Bill Text: IL HB3857 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Use Tax Act, the Service Use Tax Act, the Service Occupation Tax Act, and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that, beginning on January 1, 2024, in addition to the 6.25% general rate, a tax of 3% is imposed on the selling price of ground based sparklers. Provides that each month the Department of Revenue shall pay into the Fireman's Annuity and Benefit Fund and the Firefighters' Pension Investment Fund, cumulatively, 50% of the net revenue realized for the preceding month from the 3% tax from sales of ground-based sparklers. Provides that the remaining 50% of the proceeds from that tax shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund. Amends the Fireworks Regulation Act of Illinois and the Pyrotechnic Use Act. Provides that "fireworks" and "consumer fireworks" do not include handheld or ground-based sparklers that are nonexplosive and nonaerial, sometimes producing a crackling or whistling effect, and containing 75 grams or less of pyrotechnic composition per tube or a total of 500 grams or less for multiple tubes (rather than only sparklers) or wood stick or wire sparklers containing not more than 100 grams of pyrotechnic mixture per item. Effective January 1, 2024.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed) 2023-06-26 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3857 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB3857-Engrossed.html
| |||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
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 | ||||||
5 | Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing Section | ||||||
6 | 50-25 as follows:
| ||||||
7 | (15 ILCS 20/50-25) | ||||||
8 | Sec. 50-25. Statewide prioritized goals. | ||||||
9 | (a) Definitions. As used in this Section: | ||||||
10 | "Commission" means the Budgeting for Results Commission | ||||||
11 | established by this Section. | ||||||
12 | "Result area" means major organizational categories of | ||||||
13 | State government as defined by the Governor. | ||||||
14 | "Outcome area" means subcategories of result areas that | ||||||
15 | further define, and facilitate the measurement of the result | ||||||
16 | area, as established by the Governor. | ||||||
17 | (b) Statewide prioritized goals. For fiscal year 2025 2012 | ||||||
18 | and each fiscal year thereafter, prior to the submission of | ||||||
19 | the State budget, the Governor, in consultation with the | ||||||
20 | Commission appropriation committees of the General Assembly | ||||||
21 | and, beginning with budgets prepared for fiscal year 2013, the | ||||||
22 | commission established under this Section, shall: (i) identify | ||||||
23 | statewide result areas prioritize outcomes that are most |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | important for each State agency of the executive branch under | ||||||
2 | the jurisdiction of the Governor to achieve for the next | ||||||
3 | fiscal year and (ii) identify outcome areas, which further | ||||||
4 | define the statewide result areas, into which State programs | ||||||
5 | and associated spending can be categorized set goals to | ||||||
6 | accomplish those outcomes according to the priority of the | ||||||
7 | outcome . There must be a reasonable number of annually defined | ||||||
8 | statewide result and outcome areas goals defining State | ||||||
9 | priorities for the budget. Each result and outcome goal shall | ||||||
10 | be further defined to facilitate success in achieving that | ||||||
11 | result or outcome goal . | ||||||
12 | (c) Budgeting for Results Commission. On or after July 31, | ||||||
13 | 2024 No later than July 31 of each fiscal year beginning in | ||||||
14 | fiscal year 2012 , the Governor shall establish a commission | ||||||
15 | for the purpose of advising the Governor in the implementation | ||||||
16 | of performance-based budgeting in Illinois State government, | ||||||
17 | setting statewide result and outcome areas, and providing | ||||||
18 | oversight and guidance for comprehensive program assessments | ||||||
19 | and benefit-cost analysis of State agency programs those | ||||||
20 | outcomes and goals, including the timeline for achieving those | ||||||
21 | outcomes and goals . | ||||||
22 | (1) Membership. The commission shall be composed of | ||||||
23 | voting and non-voting members appointed by the Governor. | ||||||
24 | The commission shall be a well-balanced group and shall be | ||||||
25 | not more than 15 and not less than 8 members. Members | ||||||
26 | appointed by the Governor shall serve a three-year term, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | beginning and ending on July 1 of each year. Vacancies in | ||||||
2 | Commission membership shall be filled in the same manner | ||||||
3 | as initial appointments. Appointments to fill vacancies | ||||||
4 | occurring before the expiration of a term shall be for the | ||||||
5 | remainder of the term. Members shall serve until their | ||||||
6 | successors are appointed. a manageable size. | ||||||
7 | (2) Bylaws. The commission may adopt bylaws for the | ||||||
