IL SB2419

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 in special session within 10 days of unbalanced budget certification to enact a new balanced budget; if not convened by Governor or legislature, the certification automatically triggers session on day 10.

Comptroller may report at any time during fiscal year that budget has become unbalanced; Auditor General has 10 days to respond and same withholding and special session procedures apply if finding is confirmed.

Salary payments resume with back pay once Auditor General certifies the new budget is balanced; act takes effect immediately upon passage.