Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 30 ILCS 105/24.11

  • 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
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • 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
     The item “State contributions to Employees’ Retirement System”, when used in an appropriation Act, shall include an additional amount determined by the State Employees’ Retirement System to be paid over by the State Employees’ Retirement System to the General Obligation Bond Retirement and Interest Fund to be used to pay principal of and interest on those general obligation bonds due that fiscal year authorized by subsection (a) of Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond Act and issued to provide the proceeds deposited by the State with the State Employees’ Retirement System in July 2003, representing deposits other than amounts reserved under subsection (c) of Section 7.2 of the General Obligation Bond Act.