Bill Text: IL HB3979 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Governor's Office of Management and Budget Act. Provides that requests for federal funding by State agencies shall be filed with the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, and posted on the Office's website for public comment, at least 30 days prior to making the request for funding to the federal government. Provides that requests for federal funding by State agencies exceeding $250,000 in a fiscal year shall be filed with the Joint Committee on Federal Funding Requests. Creates the Joint Committee on Federal Funding Requests. Provides that requests for federal funding that have not been filed with the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, or approved by a majority vote of the Joint Committee on Federal Funding Requests, as applicable, shall be void and any funds received shall be returned to the federal government. Effective July 1, 2015.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3979 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB3979-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB3979 Introduced , by Rep. Dwight Kay SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 3005/5.2 new
Amends the Governor's Office of Management and Budget Act. Provides that requests for federal funding by State agencies shall be filed with the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, and posted on the Office's website for public comment, at least 30 days prior to making the request for funding to the federal government. Provides that requests for federal funding by State agencies exceeding $250,000 in a fiscal year shall be filed with the Joint Committee on Federal Funding Requests. Creates the Joint Committee on Federal Funding Requests. Provides that requests for federal funding that have not been filed with the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, or approved by a majority vote of the Joint Committee on Federal Funding Requests, as applicable, shall be void and any funds received shall be returned to the federal government. Effective July 1, 2015.
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Governor's Office of Management and Budget
Act is amended by adding Section 5.2 as follows:
(20 ILCS 3005/5.2 new)
Sec. 5.2. Federal funding requests.
(a) In addition to the requirements of Section 5.1, and
under such regulations as the Governor may prescribe, every
State agency, other than State colleges and universities,
agencies of legislative and judicial branches of State
government, and elected State executive officers not including
the Governor, shall file with the Governor's Office of
Management and Budget all requests for federal funding by that
agency for new or continued projects or maintenance of federal
projects. Requests shall be filed and posted on the website of
the Governor's Office of Management and Budget not less than 30
days prior to the official request for funds to the federal
government to allow for public comment.
Each request for federal funding received by the Governor's
Office of Management and Budget shall be assigned a unique
identification number by the Office, to allow for tracking of
the request together with any related projects and funding.

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Any request for federal funding subject to the requirements
of this subsection which has not been filed with the Governor's
Office of Management and Budget shall be void, and any funds
received shall be returned to the federal government before
they are spent.
(b) In addition to the requirements of subsection (a), all
requests that exceed $250,000 within a fiscal year must be
submitted to the Joint Committee on Federal Funding Requests
for its approval not less than 30 days prior to the official
request of funds to the federal government. A report prepared
by the State agency showing liability to the State, if any,
created by the funding request must be submitted to the Joint
Committee together with the funding request.
Any request for federal funding subject to the requirements
of this subsection (b) which has not been approved by the Joint
Committee on Federal Funding Requests shall be void, and any
funds received shall be returned to the federal government
before they are spent.
(c) There is created the Joint Committee on Federal Funding
Requests, comprised of 12 members of the General Assembly
appointed as follows: 3 by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, one of whom shall serve as co-chair; 3 by the
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; 3 by the
President of the Senate, one of whom shall serve as co-chair;
and 3 by the Minority Leader of the Senate. The Joint Committee
shall by majority vote approve or deny each request for federal

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funding submitted to it. If no vote is taken upon a request for
federal funding within 90 calendar days from its receipt by the
Joint Committee, that request shall be considered to have been
approved by the Joint Committee.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2015.