Bill Text: IL HJRCA0038 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposes to amend the Finance Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that in no fiscal year shall the rate of growth of General Revenue Fund appropriations over the preceding fiscal year exceed the rate of growth of the Illinois economy. Provides that if the General Assembly by adoption of a resolution approved by a record vote of a majority of the members of each house finds that an emergency exists and identifies the nature of the emergency, the General Assembly may provide for appropriations in excess of the amount authorized. Provides that the authorized excess amount may not exceed the amount specified in the resolution. Effective upon being declared adopted.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HJRCA0038 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HJRCA0038-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT HC0038 Introduced , by Rep. Allen Skillicorn SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
ILCON Art. VIII, Sec. 5 new
Proposes to amend the Finance Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that in no fiscal year shall the rate of growth of General Revenue Fund appropriations over the preceding fiscal year exceed the rate of growth of the Illinois economy. Provides that if the General Assembly by adoption of a resolution approved by a record vote of a majority of the members of each house finds that an emergency exists and identifies the nature of the emergency, the General Assembly may provide for appropriations in excess of the amount authorized. Provides that the authorized excess amount may not exceed the amount specified in the resolution. Effective upon being declared adopted.
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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE
CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the
electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general
election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of
this resolution a proposition to add Section 5 to Article VIII
of the Illinois Constitution as follows:
ARTICLE VIII
FINANCE
(ILCON Art. VIII, Sec. 5 new)
SECTION 5. RATE OF GROWTH OF APPROPRIATIONS
(a) In no fiscal year shall the rate of growth of General
Revenue Fund appropriations over the preceding fiscal year
exceed the rate of growth of the Illinois economy. For the
purposes of this Section, the rate of growth of the Illinois
economy is the average annual growth rate of per capita gross
domestic product in the State over the preceding ten calendar
years, using data reported by the federal Bureau of Economic
Analysis, or its successor agency, before December 31
immediately preceding the beginning of the fiscal year. The
General Assembly shall provide by law for the implementation of

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this subsection (a).
(b) If the General Assembly by adoption of a resolution
approved by a record vote of a majority of the members of each
house finds that an emergency exists and identifies the nature
of the emergency, the General Assembly may provide for
appropriations in excess of the amount authorized by subsection
(a) of this Section. The excess authorized under this
subsection (b) may not exceed the amount specified in the
resolution.
SCHEDULE
This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being
declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
Constitutional Amendment Act.