Budget Solutions 2012

2012
budget solutions
A sustainable path for Illinois
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The Illinois Policy Institute would like to thank Mr. Joseph Coletti for his assistance in preparing the FY 2012 Alternative Budget.
Table of Contents Department of Labor............................................................................ 34
Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority.................................... 35
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY................................................ 6 Southwestern Illinois Development Authority................................ 35
The Path Towards Ruin............................................................................7 Department of Transportation............................................................ 36
The Path Towards Prosperity.................................................................8 Upper Illinois River Valley Development Authority........................ 37
Revenue and Spending.............................................................................9 Department of Corrections................................................................ 38
Per Capita Spending.............................................................................. 10 Illinois Environmental Protection Agency......................................... 39
Looking Forward.................................................................................... 10 Department Of Financial And Professional Regulation................. 39
The Pension Funding and Fairness Act.............................................. 11 Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority................................ 40
Guiding Principles.................................................................................. 11 Illinois Education Labor Relations Board.......................................... 41

Illinois Emergency Management Agency........................................... 41
Agency Budgets ........................................................... 13 Illinois Labor Relations Board............................................................. 42
State Board of Education...................................................................... 14 Illinois Violence Prevention Authority............................................... 43
Teachers’ Retirement System.............................................................. 17 Workers Compensation Commission.............................................. 44
Board of Higher Education.................................................................. 18 Department Of Insurance.................................................................... 44
Chicago State University...................................................................... 20 Illinois Law Enforcement Training And Standards Board............... 44
Eastern Illinois University..................................................................... 20 Prisoner Review Board......................................................................... 46
Governors State University................................................................. 21 Property Tax Appeal Board

(Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund)..................................... 46
Illinois State University......................................................................... 21
Office Of The State Fire Marshal........................................................ 47
Northeastern Illinois University......................................................... 21
Department Of State Police................................................................ 47
Northern Illinois University................................................................. 22
Illinois State Police Merit Board......................................................... 48
Southern Illinois University.................................................................. 22
Department on Aging............................................................................ 48
University of Illinois............................................................................... 22
Department of Children and Family Services................................. 50
Western Illinois University................................................................... 23
Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan............................................. 52
Illinois Community College Board..................................................... 24
Department of Employment Security............................................... 52
Illinois Student Assistance Commission............................................ 25
Department of Healthcare and Family Services............................. 53
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy....................................... 27
Department Of Human Rights........................................................... 55
State Universities Retirement System............................................... 27
Human Rights Commission................................................................. 56
State University Civil Service System................................................ 28
Department Of Human Services........................................................ 57
Department Of Agriculture................................................................. 28
Illinois Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Commission............................. 60
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.............. 30
Illinois Council On Developmental Disabilities............................... 61
East St. Louis Financial Authority........................................................ 31
Illinois Guardianship And Advocacy Commission........................... 61
Illinois Commerce Commission......................................................... 32
Department of Juvenile Justice............................................................ 61
Illinois Power Agency............................................................................ 33
Department of Public Health.............................................................. 63
Illinois Finance Authority...................................................................... 33
Department of Veterans’ Affairs.......................................................... 65
Illinois Sports Facilities Authority....................................................... 33
Illinois Arts Council............................................................................... 66
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority.................................................. 34
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency................................................. 68
Department of Natural Resources.................................................... 69 Civil Service Commission.................................................................... 95
Office Of The Governor...................................................................... 70 State Employees Retirement System................................................. 95
Office Of The Lieutenant Governor.................................................. 71 Competitive Grant Funding................................................................. 96
Office Of The Secretary Of State....................................................... 72
Executive Ethics Commission.............................................................. 73 Appendix A. State Spending Examples Found via
IllinoisOpenGov.org.............................................................................. 97
Office Of Executive Inspector General............................................ 73
Appendix B. Transfers from General Revenue Fund to Selected
Office of the Attorney General.......................................................... 74 Special State Funds, FY 2009............................................................... 98
Judges’ Retirement System................................................................... 74 Appendix C. State Funding to Local Governments........................ 99
Judicial Inquiry Board............................................................................ 75 Appendix D. Medicaid Premium Assistance Reform.................... 101
Office Of The State Appellate Defender........................................... 75 Appendix E. Expenditures for Average Midwest Family,
Office Of The State’s Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor.................. 76 Income $59,908.................................................................................... 103
Supreme Court & Illinois Court System.......................................... 77 Appendix F. Fiscal Year 2011 Operating Appropriations by Major
Purpose: ................................................................................................ 104
Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission..................... 78
Court Of Claims.................................................................................... 78
Endnotes....................................................................... 105
General Assembly.................................................................................. 79
General Assembly Retirement System.............................................. 81
Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability.... 81
Joint Committee On Administrative Rules....................................... 82
Legislative Audit Commission............................................................. 83
Legislative Ethics Commission............................................................ 83
Legislative Information System............................................................ 83
Legislative Printing Unit........................................................................ 84
Legislative Reference Bureau............................................................... 85
Legislative Research Unit..................................................................... 85
Office Of The Architect Of The Capitol........................................... 86
Office Of The State Comptroller....................................................... 86
Office Of The State Treasurer............................................................. 87
Office Of The Auditor General........................................................... 88
Procurement Policy Board................................................................... 88
Governor’s Office Of Management And Budget............................. 88
Capital Development Board................................................................ 89
Department Of Central Management Services.............................. 89
Department of Revenue....................................................................... 91
State Board of Elections....................................................................... 92
Illinois Gaming Board............................................................................ 94
Illinois Racing Board.............................................................................. 94
Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund Council............ 95
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Budget Solutions 2012: A Sustainable Path for Illinois
Budget Solutions 2012 is a balanced budget proposal that does not require budget gimmicks, tax increases or borrowing. It is an
exercise in priority setting. The truth is that tax dollars cannot support state government at its current size. Tough choices must
be made.
Illinois is in dire straits. The state has $5.2 billion in unpaid bills as well as ballooning obligations to its pension funds and
bondholders.1 Some think that the recently passed tax hike will see Illinois out of this crisis. Not true. Tax rates and state
revenues might rise for the next three years, but by 2016 revenues are supposed to decline as the recent tax hikes begin to
sunset. If Illinois continues spending as it has and as Gov. Quinn has now proposed, the state could soon see annual deficits
that dwarf those of 2010 and 2011.
To put its fiscal house in order, Illinois government must spend less. Yet Gov. Quinn has proposed a $1.7 billion increase in
spending from 2011 to 2012. His proposed $36 billion general fund budget will prove ruinous – any budget near that size is
simply unsustainable, as the numbers below clearly show.
By 2016, state revenues will flatten out at $33 billion or less. After the government’s scheduled pension payment of almost
$6 billion and pension bond payments of nearly $1.5 billion, $25.5 billion will be left over for operational spending and fund
transfers. This is a substantial amount of money, but it is far below the level that has been proposed for 2012 by Governor
Quinn. This is, sadly, another example of built in structural overspending that is unaffordable.
For the coming 2012 fiscal year, Gov. Quinn has outlined $28.7 billion in operational spending and fund transfers. This
spending is not sustainable in the long run, and even in the short term it’s kept afloat by borrowing that would only further
steal from future revenues.
Budget Solutions 2012 is an alternative to the failing strategy of overtaxing, overborrowing and overspending. It’s a plan to fund
core government services, reduce excess spending, pay down past due debt and even pave the way for tax relief. It’s a budget
proposal – the only detailed plan yet published – that would allow state government to live within its means and put Illinois on
a path toward prosperity.
In order to distinguish between Budget Solutions 2012 and the path that Illinois is currently on, this alternative budget is
presented side-by-side with the budget delivered by Gov. Quinn earlier this year.
Graphic 1. Fiscal Year 2011 Operating Appropriations by Major Purpose:

Quinn Budget and Budget Solutions
Quinn Budget: General Funds Budget Solutions 2012: General Funds

Economic Quality of Life
Development 0.28%
0.42%
Government Services
9.57%
Education
35.46%
Public Safety
6.03%
Human Services
20.63%
Medicaid
27.59%
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Operating Appropriations By Major Purpose: Quinn Budget and Budget Solutions 2012
2012 2013 2014

($ millions) 2012 Quinn
Alternative Alternative Alternative
Education $9,528 $7,866 $7,998 $8,134
Medicaid $7,414 $6,140 $6,144 $6,146
Human Services $5,544 $4,120 $4,130 $4,129
Public Safety $1,621 $1,322 $1,322 $1,322
Government Services $2,572 $1,469 $1,470 $1,493
Economic Development $112 $36 $26 $27
Quality of Life $76 $36 $36 $36
Competitive Grants $0 $150 $150 $150
Total $26,867 $21,141 $21,277 $21,436
Governor Quinn’s budget and the three-year alternatives represent two very different paths for Illinois. One takes Illinois in
the direction we’ve been traveling, marked by unemployment, overspending and deeper deficits. The other sets clear policy
priorities and balances the state budget and thus moves us into a better competitive position with our neighboring states and
the rest of the country.
The Path Towards Ruin
Gov. Quinn and the General Assembly just passed a $7 billion tax hike on wage earners and employers. This increase comes at
a time when families are trying to recover from a devastating recession that has kept wages stagnant and unemployment near 9
percent.
Working people across Illinois are feeling this pain every week as more money in taxes are taken from their paychecks. Over
the course of the year the lost wages will equal one or more week’s pay for most people. Lawmakers who voted for the tax
hike have asked those families to make cuts from their home budgets, but Springfield has yet to make tough cuts.
Graphic 2. Expenditures for Average Midwest Family, Income $59,908
As Illinoisans make painful choices to accommodate higher taxes, they might take comfort knowing that some of the tax
increase is supposed to be temporary. Businesses considering moving elsewhere might try to weather the storm of higher
taxes with the trust that rates are supposed to drop halfway through the 2015 fiscal year, creating a significant drop in revenues
between 2014 and 2016. Unfortunately, Gov. Quinn’s budget shows a tacit intention of keeping tax rates high. His proposed
spending levels are simply unsustainable unless lawmakers approve a permanent extension of the 2011 tax hikes. That would
have disastrous results.

Before the tax hikes of 2011, Illinois was already at a competitive disadvantage with its neighbors and most of the country.
State and local taxes were already higher than in bordering states. This has caused a mass exodus out of Illinois. An Illinois
Policy Institute analysis of federal data found that, between the years of 1995 and 2007, Illinois has on balance lost 228,000
people and $26.9 billion cumulative gross income to Wisconsin, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri and Kentucky.
Graphic 3. State and Local Tax Burden Per Capita, Fiscal Year 2009
Tax Burden Per

State Rank
Capita
Illinois $4,596 9
Wisconsin $4,427 10
Iowa $3,688 26
Missouri $3,425 30
Indiana $3,396 31
Kentucky $3,059 41
Source: Tax Foundation, State and Local Tax Burdens, 2009
In 2009, Illinois’s per capita state and local tax burden ranked 9th-highest in the nation, according to the Tax Foundation.
Illinois may soon be one of the five highest-taxed states in the country, since the added per capita burden of the tax hikes is
more than $500.
Over the last decade, Illinois ranked 48th in economic performance according to the American Legislative Exchange Council
(ALEC). That ranking was, in part, due to Illinois’s ranking of:
• 38th in personal income growth

• 48th in domestic migration
• 48th in (non-farm) employment growth
Illinois’s performance and its unfriendly business policies led ALEC researchers to rank our state 47th in economic outlook in
2010 – before taxes were increased. It is entirely possible that Illinois could fall to the bottom spot once the 2011 tax hikes are
take into account.
The Path Towards Prosperity
Creating jobs and bringing people back to Illinois requires lower taxes and a financially stable government. Budget Solutions 2012
would put us on the path to both.
A year ago, the Illinois Policy Institute called for a budget that did not require a tax hike or borrowing. Leaders in Springfield
did not follow that recommendation. Instead, operational spending was kept too high, taxes were increased by record levels
and 2011 pension fund payments were moved to future years by issuing almost $3.7 billion in bonds.
If our recommendations had been followed, then reforms, restructuring and, yes, difficult cuts would have been made. But
the budget would be on pace to finish fiscal 2011 in balance with no borrowing and no tax hike. Instead, we have had the
largest tax hike in state history followed by a proposal to borrow another $8.75 billion.
Budget Solutions 2012 offers another path. If the recommendations here are adopted, the obvious question is what to do with
the revenues from the recent tax hike? Our recommendation for surplus revenues remains the same—pay down past due debt,
establish a real budget stabilization fund and then refund surpluses to taxpayers. These concepts are outlined in the Illinois
Policy Institute’s guideline for pension funding and spending reform entitled the Pension Funding and Fairness Act (PFFA).
Details of PFFA are provided below.

Tax relief is vital to Illinois’s future. The recent tax hike calls for tax rates to decline after 2014. Gov. Quinn’s budget proposal,
already in deficit for fiscal 2012, does not account for the revenue reductions anticipated by the sunset provision of the new
tax increases. Anyone hoping to see taxes decline on schedule must also demand a budget that is affordable after tax hike
revenues disappear. Budget Solutions 2012 is a detailed budget plan that would prove affordable if tax rates are permitted to
decline on schedule.
Budget Solutions 2012 also opens the door to repeal the recent tax hikes by balancing the budget without the necessity of the
new revenues. Multiple pieces of legislation have been filed to repeal the 2011 tax hikes entirely or in part, and more than
7,200 taxpayers have already signed online petitions in support of this effort at the website www.repealthetaxhike.com. A
repeal of the 2011 tax hikes would provide instant, needed tax relief. If the 2011 tax hikes were repealed, the state’s general
fund budget would remain balanced under Budget Solutions 2012.
Independent of proposals to change overall tax rates, the Pension Funding and Fairness Act has also been introduced in both
the House and Senate. If the new tax rates remain in place, it is certain that the impact of tax hikes would be mitigated under
the Pension Funding and Fairness Act with tax rebates available by this time next year.
Budget Solutions 2012 challenges lawmakers to send the world a strong signal: Illinois is going to be a place where the cost of
government is sustainable and where more of the money taxpayers earn will stay with them to spend and invest as they see
fit. Future prosperity is dependent upon people moving to Illinois, hiring in Illinois, buying products in Illinois, starting new
businesses in Illinois, and starting new families in Illinois. This requires lawmakers to reform spending and lower taxes.
Revenue and Spending

According to Gov. Quinn, Illinois will see $33.9 billion in general fund revenues in 2012 with the tax hike just passed. An
Illinois Policy Institute brief estimated that FY2012 general revenues would have been $27.9 billion had taxes not been
increased.
As the chart below shows, the record revenues generated by the recent tax hikes are still not enough to cover the governor’s
spending plan. His office has readily admitted that borrowing would be required to keep his proposed budget afloat.
The spending detailed in Budget Solutions 2012 would lead to a considerable surplus even without the tax increase, unsurprising
since we have consistently argued that the recent tax hike was unnecessary. Under Budget Solutions 2012, the State of Illinois
would have seen a $350 million surplus even if taxes had not been increased. With the new revenues, the surplus grows to
$6.362 billion, all of which should be allocated to pay down past due debt without borrowing further.

