SB3599 Summary

• Appropriates funds for FY2019 operations of the Illinois Secretary of State, including personal services, employee benefits, contractual services, and equipment across three organizational units: Executive Group, General Administrative Group, and Motor Vehicle Group.

• Allocates $600,000 from General Revenue Fund for building operations and alterations, plus $2,000,000 from Capital Development Fund for new construction and facility maintenance.

• Provides $2,672,074 in reappropriated Capital Development Fund money from prior year carryover for building and facility improvements.

• Appropriates substantial funds for library services including $12,482,400 for public library grants, $865,400 for services to the blind and physically handicapped, and $6,000,000 for federal library services.

• Distributes funding from various special funds (totaling millions) for organ donation promotion, literacy programs, identification security measures, motor vehicle operations, DUI administration, and numerous charitable grants to organizations including veterans homes, police memorials, and medical research foundations.