Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 310 ILCS 15/5a

  • 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.
  • 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
     Any State Public Body may make donations to any housing authority located in whole or in part within the area in which such State Public Body is authorized to act and may enter into agreements with any such housing authority to make such donations annually over any period of years. Whenever any State Public Body shall enter into any such agreement to make the donations hereinabove authorized over a period of years, it shall be and is hereby made the duty of the governing body of such State Public Body to include in the annual budget, annual appropriation bill, annual appropriation ordinance or in the amount certified or determined to be raised by taxation, for each current fiscal year, an appropriation or provision of a sum of money sufficient to raise the amount, which, under and by terms of any such agreement, shall become due and payable during such current fiscal year.