Bill Text: IL SJRCA0010 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposes to amend the Local Government Article of the Illinois Constitution. Requires the State to reimburse units of local government for increased expenses resulting from activities mandated by the General Assembly or State executive action. Exempts mandates requested by a local government or predating the effective date. Makes unfunded mandates unenforceable unless passed by three-fifths of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly and specifically characterized as non-reimbursable. Effective upon being declared adopted.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SJRCA0010 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SJRCA0010-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
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3 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | CONCURRING HEREIN, That there shall be submitted to
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6 | electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the
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7 | election next occurring at least 6 months after the
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8 | this resolution a proposition to add Section 13
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9 | of the Illinois Constitution as
follows:
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10 | ARTICLE VII
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11 | LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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12 | (ILCON Art. VII, Sec. 13 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | SECTION 13. UNFUNDED MANDATES | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | (a) If the General Assembly or any State executive
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15 | requires a unit of local government to establish,
expand, or | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | modify its activities in such a way as to
necessitate | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | additional expenditures of revenue by the unit of
local | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | government, then the State must provide funds to reimburse
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19 | unit of local government for the costs necessary to carry
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20 | the mandated requirement, except that the General Assembly
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21 | but need not, provide funds for the following mandates: | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | (1) legislatively mandated requirements requested
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23 | the unit of local government affected; and |
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1 | (2) legislatively mandated requirements that became | ||||||
2 | effective
before the effective date of this Section or | ||||||
3 | State
executive actions initially implementing legislation
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4 | that became effective before the effective date of this | ||||||
5 | Section. | ||||||
6 | (b) A mandated requirement that is not funded is not
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7 | enforceable while not funded unless the bill implementing the
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8 | mandated requirement passed with the concurrence of at least
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9 | three-fifths of the members elected to each house of the
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10 | General Assembly and specifically states that it is a
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11 | non-reimbursable mandate under this subsection.
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12 | SCHEDULE
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13 | This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being | ||||||
14 | declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois | ||||||
15 | Constitutional Amendment Act.
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