(25 ILCS 80/1) (from Ch. 63, par. 42.93-1) Sec. 1. This Act may be cited as the Balanced Budget Note Act. (Source: P.A. 87-688.)

(25 ILCS 80/5) (from Ch. 63, par. 42.93-5) Sec. 5. Supplemental appropriation bill defined. For purposes of this Act, "supplemental appropriation bill" means any appropriation bill that is (a) introduced or amended (including any changes to legislation by means of the submission of a conference committee report) on or after July 1 of a fiscal year and (b) proposes (as introduced or as amended as the case may be) to authorize, increase, decrease, or reallocate any general funds appropriation for that same fiscal year. The general funds consist of the General Revenue Fund, the Common School Fund, the General Revenue Common School Special Account Fund, the Education Assistance Fund, the Fund for the Advancement of Education, the Commitment to Human Services Fund, and the Budget Stabilization Fund. (Source: P.A. 100-587, eff. 6-4-18.)

(25 ILCS 80/10) (from Ch. 63, par. 42.93-10) Sec. 10. Responsibility for the Preparation and Filing of Balanced Budget Notes. A Balanced Budget Note shall be prepared and filed in writing for every supplemental appropriation bill. A Balanced Budget Note shall also be prepared and filed on any amendment to a supplemental appropriation bill or any amendment to a bill that would cause it to become a supplemental appropriation bill. The sponsor of a supplemental appropriation bill shall be responsible for the preparation and filing of the Balanced Budget Note upon the introduction of the bill. For any amendment to a supplemental appropriation bill or an amendment to another bill that would cause it to become a supplemental appropriation bill, the sponsor of the amendment shall be responsible for the preparation and filing of the Balanced Budget Note when the amendment is adopted. For any supplemental appropriation bill which is amended in an appropriations committee and is reported out of the committee, the sponsor of the bill shall be responsible for preparing and filing the Balanced Budget Note on the amended version of the bill. For any conference committee report on a supplemental appropriation bill, the conference committee shall be responsible for the preparation and filing of the Balanced Budget Note. (Source: P.A. 87-688.)

(25 ILCS 80/15) (from Ch. 63, par. 42.93-15) Sec. 15. Filing and Distribution of Balanced Budget Notes. Balanced Budget Notes shall be filed with the Clerk of the House for supplemental appropriation bills that are under consideration by the House of Representatives and with the Secretary of the Senate for supplemental appropriations bills that are under consideration by the Senate. The respective office shall apply a time stamp to each Balanced Budget Note it receives indicating the date and time that the Balanced Budget Note was filed. A copy of the Balanced Budget Note, clearly showing the date and time that the Note was filed, shall be immediately provided by the Clerk of the House or the Secretary of the Senate, as the case may be, to the Presiding Officer and the Minority Leader of the respective chamber, the Chair and Minority Spokesman of the appropriation committee to which the supplemental appropriation bill is currently assigned or to which the supplemental appropriation bill was originally assigned, the sponsor of the supplemental appropriation bill in that chamber, and, if different than the sponsor of the supplemental appropriation bill, the sponsor of the amendment. (Source: P.A. 87-688.)

(25 ILCS 80/20) (from Ch. 63, par. 42.93-20) Sec. 20. Note Contents. Balanced Budget Notes shall be factual in nature, concise and shall include a brief explanation of the nature of the measure and a reliable estimate of the measure's anticipated effect (in dollars) on the State budget for that fiscal year. The Note shall include both the immediate effect and, if determinable or reasonably foreseeable, the long-range effect of the measure. A brief summary or work sheet of computations used in arriving at figures contained in the Balanced Budget Note shall be included. Each Balanced Budget Note shall include a discussion of the proposed reduction in other appropriations or increases in State revenue that would allow the measure to be adopted without adversely affecting the State budget for that fiscal year. If a supplemental appropriation bill appropriates money from a bond-financed fund or for the purpose of allowing the recipient agency to enter into an installment-purchase or lease-purchase agreement having a total principal value in excess of $250,000 or having a term in excess of five years, the Balanced Budget Note shall also include an estimated annual schedule of any principal and interest payments related to such appropriations. (Source: P.A. 87-688.)

(25 ILCS 80/25) (from Ch. 63, par. 42.93-25) Sec. 25. Severability. The provisions of this Act are severable under Section 1.31 of the Statute on Statutes. (Source: P.A. 87-688.)