Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 25 ILCS 50/5

  • 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
  • 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 comment or opinion shall be included in the fiscal note with regard to the merits of the measure for which the fiscal note is prepared; however, technical or mechanical defects may be noted. The work sheet shall include, insofar as practicable, a breakdown of the costs upon which any appropriation measure or measure which is expected to cause an expenditure of State, local governmental, school district, or community college district funds is based and the expectable direct or indirect increase or decrease in State, local governmental, school district, or community college district revenues, as the case may be, including but not necessarily limited to costs of personnel, materials and supplies and capital outlay. It shall also include such other information as is required by rules and regulations which may be promulgated by each house of the General Assembly with respect to the preparation of fiscal notes. The fiscal note shall be prepared in quintuplicate, and the name of the State board, commission, department, agency, or other entity preparing it shall appear at the end of the note and the original of both the work sheet and the fiscal note shall be signed by the head of the board, commission, department, agency, or other entity or by a responsible representative designated by him for the purpose.