Graphic 4. How the 2012 Budget Numbers Stack Up:
Quinn 2012 Budget vs. Budget Solutions 2012
($ millions) Quinn Budget Budget Solutions
Operating Revenues Plus Transfers In

State Revenues 27,278 27,278
Federal Revenues 4,844 4,844
Transfers In 1,810 1,810
Total Income 33,932 33,932
Operating Expenditures and Transfers Out

Appropriations -26,733 -21,141
Unspent Appropriations 802 802
Pension Contributions -4,594 -4,594
Pension Obligation Bonds -1,559 -1,559
Transfers Out -2,317 -500
Capital Obligation Bonds -578 -578
Restructuring Bonds -403 0
Total Spending -35,382 -27,570
Deficit/Surplus -1,450 6,362
It’s important to keep in mind the following Illinois Policy Institute recommendations when reading Budget Solutions 2012:
• General Appropriations total $21.14 billion dollars, as outlined in the line-by-line agency budgets on the following
pages;
• No further borrowing should be permitted, especially not for “debt restructuring bonds” proposed by the governor
that would transfer past debt to future budgets and supply extra cash to further current year spending;
• Additionally, the state should eliminate or reduce most of the “legislatively required transfers” out of the general fund,
including the local government distributive fund, public transportation funds and other special funds (see Appendix B
for a list of transfers from the General Revenue Fund to selected special state funds in 20092);
• It’s time to make the full annual pension contribution using revenues from the same fiscal year, noting that benefit
reforms would provide additional savings.
Per Capita Spending
Opponents of prudent spending will inevitably focus on the absolute spending reductions contained within this budget. This
is understandable but fails to put the spending proposed in full context.
In fiscal year 2003, state expenditures totaled $23.9 billion, including transfers out and pension obligation bond debt service.3
Adjusted for inflation, that equals $28.67 billion in today’s dollars.4 The population was 12,588,229.5 On an inflation-adjusted
basis, Illinois state government spent $2,277 per person in fiscal year 2003.
This alternative budget proposes $27.570 billion in state general expenditures, including the pension payment and other
transfers out. Today’s population is 12,830,632.6 Under the Budget Solutions 2012 proposal, Illinois state government would
spend $2,148 per resident in Fiscal Year 2012 – a mere $130 less than Rod Blagojevich’s first budget as governor. This is hardly
a “doomsday” scenario.

Graphic 5. Per Capita Real Spending in 2003 versus Budget Solutions 2012
Spending Per
Spending Population
Capita
2003 Spending $23,900,000,000 - -
2003 Spending (inflation
$28,667,000,000 12,588,229 $2,277.29
adjusted)
2012 Budget Solutions $27,570,000,000 12,830,632 $2,148.76
Looking Forward
The state’s accumulated budget deficit is not the product of one year’s overspending. It is the result of many years of
spending beyond our means. The state will likely end 2011 with a deficit of $5.2 billion, mostly past due bills to state vendors
and contractors who have to wait 150 days or more for payment. The state needs structural reforms, together with targeted
spending reforms, to move out of today’s fiscal morass and pay our service providers on time.
By limiting general funds appropriations for Fiscal Year 2012 at $21.141 billion and permitting small increases for the
following two years, this budget makes it possible to pay down the state’s past due obligations over time without the new
revenues from the recent tax hike. As noted earlier, if one includes the new tax revenues then the entire past due debt can
be paid down in FY2012 without any further borrowing. Once that is done, that makes repealing the tax hike even more
compelling.
Graphic 6. Budget Solutions Proposed Operation Spending for Fiscal Years 2012-2014
Fiscal Year 2012 Fiscal Year 2013 Fiscal Year 2014

$21,140,951,900 $21,276,812,700 $21,435,682,200
The Pension Funding and Fairness Act
The Pension Funding and Fairness Act, as currently outlined in Senate Bill 3633 and House Bill 36, focuses on developing a
funding mechanism for today’s pension system as well as a cap to restrain the out-of-control growth in spending plaguing the
state. The proposed law would require the first payment of every budget cycle be used to make the statutorily required pension
payment. Lawmakers would then budget from remaining state revenues.
The Pension Funding and Fairness Act places reasonable limits on the growth of state government spending based on the
increase in inflation plus the increase in population. This is projected to grow at an average annual rate of 2.3 percent, based
on data from the Census Bureau and the Congressional Budget Office. Revenues that come in over the projected spending
growth limit of 2.3 percent would be directed to a Debt Repayment Fund, until such time as Illinois could pay its bills on a 60
day payment cycle.
Once sufficient revenue is allocated to the debt repayment fund, surplus revenues would then be allocated to a Budget
Stabilization Fund. It’s designed to provide emergency cash flow in the event that the increase in state tax revenue is not
enough to cover the increase in state spending under the limits – which would most likely be due to an economic recession.
After the Budget Stabilization Fund is filled, further surplus revenue would be returned to Illinoisans via tax refund checks.
Based on our projections, available at www.IllinoisPolicy.org, the cumulative value of the tax refunds would total hundreds of
billions of dollars by 2045.
What’s transformative about this plan is that it realigns priorities. Instead of fighting over a shrinking budget pie, both state
employees and taxpayers will have every incentive to pursue policy solutions that grow our state’s economy.
The Pension Funding and Fairness Act will help the government honor its commitments to public employee pensioners while

also protecting taxpayers – all while launching a new period of growth and government accountability in Illinois. Additionally,
it will help Illinois make significant progress in paying down past debt and putting the state back in the black.
For more information on the Pension Funding and Fairness Act, the Institute’s “Mission Possible: Fully Funding Illinois’s State
Pensions While Respecting Hardworking Taxpayers” is available online at www.IllinoisPolicy.org.
Guiding Principles
This budget is based on the allocation plan offered by Gov. Quinn for fiscal year 2012. We adjusted his spending requests to
find the additional savings that will allow the state to balance its budget without a tax increase.
Our changes are based on the following five principles:
1. Setting Priorities: Every budget is an exercise in setting priorities because there is never enough money to pay for
every program desired. When revenues fall, as they inevitably do every business cycle, the need to prioritize spending
is even more acute. This includes paying for teachers before administrators, roads before expansive new rail proposals
and public safety before public art.
2. Competitive Grant Funding: Every year the Illinois state budget is riddled with hundreds of grants and line
items. Most of those are relatively small initiatives that receive relatively little attention – and even less scrutiny.
Added together, the 328 items totaling $5 million or less equal almost $350 million per year, a sum larger than the
total operating budget of several state agencies. Illinois taxpayers cannot continue to fund every single one of these
programs. But that doesn’t mean they all must go. In Budget Solutions 2012 every item whose final 2011 funding was
$5 million or below will not receive any automatic funding, but is qualified to potentially have its funding restored
through a proposed program called “Competitive Grant Funding.” In short, if a small program is vital to an
agency’s mission, then that agency can submit a detailed proposal to an independent review panel that will publish
clear assessment guidelines. This can be modeled after the federal Government Accountability Office’s Program
Assessment Rating Tool (PART) and the federal Department of Education Invest in Innovation Grant awards.
This will increase transparency and produce standardized information unlike anything the state has ever seen, and
based on that publicly available information with each proposal, policymakers will have to prioritize who is eligible
for funding—and who is not. If successful, this program could serve as an accountable funding model for larger
programs in future years. A detailed explanation of Competitive Grant Funding can be found in an accompanying
Illinois Policy Institute brief. Budget Solutions 2012 makes $150 million available to be awarded through the program,
saving taxpayers at least $200 million.
3. Transparency and Accountability: State government must accept its responsibilities, use taxpayers’ money in full
sunlight and hold programs accountable for results. This budget proposal directs funds to make the workings of
government transparent to the public, legislators and managers in executive agencies.
Based on independent research relevant to government programs in Illinois, this budget recommends scaling back
programs such as early childhood education where results have not met expectations, changing programs such as
Medicaid to better align the incentives of recipients and taxpayers, and eliminating programs that lack evaluations or
standards of success.
We recommend that every state agency and local unit of government completely open their books. When spending
reforms are attempted, many agencies will say that the changes are not possible. These agencies have an obligation to
be fully transparent regarding every dollar spent and for what purpose so that the public can make its own judgment.
The level of generality in the budget presentation makes it difficult to hold spending accountable in every instance.
For example, it is clear that spending in the classroom produces better results than spending on administrators, but the
state budget provides no way to determine how personnel expenses are currently distributed between functions. As a
result, this alternative budget cannot show reallocations within line items – a more detailed budget proposal from the

governor would allow for a more detailed critique.
4. Spending Fairness: Government expenditures are to improve the public welfare, not the welfare of specific groups.
When community colleges offer subsidized training to selected companies, when select groups get scholarships to
universities, when hand-picked businesses get marketing help, when some companies receive special tax breaks and
grants or when the state tries to pick economic winners and losers, every other taxpayer bears the burden, and in
the meantime, valuable state core services are crowded out.
5. Last In, First Out: Over the last decade, the state has created and/or expanded a variety of programs. The state
needs to focus on core services and prioritize our budget accordingly. Where the merits of a program warrant more
funding, this alternative budget increases spending.
Taking a “business as usual” approach to the state budget won’t work anymore. In presenting this alternative budget, readers
are asked to avoid the trap of reverting back to a “we’ve never done it this way before; it can’t be done” attitude. Rather,
Illinois’s leaders need to seek out innovative changes – both in the spending allocations and the approach to how government
operates.
Budget Solutions 2012 is about the hardworking taxpayers of Illinois wondering how they’ll make ends meet; it is about public
employees wondering if their retirements will be there; it is about families across Illinois wondering why the state can’t
seem to make do with a consistently increasing budget; and ultimately, it is about putting the state back on the path to fiscal
sustainability and lasting prosperity.
Agency Budgets
The following pages contain a line-by-line review of Gov. Quinn’s proposed 2012 budget. The order and organization of
agency budgets echoes what was put forward by Gov. Quinn in his Budget Blue Book. Brief descriptions of core missions
are provided for most agencies. When appropriate, a longer explanation is given to distinguish between Gov. Quinn’s budget
decisions and those of Budget Solutions 2012. Department budgets are provided in the thousands of dollars.
The following is a glossary of terms.
General Funds: Refers to the following group of funds, inclusively: the General Revenue Fund, the Education
Assistance Fund, the Common School Fund, and the General Revenue-Common School Special Account Fund.
Personal Services: Line item for salary payments to employees.
Contractual Services: Line item for services provided by a non-state employee or vendor including utilities; medical
services for those in institutions; professional, technical or artistic consulting; and property and equipment rental.
Other Operations: Administrative non-grant expenses of state agencies except salaries and payments for fringe
benefits. For example: contractual services, travel, printing and telecommunications.
Designated Purposes: Indicates funds allocated for a specific activity.
Grant: An award or contribution to be used either for a specific or a general purpose, typically with no repayment
provision.

State Board of Education
The Illinois State Board of Education provides funding to 868 school districts in the state. General State Aid provides funding to school districts.
Categorical grants provide the majority of funding for services mandated by state and federal programs, such as special education. Targeted grants
provide funding for specific populations and purposes to school districts throughout the state.
Overall, education spending accounts for nearly one third of general revenue spending in the state’s annual budget. As such,
it is impossible to address Illinois’s fiscal crisis without a drawdown in annual education spending. Whereas this process may
prove uncomfortable for some, it also provides the General Assembly, the State Board of Education (ISBE) and the Board of
Higher Education with the opportunity to readjust their priorities.
Education is a prime example in government where good policy – and not higher spending – drives better outcomes. The
Illinois Policy Institute has documented the successes of schools in Florida, a state with significantly higher student poverty
levels than Illinois that also spends $1,000 less per pupil. Florida’s policies – including school choice, “A through F” school
ratings, charter schools and online learning – have led to superior results, especially for poor and minority students. Illinois
should adopt those policies.
The budget below mirrors Gov. Quinn’s in that it draws down subsidies for bus transportation. Local districts can offset that
lost income by contracting out busing services to private service providers. This approach was growing in popularity in Illinois
until the General Assembly introduced onerous regulations three years ago. Legislation developed by Rep. Roger Eddy would
roll back that red tape, allowing districts to regain the ability to take advantage of the scale and efficiencies of the private
sector.
The proposed budget below also contains significant reductions to the Preschool For All program trumpeted by former Gov.
Rod Blagojevich. This is done to steer as many available funds as possible towards K through 12 schooling. While preschool
provides the benefit of daycare to some parents, its value as a universal educational tool is far less certain. This often seems
counterintuitive, but after decades and billions of dollars spent on publicly funded preschool programs – most notably Head
Start – considerable evidence has mounted that these programs create few if any lasting benefits.7
Governor Quinn Budget Solutions

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Actual Estimated Proposed Alternative Alternative Alternative
Total Personal
Services and 17,100.5 16,745.7 17,248.1 16,745.7 16,745.7 16,745.7 Priorities
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
5,061.6 6,554.5 6,554.5 5,830.7 5,830.7 5,830.7 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Operations and 853.0 1,124.1 1,124.1 983.9 983.9 983.9 Priorities
Refunds
Designated Purposes
Standards, Materials, & Competitive
0.0 0.0 2,900.0 CGF CGF CGF
Training for Teachers Grant
American Diploma Competitive
133.7 400.0 400.0 CGF CGF CGF
Project Grant
Community
Competitive
Residential Service 543.9 575.0 592.3 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Authority
Educator Misconduct
183.7 375.0 375.0 375.0 375.0 375.0 Priorities
Investigations
Implementation of
Competitive
State Board Strategic 144.3 237.5 237.5 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Plan

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Response to Competitive
1,340.0 1,072.0 1,072.0 CGF CGF CGF
Intervention Initiative Grant
Student Assessments 28,081.9 26,334.7 26,334.7 26,000.0 26,000.0 26,000.0 Accountability
Regional Offices of
Education Bus Driver 70.0 70.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Training
Longitudinal Data
243.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Accountability
System
Temporary Relocation
100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Expenses
Total Designated
30,840.7 29,064.2 31,911.5 26,375.0 26,375.0 26,375.0
Purposes
Grants
General State Aid 4,600,305.1 4,600,305.1 4,862,301.1 4,250,000.0 4,377,500.0 4,508,825.0 Priorities
Disabled Student
Services/Materials, 453,530.2 459,600.0 465,700.0 367,134.8 367,134.8 367,134.8 Priorities
14-13.01
Disabled Student
Transportation 417,362.7 429,700.0 436,800.0 326,021.6 326,021.6 326,021.6 Priorities
Reimbursement
Disabled Student
Tuition/Private Tuition, 181,100.0 181,100.0 186,700.0 156,146.4 156,146.4 156,146.4 Priorities
14-7.02
Extraordinary Special
334,236.8 334,236.8 343,375.7 334,236.8 334,236.8 334,236.8 Priorities
Education, 14-7.02
Regular Education
Orphanage Tuition 13,000.0 13,000.0 13,000.0 9,693.3 9,693.3 9,693.3 Priorities
Reimbursement, 18-3
Reimbursement for
26,287.3 26,300.0 32,875.0 26,300.0 26,300.0 26,300.0 Priorities
Free Breakfast/Lunch
Special Education
Reimbursement,
119,175.1 120,200.0 101,700.0 81,584.9 81,584.9 81,584.9 Priorities
Orphanage
Tuition14-7.03
Transportation-
Regular / Vocational 335,492.4 205,009.7 175,009.7 175,009.7 175,009.7 175,009.7 Priorities
Reimbursement, 29-5
Competitive
Advanced Placement 808.6 527.0 527.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Competitive
After School Matters 4,500.0 4,000.0 2,500.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Competitive
Agricultural Education 3,043.1 1,947.6 1,947.6 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Arts and Foreign Competitive
1,594.7 1,280.0 1,280.0 CGF CGF CGF
Language Education Grant
Autism Training and Competitive
100.0 100.0 100.0 CGF CGF CGF
Technical Assistance Grant
Bilingual Education 68,086.8 63,381.2 66,881.2 47,736.0 47,736.0 47,736.0 Priorities

