(105 ILCS 5/34A-405) (from Ch. 122, par. 34A-405)

Sec. 34A-405. Contracts. (a) No contract or other obligation shall be entered into by the Board unless it is consistent with the Financial Plan and Budget in effect. No multi-year employment contract or collective bargaining agreement authorized or entered into pursuant to Section 34-49 or the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act, as now or hereafter amended, shall, with respect to any terms and provisions thereof which are operative after expiration of the first year of any such contract or agreement, be deemed inconsistent with any Financial Plan and Budget at any time in effect; provided, however, that any terms and provisions of a contract or agreement which would increase expenditures for salaries, benefits or other forms of compensation after the expiration of the first year of such contract or agreement shall be contingent upon the attainment of sufficient available revenues, considering all necessary expenditures, to support such increases.

(b) The Authority may adopt, and from time to time amend, regulations identifying categories and types of contracts and other obligations that shall be subject to approval by the Authority and the procedure for submitting contracts for approval. Each contract or other obligation that is entered into by the Board and requires approval by the Authority shall contain a provision stating that it shall not become legally binding on the Board unless and until it has received the approval of the Authority. No contract or other obligation that requires the approval of the Authority shall be legally binding on the Board unless and until it has received such approval. The Authority shall not, either by regulation or in practice, withhold approval of any multi-year employment contract or collective bargaining agreement authorized or entered into pursuant to Section 34-49 or the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act, as now or hereafter amended, if, in the judgment of the Authority, the terms and provisions operative during the first year of such contract or agreement are consistent with the Budget and Financial Plan in effect for that period; provided, however, that any terms and provisions of a contract or agreement which would increase expenditures for salaries, benefits or other forms of compensation after the expiration of the first year of such contract or agreement shall be contingent upon the attainment of sufficient available revenues, considering all necessary expenditures, to support such increases.

(c) The Board shall submit to the Authority a copy of any contract or other obligation for which the approval of the Authority is required, along with a cost analysis and such other information as the Authority may require. The Authority may prescribe any reasonable time, standards, procedures or forms for submission of the contract or other obligation.

(d) The Authority shall approve the contract or obligation if, in its judgment, the information required to be submitted is complete and the contract or other obligation is consistent with the Budget and Financial Plan in effect. Otherwise, the Authority shall reject the contract or other obligation; provided, however, that any multi-year employment contract or collective bargaining agreement authorized or entered into pursuant to Section 34-49 or the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act, as now or hereafter amended, shall be approved by the Authority if in its judgment the terms and provisions operative during the first year of such contract or agreement are consistent with the Budget and Financial Plan in effect for that period; provided, however, that any terms and provisions of a contract or agreement which would increase expenditures for salaries, benefits or other forms of compensation after the expiration of the first year of such contract or agreement shall be contingent upon the attainment of sufficient available revenues, considering all necessary expenditures, to support such increases. Contracts or other obligations not rejected within 30 days after submission to the Authority shall be considered approved, provided, however, that the Authority shall have an additional 30 days to approve or reject the contract or other obligation if it so advises the Board within the initial 30 day period.

(Source: P.A. 84-1057.)