Bill Text: IL SJRCA0020 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Proposes to amend the Finance Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that any State mandate regarding any subject matter that necessitates additional expenditures from the revenues of units of local government shall be void and unenforceable unless the General Assembly makes necessary appropriations to implement that mandate. Provides that the failure of the General Assembly to make necessary appropriations shall relieve a unit of local government of the obligation to implement any State mandate. Defines "State mandate". Effective upon being declared adopted.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SJRCA0020 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SJRCA0020-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT SC0020 Introduced 2/14/2020, by Sen. Michael E. Hastings SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
ILCON Art. VIII, Sec. 5 new
Proposes to amend the Finance Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that any State mandate regarding any subject matter that necessitates additional expenditures from the revenues of units of local government shall be void and unenforceable unless the General Assembly makes necessary appropriations to implement that mandate. Provides that the failure of the General Assembly to make necessary appropriations shall relieve a unit of local government of the obligation to implement any State mandate. Defines "State mandate". Effective upon being declared adopted.
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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the
electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general
election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption of
this resolution a proposition to amend the Illinois
Constitution by adding Section 5 to Article VIII as follows:
ARTICLE VIII
FINANCE
(ILCON Art. VIII, Sec. 5 new)
SECTION 5. STATE MANDATES
(a) Any State mandate regarding any subject matter that
necessitates additional expenditures from the revenues of
units of local government shall be void and unenforceable
unless the General Assembly makes necessary appropriations to
implement that mandate. The failure of the General Assembly to
make necessary appropriations shall relieve a unit of local
government of the obligation to implement any State mandate.
(b) For the purposes of this Section, "State mandate" means
any State-initiated statutory or executive action that
requires a local government to establish, expand, or modify its

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activities in such a way as to necessitate additional
expenditures from local revenues.
SCHEDULE
This Constitutional Amendment takes effect upon being
declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois
Constitutional Amendment Act.