Bill Text: IL SB1679 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the use of zero-based budgeting in the formation of the State budget for fiscal year 2012. Establishes a legislative task force to implement use of the zero-based budgeting method for crafting State budgets. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-08-15 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SB1679 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB1679-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB1679 Introduced 2/19/2009, by Sen. Matt Murphy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
15 ILCS 20/50-25 new
Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the use of zero-based budgeting in the formation of the State budget for fiscal year 2012. Establishes a legislative task force to implement use of the zero-based budgeting method for crafting State budgets. Effective immediately.
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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 50-25 as follows:
(15 ILCS 20/50-25 new)
Sec. 50-25. Zero-based budgeting.
(a) Legislative findings.
(1) Zero-based budgeting is a method of budgeting that
is designed with the purpose of justifying every
expenditure within the State budget, regardless of whether
the expenditure was included in previous budgets.
(2) Zero-based budgeting stands in distinct contrast
to the traditional form of budgeting, which projects a
spending level based on the previous year's expenditures
plus anticipated growth in resources.
(3) Zero-based budgeting is a method of budgeting that
has been embraced and pursued in a bipartisan manner as a
means of controlling government spending.
(4) President Jimmy Carter proposed to use zero-based
budgeting at the federal level in the late 1970s.
(5) Many state legislatures (California, Texas, and
Georgia) have investigated the use of zero-based budgeting

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as a means for crafting a state's budget.
(b) Zero-based Budget Implementation Task Force.
(1) There is created a Zero-based Budget
Implementation Task Force that is assigned the task of
transforming the State's budget process from its current
form to a zero-based budget system.
(2) For the purposes of this Section, zero-based
budgeting is defined as a means by which a budget is
created that requires any State agency that spends State
resources to justify all requested expenditures rather
than simply justifying amounts requested in excess of the
previous fiscal year.
(3) The Zero-based Budget Implementation Task Force
shall be composed of 12 legislators, with 3 from each
legislative caucus. The Senate President shall appoint 3
members, the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall
appoint 3 members, the Senate Minority Leader shall appoint
3 members, and the House Minority Leader shall appoint 3
members.
(4) A chairperson for the Zero-based Budget
Implementation Task Force shall be elected by a simple
majority vote of the appointed members.
(5) The Zero-based Budget Implementation Task Force
shall meet at least once every 3 months until December 31,
2011.
(6) The Task Force shall have the following duties and

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obligations:
(i) Investigate and identify the necessary
steps to implement a zero-based budget approach
before the introduction of the budget for State
fiscal year 2012.
(ii) In cooperation with the Governor's Office
of Management and Budget, create a timeline for the
transformation of the State budgeting method from
traditional budgeting to zero-based budgeting to
be completed before the introduction of the State
fiscal year 2012 budget.
(iii) Take all actions necessary and submit
any legislation necessary to implement zero-based
budgeting before the introduction of the State
fiscal year 2011 budget.
(iv) Conduct an exercise in the last 3 months
of calendar year 2010 that will simulate
zero-based budgeting for the State fiscal year
2011 budget.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act, the
State shall use zero-based budgeting for crafting the State
fiscal year 2012 budget.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.