing Section 4 as follows: 3 (25 ILCS 155/4) (from Ch. 63, par. 344) 4 Sec. 4. (a) The Commission shall publish, at the 5 convening of each regular session of the General Assembly, a 6 report on the estimated income of the State from all 7 applicable revenue sources for the next ensuing fiscal year 8 and of any other funds estimated to be available for such 9 fiscal year. On the third Wednesday in March after the 10 session convenes, the Commission shall issue a revised and 11 updated set of revenue figures reflecting the latest 12 available information.The House and Senate by joint13resolution shall adopt or modify such estimates as may be14appropriate. The joint resolution shall constitute the15General Assembly's estimate, under paragraph (b) of Section 216of Article VIII of the Constitution, of the funds estimated17to be available during the next fiscal year.18 (b) On the third Wednesday in March, the Commission 19 shall issue estimated: 20 (1) pension funding requirements under P.A. 86-273; 21 and 22 (2) liabilities of the State employee group health 23 insurance program. 24 These estimated costs shall be for the fiscal year 25 beginning the following July 1. 26 (c) The requirement for reporting to the General 27 Assembly shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report 28 with the Speaker, the Minority Leader and the Clerk of the 29 House of Representatives and the President, the Minority 30 Leader and the Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative 31 Research Unit, as required by Section 3.1 of "An Act to 32 revise the law in relation to the General Assembly", approved 33 February 25, 1874, as amended, and filing such additional HB2159 Engrossed -12- LRB9207072MWmgA 1 copies with the State Government Report Distribution Center 2 for the General Assembly as is required under paragraph (t) 3 of Section 7 of the State Library Act. 4 (Source: P.A. 87-1142.) 5 Section 810. The State Finance Act is amended by 6 changing Section 25 and by adding Section 6z-44 as follows: 7 (30 ILCS 105/6z-44 new) 8 Sec. 6z-44. Early Debt Retirement Fund. The Early Debt 9 Retirement Fund is created in the State treasury. Moneys in 10 the Early Debt Retirement Fund may be expended, subject to 11 appropriation, for the payment of deferred liabilities under 12 Section 25 of this Act; the early retirement of unfunded 13 pension liabilities; the retirement of bonded indebtedness 14 when practical; and the funding of other long-term fiscal 15 needs of the State. The Early Debt Retirement Fund is exempt 16 from subsections (b) and (c) of Section 5 of this Act. 17 (30 ILCS 105/25) (from Ch. 127, par. 161) 18 Sec. 25. Fiscal year limitations. 19 (a) All appropriations shall be available for 20 expenditure for the fiscal year or for a lesser period if the 21 Act making that appropriation so specifies. A deficiency or 22 emergency appropriation shall be available for expenditure 23 only through June 30 of the year when the Act making that 24 appropriation is enacted unless that Act otherwise provides. 25 (b) Outstanding liabilities as of June 30, payable from 26 appropriations which have otherwise expired, may be paid out 27 of the expiring appropriations during the 2-month period 28 ending at the close of business on August 31. Any service 29 involving professional or artistic skills or any personal 30 services by an employee whose compensation is subject to 31 income tax withholding must be performed as of June 30 of the HB2159 Engrossed -13- LRB9207072MWmgA 1 fiscal year in order to be considered an "outstanding 2 liability as of June 30" that is thereby eligible for payment 3 out of the expiring appropriation. 4 Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (b-5) and 5 (c) of this Section, when a State agency receives and 6 approves a request for payment of an outstanding liability 7 prior to June 30 of a fiscal year, the payment must be made 8 from the appropriations for that purpose for the fiscal year 9 in which the State agency received and approved the request 10 for payment. 11 (b-5)However,Payment of tuition reimbursement claims 12 under Section 14-7.03 or 18-3 of the School Code may be made 13 by the State Board of Education from its appropriations for 14 those respective purposes for any fiscal year, even though 15 the claims reimbursed by the payment may be claims 16 attributable to a prior fiscal year, and payments may be made 17 at the direction of the State Superintendent of Education 18 from the fund from which the appropriation is made without 19 regard to any fiscal year limitations. 20 Medical payments may be made by the Department of 21 Veterans' Affairs from its appropriations for those purposes 22 for any fiscal year, without regard to the fact that the 23 medical services being compensated for by such payment may 24 have been rendered in a prior fiscal year. 25 Medical payments may be made by the Department of Public 26 Aid and child care payments may be made by the Department of 27 Human Services (as successor to the Department of Public Aid) 28 from appropriations for those purposes for any fiscal year, 29 without regard to the fact that the medical or child care 30 services being compensated for by such payment may have been 31 rendered in a prior fiscal year; and payments may be made at 32 the direction of the Department of Central Management 33 Services from the Health Insurance Reserve Fund and the Local 34 Government Health Insurance Reserve Fund without regard to HB2159 Engrossed -14- LRB9207072MWmgA 1 any fiscal year limitations. 