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92_HB5937ham002 LRB9214555JSdvam01 1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5937 2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 5937, AS AMENDED, 3 by replacing everything after the enacting clause of the 4 following: 5 "Section 5. The State Budget Law of the Civil 6 Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by changing 7 Section 50-5 as follows: 8 (15 ILCS 20/50-5) (was 15 ILCS 20/38) 9 Sec. 50-5. Governor to submit State budget. The Governor 10 shall, as soon as possible and not later than the third 11 Wednesday in February of each year beginning in 1998, submit 12 a State budget, embracing therein the amounts recommended by 13 the Governor to be appropriated to the respective 14 departments, offices, and institutions, and for all other 15 public purposes, the estimated revenues from taxation, the 16 estimated revenues from sources other than taxation, and an 17 estimate of the amount required to be raised by taxation. 18 The amounts recommended by the Governor for appropriation to 19 the respective departments, offices and institutions shall be 20 formulated according to the various functions and activities 21 for which the respective department, office or institution of 22 the State government (including the elective officers in the -2- LRB9214555JSdvam01 1 executive department and including the University of Illinois 2 and the judicial department) is responsible. The amounts 3 relating to particular functions and activities shall be 4 further formulated in accordance with the object 5 classification specified in Section 13 of the State Finance 6 Act. State budgets submitted for fiscal years 2007 and 7 thereafter must be prepared using the performance measures 8 developed under Section 6.5 of the Bureau of the Budget Act. 9 The Governor shall not propose expenditures and the 10 General Assembly shall not enact appropriations that exceed 11 the resources estimated to be available, as provided in this 12 Section. 13 For the purposes of Article VIII, Section 2 of the 1970 14 Illinois Constitution, the State budget for the following 15 funds shall be prepared on the basis of revenue and 16 expenditure measurement concepts that are in concert with 17 generally accepted accounting principles for governments: 18 (1) General Revenue Fund. 19 (2) Common School Fund. 20 (3) Educational Assistance Fund. 21 (4) Road Fund. 22 (5) Motor Fuel Tax Fund. 23 (6) Agricultural Premium Fund. 24 These funds shall be known as the "budgeted funds". The 25 revenue estimates used in the State budget for the budgeted 26 funds shall include the estimated beginning fund balance, 27 plus revenues estimated to be received during the budgeted 28 year, plus the estimated receipts due the State as of June 30 29 of the budgeted year that are expected to be collected during 30 the lapse period following the budgeted year, minus the 31 receipts collected during the first 2 months of the budgeted 32 year that became due to the State in the year before the 33 budgeted year. Revenues shall also include estimated federal 34 reimbursements associated with the recognition of Section 25 -3- LRB9214555JSdvam01 1 of the State Finance Act liabilities. For any budgeted fund 2 for which current year revenues are anticipated to exceed 3 expenditures, the surplus shall be considered to be a 4 resource available for expenditure in the budgeted fiscal 5 year. 6 Expenditure estimates for the budgeted funds included in 7 the State budget shall include the costs to be incurred by 8 the State for the budgeted year, to be paid in the next 9 fiscal year, excluding costs paid in the budgeted year which 10 were carried over from the prior year, where the payment is 11 authorized by Section 25 of the State Finance Act. For any 12 budgeted fund for which expenditures are expected to exceed 13 revenues in the current fiscal year, the deficit shall be 14 considered as a use of funds in the budgeted fiscal year. 15 Revenues and expenditures shall also include transfers 16 between funds that are based on revenues received or costs 17 incurred during the budget year. 18 By March 15 of each year, the Economic and Fiscal 19 Commission shall prepare revenue and fund transfer estimates 20 in accordance with the requirements of this Section and 21 report those estimates to the General Assembly and the 22 Governor. 23 For all funds other than the budgeted funds, the proposed 24 expenditures shall not exceed funds estimated to be available 25 for the fiscal year as shown in the budget. Appropriation 26 for a fiscal year shall not exceed funds estimated by the 27 General Assembly to be available during that year. 28 (Source: P.A. 90-479, eff. 8-17-97; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.) 29 Section 10. The Bureau of the Budget Act is amended by 30 adding Section 6.5 as follows: 31 (20 ILCS 3005/6.5 new) 32 Sec. 6.5. Development of program objectives and -4- LRB9214555JSdvam01 1 performance measures for State programs and agencies. 2 (a) The General Assembly finds that the public 3 accountability of State agency programs will be enhanced by: 4 (1) making State government more result-oriented; 5 (2) increasing public awareness of the efficacy of 6 State government programs; 7 (3) facilitating informed decision-making on the 8 allocation of State resources; and 9 (4) increasing public access to information on 10 State government programs. 11 (b) The Bureau, in cooperation with the Comptroller and 12 State agencies, shall develop program objectives and 13 performance measures for State programs. In developing the 14 program objectives and performance measures, the Bureau must 15 incorporate the data developed under subsection (c). The 16 program objectives shall be developed by October 1, 2004. The 17 Governor may appoint an advisory commission to participate in 18 developing program goals and objectives. Members of the 19 commission shall serve without compensation, but may be 20 reimbursed for their reasonable expenses incurred in carrying 21 out their duties. 22 Performance measures to measure progress in achieving 23 program goals and objectives shall be developed by October 1, 24 2005. The performance measures must be used in preparing and 25 presenting State budgets for fiscal years 2007 and 26 thereafter. The performance measures shall be integrated 27 with the budget so that expenditures and other program inputs 28 can be associated with program goals and performance 29 measures. 30 (c) The Bureau shall continue the performance management 31 practices being conducted by the Office of the Governor on 32 and before February 28, 2002. These practices include, but 33 are not limited to: 34 (1) the development of mission statements, goals, -5- LRB9214555JSdvam01 1 and objectives for State agencies and programs; 2 (2) the evaluation of the results and 3 accomplishments of State agencies and programs; and 4 (3) the development of outcome indicators, 5 cost-effectiveness indicators, and external benchmarks 6 for State agencies and programs. 7 The Bureau shall provide the information developed from 8 these performance management practices to the Comptroller and 9 cooperate with the Comptroller in the reporting and 10 publishing the data developed through these performance 11 management practices. The application of these performance 12 management practices shall be extended annually until the 13 budget and performance of all State agencies and programs are 14 evaluated in accordance with these performance management 15 practices. 16 Section 15. The State Comptroller Act is amended by 17 adding Section 6.05 as follows: 18 (15 ILCS 405/6.05 new) 19 Sec. 6.05. Publication of performance management 20 practices data. The Comptroller shall, in cooperation with 21 the Bureau of the Budget, compile and publish the data 22 developed under subsection (b) of Section 6.5 of the Bureau 23 of the Budget Act. 24 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 25 becoming law.".