Illinois House Bill 5125 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on January 8 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that a State agency shall not create or implement a new program, nor make any expenditure or obligation of public funds with respect to a new program, without having a one-time certificate to proceed with that new program issued by the Comptroller. Provides that the Comptroller shall issue a certificate to proceed unless, at the time of the proposed creation, implementation, or expenditure, the State has a significant backlog of overdue bills. Provides for a waiver in the case of emergency. Does not bar recovery by a person, acting in good faith, to whom a State agency has incurred an obligation or liability in violation of the certificate requirement. Effective immediately.

STATE FINANCE-SPENDING LIMIT

Rep. Jim Watson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2012-02-08	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2012-02-08	House	First Reading
2012-02-08	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jim Watson

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
30	105	11.2	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5125&GAID=11&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=84&GA=97
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HB/09700HB5125.htm