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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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