2 Additionally, payments may be made by the Department of 3 Human Services from its appropriations, or any other State 4 agency from its appropriations with the approval of the 5 Department of Human Services, from the Immigration Reform and 6 Control Fund for purposes authorized pursuant to the 7 Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, without regard to 8 any fiscal year limitations. 9 (c) Further, payments may be made by the Department of 10 Public Health and the Department of Human Services (acting as 11 successor to the Department of Public Health under the 12 Department of Human Services Act) from their respective 13 appropriations for grants for medical care to or on behalf of 14 persons suffering from chronic renal disease, persons 15 suffering from hemophilia, rape victims, and premature and 16 high-mortality risk infants and their mothers and for grants 17 for supplemental food supplies provided under the United 18 States Department of Agriculture Women, Infants and Children 19 Nutrition Program, for any fiscal year without regard to the 20 fact that the services being compensated for by such payment 21 may have been rendered in a prior fiscal year. 22 (d) The Department of Public Health and the Department 23 of Human Services (acting as successor to the Department of 24 Public Health under the Department of Human Services Act) 25 shall each annually submit to the State Comptroller, Senate 26 President, Senate Minority Leader, Speaker of the House, 27 House Minority Leader, and the respective Chairmen and 28 Minority Spokesmen of the Appropriations Committees of the 29 Senate and the House, on or before December 31, a report of 30 fiscal year funds used to pay for services provided in any 31 prior fiscal year. This report shall document by program or 32 service category those expenditures from the most recently 33 completed fiscal year used to pay for services provided in 34 prior fiscal years. HB2159 Engrossed -15- LRB9207072MWmgA 1 (e) The Department of Public Aid and the Department of 2 Human Services (acting as successor to the Department of 3 Public Aid) shall each annually submit to the State 4 Comptroller, Senate President, Senate Minority Leader, 5 Speaker of the House, House Minority Leader, the respective 6 Chairmen and Minority Spokesmen of the Appropriations 7 Committees of the Senate and the House, on or before November 8 30, a report that shall document by program or service 9 category those expenditures from the most recently completed 10 fiscal year used to pay for (i) services provided in prior 11 fiscal years and (ii) services for which claims were received 12 in prior fiscal years. 13 (f) The Department of Human Services (as successor to 14 the Department of Public Aid) shall annually submit to the 15 State Comptroller, Senate President, Senate Minority Leader, 16 Speaker of the House, House Minority Leader, and the 17 respective Chairmen and Minority Spokesmen of the 18 Appropriations Committees of the Senate and the House, on or 19 before December 31, a report of fiscal year funds used to pay 20 for services (other than medical care) provided in any prior 21 fiscal year. This report shall document by program or 22 service category those expenditures from the most recently 23 completed fiscal year used to pay for services provided in 24 prior fiscal years. 25 (g) In addition, each annual report required to be 26 submitted by the Department of Public Aid under subsection 27 (e) shall include the following information with respect to 28 the State's Medicaid program: 29 (1) Explanations of the exact causes of the 30 variance between the previous year's estimated and actual 31 liabilities. 32 (2) Factors affecting the Department of Public 33 Aid's liabilities, including but not limited to numbers 34 of aid recipients, levels of medical service utilization HB2159 Engrossed -16- LRB9207072MWmgA 1 by aid recipients, and inflation in the cost of medical 2 services. 3 (3) The results of the Department's efforts to 4 combat fraud and abuse. 5 (h) As provided in Section 4 of the General Assembly 6 Compensation Act, any utility bill for service provided to a 7 General Assembly member's district office for a period 8 including portions of 2 consecutive fiscal years may be paid 9 from funds appropriated for such expenditure in either fiscal 10 year. 11 (i) An agency which administers a fund classified by the 12 Comptroller as an internal service fund may issue rules for: 13 (1) billing user agencies in advance based on 14 estimated charges for goods or services; 15 (2) issuing credits during the subsequent fiscal 16 year for all user agency payments received during the 17 prior fiscal year which were in excess of the final 18 amounts owed by the user agency for that period; and 19 (3) issuing catch-up billings to user agencies 20 during the subsequent fiscal year for amounts remaining 21 due when payments received from the user agency during 22 the prior fiscal year were less than the total amount 23 owed for that period. 24 User agencies are authorized to reimburse internal service 25 funds for catch-up billings by vouchers drawn against their 26 respective appropriations for the fiscal year in which the 27 catch-up billing was issued. 28 (Source: P.A. 89-235, eff. 8-4-95; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 29 89-511, eff. 1-1-97; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 90-168, eff. 30 7-23-97.) 31 Section 900. Severability. The provisions of this Act 32 are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes. HB2159 Engrossed -17- LRB9207072MWmgA 1 Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 2 becoming law.