Public Act 1456 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB5571 Enrolled LRB096 17388 RCE 32741 b

Public Act 096-1456

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 adding Section 9.07 as follows:

(30 ILCS 105/9.07 new)

Sec. 9.07. Freeze; promotional expenditures. For a period of 2 years beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, no amounts from the General Revenue Fund may be expended for the following promotional items: calendars, pens, buttons, pins, magnets, and any other similar promotional items. This prohibition applies to expenditures by State agencies and also to expenditures by State grant recipients from grant moneys. Contracts entered into by the State before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly are exempt from the provisions of this Section.

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

Effective Date: 8/20/2010