Bill Text: IL HR0161 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the Governor to direct the Directors and Secretaries of State agencies under the control of the Governor's Office to provide a report to each legislative caucus with their recommendations to reduce the fiscal year 2011 general funds spending by 10% for fiscal year 2012.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-17 - Resolution Adopted 111-000-000 [HR0161 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0161-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, For fiscal year 2010, Governor Quinn spent $28.7 | ||||||
| 3 | billion in general funds, but received only $27.1 billion in | ||||||
| 4 | revenues; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, For fiscal year 2011, Governor Quinn estimates | ||||||
| 6 | general funds spending to total $33.6 billion while receiving | ||||||
| 7 | only $30.6 billion in revenues; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Governor Quinn's proposed fiscal year 2012 budget | ||||||
| 9 | estimates general funds spending to total $35.3 billion while | ||||||
| 10 | receiving only $33.9 billion in revenues; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Governor Quinn's proposed fiscal year 2012 budget | ||||||
| 12 | assumes $5.45 billion in borrowing in order to reduce more than | ||||||
| 13 | $6 billion in unpaid bills; therefore, be it
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| 14 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 15 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 16 | we urge the Governor to direct the Directors and Secretaries of | ||||||
| 17 | the State agencies under the control of the Governor's Office | ||||||
| 18 | to provide a report to each legislative caucus with their | ||||||
| 19 | recommendations to reduce the fiscal year 2011 general funds | ||||||
| 20 | spending by 10% for fiscal year 2012; and be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That the reports shall be provided to each | ||||||
| 2 | legislative caucus by April 15, 2011, and the agencies shall | ||||||
| 3 | make recommendations that least affect programs that serve the | ||||||
| 4 | most vulnerable citizens of the State and that least affect the | ||||||
| 5 | public safety; and be it further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That the agencies directed to make these reports | ||||||
| 7 | shall include, but are not limited to, the following: the | ||||||
| 8 | Department on Aging, the Department of Agriculture, the | ||||||
| 9 | Department of Central Management Services, the Department of | ||||||
| 10 | Children and Family Services, the Department of Commerce and | ||||||
| 11 | Economic Opportunity, the Department of Natural Resources, the | ||||||
| 12 | Department of Corrections, the Department of Employment | ||||||
| 13 | Security, the Department of Human Rights, the Department of | ||||||
| 14 | Human Services, the Department of Juvenile Justice, the | ||||||
| 15 | Department of Labor, the Department of Military Affairs, the | ||||||
| 16 | Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the Department of | ||||||
| 17 | Public Health, the Department of Revenue, the Department of | ||||||
| 18 | State Police, the Department of Transportation, the Illinois | ||||||
| 19 | Arts Council, and the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency; | ||||||
| 20 | and be it further
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| 21 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 22 | delivered to Governor Pat Quinn and to the Director or | ||||||
| 23 | Secretary of each State agency under the control of the | ||||||
| 24 | Governor's Office.
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