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Blind/Dyslexic
Competitive
Persons Reading 816.6 816.6 816.6 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Program
Career and Technical
38,562.1 38,562.1 38,562.1 38,562.1 38,562.1 38,562.1 Priorities
Education Programs
Children’s Mental Competitive
2,660.2 1,620.0 1,620.0 CGF CGF CGF
Health Partnership Grant
District Consolidation
Costs/Supplemental Competitive
3,073.2 3,700.0 4,600.0 CGF CGF CGF
Payments to School Grant
Districts
Early Childhood
340,884.7 342,235.3 380,261.4 85,558.8 85,558.8 85,558.8 Accountability
Education
Competitive
Growth Model 2,441.1 2,400.0 2,400.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
National Board Competitive
5,742.5 2,756.4 2,000.0 CGF CGF CGF
Certified Teachers Grant
Philip J. Rock Center Competitive
3,577.8 3,577.8 3,577.8 CGF CGF CGF
and School Grant
Principal Mentoring Competitive
1,772.4 830.8 2,200.0 CGF CGF CGF
Program Grant
Re-Enrolling Students-
Competitive
Alternative Schools 3,600.0 3,600.0 3,200.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Network
Regional Safe Schools 16,681.5 9,341.9 9,341.9 9,341.9 9,341.9 9,341.9 Priorities
Standards,
Assessment, 990.0 1,002.8 6,002.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Accountability
Summer School
11,602.5 11,700.0 11,200.0 9,168.7 9,168.7 9,168.7 Priorities
Payments, 18-4.3
Competitive
Tax-Equivalent Grants 222.6 222.6 222.6 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Competitive
Teach for America 225.0 225.0 1,225.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Teacher and
Administrator 7,131.2 5,628.0 6,815.2 2,814.0 2,814.0 2,814.0 Priorities
Mentoring Program
Technology for
4,169.3 3,335.8 7,700.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Success
Truant Alternative and
Optional Education 17,841.8 14,059.0 14,059.0 8,446.0 8,446.0 8,446.0 Priorities
Program
Visually Impaired/
Competitive
Educational Materials 1,421.1 1,421.1 1,421.1 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Coordinating Unit
Regional
Superintendent’s 4,807.5 4,450.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Services

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Regional
Superintendents’
9,054.4 8,262.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Accountability
and Assistants’
Compensation
Classroom Cubed 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
General State Aid -
15,670.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Accountability
Hold Harmless
Grow Your Own
3,137.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Accountability
Teachers
Reading Improvement
67,723.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Accountability
Block Grant
Regional Offices
of Education - 102.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Accountability
Supervisory Expenses
School Breakfast
360.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Accountability
Incentive Program
School Safety
and Educational
18,710.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Improvement Block
Grant
Special Education -
17,141.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Hold Harmless
Summer Bridges Last In First
20,121.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Program Out
Textbook Loans -
Reappropriation, 39,665.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
18-17
Total Grants 7,218,533.8 6,900,435.5 7,187,922.8 5,927,755.0 6,055,255.0 6,186,580.0
Total General
7,272,389.5 6,953,924.0 7,244,761.0 5,977,690.3 6,105,190.3 6,236,515.3
Funds
Teachers’ Retirement System

The Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS) is a public pension plan for Illinois public school teachers and administrators.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Designated Purposes
Teachers’ Retirement
System of Illinois - Health 79,007.0 85,953.0 87,622.0 85,953.0 90,250.7 94,763.2 Accountability
Insurance
Total Designated
79,007.0 85,953.0 87,622.0 85,953.0 90,250.7 94,763.2
Purposes
Grants
Retirement 120.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 Priorities

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
State’s Additional
Contribution to the Public
School Teachers’ Pension
5,029.0 10,449.0 10,449.0 10,449.0 10,449.0 10,449.0 Priorities
and Retirement Fund of
Chicago, per Section 17-
127 of the Pension Code.
Teachers’ Retirement -
32,522.4 32,522.4 33,498.1 33,498.1 33,498.1 33,498.1 Priorities
Chicago Public Schools
834,861.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
System of Illinois
System of Illinois -
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Guarantee Minimum
Supplement
Total Grants 872,533.1 43,091.4 44,067.1 43,947.1 43,947.1 43,947.1
Total General Funds 951,540.1 129,044.4 131,689.1 129,900.1 134,197.8 138,710.3
Board of Higher Education

Illinois’s higher education system is supported by a number of related agencies, including the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE), the
statewide coordinating board for higher education in Illinois.
Students are in the best position to make prudent decisions over their financial and academic futures. As such it was a priority
to maintain funding for the Monetary Award Program (MAP), which is a tuition assistance program that enables students of
limited means to better afford college. The MAP program is administered by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission.
Insofar as reductions were made to direct institutional funding for the state’s four-year universities, community colleges, and
support agencies, it was done so in order to maintain current levels of support for the MAP grant program, which assists
students attending all institutions of higher learning in Illinois.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
480.1 568.5 568.5 454.8 454.8 454.8 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Operations and 96.4 136.7 136.7 109.4 109.4 109.4 Priorities
Refunds
Designated Purposes
Illinois P-20 Council/
Transition of ISBE 69.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Program(s) to IBHE
Total Designated
69.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Grants

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Competitive
Grant for Nursing
Competitive
Schools to Increase 844.0 880.0 880.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
the Number of
Graduating Nurses
For Costs Associated
Competitive
With the u.Select 230.0 230.0 230.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
System
Competitive
With a P-20 Student 255.1 205.0 205.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Information System
Diversifying Higher
Competitive
Education Faculty in 1,612.5 1,640.0 1,640.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Illinois Grants
Grants for
Competitive
Cooperative Work 1,230.0 1,230.0 1,230.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Study Programs
Grow Your Own Competitive
0.0 0.0 2,500.0 CGF CGF CGF
Teachers Program Grant
Nurse Educator
Fellowships to Competitive
180.0 180.0 180.0 CGF CGF CGF
Supplement Nurse Grant
Faculty Salaries
Quad Cities Graduate Competitive
130.0 130.0 130.0 CGF CGF CGF
Study Center Grant
Science, Technology,
Engineering and
Mathematics (STEM)
Competitive
Diversity Initiatives - 531.0 531.0 531.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Chicago Area Health
and Medical Careers
Program (CAHMCP)
STEM Diversity
Initiatives - Illinois
Math and Science Competitive
59.0 59.0 59.0 CGF CGF CGF
Academy Excellence Grant
FUSION (2000
Program)
University Center of Competitive
1,716.0 1,716.0 1,716.0 CGF CGF CGF
Lake County Grant
Total Grants 6,787.6 6,801.0 9,301.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total General
9,409.0 9,777.0 12,277.0 2,380.8 2,380.8 2,380.8
Funds

Chicago State University

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Services and 38,876.7 36,231.1 36,231.1 28,984.9 28,984.9 28,984.9 Fairness
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
2,756.0 2,526.7 2,526.7 2,021.4 2,021.4 2,021.4 Fairness
Services
Total Other
Operations and 379.6 623.4 623.4 498.7 498.7 498.7 Fairness
Refunds
Designated Purposes
Financial Assistance Competitive
0.0 225.0 225.0 CGF CGF CGF
Outreach Center Grant
Total Designated
0.0 225.0 225.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Grants
Competitive
Awards and Grants 5.0 104.4 104.4 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Total Grants 5.0 104.4 104.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Capital Improvements
Permanent
94.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Improvements
Total Capital
94.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Improvements
Total General
42,112.0 39,710.6 39,710.6 31,505.0 31,505.0 31,505.0
Funds
Eastern Illinois University

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
1,023.7 1,000.0 1,000.0 800.0 800.0 800.0 Fairness
Services
Total Other
Operations and 1,076.3 1,100.0 1,100.0 880.0 880.0 880.0 Fairness
Refunds
Total General
50,566.5 47,413.0 47,413.0 35,664.8 35,664.8 35,664.8
Funds

Governors State University

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
3,203.4 3,003.6 3,003.6 2,402.9 2,402.9 2,402.9 Fairness
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
Center for Excellence
in Health Professions 135.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Education
Global Trade Center 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Metropolitan Institute
for Leadership in 300.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Education
Total Designated
535.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Grants
Competitive
Awards and Grants 100.0 93.8 93.8 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Total Grants 100.0 93.8 93.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total General
28,324.4 26,558.0 26,558.0 21,171.4 21,171.4 21,171.4
Funds
Illinois State University

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total General
85,096.4 79,789.5 79,789.5 63,831.6 63,831.6 63,831.6
Funds
Northeastern Illinois University
2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total General
43,401.9 40,695.2 40,695.2 32,556.2 32,556.2 32,556.2
Funds

Northern Illinois University

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
6,823.0 6,823.0 6,823.0 5,458.4 5,458.4 5,458.4 Fairness
Services
Total Other
Operations and 3,725.9 3,566.4 3,566.4 2,853.1 2,853.1 2,853.1 Fairness
Refunds
Grants
Awards and Grants 185.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Total Grants 185.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total General
107,431.1 100,731.3 100,731.3 80,585.0 80,585.0 80,585.0
Funds
Southern Illinois University

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
13,722.6 11,081.7 10,848.0 8,865.4 8,865.4 8,865.4 Fairness
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
SimmonsCooper
0.0 1,200.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cancer Center
Total Designated
0.0 1,200.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Total General
234,167.0 220,763.5 220,763.5 175,650.8 175,650.8 175,650.8
Funds
University of Illinois

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
44,073.1 40,046.4 40,046.4 30,034.8 30,034.8 30,034.8 Fairness
Services

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
College of Medicine
Competitive
Hispanic Center of 800.0 800.0 800.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Excellence
Dixon Springs Competitive
350.0 328.3 328.3 CGF CGF CGF
Agriculture Center Grant
Public Policy Institute Competitive
1,250.0 1,250.0 1,250.0 CGF CGF CGF
- UIC Grant
CHANCE Program 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Total Designated
2,400.0 2,378.3 2,378.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Grants
Awards and Grants 6,057.5 0.0 6,057.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Claims Under
Workers’
Compensation
and Occupational 3,299.9 0.0 3,326.6 3,326.6 3,326.6 3,326.6 Priorities
Diseases Acts and
Other Statutes and
Tort Claims
Competitive
College of Dentistry 350.0 350.0 350.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Hospital and Medical 4,689.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Total Grants 14,397.1 350.0 9,734.1 3,326.6 3,326.6 3,326.6
Total General
743,419.7 697,057.2 697,057.2 524,827.5 524,827.5 524,827.5
Funds
Western Illinois University

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
3,068.4 2,500.0 2,500.0 2,000.0 2,000.0 2,000.0 Fairness
Services
Total Other
Operations and 597.7 1,137.9 1,137.9 910.3 910.3 910.3 Fairness
Refunds
Permanent
41.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Improvements
Total Capital
41.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Improvements

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total General
59,919.6 56,182.7 56,182.7 44,946.2 44,946.2 44,946.2
Funds
Illinois Community College Board

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
311.3 348.3 348.3 296.1 296.1 296.1 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
College and Career Competitive
747.3 750.0 1,000.0 CGF CGF CGF
Readiness Program Grant
For Costs Associated Competitive
768.1 1,000.0 1,000.0 CGF CGF CGF
with GED Testing Grant
Fund 339 Refund 0.0 250.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Operating Lump Sum 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Student Success
13,009.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Grants
Total Designated
14,524.5 2,000.0 2,000.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Grants
Adult Education -
Grants to Eligible 16,018.5 16,026.2 16,026.2 12,821.0 12,821.0 12,821.0 Fairness
Providers
Adult Education -
Performance Based 10,701.6 10,701.6 10,701.6 8,561.3 8,561.3 8,561.3 Fairness
Grants
Adult Education -
5,545.2 5,546.2 5,546.2 4,437.0 4,437.0 4,437.0 Fairness
Public Assistance
Career and Technical
Education Grants Last In First
17,187.2 17,569.4 17,569.4 17,569.4 17,569.4 17,569.4
to Colleges (State Out
Match)
City Colleges
of Chicago -
15,000.0 15,000.0 15,000.0 12,000.0 12,000.0 12,000.0 Priorities
Educational-Related
Expenses
City Colleges of
Chicago - Retirees Competitive
626.6 626.6 626.6 CGF CGF CGF
Health Insurance Grant
Grant

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Community Colleges
- Base Operating 191,837.1 198,811.0 198,811.0 159,048.8 159,048.8 159,048.8 Fairness
Grants
Community Colleges
76,933.0 76,933.0 77,113.0 61,690.4 61,690.4 61,690.4 Fairness
- Equalization Grants
Community Colleges
Competitive
- Small College 780.0 780.0 660.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Grants
Community
Competitive
Colleges - Workforce 3,311.3 3,311.3 3,311.3 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Development Grants
Operate Educational
Competitive
Facility in East St. 1,589.1 1,589.1 1,589.1 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Louis
Scholarships to
Qualifying Graduates Competitive
43.9 61.6 61.6 CGF CGF CGF
of the Lincoln’s Grant
ChalleNGe Program
Veterans’ Grants
7,259.5 7,261.5 7,261.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Reimbursements
Federal Recovery
- Education
Stabilization -
5,463.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Community Colleges
- Base Operating
Grants
Federal Recovery -
General Stabilization -
Community Colleges 1,510.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
- Base Operating
Grants
Total Grants 353,806.9 354,217.5 354,277.5 276,127.8 276,127.8 276,127.8
Total General
370,437.8 358,361.9 358,421.9 277,950.5 277,950.5 277,950.5
Funds
Illinois Student Assistance Commission

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Designated Purposes
Veterans’ Home
Competitive
Nurses’ Loan 20.1 0.0 50.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Repayment Program
Total Designated
20.1 0.0 50.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Grants
College Savings Bond Competitive
206.4 0.0 325.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grants Grant

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Dependents Grants
to Children of
Policemen, Firemen
Competitive
or Correctional 710.1 950.0 950.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Officers Killed or
Disabled in the Line
of Duty
For the Loan
Competitive
Repayment for 494.7 250.0 500.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Teachers Program
Illinois Future Teacher Competitive
1,917.6 1,000.0 2,000.0 CGF CGF CGF
Corps Scholarships Grant
Illinois Scholars Competitive
3,160.0 2,528.0 3,160.0 CGF CGF CGF
Program Grant
Illinois Veterans
16,761.4 3,000.0 6,000.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Grants
Monetary Award
Program (MAP) 386,661.9 403,896.1 428,896.1 450,000.0 450,000.0 450,000.0 Fairness
Grants
Nurse Educator Loan Competitive
300.0 0.0 300.0 CGF CGF CGF
Repayment Program Grant
Illinois National
Competitive
Guard and Naval 4,710.3 2,200.0 4,400.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Militia Scholarships
Payment of Minority
Competitive
Teacher Scholarships 2,133.8 2,000.0 2,500.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
(MTI)
Student-to-Student Competitive
948.3 0.0 950.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant Program Grant
Illinois Incentive
for Access Grant 4,716.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Program
Scholarships to
Eligible Nursing 528.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Education Students
Total Grants 423,249.6 415,824.1 449,981.1 450,000.0 450,000.0 450,000.0
Total General
423,269.8 415,824.1 450,031.1 450,000.0 450,000.0 450,000.0
Funds

Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Located in Aurora, the Illinois Math and Science Academy is a residential state-funded high school that enrolls students from throughout the
state who demonstrate advanced academic abilities. It is more closely aligned with the state’s institutions of higher education than the K through 12
educational bureaucracy.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013
2014 Reason
Actual Estimated Proposed Alternative Alternative
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
4,462.7 4,297.2 4,297.0 4,225.0 4,225.0 4,225.0 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Operations and 1,673.5 1,411.9 1,412.0 1,467.4 1,467.4 1,467.4 Priorities
Refunds
Grants
Excellence 2000
325.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Program
Two Field Officers 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total Grants 325.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total General
18,203.7 18,216.4 18,216.4 17,669.8 17,669.8 17,669.8
Funds
State Universities Retirement System

The State Universities Retirement System (SURS) administers a program of retirement annuities and other benefits, including death, disability and
survivor benefits for employees of the state universities, community colleges and higher education agencies.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Services and 8,542.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Fringe Benefits
Designated Purposes
College Insurance
4,059.4 4,237.3 4,396.2 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Program
Total Designated
4,059.4 4,237.3 4,396.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Grants
Retirement 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Total Grants 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Total General
12,602.3 4,237.3 4,396.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Funds

State University Civil Service System
The State Universities Civil Service System maintains and administers a program of personnel administration for the state universities system and
related entities in higher education.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Services and 899.1 945.9 971.5 851.3 851.3 851.3 Priorities
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
162.7 247.1 233.3 222.4 222.4 222.4 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
With The Relocation 3.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
of Offices
Total Designated
3.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Total General
1,143.9 1,276.2 1,276.2 1,145.9 1,145.9 1,145.9
Funds
Department Of Agriculture
The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) regulates Illinois agribusiness to protect both producers and consumers of raw and processed
agricultural products from mislabeled, contaminated or diseased commodities. Agency programs help to protect our state’s natural resources through
regulatory oversight and financial incentives. Department staff also promotes Illinois agriculture by conducting state fairs, providing grant assistance
to 4-H clubs, funding county fairs, marketing Illinois agricultural products and providing assistance to develop new, value-added agricultural ventures.
Agriculture is one of many important sectors that make up Illinois’s economy. Those who stand to benefit financially from
agricultural research and promotion should fund related programs. A reinvigorated private sector can manage many aspects of
the Department of Agriculture’s portfolio, ranging from exotic pest eradication to weights and measures certifications.
State subsidies to fairs and prize money awards should no longer be automatic. The budget below requires that any renewed
funding to state fairs be awarded through our proposed Competitive Grant Funding initiative. A sensible solution for state
fairs in Springfield and DuQuoin would be to charge admission rates, booth and display fees and concessions in line with the
cost of these events, so that they may be self-funded in the future. Several state fairs in other states turn a profit and, as such,
are self-funding.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Services and Fringe 14,442.9 14,219.7 16,464.7 12,797.7 12,797.7 12,797.7 Priorities
Benefits
Total Contractual
4,814.3 4,831.4 3,512.0 3,512.0 3,512.0 3,512.0 Priorities
Services

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
Competitive
Cook County Extension 4,499.6 2,749.2 2,893.9 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Competitive
Exotic Pest Eradication 455.9 456.0 480.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Fire Protection - Competitive
105.9 114.4 120.4 CGF CGF CGF
Springfield Grant
Administration of the
Competitive
Livestock Management 275.5 275.5 290.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Facilities Act
Costs of Administrative Competitive
459.9 697.0 750.0 CGF CGF CGF
Operations Grant
State Cooperative
Competitive
Extension Service Trust 1,628.2 994.7 1,047.1 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Fund
DuQuoin State Fair Competitive
0.0 200.0 200.0 CGF CGF CGF
Entertainment Grant
DuQuoin State Fair
Entertainment, Including
Competitive
the Percentage Portion 335.6 320.7 337.6 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
of Entertainment
Contracts
Inspections of Competitive
526.7 503.3 501.9 CGF CGF CGF
Amusement Attractions Grant
Motor Fuel and
Petroleum Standards 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Program
Implementation of an
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Agriculture Assembly
Shared Service 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total Designated
8,287.3 6,310.8 6,620.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Grants
Awards and Premiums Competitive
117.3 108.8 114.5 CGF CGF CGF
at DuQuoin State Fair Grant
Awards and Premiums Competitive
6.7 202.1 212.7 CGF CGF CGF
at the Illinois State Fair Grant
Awards and Premiums
for Grand Circuit Horse Competitive
0.0 94.0 98.9 CGF CGF CGF
Racing at the Illinois Grant
State Fairgrounds
Awards to Livestock Competitive
426.6 109.3 115.0 CGF CGF CGF
Breeders Grant
Grants to Soil and
Competitive
Water Conservation 5,827.0 3,355.0 2,931.6 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Districts
Other Grants 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Accountability

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Grants 6,377.6 3,869.2 3,472.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total General
35,064.7 30,643.2 31,361.8 17,580.6 17,580.6 17,580.6
Funds
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity

The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) provides technical and financial assistance to businesses, local governments,
workers and families. As the state’s lead economic development agency, DCEO works to capitalize on Illinois’s strengths as a center of
transportation, manufacturing and technology development. DCEO administers a wide range of programs and services in the areas of business,
workforce and community development, small business, technology, international trade, tourism, energy, recycling, coal development, homeland security
and film production.
Businesses succeed because they offer a good or service that consumers want, at a price that they will pay while still creating
a profit. In Illinois, some businesses have extra help because the government gives them subsidies, tax breaks and favorable
treatment. At the end of the day, the big losers are the taxpayers, who pay for legislators’ selective handouts through higher
taxes.
Bureaucratic operatives should not determine which businesses and workers receive special perks from the state and which do
not. If an employer wants to offer its employees additional skills training, the company should pick up the cost. After all, the
business will be the direct and immediate beneficiary if having higher-skilled workers leads to increased profits.
Many of the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity’s business development services are already available in
the private sector. If private businesses are truly interested in services like global marketing and technology support, plenty of
private-sector outfits are ready and willing to provide these services.
The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity should be closed, its general funding ended. Any necessary
oversight programs funded through other state sources should be administered by other agencies such as the Illinois
Commerce Commission. A number of DCEO programs below are eligible for renewal under our proposed Competitive
Grant Funding initiative – other agencies and not DCEO can submit proposals through the initiative to administer those
programs, should they be awarded funding.
2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
Total Personal
Services and 8,488.20 10,634.10 10,634.90 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
3,010.0 1,743.5 2,888.50 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Services
Total Other
Operations and 1,248.7 1,261.50 1,261.50 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Refunds
Designated Purposes
Competitive
Community Programs 13,127.7 3,000.0 0.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
Illinois Capital
Revolving Loan Fund 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Transfer
For costs
associated with
new and expanding
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
international markets
for Illinois Business
and Industries
Illinois Global
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Partnership
Total Designated
13,127.7 3,000.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Grants
DCEO Community Competitive
960.0 750.0 2,495.0 CGF CGF CGF
Programs Grant
DCEO Job Training
11,810.6 12,313.5 31,000.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Programs
DCEO Technology- Competitive
867.5 1,000.0 1,000.0 CGF CGF CGF
Based Programs Grant
IL Office of
Competitive
Entrepreneurship and 3,960.6 4,440.0 4,900.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Small Business
Operational Expenses
Competitive
for the Office of 3,078.0 2,095.8 4,000.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Trade and Investment
Central IL Economic
Competitive
Development 0.0 500.0 0.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Authority
Unallocated Grant
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Lump Sum Allocation
Nonrecurring
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Projects
Total Grants 20,676.7 21,099.3 43,395.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total General
46,551.4 37,738.4 58,179.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
Funds
East St. Louis Financial Authority

East St. Louis Financial Advisory Authority was established in 1990 to assist the City of East St. Louis with financial management and long-
term financial sustainability.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Designated Purposes
Competitive
Operating expenses 120.0 116.4 116.4 CGF CGF CGF
Grant

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Designated
120.0 116.4 116.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Total General
120.0 116.4 116.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Funds
Illinois Commerce Commission

The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) is responsible under various Illinois laws for ensuring safe, efficient, reliable and uninterrupted utility
services to citizens of Illinois. It also regulates the financial organization of utility companies while allowing them the opportunity to earn a
reasonable profit. The ICC regulates commercial motor carriers of property operating within Illinois, ensures public safety through the inspection of
railroads and natural gas pipelines operating within Illinois, and assists in the development and implementation of local 9-1-1 emergency telephone
systems throughout Illinois. Finally, the ICC protects consumers from unethical and unlawful business practices by regulating household goods
carriers, relocation towing companies and safety towing companies.
The ICC is charged with pursuing “an appropriate balance between the interest of consumers and existing and emerging
service providers.” Rather than letting the market determine the appropriate “balance” between buyers and sellers, the ICC
often serves as a barrier to business. The state should interfere as little as possible in commercial affairs, yet organizations like
the U.S. Chamber of Commerce consider Illinois’s regulatory climate to be one of the most stifling in the country.
For example, household goods movers must prove to the ICC that “a public need for the service exists” prior to receiving
permission to operate. To determine whether a need exists, “the Commission shall consider demographic statistics, supporting
shipper testimony, or any other evidence presented which is material and relevant.” All the paperwork and demonstrations cost
an aspiring mover $1,350.8
The Illinois Commerce Commission does not rely on general funds.
2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
Designated Purposes
Public Utilities
Competitive
Program 0.0 0.0 1,000.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Administration
Total Designated
0.0 0.0 1,000.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Total General
0.0 0.0 1,000.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Funds

Illinois Power Agency
The Illinois Power Agency (IPA) is an independent state agency dedicated to developing electricity procurement plans. The IPA is also authorized
to develop electricity generation facilities that utilize coal or renewable sources of energy, and to supply power from its facilities, at cost, to municipal
electric systems, rural electric cooperatives and governmental aggregators.
The Illinois Power Agency does not rely on general funds.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Designated Purposes
For Ordinary and
Contingent Expenses of 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
the Illinois Power Agency.
Total Designated
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Total General Funds 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Illinois Finance Authority
The Illinois Finance Authority (IFA) is a self-financed statewide issuer of municipal bonds for capital projects that support non-profit 501(c)(3)
corporations, including healthcare, education, cultural and social service entities.
The Illinois Finance Authority does not rely on general funds.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total General
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Funds
Illinois Sports Facilities Authority

The Illinois Sports Facilities Authority does not rely on general funds.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total General
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Funds

Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
The Illinois Tollway maintains and operates 286 miles of interstate tollways in 12 counties in Northern Illinois.
The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority does not rely on general funds.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total General
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Funds
Department of Labor
The Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) is responsible for the administration and enforcement of 25 labor and safety laws. The department is
organized into the following major areas: Fair Labor Standards/Prevailing Wage, Public Safety, Equal Opportunity Workforce and General Office.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
470.9 470.9 369.8 327.5 337.3 347.5 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
Equal Pay Act and
Victim’s Economic
129.8 209.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Security Act ( Known
as “VESSA”)
Displaced
Homemaker Grants 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Program
Total Designated
129.8 209.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Total General
5,043.5 5,024.5 5,459.9 4,197.2 4,316.9 4,440.3
Funds

Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority
The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (MPEA) is a municipal corporation that owns and manages the McCormick Place complex and
seeks to promote and operate conventions, fairs and expositions in the Chicago area.
The Metropolitan Pier And Exposition Authority does not rely on general funds.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total General
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Funds
Southwestern Illinois Development Authority
The Southwestern Illinois Development Authority is a special-purpose, municipal corporation and local governmental unit created by the Illinois state
legislature to promote, encourage and facilitate economic development in four southwestern Illinois counties.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Grants
For Replenishment of
a Draw on the Debt
Service Reserve Fund
782.1 681.9 700.0 700.0 700.0 700.0 Priorities
Backing Bonds Issued
on Behalf of Alton
Center Business Park
a Draw on the Debt
1,420.0 1,460.4 1,115.0 1,115.0 1,115.0 1,115.0 Priorities
on Behalf of Laclede
Steel-Illinois
a Draw on the Debt
on Behalf of Waste 366.2 369.7 291.9 291.9 291.9 291.9 Priorities
Recovery-Illinois and
Related Trustee and
Legal
Expenses
For Replenishment
of a Draw on the
Debt Service Reserve
Fund Backing Bonds 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Issued on Behalf
of Spectrulite
Consortium Inc.
Total Grants 2,568.7 2,512.0 2,107.0 2,106.9 2,106.9 2,106.9
Total General
2,568.7 2,512.0 2,107.0 2,106.9 2,106.9 2,106.9
Funds

Department of Transportation
The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) is responsible for the planning, coordination and maintenance of highways, aviation, public
transit, inner-city passenger rail and freight rail systems. IDOT also administers traffic safety programs.
Much of the state’s transportation spending occurs from accounts other than the general revenue fund. However, general
revenue funds are transferred into special transportation funds, as shown in Appendix B.
Public transit and Amtrak should bear the full cost of operating their portions of the transportation system, including the cost
of conducting technical studies.
Transit authorities should pursue budget reforms, including operating savings and revenue generators, which would preclude
the need for yet another taxpayer bailout. Cost-saving measures are clear. For example, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)
bus drivers have the 3rd-highest top wage rate in the nation, according to a Chicago Tribune analysis, and the highest-paid rate
in the nation when cost of living for the Chicago area is taken in account.9 Above-market wages and benefits are inappropriate
when the state is broke. Furthermore, transit needs to align costs with revenues. A 2007 analysis by the Illinois Policy Institute
found that the CTA failed to maintain pricing even to inflation. A CTA customer in 1969/1970 paid 36 percent more in real
purchasing power for his or her ride than did a 2007 rider.10
Amtrak received $26 million in Fiscal Year 2011 in a state subsidy for an operating deficit for intercity rail services, in addition
to large federal subsidies. Even with generous public subsidies, Amtrak continues to lose money. A Pew analysis found
that Amtrak lost $32 per passenger in 2008.11 So-called high-speed rail plans won’t turn the money-losing venture around.
Generous projections average the ridership from the Federal Railroad Administration’s high-speed rail plan at 58 miles per
person in 2025. Compare that to the 15,000 passenger miles ridden in a car each year. The average Illinoisan will take a round
trip on high-speed rail once every 8.7 years. For every Illinoisan who rides high-speed rail once a month, more than 100
residents will never ride it.12

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
Administrative
Expenses in
Connection with
12.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Section 18 of the
Federal Urban Mass
Transportation Act
Emissions Testing/
Inspection Program
for Diesel Powered 10.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Accountability
Vehicles in Selected
Areas
Public Transportation
Technical Studies- 218.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
State share
Intertownship
Program for
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Northwest Suburban
Cook County
Total Designated
241.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Grants
RTA Debt Service
5,098.6 10,199.6 11,206.6 10,199.6 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Payments
Reimbursement for
Reduced Fares - RTA 33,570.0 33,570.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Service Boards
PACE Paratransit 8,500.0 8,500.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
State Share of
Operating Deficit for
26,202.9 26,000.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Intercity Rail Services
- AMTRAK
For Purposes
Described in Sections
31 and 34 of the 297.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Illinois Aeronautics
Act
Total Grants 73,668.6 78,269.6 11,206.6 10,199.6 0.0 0.0
Total General
74,119.1 78,419.6 11,471.6 10,334.6 135.0 135.0
Funds
Upper Illinois River Valley Development Authority

