Bill Text: IL HB4810 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Creates the State Board of Elections Independent Funding Law. Creates a continuing appropriation for the State Board of Elections which provides that total appropriations from all sources shall be no less than total appropriations from all sources for the previous fiscal year. Creates an irrevocable and continuing appropriation for the State Board of Elections for the distribution of any federal funds received by the State Board of Elections for the purposes authorized by the federal government for those funds. Authorizes the State Treasurer and State Comptroller to make distributions of federal funds as provided. Defines "total appropriations from all sources". Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4810 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB4810-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB4810 Introduced , by Rep. Mike Fortner SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
15 ILCS 20/50-23 new
Amends the State Budget Law of the Illinois Civil Administrative Code. Creates the State Board of Elections Independent Funding Law. Creates a continuing appropriation for the State Board of Elections which provides that total appropriations from all sources shall be no less than total appropriations from all sources for the previous fiscal year. Creates an irrevocable and continuing appropriation for the State Board of Elections for the distribution of any federal funds received by the State Board of Elections for the purposes authorized by the federal government for those funds. Authorizes the State Treasurer and State Comptroller to make distributions of federal funds as provided. Defines "total appropriations from all sources". Effective immediately.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
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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 State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative
Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 50-23 as follows:
(15 ILCS 20/50-23 new)
Sec. 50-23. State Board of Elections Independent Funding
Law.
(a) The Governor shall submit to the General Assembly a
proposed budget for the State Board of Elections in which the
total appropriations from all sources are no less than the
total appropriations from all sources of the previous fiscal
year.
(b) If for any reason the total appropriations from all
sources are insufficient to meet the levels required by
subsection (a) of this Section, this Section shall constitute a
continuing appropriation of all amounts necessary for these
purposes. The General Assembly may appropriate lesser amounts
by law.
(c) This Section shall constitute an irrevocable and
continuing appropriation for the distribution of any federal
funds received by the State Board of Elections for the purposes
authorized by the federal government for those funds,

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including, but not limited to, moneys received by the Help
America Vote Fund. Funds appropriated under this Section shall
be disbursed in accordance with any requirements imposed by the
federal government, and nothing in this Section shall be
construed in such a way so as to avoid any requirements imposed
by the federal government in disbursing funds to the State
Board of Elections. The State Treasurer and State Comptroller
are hereby authorized to make distributions of federal funds as
provided in this Section.
(d) For purposes of this Section: "total appropriations
from all sources" includes, but is not limited to, moneys
appropriated from the General Revenue Fund, the Help America
Vote Fund, the ERIC Operations Trust Fund, or any other fund of
the State, regardless of whether the moneys appropriated from
those funds are from a federal, State, public, or private
source; "total appropriations from all sources" also includes
those moneys received in the Personal Property Tax Replacement
Fund that are to be distributed to local election authorities.
(e) This Section may be cited as the State Board of
Elections Independent Funding Law.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.