8 | regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business. | ||||||
9 | (3) Quorum. Total membership of the Commission | ||||||
10 | consists of the number of voting members serving on the | ||||||
11 | Commission, not including any vacant positions. A quorum | ||||||
12 | consists of a simple majority of total voting membership | ||||||
13 | and shall be sufficient to conduct the business of the | ||||||
14 | commission, unless stipulated otherwise in the bylaws of | ||||||
15 | the commission. A member may submit a proxy in writing to | ||||||
16 | the Commission Co-Chairs or the Commission Staff Director | ||||||
17 | no later than 24 hours before a scheduled meeting, and | ||||||
18 | that proxy shall count toward the quorum for that meeting | ||||||
19 | only. | ||||||
20 | (4) Chairpersons. Two Co-Chairs of the commission | ||||||
21 | shall be appointed by the Governor. The Co-Chairs shall be | ||||||
22 | one member of the General Assembly and one person who is | ||||||
23 | not a member of the General Assembly. | ||||||
24 | (5) Meetings. The commission shall hold at least 2 | ||||||
25 | in-person public meetings during each fiscal year. One | ||||||
26 | meeting shall be held in the City of Chicago and one |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | meeting shall be held in the City of Springfield. The | ||||||
2 | commission may choose by a majority vote of its members to | ||||||
3 | hold one virtual meeting, which is open to the public and | ||||||
4 | over the Internet, in lieu of the 2 in-person public | ||||||
5 | meetings required under this Section. | ||||||
6 | (6) Compensation. Members shall not receive | ||||||
7 | compensation for their services. | ||||||
8 | (7) Annual report. By November 1 of each year, the | ||||||
9 | commission shall submit a report to the Governor and the | ||||||
10 | General Assembly setting forth recommendations with | ||||||
11 | respect to the Governor's implementation of | ||||||
12 | performance-based budgeting in Illinois State government | ||||||
13 | proposed outcomes and goals . The report shall be published | ||||||
14 | on the Governor's Office of Management and Budget's | ||||||
15 | website. In its report, the commission shall report on the | ||||||
16 | status of comprehensive program assessments and benefit | ||||||
17 | cost analysis of state agency programs conducted during | ||||||
18 | the prior year propose a percentage of the total budget to | ||||||
19 | be assigned to each proposed outcome and goal . | ||||||
20 | The commission shall also review existing statutory | ||||||
21 | mandates mandated expenditures and include in its report | ||||||
22 | recommendations for the repeal or modification of statutory | ||||||
23 | mandates and funds or the State treasury which are out-of-date | ||||||
24 | or unduly burdensome to the operations of State government | ||||||
25 | termination of mandated expenditures . | ||||||
26 | The General Assembly may object to the commission's report |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | by passing a joint resolution detailing the General Assembly's | ||||||
2 | objections. | ||||||
3 | (d) In addition, each other constitutional officer of the | ||||||
4 | executive branch, in consultation with the appropriation | ||||||
5 | committees of the General Assembly, shall: (i) prioritize | ||||||
6 | outcomes that are most important for his or her office to | ||||||
7 | achieve for the next fiscal year and (ii) set goals to | ||||||
8 | accomplish those outcomes according to the priority of the | ||||||
9 | outcome. The Governor and each constitutional officer shall | ||||||
10 | separately conduct performance analyses to determine which | ||||||
11 | programs, strategies, and activities will best achieve those | ||||||
12 | desired outcomes. The Governor shall recommend that | ||||||
13 | appropriations be made to State agencies and officers for the | ||||||
14 | next fiscal year based on the agreed upon result and outcome | ||||||
15 | areas goals and priorities . Each agency and officer may | ||||||
16 | develop its own strategies for meeting those goals and shall | ||||||
17 | review and analyze those strategies on a regular basis. The | ||||||
18 | Governor shall also implement procedures to measure annual | ||||||
19 | progress toward the State's statewide results and outcomes | ||||||
20 | highest priority outcomes and shall develop a statewide | ||||||
21 | reporting system that collects performance data from all | ||||||
22 | programs under the authority of the Governor compares the | ||||||
23 | actual results with budgeted results . Those performance | ||||||
24 | measures and results shall be posted on the Governor's Office | ||||||
25 | of Management and Budget website State Comptroller's website, | ||||||
26 | and compiled for distribution in the Comptroller's Public |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | Accountability Report, as is currently the practice on the | ||||||
2 | effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General | ||||||
3 | Assembly .
| ||||||
4 | (Source: P.A. 102-801, eff. 5-13-22.)
|