The Upper Illinois River Valley Development Authority is a general development agency serving the Counties of Bureau, Grundy, Kane, Kendall,
LaSalle, Marshall, McHenry and Putnam. UIRVDA can issue bonds that can finance capital improvements and can reduce the rate of interest.
2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
Grants
a Draw on the Debt
Backing Bonds Issued Fairness and
289.0 292.9 2,253.8 2,253.8 2,253.8 2,253.8
on Behalf of Waste accountability
Recovery-Illinois and
Related Trustee and
Legal Expenses
Total Grants 289.0 292.9 2,253.8 2,253.8 2,253.8 2,253.8
Total General
289.0 292.9 2,253.8 2,253.8 2,253.8 2,253.8
Funds

Department of Corrections
The Department of Corrections (DOC) is responsible for providing care, custody, treatment and rehabilitation for adult offenders committed by the
courts. DOC maintains and administers 28 correctional centers and manages a parole system for formerly incarcerated persons in the community.
Overcrowded prisons and overburdened probation and parole officers do nothing for public safety. Rewarding wardens for
low recidivism, focusing on community corrections and increasing local police presence can all contribute to lower recidivism
as well as reducing crime in the first place. Alternative sentencing programs like those tried in Texas and Kansas can slow or
reverse the upward trend in prison populations and expenses.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
245,378.2 238,932.2 269,033.9 215,039.0 215,039.0 215,039.0 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
Shared Services
Competitive
Initiative, Other 7,512.9 8,854.0 6,682.4 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
For Statewide Competitive
2,045.6 4,861.6 4,861.6 CGF CGF CGF
Hospitalization Grant
Methamphetamine Competitive
1,500.0 1,500.0 0.0 CGF CGF CGF
Pilot Program Grant
Redeploy IL 262.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Accountability
Additional Frontline
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Staff
Total Designated
11,320.9 15,215.6 11,544.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Grants
Sheriffs’ Fees for
337.4 337.4 337.4 303.7 303.7 303.7 Priorities
Conveying Prisoners
State’s Share of
Assistant State’s 270.6 376.4 376.4 338.8 338.8 338.8 Priorities
Attorneys’ Salaries
Tort Claims 57.3 760.7 816.2 816.2 816.2 816.2 Priorities
Anti-Violence
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Prevention
Cook County Boot
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Camp
Cook County Juvenile
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Detention Center
Grant to Operation
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Ceasefire
Total Grants 665.3 1,474.5 1,530.0 1,458.7 1,458.7 1,458.7

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Repair, Maintenance
Competitive
and Other Capital 885.7 375.0 3,250.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Improvements
Total Capital
885.7 375.0 3,250.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Improvements
Total General
1,156,340.7 1,114,879.6 1,278,041.6 1,095,312.4 1,095,312.4 1,095,312.4
Funds
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) safeguards environmental quality to protect health, welfare, property and quality of life.
The agency administers a regulatory system based on environmental monitoring, permits and performance standards, compliance inspections and
enforcement.
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency does not rely on general funds.
2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
Grants
Hopkins Park 146.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total Grants 146.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total General
146.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Funds
Department Of Financial And Professional Regulation

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) is comprised of three divisions: the Division of Banks (DOB),
Division of Financial Institutions (DFI), and the Division of Professional Regulation (DPR). The IDFPR oversees the regulation and licensure
of banks and financial institutions, real estate businesses and professionals, and scores of diverse licensed professions.
The Department Of Financial And Professional Regulation does not rely on general funds.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total General
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Funds

Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) is overseen by a 21-member board comprised of state and local criminal justice officials
as well as members of the general public. ICJIA accomplishes its goals through efforts in three major areas: research, planning and coordination;
administration of grants for crime control, crime prevention and victim assistance; and information systems, technology and support.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
309.9 405.0 328.6 364.5 364.5 364.5 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
For Costs and
Expenses Related to
a Capital Punishment 36.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Reform Study
Committee
Activities in
Support of Federal
Assistance Programs
Administered by
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Accountability
State and Local
Governments
and Nonprofit
Organizations
with the Shared
Services Initiative and 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Other Operational
Expenses
Total Designated
36.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Total General
1,716.2 1,874.6 1,874.7 1,687.1 1,687.1 1,687.1
Funds

Illinois Education Labor Relations Board
The Illinois Education Labor Relations Board (IELRB) exists to mitigate disputes between school management and employees. For example,
district teachers seeking to unionize or, conversely, de-certify from a union seek recognition and recourse from the IELRB.
The IELRB should be funded by the groups who use its services, namely unions and school district management.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Services and 808.4 847.2 880.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
122.7 145.5 130.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Total General
984.9 1,035.5 1,051.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Funds
Illinois Emergency Management Agency

The Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) is responsible for the coordination, management and administration of the state’s emergency
management, nuclear safety and homeland security resources.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
976.3 898.1 898.1 808.3 808.3 808.3 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
For the State Share of
Public Disaster Relief Competitive
158.2 150.0 150.0 CGF CGF CGF
for Costs in Current Grant
and Prior Years
For Training and Competitive
54.0 106.2 106.2 CGF CGF CGF
Education Grant
Northern Illinois Competitive
0.0 14,500.0 0.0 CGF CGF CGF
Flooding Grant
with the Shared
Other Operational
Expenses
ILEAS/MABAS
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Administration Costs

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Designated
212.1 14,756.2 256.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Grants
For Federal Disaster
Assistance State
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Match-Current and
Prior Years’ Costs
Total Grants 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total General
3,468.6 17,655.2 3,172.5 2,692.8 2,692.8 2,692.8
Funds
Illinois Labor Relations Board

The Illinois Labor Relations Board (ILRB) acts to certify, modify and clarify bargaining units, and to investigate and remedy unfair labor practices.
The Illinois Labor Relations Board should be funded by those who utilize its services (unions, and to some degree, employers).

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
89.7 143.4 108.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
Costs Associated with
Implementation of 94.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Public Act 96-0042
Total Designated
94.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Total General
1,444.3 1,591.4 1,644.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Funds

Illinois Violence Prevention Authority
The Illinois Violence Prevention Authority (IVPA) provides funding through grants to support community and statewide violence prevention
programs and initiatives.
A collaborative public health and public safety approach to violence prevention can be organized within other departments
and in the broader civic community.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Contractual
20.3 22.1 30.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Services
Designated Purposes
Competitive
Bullying Prevention 415.0 300.0 300.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
For Illinois
Family Violence Competitive
676.8 598.3 600.0 CGF CGF CGF
Coordinating Grant
Councils Program
Neighborhood
0.0 33,500.0 33,500.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Recovery Initiative
Competitive
Safety Net Works 0.0 3,900.0 4,000.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Grants for Violence Competitive
0.0 700.0 0.0 CGF CGF CGF
Prevention programs Grant
Total Designated
1,091.8 38,998.3 38,400.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Grants
Grants for Violence Competitive
2,330.9 1,438.1 1,583.9 CGF CGF CGF
Prevention Programs Grant
Rape Victims/ Competitive
4,706.8 2,635.9 2,118.1 CGF CGF CGF
Prevention Act Grant
Competitive
Youth Programs 14,977.6 6,722.9 2,000.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Total Grants 22,015.3 10,796.9 5,702.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total General
23,127.5 49,817.3 44,132.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Funds

Workers Compensation Commission
The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC) is dedicated to resolving workers’ compensation disputes. It protects the rights of
employees and employers under the Illinois Workers’ Compensation and Occupational Diseases Acts, and monitors employers covered by the acts to
confirm that they are adequately insuring their liabilities. The IWCC evaluates and approves eligible employers that seek to insure themselves for
their workers’ compensation liabilities. Finally, the IWCC compiles information on work-related injuries and diseases.
The Workers’ Compensation Commission does not rely on general funds.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total General
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Funds
Department Of Insurance
The Department of Insurance (DOI) oversees the regulation and licensure of insurance companies and producers. DOI protects the rights of Illinois
residents in their transactions with the insurance industry, applies regulatory standards and procedures, and enforces standards of professional
practice and conduct.
The Department of Insurance does not rely on general funds.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total General
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Funds
Illinois Law Enforcement Training And Standards Board

The Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board promulgates standards for the selection and training of employees of law enforcement agencies
both at the entry and advanced level. The board improves the quality of employee training and performance, provides financial aid, and through
stakeholder assessment surveys, provides funding and support to address emerging needs.
The Illinois Law Enforcement Training And Standards Board does not rely on general funds.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total General
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Funds

Department Of Military Affairs
The Department of Military Affairs’ mission is to oversee and manage the daily operations of the Illinois National Guard (ILNG) and its related
activities, and to function as the liaison between the federal and state government on all military affairs.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
3,042.2 4,209.7 4,209.7 3,788.7 3,788.7 3,788.7 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
For Expenses Related
to the Care and Competitive
7.4 7.4 7.4 CGF CGF CGF
Preservation of Grant
Historic Artifacts
For Lincoln’s Competitive
3,116.7 2,200.0 2,200.0 CGF CGF CGF
ChalleNGe Grant
For the State
Competitive
Officers’ Candidate 0.0 0.7 0.7 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
School
Transfer to the IL
Military Family Relief
Fund for Grants to
Persons or Families
of Persons who are Competitive
3,121.3 0.0 434.2 CGF CGF CGF
Members of the IL Grant
National Guard or
IL Residents who
are Members of the
Armed Forces
Total Designated
6,245.4 2,208.1 2,642.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Grants
For Lincoln’s
ChalleNGe 44.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Allowances
Total Grants 44.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total General
16,328.8 13,779.9 15,161.6 10,414.6 10,414.6 10,414.6
Funds

Prisoner Review Board
The 15-member bipartisan board, supported by a staff of 22, is the final arbiter of decisions affecting the restoration or revocation of good conduct
credit for inmates.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Services and 947.1 1,003.8 1,148.5 903.4 903.4 903.4 Priorities
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
197.9 103.6 209.5 93.2 93.2 93.2 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Total General
1,280.6 1,231.7 1,518.2 1,108.5 1,108.5 1,108.5
Funds
Property Tax Appeal Board (Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund)

The Property Tax Appeal Board (PTAB) hears and adjudicates property tax assessment disputes statewide.
2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
with the Appeal
Process and the 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Reestablishment of a
Cook County Office
Total Designated
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Total General
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Funds

Office Of The State Fire Marshal
The Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM) regulates and promotes public safety and security through investigation, inspection, licensing,
certification, plan review, public education, curriculum standard-setting, incident response, and both technical and financial assistance.
The Office of the State Fire Marshal does not rely on general funds.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total General
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Funds
Department Of State Police
The Illinois State Police (ISP) promotes public safety to improve the quality of life in Illinois. ISP functions include protecting life and property,
enforcing both criminal laws and motor vehicle safety laws, responding to emergencies and disasters, providing forensic services to local law enforcement
statewide and providing a range of diverse specialized services to both the public and the criminal justice communities.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
9,036.7 9,576.9 9,908.0 8,619.2 8,619.2 8,619.2 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
Statewide Sexual
Competitive
Assault Evidence 62.5 60.0 60.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Collection Program
Shared Services and
Competitive
Other Operational 1,430.4 1,567.0 1,703.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Expenses
Combined DNA
Index System Competitive
2,369.2 2,324.1 2,324.1 CGF CGF CGF
(CODIS) and Related Grant
Casework
Nursing Home
Competitive
Identified Offender 0.0 350.0 840.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Program
Law Enforcement
Competitive
Purposes-Governor’s 0.0 4,510.2 0.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Lump Sum
State Law
Competitive
Enforcement 0.0 340.0 0.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Expenses
Cadet Class Expenses 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Designated
3,862.0 9,151.3 4,927.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Grants
For Tort Claims 315.4 335.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 Priorities
Total Grants 315.4 335.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0
Total General
265,111.2 276,109.9 275,000.0 240,011.2 240,011.2 240,011.2
Funds
Illinois State Police Merit Board

The Illinois State Police Merit Board (ISPMB) is committed to recruit Illinois State Police (ISP) candidates, administer promotional processes for
ISP officers and to oversee ISP officers’ disciplinary hearings.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
87.1 452.7 413.7 407.4 407.4 407.4 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Total General
529.2 883.2 880.3 794.9 794.9 794.9
Funds
Department on Aging
The Illinois Department on Aging (IDOA) administers a service delivery system for the state’s seniors in coordination with 13 Area Agencies on
Aging (AAA). The department’s major programs include the Community Care Program (CCP), which provides in-home care; adult day services;
case management and other services to eligible seniors age 60 and older; and the Circuit Breaker/Illinois Cares Rx Program. The department
also administers other supportive services that are funded through the federal Older Americans Act including home delivered meals, transportation,
information and assistance, Elder Rights and the Long Term Care Ombudsman Program. Services are provided locally through the 13 AAAs and
contracted service providers.
The largest savings in this area is from following Gov. Quinn’s proposal to eliminate funding for the property tax breaks and
pharmaceutical subsidies for seniors. In addition to the questionable underpinnings of these set-asides, lower property values
and higher federal subsidies make these programs redundant. Personal services and fringe benefits are reduced to FY 2009
levels.
Many of the Department of Aging’s programs can be – and already are, in many areas – organized via civil society.
Volunteer-based activities, like the Intergenerational Programs, shouldn’t require state funding. Support groups, like those
for grandparents raising grandchildren, can be organized outside of government should a demand for such services exist.
Further, some programs offer duplicative employment services to those offered by other government agencies and private
organizations.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal Services
4,790.1 5,404.7 6,848.6 3,822.5 3,822.5 3,822.5 Priorities
and Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
1,536.4 1,536.4 2,880.0 312.6 312.6 312.6 Priorities
Services
Total Other Operations
564.1 564.1 665.0 326.6 326.6 326.6 Priorities
and Refunds
Designated Purposes
Administrative Expenses of
31.1 31.1 31.1 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Senior Meal Program
Elder Abuse and Neglect 9,937.8 9,937.8 9,937.8 9,937.8 9,937.8 9,937.8 Priorities
Illinois Council on Aging 18.0 18.0 18.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Grandparents Raising
Grandchildren Program
Monitoring and support
services
Intergenerational Programs 54.8 54.8 43.8 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Senior Employment Specialist
Program
Senior Helpline 1,577.7 2,155.3 2,155.3 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Home Delivered Meals (non-
formula)
Older Adult Services
Initiatives
Alzheimer’s related Activities
and Programming, purchase 94.2 94.2 94.2 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
services
Circuit Breaker/
24,196.0 24,196.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Pharmaceutical Assistance
Alzheimer’s Disease Task
11.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Force and Conference
Total Designated
38,737.8 39,286.5 14,589.0 9,937.8 9,937.8 9,937.8
Purposes
Grants
Case Management 40,885.7 48,431.1 58,856.8 48,431.1 48,431.1 48,431.1 Priorities
Home Delivered Meals and
Mobile Food Equipment, Area 7,969.6 7,969.6 7,183.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Agencies
Long-Term Care Systems
Development, Area Agencies
Community Care Program 549,672.0 516,894.1 701,440.9 314,285.4 314,285.4 314,285.4 Priorities
Ombudsman Program 351.9 351.9 351.9 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Community Based Services,
Area Agencies
Community Based Services 3,062.3 3,062.3 2,449.8 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Foster Grandparents
Program

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Retired Senior Volunteer
Program
Planning and service grants
to Area Agencies on Aging
Total Grants 606,401.7 581,169.2 773,900.8 362,716.5 362,716.5 362,716.5
Department of Children and Family Services

The Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) provides child welfare services in Illinois. The department conducts investigations of
suspected child abuse and neglect, provides substitute care services for children who have been abused or neglected, finds permanent placements through
adoption or guardianship arrangements for children who cannot return home, provides family preservation and reunification services, prepares youth
for independence, and licenses day care facilities.
Illinois offers “human services” programs through a number of departments, including the Department on Aging,
Department of Children and Family Services, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and the Department
of Human Services. Consolidation would offer cost savings in the areas of administrative and management costs, facilities
management, and technology. The Taxpayer Action Board estimated that consolidation of human services delivery could
result in savings of $155 million to $400 million annually.13
2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
Total Personal
Benefits
Total Contractual
29,897.7 30,942.2 30,942.2 30,942.2 30,942.2 30,942.2 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
Child Death Review Teams 114.5 120.0 120.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Cook County Referral
Support System
For Attorney General
Representation on Child 419.8 744.1 744.1 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Welfare Litigation Issues
Targeted Case Management 9,139.1 9,907.7 9,907.7 9,188.2 9,188.2 9,188.2 Priorities
Total Designated
9,860.1 11,019.0 11,019.0 9,188.2 9,188.2 9,188.2
Purposes
Grants
Adoption and Guardianship
165,481.4 153,338.0 137,867.6 137,867.6 137,867.6 137,867.6 Priorities
Services
Cash Assistance and
Housing Locator Services to
families in Class Defined in
Norman Consent Order

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
Children’s Advocacy
Centers
Counseling and Auxiliary
11,879.7 12,128.5 12,128.5 12,128.5 12,128.5 12,128.5 Priorities
Services
Department Scholarship
Program
Family Preservation 0.0 1,709.5 1,709.5 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Foster Homes and
187,376.3 176,125.2 184,504.4 176,125.2 176,125.2 176,125.2 Priorities
Specialized Foster Care
Health Care Network 3,948.2 1,788.7 1,788.7 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Homeless Youth Services 3,612.7 3,259.8 3,259.8 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Institution and Group Home
160,694.9 153,868.0 151,206.6 151,206.6 151,206.6 151,206.6 Priorities
Care and Prevention
MCO Technical Assistance
and Program Development
Pre-Admission/Post
Discharge Psychiatric 3,200.2 3,200.2 3,200.2 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Screening
Protective/Family
25,896.3 25,928.5 25,928.5 24,632.1 24,632.1 24,632.1 Priorities
Maintenance Day Care
Psychological Assessments,
Including Operations and 3,160.3 3,273.6 3,273.6 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Administrative Expenses
Reimbursing Counties 338.5 338.5 338.5 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Services Associated with the
6,692.4 6,812.2 6,812.2 5,449.8 5,449.8 5,449.8 Priorities
Foster Care Initiative
Youth in Transition Program 904.8 966.4 966.4 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Total Grants 578,628.2 548,821.7 539,069.1 507,574.6 507,574.6 507,574.6

Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan
The Illinois Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) operates two state health benefits risk pools pursuant to the provisions of the
Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan Act. The plan is comprised of the Traditional CHIP pool and the HIPAA-CHIP pool. The HIPAA
pool is funded by participant premiums and an assessment on the insurance industry; while traditional pool program costs are funded by participant
premiums and state general funds. The plan is designed to provide access to health insurance coverage for eligible Illinois residents with pre-existing
medical conditions who can afford, but are unable to find, adequate health insurance coverage in the private market.
The Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan’s budget mirrors Gov. Quinn’s proposed budget.
2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
Grants
Recoupment of Incurred
Deficits Pursuant to
Section 12(b) of the 29,261.0 24,630.5 24,630.5 24,630.5 24,630.5 24,630.5 Priorities
Comprehensive Health
Insurance Plan Act
Total Grants 29,261.0 24,630.5 24,630.5 24,630.5 24,630.5 24,630.5
Department of Employment Security

The Department of Employment Security (DES) administers three major programs: Unemployment Insurance (UI), Employment Service (ES)
and Labor Market Information (LMI). The UI program pays temporary benefits to unemployed workers and collects UI taxes from employers.
The Employment Service is the federally funded labor exchange system that connects employers with qualified job seekers through the Internet-based
Illinois Skills Match system and a number of specialized services. The Labor Market Information program collects, analyzes and disseminates
economic and workforce development data in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor.
Appropriations for unemployment compensation benefits to former state employees is recommended at half the level of Gov.
Quinn’s proposal and $5.1 million more than historical levels due to staffing reductions. Budget Solutions 2012 expects to rely
more on attrition and reassignment than does Gov. Quinn’s proposal.
2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
Designated Purposes
Unemployment
Compensation Benefits to 6,907.7 6,907.7 24,000.0 12,000.0 12,000.0 12,000.0 Priorities
Former State Employees
Total Designated
6,907.7 6,907.7 24,000.0 12,000.0 12,000.0 12,000.0
Purposes

Department of Healthcare and Family Services
The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) is responsible for providing healthcare coverage for children, adults, seniors
and persons with disabilities who qualify for medical assistance programs, helping to ensure that Illinois children receive financial support from both
parents, and administering the state’s healthcare services and employee health insurance purchasing. The department is organized into three major
program areas: Medical Programs, Child Support Enforcement and the Office of Healthcare Purchasing. The agency also maintains an Office of
the Inspector General that functions as an independent entity reporting directly to the Governor’s Office.
Medicaid should be a serious target for spending reform. However, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
(ObamaCare) prohibits states from changing eligibility rules in any way that would have the effect of reducing eligibility for
Medicaid. The federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has also indicated a lack of willingness to accept
reimbursement rate changes that could affect providers’ willingness to accept Medicaid patients.
Alternatively, Illinois can modify or eliminate services (as opposed to changing eligibility criteria) and still qualify for the
increased match as long as “change in the service has no potential impact on an individual’s ability to maintain Medicaid
eligibility.” Additional savings can be achieved by implementing a mandatory managed care system and rebalancing long-
term care away from institutions and toward lower-cost community care. The key takeaway is that the maintenance of effort
stipulations do not prevent state government from taking real steps to better contain its ballooning Medicaid costs.
Another avenue for reform is transforming Medicaid from a fee-for-service program to a premium assistance program. State
leaders should seek a waiver to transform Medicaid into a premium assistance program funded through a federal block grant.
This will increase the size of the risk pool for individually purchased insurance products, reducing premiums for everyone.
Spending changes are reflected as “Premium Assistance Reform” in this budget. See Appendix D for details.
At a time when soaring costs for pensions and Medicaid are crowding out the state’s core services, it is a moral obligation to
make sure that funds are distributed in a fair and equitable manner.
2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
22,739.8 25,615.9 24,565.9 23,780.4 23,780.4 23,780.4 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
Deposit into Child
Support Administrative 46,303.8 29,938.8 29,938.8 29,938.8 29,938.8 29,938.8 Accountability
Fund
Deposit into
Independent Academic
0.0 0.0 1,000.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Medical Center Fund
**
Deposit into Medical
Research and 0.0 0.0 6,400.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Last In First Out
Development Fund **
Deposit into Post-
Tertiary Clinical 0.0 0.0 6,400.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Last In First Out
Services Fund **

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
Electronic Medical
Eligibility Verification 693.2 1,296.3 1,296.3 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
System
Medical Data
Warehouse
Medical Management
Services
Caro v. Blagojevich
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Legal Fees
Total Designated
52,928.0 39,935.2 53,735.2 29,938.8 29,938.8 29,938.8
Purposes
Grants
AllKids Insurance
7,328.2 8,231.7 7,141.3 4,391.9 1,464.0 0.0 Priorities
Premium Rebate
Altgeld Clinic 400.0 400.0 400.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Medical Assistance:
Premium Assistance N/A N/A N/A 1,335,999.8 4,007,999.5 5,343,999.3 Accountability
Reform
Medical Assistance:
59,421.1 52,314.3 83,256.6 51,202.8 17,067.6 0.0 Accountability
Appliances
Medical Assistance:
Chiropractors
Medical Assistance:
Community Health 242,211.1 216,892.2 322,878.4 198,570.2 66,190.1 0.0 Accountability
Centers
Medical Assistance:
233,206.2 262,143.0 316,626.5 194,725.3 64,908.4 0.0 Accountability
Dentists
Medical Assistance:
Division of Specialized 69,811.8 65,235.6 72,419.2 44,537.8 14,845.9 0.0 Accountability
Care for Children
Medical Assistance:
Federal Medicare
6,002.6 19,626.0 26,732.0 16,440.2 5,480.1 0.0 Accountability
Expansion Part B
Premiums
Medical Assistance:
Health Maintenance
230,046.1 259,235.6 257,957.6 158,643.9 52,881.3 0.0 Accountability
Organizations/Managed
Care Entities
Medical Assistance:
64,756.8 57,460.9 87,907.6 48,841.8 48,841.8 48,841.8 Accountability
Home Health Care
Medical Assistance:
49,464.4 65,054.2 84,696.3 52,088.2 17,362.7 0.0 Accountability
Hospice Care
Medical Assistance:
Hospital In-Patient,
2,408,817.3 2,822,474.6 2,411,451.0 1,483,042.4 494,347.5 0.0 Accountability
Disproportionate Share
and Ambulatory Care
Medical Assistance:
Independent 36,134.9 34,508.8 53,936.5 33,170.9 11,057.0 0.0 Accountability
Laboratories

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
Medical Assistance:
Institutions for Mental 120,246.3 132,930.7 122,275.2 75,199.2 25,066.4 0.0 Accountability
Diseases
Medical Assistance:
Medicare Part A 1,656.3 19,558.5 17,521.1 10,775.5 3,591.8 0.0 Accountability
Premiums
Medical Assistance:
Medicare Part B 22,627.0 293,195.7 372,474.5 229,071.8 76,357.3 0.0 Accountability
Premiums
Medical Assistance:
34,331.6 49,019.2 61,752.3 37,977.7 12,659.2 0.0 Accountability
Optometrists
Medical Assistance:
Other Related Medical 167,561.1 165,356.1 207,923.7 127,873.1 42,624.4 0.0 Accountability
Services
Medical Assistance:
746,568.6 943,397.2 852,116.5 524,051.6 174,683.9 0.0 Accountability
Physicians
Medical Assistance:
5,780.1 7,395.5 9,535.3 5,864.2 1,954.7 0.0 Accountability
Podiatrists
Medical Assistance:
749,964.7 604,432.3 1,165,617.0 716,854.5 238,951.5 0.0 Accountability
Prescribed Drugs
Medical Assistance:
Skilled and
533,321.1 552,327.2 700,366.4 651,340.8 651,340.8 651,340.8 Accountability
Intermediate Long
Term Care
Medical Assistance:
Supportive Living 91,594.7 119,464.7 115,829.0 101,545.0 101,545.0 101,545.0 Accountability
Facilities
Medical Assistance:
71,740.7 58,350.2 69,261.3 42,595.7 14,198.6 0.0 Accountability
Transportation
Medical Care: Chronic
Renal Disease
Medical Care:
14,862.1 11,597.1 14,307.2 11,597.1 11,597.1 11,597.1 Priorities
Hemophilia
Medical Care: Sexual
Assault Victims
Total Grants 5,971,580.9 6,824,670.1 7,438,533.2 6,156,401.4 6,157,016.4 6,157,323.9
Total General
6,119,142.4 6,965,370.2 7,592,834.6 6,285,945.2 6,286,560.2 6,286,867.7
Funds
NOTE: Medicaid 5,946,488.9 6,801,667.5 7,414,034.0 6,140,412.4 6,143,955.3 6,145,726.8
Department Of Human Rights

The Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR) is an investigative and regulatory agency charged with administering and enforcing the Illinois
Human Rights Act. The department promotes civil rights and attempts to reduce discrimination in Illinois through policies and programs that
encourage voluntary compliance with human rights laws.
Budget Solutions 2012 maintains funding for personnel, contractual services, and other operations at fiscal year 2011 levels.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
Total Personal Services and
6,621.7 6,140.3 7,210.9 6,140.3 6,140.3 6,140.3 Priorities
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual Services 0.0 186.8 186.8 186.8 186.8 186.8 Priorities
Total Other Operations and
0.0 221.4 221.4 221.4 221.4 221.4 Priorities
Refunds
Designated Purposes
Equal Employment
Opportunity Cases/
0.0 1,005.4 1,255.4 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Elementary and Higher Ed
Processing
Commission on
Discrimination and Hate 0.0 155.0 155.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Crimes
Operational Expenses 2,782.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total Designated
2,782.7 1,160.4 1,410.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Human Rights Commission

The primary responsibility of the Human Rights Commission (HRC) is to adjudicate complaints of unlawful discrimination filed under the
Illinois Human Rights Act. HRC also rules on Requests for Review filed after dismissal or default orders are entered by the Illinois Department of
Human Rights.
Recommended changes fall under “spending fairness,” where government expenditures to improve the public welfare are
prioritized over spending to improve the welfare of specific groups. There is significant overlap between other branches
of state government that protect the rights of Illinoisans; in order to better serve citizens, these departments should be
streamlined. Additionally, the Department of Human Rights administers the Illinois Human Rights Act, and responsibility for
review should be returned to the Department, rather than having a separate commission for review.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Services and Fringe 1,506.8 1,645.0 1,981.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Benefits
Total Contractual
160.0 120.0 135.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
Governor’s Discretionary Competitive
0.0 375.0 600.0 CGF CGF CGF
Appropriation Grant
Total Designated
0.0 375.0 600.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Total General Funds 1,755.0 2,202.3 2,778.8 0.0 0.0 0.0

Department Of Human Services
The Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS) provides residents with access to integrated services.
Much of the Department of Human Services’ spending is pass-through contributions to private non-profit organizations. If
Illinois residents feel inclined to make charitable contributions to particular cause, like food banks, they should be free to give
to those that are of personal interest and concern. Yet Illinois state government picked winners and losers over a spectrum
of causes – many of which are already generously funded by private associations. For example, in Fiscal Year 2011 the
Department of Human Services gave:
• $59,210 to CEFS Economic Opportunity Corporation,14 which had a fund balance of $2,905,477 at the end of 2008.15
• $387,194 to City Year,16 which had a fund balance of $33,643,624 at the end of 2008.17
• $86,095 to the Erikson Institute,18 which had a fund balance of $43,142,146 at the end of 2008.19
The alternative budget spending allocations mirror Governor Quinn’s spending recommendations in most areas. One area
of significant difference is Addiction Treatment Services. To the extent these programs work, they can ease the burden on
Medicaid services. Budget Solutions 2012 reduces spending from estimated FY2011 levels by half instead of eliminating funds.
2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
Total Personal
Benefits
Total Contractual
152,826.6 159,687.4 171,261.4 137,009.1 137,009.1 137,009.1 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
Indirect Cost Principles 3,226.8 2,820.2 2,820.2 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Project Cornerstone 719.0 645.9 668.6 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Sexually Violent Persons
Program
Support Services In-
service Training
Health and Safety
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Improvements
Health Insurance
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Portability
Howe Developmental
Center and Transitional 31,868.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Accountability
Services
Lincoln Developmental
Center Operational 503.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Accountability
Expenses
TANF Reauthorization
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Infrastructure
Total Designated
38,012.8 5,238.3 5,261.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
Grants
Addiction Treatment/
55,971.5 43,034.9 41,432.8 52,234.9 52,234.9 52,234.9 Priorities
Medicaid Eligible
Aid to Aged, Blind or
30,039.3 30,514.7 15,607.3 24,411.8 24,411.8 24,411.8 Priorities
Disabled
ARC of IL Life Span
Project
Best Buddies 450.0 500.0 500.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Case Services Migrant
Workers
Case Services to
9,450.7 9,513.3 9,513.3 9,513.3 9,513.3 9,513.3 Priorities
Individuals
Child Care Services 609,559.8 618,042.3 284,697.8 227,758.2 227,758.2 227,758.2 Accountability
DCFS Clients 10,293.3 7,720.0 9,793.3 9,793.3 9,793.3 9,793.3 Priorities
DCFS Community
Integrated Living 2,288.1 2,371.5 2,371.5 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Arrangements
Developmental Disability
994,179.6 755,278.0 781,188.4 624,950.7 624,950.7 624,950.7 Priorities
Services
Developmental
16,467.6 6,448.1 6,448.1 6,448.1 6,448.1 6,448.1 Priorities
Disabilities Transitions
Domestic Violence
18,964.6 10,882.0 8,796.8 9,793.8 9,793.8 9,793.8 Priorities
Shelters
Early Intervention
76,709.0 69,038.1 82,518.1 62,134.3 62,134.3 62,134.3 Priorities
Program
Emergency Food Program 212.0 245.8 233.7 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Employability
14,184.2 17,372.7 8,077.7 5,385.1 5,385.1 5,385.1 Accountability
Development Services
Food Stamp Employment
and Training
Home and Community
Based Waiver
Home Services Program 552,295.8 532,464.8 579,281.3 289,640.7 289,640.7 289,640.7 Accountability
Immigrant Integration
Services
Independent Living
Centers
Independent Living Older
Blind
Infant Mortality 43,178.0 41,423.9 38,938.5 33,876.5 42,471.8 42,471.8 Priorities
Living Skills 160.5 189.2 189.2 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Mental Health Children
32,574.6 33,435.9 32,235.9 28,045.2 28,045.2 28,045.2 Priorities
and Adolescent Grants
Mental Health
19,370.2 23,806.9 22,908.3 21,426.2 21,426.2 21,426.2 Priorities
Community Transitions
Mental Health Grants 195,074.7 145,687.9 112,215.3 112,215.3 112,215.3 112,215.3 Priorities

