Bill Text: IL HR0360 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the House of Representatives to adopt a resolution that contains a revenue estimate for FY 2018 that will enable the legislature to devise a budget for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2017, that is congruent and does not exceed the forecasted revenues for FY 2018, thereby meeting the General Assembly's constitutional obligation set forth in subsection (b) of Section 2 of Article VIII of the Illinois Constitution.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 47-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HR0360 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0360-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Subsection (b) of Section 2 of Article VIII | ||||||
3 | (Finance)
of the Constitution of Illinois states the following
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4 | requirement: "Appropriations for a fiscal year shall not exceed
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5 | funds estimated by the General Assembly to be available during
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6 | that year."; and
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7 | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois is currently operating with | ||||||
8 | no
comprehensive budget in place for the previous two fiscal | ||||||
9 | years;
concurrently, the legislature has failed to adopt a | ||||||
10 | revenue
estimate as is constitutionally mandated in order to | ||||||
11 | allow the
budget-making process to proceed; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Pursuant to the constitutional obligation set | ||||||
13 | forth in
Subsection (b) of Section 2 of Article VIII of the | ||||||
14 | Constitution,
it is the duty of the Illinois legislature to | ||||||
15 | adopt a revenue
estimate for each and every fiscal year in | ||||||
16 | order to have a basis
from which to design a budget that is | ||||||
17 | balanced; and
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18 | WHEREAS, In order to assist the legislature in meeting this | ||||||
19 | end,
subsection (a) of Section 4 of the Commission on | ||||||
20 | Government
Forecasting and Accountability Act directs
the | ||||||
21 | Commission to publish on the third Wednesday in March of
each | ||||||
22 | year, revised revenue estimates for the approaching fiscal
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1 | year; and
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2 | WHEREAS, For FY 2018, the Commission on Government | ||||||
3 | Forecasting and Accountability provides that Illinois will | ||||||
4 | generate
$33.991 billion, including federal and State sources; | ||||||
5 | with
regard to the Subtotal of General Funds generated for FY | ||||||
6 | 2018,
the Commission reports that the State will have $31.147 | ||||||
7 | billion in total
general revenues once allocations are made to | ||||||
8 | the Refund Fund,
the Fund for Advancement of Education, and the | ||||||
9 | Commitment to Human
Services Fund; and
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10 | WHEREAS, The Governor's Office of Management and Budget | ||||||
11 | reports in its revenue estimate that for FY 2018, Illinois
will | ||||||
12 | generate a total of $34.401 billion when including total
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13 | federal and State sources; with regard to the Subtotal of
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14 | General Funds generated for FY 2018, the Office reports that | ||||||
15 | the State
will have $31.476 billion in total general revenues | ||||||
16 | once
allocations are made to the Refund Fund, the Fund for | ||||||
17 | Advancement of
Education, and the Commitment to Human Services | ||||||
18 | Fund; the Office has included two key assumptions in the budget | ||||||
19 | book, including $300
million to be received from the sale of | ||||||
20 | the Thompson Center and
$942 million in the Fund for | ||||||
21 | Advancement of Education and the Commitment
to Human Services | ||||||
22 | Fund re-classification under general funds
definitions; and
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23 | WHEREAS, With the estimates provided by the Commission on |
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1 | Government Forecasting and Accountability and the Governor's | ||||||
2 | Office of Management and Budget, the House
of Representatives | ||||||
3 | and the Senate have a proper basis from which to
adopt a | ||||||
4 | revenue estimate for FY 2018; House Joint Resolution 49, House | ||||||
5 | Joint Resolution 50, and House Joint Resolution 51
of the 100th | ||||||
6 | General Assembly have been filed and contain detailed | ||||||
7 | explanations of the
estimates for FY 2018 from both agencies; | ||||||
8 | therefore, be it
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9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
10 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the | ||||||
11 | House of Representatives shall
adopt a resolution that contains | ||||||
12 | a revenue estimate for
FY 2018 that will enable the legislature | ||||||
13 | to
devise a budget for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, | ||||||
14 | 2017,
that is congruent and does not exceed the forecasted | ||||||
15 | revenues
for FY 2018, thereby meeting the General Assembly's
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16 | constitutional obligation set forth in subsection (b) of | ||||||
17 | Section
2 of Article VIII of the Illinois Constitution; and be | ||||||
18 | it further
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19 | RESOLVED, That we urge the House of Representatives to | ||||||
20 | adopt House Joint Resolution 49, House Joint Resolution 50, and | ||||||
21 | House Joint Resolution 51
of the 100th General Assembly in | ||||||
22 | order to proceed with
the budget-making process; and be it | ||||||
23 | further
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1 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
2 | delivered
to the Speaker of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives, the
President of the Illinois Senate, the | ||||||
4 | House Minority Leader, and
the Senate Minority Leader.
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