IL HB4399

Auditor General must certify within 30 days of budget enactment whether the State budget is balanced with expenses not exceeding estimated available funds.

If budget is found unbalanced, Comptroller must withhold all salary payments for General Assembly members and constitutional officers (Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, and Treasurer).

General Assembly must convene within 10 days to enact a new balanced budget; if not convened by Governor or General Assembly, the Auditor General's certification automatically convenes a special session on the tenth day.

Comptroller may report at any time during the fiscal year that the budget has become unbalanced; Auditor General has 10 days to respond and if in agreement, same withholding and budget procedures apply.

Salary payments resume with back pay when Auditor General certifies the new budget will be balanced; Act becomes effective immediately.