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
Mental Health Individual
23,585.1 27,550.5 26,050.5 22,663.9 26,988.2 26,988.2 Priorities
Care Grants
Mental Health Supportive
0.0 7.4 18,588.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Housing
Parents Too Soon 6,915.1 6,939.7 6,939.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 Accountability
Project for Autism 4,893.8 4,410.0 4,410.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Refugee Social Services 471.9 471.9 221.8 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Refugees 2,837.5 3,855.3 1,185.5 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Special Services 8,139.4 8,120.7 8,143.9 7,308.6 7,308.6 7,308.6 Priorities
SSI Advocacy Services 1,364.3 1,588.4 1,738.8 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Teen Parents Services 5,620.3 2,923.6 1,432.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Temporary Assistance to
96,464.7 85,941.3 94,642.2 77,347.2 77,347.2 77,347.2 Priorities
Needy Families
Tinley Park Mental Health
Center and Transitional 17,880.7 20,525.7 21,364.6 18,473.1 18,473.1 18,473.1 Priorities
Services
Tort Claims 5,579.6 2,914.2 500.0 500.0 500.0 500.0 Priorities
Tort Claims Employees 2.3 11.5 11.5 11.5 11.5 11.5 Priorities
Welfare Reform Pilot
2,381.4 1,323.8 0.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
(Addict Treat)
State Family and Child
Assistance Program
State Transitional
12,117.9 9,636.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Assistance
Put Illinois to Work 0.0 107,000.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Accountability
Mental Health
929.2 1,176.0 0.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Transportation
Methamphetamine
1,198.1 671.0 0.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Awareness
Mental Health
Psychotropic Medications
Implement Title VI
Part C-Vocational 981.4 1,054.6 0.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Rehabilitation
Funeral and Burial
Expense
Domestic Violence and
Substance Abuse Demo 548.7 411.5 0.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Project
Assets for Independence 218.1 218.1 0.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Children’s Place 656.6 492.4 0.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Community Mental
Health Partnership
Community Reintegration
Program
Crisis Nurseries 424.9 318.7 0.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
Addiction Prevention
Related Services
Addiction Treatment
69,014.7 47,050.2 0.0 23,525.1 23,525.1 23,525.1 Accountability
Services
Addiction Treatment-
Special Population
Total Grants 2,996,251.0 2,719,891.9 2,232,340.5 1,667,456.9 1,680,376.5 1,680,376.5
Permanent Improvements 1,850.4 1,569.6 1,569.6 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Total Capital
1,850.4 1,569.6 1,569.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Improvements
Total General Funds 3,930,229.1 3,662,540.9 3,274,052.3 2,495,361.9 2,508,281.4 2,508,281.4
Illinois Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Commission

The Illinois Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission (IDHHC) represents the interests of the deaf and hard of hearing population by advocating
for the improvement and coordination of services to ensure full communication access.
Those who advocate for the deaf and hard of hearing certainly have a worthy cause, and their voices should be heard.
However, in a time of budget crisis – and when the needs of the hearing impaired are addressed through other government
agencies – this commission need not be taxpayer-funded. Recommended changes fall under “spending fairness,” where
government expenditures to improve the public welfare are prioritized over spending to improve the welfare of specific
groups.
2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
Total Personal
Services and Fringe 482.8 493.8 528.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Benefits
Total Contractual
101.9 91.6 89.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
Expenses Related to
the Operation of the 5.9 18.4 18.4 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Commission
Total Designated
5.9 18.4 18.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes

Illinois Council On Developmental Disabilities
The Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities (ICDD) promotes initiatives to coordinate services that support and assist people with
developmental disabilities and their families.
The Illinois Council On Developmental Disabilities does not rely on general funds.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total General
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Funds
Illinois Guardianship And Advocacy Commission

The Illinois Guardianship and Advocacy Commission (GAC) was established to safeguard the rights of persons with disabilities.
Those who advocate for people with disabilities have an important cause, and their voices should be heard. However, in a
time of budget crisis – and when the needs of the disabled are also addressed through other government agencies – this
commission need not be taxpayer-funded. Recommended changes fall under “spending fairness,” where government
expenditures to improve the public welfare are prioritized over spending to improve the welfare of specific groups.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
354.2 354.2 354.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Total General
8,744.9 9,629.6 10,779.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Funds
Department of Juvenile Justice

The Department of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ) rehabilitates youth with educational programming, vocational training, and other services to help them
successfully transition back into the community.
Budget Solutions 2012 maintains personnel, contracted services and community based youth services at fiscal year 2011 levels.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
21,260.6 20,714.5 21,643.2 20,714.5 20,714.5 20,714.5 Priorities
Services

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
Statewide Competitive
18.2 40.1 40.1 CGF CGF CGF
Hospitalization Grant
Total Designated
18.2 40.1 40.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Grants
Comprehensive
Community Based 9,529.8 12,684.6 12,684.6 12,684.6 12,684.6 12,684.6 Priorities
Youth Services
Competitive
Redeploy Illinois 2,355.0 2,534.9 2,534.9 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Unified Delinquency Competitive
2,173.3 2,122.9 2,122.9 CGF CGF CGF
Intervention Services Grant
Reimbursement to
Counties for State’s
Share of Assistant 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
State’s Attorneys’
Salaries
Sheriffs’ Fees for
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Conveying Youth
Total Grants 14,058.1 17,542.4 17,542.4 12,884.6 12,884.6 12,884.6
Repair and Competitive
237.0 200.0 600.0 CGF CGF CGF
Maintenance Grant
Total Capital
237.0 200.0 600.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Improvements
Total General
129,774.8 137,169.7 152,675.6 132,271.8 132,271.8 132,271.8
Funds

Department of Public Health
The Illinois Department of Public Health (DPH) is dedicated to the prevention and control of disease and injury. With more than 200 programs
organized in nine offices, the department provides and supports a broad range of services.
If Illinois residents feel inclined to make charitable contributions to particular medical causes, they should be free to give to
those that are of personal interest and concern. Further, few medical conditions are actually public health concerns: cancer
and ALS are tragedies for affected families, but are not communicable. Budget Solutions 2012 takes the same sum approach to
HIV / AIDS funding that Gov. Quinn took in his proposal.
2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
Total Personal
Benefits
Total Contractual
9,080.9 8,135.7 8,135.7 6,101.8 6,101.8 6,101.8 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
Breast and Cervical Sum 0.0 0.0 17,050.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Assisted Living and Shared
Housing Program
Childhood Immunization
Program
Prostate Cancer Awareness
and Screening Program
Homeland Security lab
capacity and statewide 595.0 430.0 430.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
communication
Women’s Health promotion 1,519.9 997.0 997.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Public Health Prevention
Systems
Rapid Response Team 823.8 486.7 486.7 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Adverse Health Care Events
Reporting and Patient Safety 851.8 848.9 848.9 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Initiative
Adverse Pregnancy
Outcome Reporting System
Program in support of infant
mortality reduction
Environmental Health
Surveillance and Prevention 324.6 408.3 408.3 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Activities
State Cancer Registry,
including Matching Funds for
National Cancer Institute
Grants
Adoption Registry 65.7 140.6 140.6 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
Public Health Information

Network
Lead Poisoning Screening,
Prevention and Abatement 1,200.0 1,100.0 1,100.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Fund
HIV/AIDS Lump Sum 0.0 0.0 27,399.5 20,726.2 20,726.2 20,726.2 Accountability
Center for Rural Health 294.7 403.1 403.1 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Clinical and Environmental
Public Health Laboratory 3,213.4 3,442.0 3,442.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Services
Health Information Systems
- Health Screening Programs
Vital Records System 185.7 191.6 191.6 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Regional Data Base System 14.1 25.5 25.5 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
AIDS/HIV Prevention and
2,783.4 3,150.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Accountability
Outreach for Minorities
AIDS/HIV Education,
Services, Prescription Drugs,
31,362.9 25,431.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Accountability
CTRPN and Patient and
Worker Notification
AIDS Hotline 326.7 355.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Accountability
Breast and Cervical Cancer
12,491.9 14,450.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Screenings
HIV in correctional facilities 1,899.3 1,940.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Center for Minority Health 3,892.8 4,000.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Sudden Infant Death
250.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Syndrome (SIDS)
Prostate Cancer Public
1,094.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Awareness Initiatives
Total Designated
64,998.9 59,917.1 54,935.1 20,726.2 20,726.2 20,726.2
Purposes
Grants
Emergency and Transitional
Housing
IL Violent Death Reporting
System-Children’s Memorial 174.0 174.0 87.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Hospital
IL Poison Control Center 1,344.5 1,344.5 1,344.5 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Immunizations and
Outreach Activities
Vision and Hearing
Screening Programs
Healthy Families Grants 9,644.9 10,123.0 10,123.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Accountability
Homelessness Prevention 2,400.0 2,400.0 1,000.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Intensive Prenatal
Performance Program

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
Local Health Protection

17,098.5 17,098.5 17,098.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
grants
Perinatal Services 1,104.6 1,136.9 1,136.9 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
U of I Chicago Sickle Cell
0.0 1,200.0 780.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Clinic
Family Planning
734.6 309.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Contraceptive
ALS 1,000.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Community Health Center
3,287.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Expansion (FQHC)
Community and Migrant
150.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Accountability
Health Centers
Family Practice Residency
343.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Act
Hospital grants to diversify
services and convert to
facilities that are less 134.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
dependent on Acute Care
Bed capacity
Matching grants to
community based
organizations for 75.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Comprehensive Primary
Care
Medical Scholarships 1,346.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Supportive Housing Services 3,300.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total Grants 59,783.0 51,605.8 44,503.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Department of Veterans’ Affairs

The Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs (IDVA) is organized into four major programs: Veterans’ Homes, State Grants and Services, State
Approving Agency and Veterans’ Field Services. IDVA’s mission is to assist veterans, their dependents and survivors in obtaining benefits.
2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason

50,143.7 60,275.5 63,396.7 54,248.0 54,248.0 54,248.0 Priorities
and Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
831.2 892.4 914.2 803.2 803.2 803.2 Priorities
Services
1,234.9 1,570.0 1,501.3 1,413.0 1,413.0 1,413.0 Priorities
and Refunds
Designated Purposes
Homeless Veterans’ Program 514.2 776.9 753.8 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
Illinois Warrior Assistance

Program
Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder Outpatient 50.0 200.0 200.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Counseling
Veterans’ Conservation
Corps
Total Designated
876.1 1,286.9 1,263.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Grants
Bonus Payments to War
Veterans and Peacetime 424.3 550.0 347.8 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Crisis Survivors
Cartage and Erection of
Veterans’ Headstones
Educational Opportunities
for Children of Certain 99.8 140.0 163.7 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Veterans
Total Grants 925.2 1,103.6 1,061.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Illinois Arts Council

The Illinois Arts Council (IAC) promotes the arts by offering both financial and professional assistance to individual artists and arts organizations.
When the state is strapped for cash – and when both taxpayers and core services are suffering – certain items do not make the
state’s top-priority list.
Funding for the arts and related programs belong in the private sector, which has demonstrated its ability and inclination to
support cultural endeavors. Chicago in particular is known for its world-class entertainment, which draws talent from around
the globe. Strangely, the state is still providing money to many of the city’s most prestigious organizations, despite their star
power and expansive donor base. For example, in 2009 the Illinois Arts Council gave $60,000 in grants to the Art Institute of
Chicago,20 which had a fund balance of $1 billion on June 30, 2008.21
Last year, Budget Solutions 2011 recommended that the state completely de-fund the Illinois Arts Council. We would
recommend the same this year. That said, a number of the Arts Council’s programs would be eligible for review and, possibly,
renewal under our proposed Competitive Grant Funding initiative. The CGF review process, with its priorities on improving
the core functions of government, would not favor the programs below. But in the event that any or all of the programs
below were restored, the Arts Council would need to privately raise cash to cover personnel expenses. Budget Solutions 2012
would eliminate general fund support for salaries at benefits at the Arts Council.
2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
Total Personal
Services and Fringe 1,315.1 1,274.2 1,420.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Benefits

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
Total Contractual
121.8 125.0 275.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
Travel and meeting
expenses of Arts Council 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
and Panel members
Total Designated
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Purposes
Grants
Grants and financial
assistance for arts 300.3 160.0 500.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
education
assistance for arts 3,053.0 3,969.3 4,352.2 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
organizations
assistance for targeted 463.2 300.0 500.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
constituencies
Grants to public radio
and television stations
and related administrative
expenses
Grants to the Illinois
Humanities Council for
administrative and grant
expenses
International Grant
65.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Awards
Grants to public radio
and television stations for 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
operating costs
Total Grants 6,019.6 6,609.3 7,532.2 0.0 0.0 0.0

Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
If Illinois truly requires a central agency for historic preservation, voluntary donations can support it. There is sufficient
private philanthropic interest to support such an agency. Most of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency’s funding is
eliminated below. In the event that any of its grant programs were restored through the Competitive Grant Funding initiative,
the agency would need to privately fundraise to cover salary and benefit costs.
2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
Total Personal
Services and 10,047.9 8,022.2 8,716.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
1,431.7 1,466.2 1,466.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
On-Line Computer
Library Center
Operational expenses
of the Lewis and
Clark Historic Site in
Madison County
Costs associated
with the Main Street 89.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Program
Historic Site
64.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Operations
Presidential Museum
100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Operations
Expenses related to
or in support of the 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Amistad Commission
Lincoln Bicentennial 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Shared Service 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Total Designated
410.4 374.0 374.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Grants
Lincoln Bicentennial 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Total Grants 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total General
12,329.3 10,390.7 11,084.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Funds

