Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 220/4.5

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
     No intergovernmental or interagency agreement or contract may be entered into, implemented, or given effect if the agreement’s or contract’s intent or effect is: (i) to circumvent any limitation established by law on State appropriation or State expenditure authority with respect to health care and employee benefits contracts; (ii) to expend State moneys in a manner inconsistent with the purpose for which they were appropriated with respect to health care and employee benefits contracts; (iii) to circumvent any limitation established by law pertaining to payroll certification under Section 9.03 of the State Finance Act; or (iv) for appropriations for the Office of the Governor enacted after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, to authorize the payment of employees of the Office of the Governor out of appropriations other than those established for that purpose.