Public Act 0580 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB2106 Enrolled LRB098 06477 AMC 36520 b

Public Act 098-0580

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 50-27 as follows:

(15 ILCS 20/50-27 new)

Sec. 50-27. Budgeting process; working group. On July 1, 2013, or as soon thereafter as possible, the commission described in Section 50-25 shall create a working group consisting of members of the commission for the purpose of developing a plan to make the State budgeting process the most transparent, publicly-accessible budgeting process in the nation. The working group shall study proposals related to transparency and accessibility in the budgeting process and shall report its findings to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the commission no later than January 1, 2015. The working group may consult with the Director of Revenue, the State Comptroller, and the State Treasurer, and the Director of Revenue, the State Comptroller, and the State Treasurer shall cooperate with the working group. This Section is repealed on January 1, 2016.

Effective Date: 1/1/2014