Bill Text: IL SJRCA0008 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposes to amend the Legislature and Finance Articles of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that members of the General Assembly shall not receive a salary or allowances if the General Assembly fails to make appropriations for the State budget. Provides that the first bill to become law in a given year shall be a bill making State budget appropriations for an ensuing fiscal year. Effective upon being declared adopted.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SJRCA0008 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SJRCA0008-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT SC0008 Introduced 2/13/2019, by Sen. Dan McConchie SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 11
ILCON Art. VIII, Sec. 2
Proposes to amend the Legislature and Finance Articles of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that members of the General Assembly shall not receive a salary or allowances if the General Assembly fails to make appropriations for the State budget. Provides that the first bill to become law in a given year shall be a bill making State budget appropriations for an ensuing fiscal year. Effective upon being declared adopted.
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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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 amend Section 11 of Article IV
and Section 2 of Article VIII of the Illinois Constitution as
follows:
ARTICLE IV
THE LEGISLATURE
(ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 11)
SECTION 11. COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES
A member shall receive a salary and allowances as provided
by law, but changes in the salary of a member shall not take
effect during the term for which he has been elected; except
that, members of the General Assembly shall not receive a
salary or allowances if the General Assembly fails to make
appropriations for the State budget as required under Section 2
of Article VIII.
(Source: Illinois Constitution.)

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ARTICLE VIII
FINANCE
(ILCON Art. VIII, Sec. 2)
SECTION 2. STATE FINANCE
(a) The Governor shall prepare and submit to the General
Assembly, at a time prescribed by law, a State budget for the
ensuing fiscal year. The budget shall set forth the estimated
balance of funds available for appropriation at the beginning
of the fiscal year, the estimated receipts, and a plan for
expenditures and obligations during the fiscal year of every
department, authority, public corporation and quasi-public
corporation of the State, every State college and university,
and every other public agency created by the State, but not of
units of local government or school districts. The budget shall
also set forth the indebtedness and contingent liabilities of
the State and such other information as may be required by law.
Proposed expenditures shall not exceed funds estimated to be
available for the fiscal year as shown in the budget.
(b) The General Assembly by law shall make appropriations
for all expenditures of public funds by the State.
Appropriations for a fiscal year shall not exceed funds
estimated by the General Assembly to be available during that
year.
(c) The first bill to become law in a given year shall be a
bill making State budget appropriations for an ensuing fiscal

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year as provided under this Section.
(Source: Illinois Constitution.)
SCHEDULE
This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being
declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
Constitutional Amendment Act.