(a) If a State agency that provides social services to Illinois residents through a contract with an authorized service provider intends to suspend, terminate, or reduce the amount of one or more contracts for a particular social services program due to the failure of appropriation or a reduction in the amount of available funds to support the program, the State agency shall notify the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the Senate in writing of its intent to suspend, terminate, or reduce one or more contracts. Such notice shall be provided no less than 45 days before the State agency suspends, terminates, or reduces the contract and must include the level of appropriations required to prevent any suspension, termination, or reduction.
     (b) This Section applies to contracts entered before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.

Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 30 ILCS 596/25

  • 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.
  • Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
  • 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

     (c) Failure of a State agency to submit notice to the General Assembly as required under this Section shall not prevent termination, suspension, or reduction of a contract entered into prior to the effective date of this Act.
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