Department of Natural Resources
The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) manages the natural and cultural resources of the state and provides outdoor recreational
opportunities.
The Department must focus on fundamentals and terminate programs that are not core governmental services. For example,
the Environment and Nature Training Institute for Conservation Education sponsors educator workshops, including topics
such as “Online Illinois Frogs and Toads” (registration fee: $25) and “The Effects of Climate Change on Illinois Plants”
(registration fee: $10).22 These should be fully funded through user fees.
2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
5,011.7 6,542.4 6,519.0 5,233.9 5,233.9 5,233.9 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
Dam Safety Program 0.0 60.4 60.4 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
DUI/OUI Equipment 0.0 0.0 25.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Interest Penalty
Escrow
Water Development
Program
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
of the Department
Coordinating training
and education 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
programs for miners
Environment and
Nature Training
Institute for
199.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Conservation
Education
(E.N.T.I.C.E.)
Operational Expenses 1,173.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Wildlife Prairie
Park operations and 670.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
improvements
Total Designated
2,560.0 627.4 1,536.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Total General
49,288.2 45,780.7 55,095.0 36,122.6 36,122.6 36,122.6
Funds

Office Of The Governor
The governor and his or her staff are responsible for managing the executive branch and overseeing state agencies as they implement programs and
services for the State of Illinois. The Office of the Governor also coordinates with the legislative branch in preparing and passing an annual state
budget, and promoting and enacting new laws.
The Office of the Governor should not be immune from budget reductions, and reductions from the governor’s budget come
as an example of fiscal prudence.
Cutting back on subscriptions and association dues is one area for efficiencies. In 2008, the Governor’s Office spent $5,450.00
on a subscription to the Federal Funds Information for States. The FFIS “helps states to manage their federal funds by
providing timely analysis of the impact of federal actions on states.” The subscription service is a joint service provided by
the National Conference of State Legislators and the National Governors Association, an association the state already pays
$176,200 in association dues.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
641.3 680.0 680.0 612.0 612.0 612.0 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
Expenses Related to
Ethnic Celebrations,
Special Receptions
and Other Events
Repairs and
Maintenance
Total Designated
66.0 70.0 70.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Grants
Discretionary Lump
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Accountability
Sum
Human Service
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Accountability
Programs Lump Sums
Total Grants 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total General
5,889.1 6,385.8 6,385.8 4,397.6 4,397.6 4,397.6
Funds

Office Of The Lieutenant Governor
The Lieutenant Governor is first in line of succession should the Office of the Governor become vacant, and she or he serves as chairperson for a
variety of councils.
Proposals are now being aired to abolish of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor. Illinois was unharmed by the fact that
the office was unfilled for almost two years. As such, the lieutenant governor should be required to justify any administrative
expense through our proposed Competitive Grant Funding initiative.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
For Ordinary and
Contingent Expenses
of the Office of the
Lieutenant Governor
Governor’s Allocation
for Lt. Gov’s 0.0 1,250.0 0.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Operating Expenses
Expenses of the
Illinois River 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Coordinating Council
Operational and
Grant Expenses of
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
the Rural Affairs
Council
Total Designated
112.7 1,362.9 2,001.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Total General
112.7 1,362.9 2,001.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Funds

Office Of The Secretary Of State
The Office Of The Secretary of State in involved with issuing driver licenses and registering vehicles, promoting organ donation awareness, overseeing
the Illinois State Library and administering the state’s literacy efforts.
Practically all of the Secretary of State’s funding comes from outside the general funds. Budget Solutions 2012 recommends
that much of the Secretary of State’s general funding be contingent on the Competitive Grant Program.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Benefits
Total Contractual
32,488.0 0.0 31,337.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Operations and 0.0 0.0 7,300.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Refunds
Designated Purposes
For Costs Previously
Payable from the Road 129,512.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Fund
with the Constitutional 0.0 0.0 0.0 Last In First Out
Convention
Total Designated
129,512.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Grants
Grants to Public
15,050.5 15,667.8 8,782.4 7,833.9 7,833.9 7,833.9 Fairness
Libraries
Annual Library
Technology Grants and
Purchase of Equipment
and Services
Grants for School
Libraries
For the Penny Severns
Summer Family Literacy
Illinois Libraries
for Project Next 0.0 0.0 325.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Generation
Library Services for
the Blind and Physically 0.0 0.0 865.4 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Handicapped
Literacy Programs 0.0 0.0 3,718.3 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
The Chicago Public
Library

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Tuition and Fees
for Illinois Archival
Depository Systems
Interns
Total Grants 15,050.5 15,667.8 15,667.8 7,833.9 7,833.9 7,833.9
Capitol Complex
Security
Repairs, Maintenance
and Permanent
Improvements to
Various Buildings Under
Jurisdiction of the
Secretary of State
Total Capital
0.0 0.0 3,925.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Improvements
Total General
256,671.4 260,276.6 260,276.6 203,520.9 203,520.9 203,520.9
Funds
Executive Ethics Commission

The Executive Ethics Commission meets at least once a month to fulfill its duties with respect to oversight of executive branch employees’ ethics
training.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Designated Purposes
Ordinary and Contingent
440.7 5,000.0 7,000.0 7,000.0 7,210.0 7,426.3 Accountability
Expenses
Total Designated
440.7 5,000.0 7,000.0 7,000.0 7,210.0 7,426.3
Purposes
Total General Funds 440.7 5,000.0 7,000.0 7,000.0 7,210.0 7,426.3
Office Of Executive Inspector General

The Office of Executive Inspector General (OEIG) is an independent state agency established under the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act
to investigate reports of alleged violations of laws, rules, regulations and policies on the part of state employees, appointees and officials, and those,
such as contractors, who conduct business with the State of Illinois.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Designated Purposes
For Ordinary and Contingent
Expenses of the Office of 5,787.7 6,114.3 8,531.3 8,531.3 8,787.2 9,050.9 Priorities
Executive Inspector General

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Designated
5,787.7 6,114.3 8,531.3 8,531.3 8,787.2 9,050.9
Purposes
Office of the Attorney General

The primary mission of the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) is to protect the public interest and act on behalf of the state and the people
of Illinois. To fulfill this mission, the OAG works to protect consumers, safeguard our communities, assist crime victims, advocate for older citizens,
preserve the environment, ensure open and honest government and defend the civil rights of the people of Illinois.
The Office Of The Attorney General’s budget savings comes primarily from labor and benefit costs.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
Lump Sum, Inspector
General and Equal 1,887.4 1,887.5 1,887.5 1,887.5 1,887.5 1,887.5 Priorities
Justice Foundation
Lump Sum,
4,577.5 30,705.7 30,705.7 24,564.6 24,564.6 24,564.6
Operations
Total Designated
6,464.9 32,593.2 32,593.2 26,452.1 26,452.1 26,452.1
Purposes
Grants
IL Equal Justice Grant 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Total Grants 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total General
32,562.6 32,593.2 32,593.2 26,452.1 26,452.1 26,452.1
Funds
Judges’ Retirement System

The Judges’ Retirement System administers a program of retirement annuities and other benefits for judges and associate judges of any court and the
director of the Office of the Illinois Courts.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
and Fringe Benefits

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Judicial Inquiry Board

The Judicial Inquiry Board has the responsibility to receive and initiate complaints concerning a judge of the State of Illinois. The board conducts
investigations, and files and prosecutes complaints against judges before the Illinois Courts Commission.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
340.6 353.2 356.3 317.9 317.9 317.9 Priorities
and Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
252.4 315.0 315.0 283.5 283.5 283.5 Priorities
Services
19.0 42.2 38.0 38.0 38.0 38.0 Priorities
and Refunds
Office Of The State Appellate Defender

When appointed by an Illinois Appellate Court, the Office of the State Appellate Defender attorneys represent indigent defendants on direct appeal
statewide.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
2,424.2 2,237.2 2,378.7 1,677.9 1,677.9 1,677.9 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Operations and 1,101.3 1,186.7 1,233.9 890.0 890.0 890.0 Priorities
Refunds
Designated Purposes
Expungement
Information Program
Federally Assisted
Programs
Juvenile Defender
Resource Center
Public Defender
Training
Student Intern
Program
Deposit to Federal
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Trust Fund

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Designated
397.7 407.2 741.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Total General
20,558.4 20,394.8 21,942.2 14,990.8 14,990.8 14,990.8
Funds
Office Of The State’s Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor

The Office of the State’s Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor represents the state on appeal in all cases originating in Appellate Districts of fewer than 3
million inhabitants upon the request and at the direction of state’s attorneys otherwise responsible for prosecuting the appeals.
2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
Total Personal
Benefits
Total Contractual
805.9 815.4 840.2 652.3 671.9 692.0 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
Continuing Legal
Education
Criminal Justice General
Revenue Match Fund
Criminal Proceedings
Techniques and Methods
of Trauma Elimination or 60.0 60.0 60.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Reduction for Children
as Witnesses
Law Intern Program 40.0 40.0 40.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Legal Publications 2.5 2.5 2.5 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Total Designated
293.3 293.3 313.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Grants
To the State Treasurer
for Expenses Incurred
by State’s Attorneys for 2,038.7 1,700.0 1,700.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Filing Appeals in Cook
County
Training Program
for Continuing Legal
Education through the
Department of Justice
on Sexual Assault and
Domestic Violence
Total Grants 2,291.0 1,950.0 1,800.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Supreme Court & Illinois Court System
The state’s judicial power is vested in a Supreme Court, an Appellate Court and Circuit Courts.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
6,794.1 6,991.5 7,201.3 5,593.2 5,593.2 6,292.4 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
Circuit Clerks Competitive
0.0 663.0 663.0 CGF CGF CGF
Additional Duties Grant
Counsel and Expert
Witnesses Pursuant
Competitive
to the Sexually Violent 0.0 379.6 379.6 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Persons Commitment
Act
Probation
36,485.5 35,442.9 81,395.7 56,977.0 56,977.0 56,977.0 Priorities
Reimbursements
Mandatory
16,000.0 20,000.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Arbitration
Total Designated
52,485.5 56,485.5 82,438.3 56,977.0 56,977.0 56,977.0
Purposes
Grants
Grants for Public
5,700.0 6,500.0 6,800.0 6,800.0 6,800.0 6,800.0 Priorities
Defenders’ Salaries
State’s Share of
State Attorneys’ and
Assistant State’s
14,067.0 13,300.0 14,248.0 14,248.0 14,248.0 14,248.0 Priorities
Attorneys’ Salaries,
Including Prior Year
Costs
Total Grants 19,767.0 19,800.0 21,048.0 21,048.0 21,048.0 21,048.0
Permanent
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Improvements
Total Capital
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Improvements
Total General
299,628.8 309,639.8 347,531.0 241,682.4 241,682.4 265,017.9
Funds

Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission
The Supreme Court Historic Preservation Commission assists and advises the Court in regard to the acquisition, collection, documentation,
preservation, cataloging, and related matters with respect to historic aspects of buildings, objects, artifacts, documents, and information, regardless of
form, relating to the Illinois judiciary.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total General
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Funds
Court Of Claims
The Court of Claims adjudicates claims made against the State of Illinois.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
173.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
Reimbursement for
Incidental Expenses 0.0 35.3 35.3 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Incurred by Judges
Reimburse GRF 0.0 6.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Total Designated
0.0 41.6 35.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Grants
Claims other than
0.0 10,000.0 10,000.0 9,000.0 9,000.0 9,000.0 Priorities
Crime Victims
Claims under the Line
8,504.4 14,000.0 14,000.0 12,600.0 12,600.0 12,600.0 Priorities
of Duty Act
Funds held by the
State Treasurer
Payment of Awards 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Payment of Claim 0.0 581.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Payment of Claims 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Claims 199.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Line of Duty Awards
1,993.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
-- Supplemental

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Operational Expenses,
Awards, Grants
21,114.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
and Permanent
Improvements
Supplemental Claim
for Nathson Fields, 199.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Tort, Against DOC
Supplemental for
Claims Under the
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Crime Victims
Compensation Act
Supplemental for
Lapsed Wexford 10,807.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Claims
Supplemental for
398.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Torts Against DOC
Claims under the
Crime Victims 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Compensation Act
Total Grants 48,212.7 25,081.4 24,500.0 21,600.0 21,600.0 21,600.0
Total General
49,403.0 26,485.0 25,897.3 22,825.8 22,825.8 22,825.8
Funds
General Assembly
The General Assembly enacts, amends, and/or repeals laws, passes resolutions, adopts appropriation bills, and conducts inquiries on proposed
legislation. It also acts on amendments to the United States Constitution and proposes and submits amendments to the Illinois Constitution for
consideration by voters. In addition to legislative responsibilities, the Senate is constitutionally delegated the responsibility of advising and consenting
to most gubernatorial appointments to state offices, boards, and commissions.
The General Assembly should not be immune from budget reductions, and this alternative budget makes reductions from the
legislature’s budget as an example of fiscal prudence.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Designated Purposes
All Costs Associated with
the National Conference 335.4 341.6 341.6 290.4 290.4 290.4 Fairness
of State Legislatures
Allowances for Services
of Officers of Senate: 0.0 83.5 83.5 71.0 71.0 71.0 Fairness
Minority Leader
Allowances for Services
of Officers of Senate: 0.0 83.5 83.5 71.0 71.0 71.0 Fairness
President
Construct/Reconstruct
Senate Offices (to Senate 75.0 113.7 113.7 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Operations Commission)

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Expenses in Connection
with Redistricting
as Required by the
19.0 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 Fairness
Illinois Constitution
for the Speaker --
Reappropriation
For House Standing
2,151.0 2,382.2 2,382.2 2,024.9 2,024.9 2,024.9 Fairness
Committees
For Standing Committees
for Expert Witnesses,
Technical Service 1,514.9 2,100.8 2,100.8 1,785.7 1,785.7 1,785.7 Fairness
and Other Research
Assistance
Expenses of Legislative
Leadership and Legislative 4,444.7 5,295.1 5,295.1 4,500.8 4,500.8 4,500.8 Fairness
Staff Assistants: Minority
Leader
4,102.6 5,295.1 5,295.1 4,500.8 4,500.8 4,500.8 Fairness
Leadership and Legislative
Staff Assistants: President
Leadership and Staff 4,751.1 4,903.6 4,903.6 4,168.1 4,168.1 4,168.1 Fairness
Assistants: Minority
Leader
4,902.6 5,109.6 5,109.6 4,343.2 4,343.2 4,343.2 Fairness
Leadership and Staff
Assistants: Speaker
Expenses, Including
Purchase on Contract 61.4 95.0 95.0 80.8 80.8 80.8 Fairness
Printing, Binding, Paper,
and Office Supplies
Ordinary and Incidental
Expenses of Committees,
General Staff and
2,941.0 4,036.0 4,036.0 3,430.6 3,430.6 3,430.6 Fairness
Operations, Transcribing
and Printing of Senate
Debates
Expenses of General Staff,
4,771.3 5,346.1 5,346.1 4,544.2 4,544.2 4,544.2 Fairness
Operations and Standing
Committees
Expenses of Senate,
Including Purchase on 145.5 214.2 214.2 182.1 182.1 182.1 Fairness
Contract Printing, Binding,
and Office Supplies
President of the Senate 4,633.0 4,900.8 4,900.8 4,165.7 4,165.7 4,165.7 Fairness
Redistricting for Senate
250.0 750.0 750.0 637.5 637.5 637.5 Fairness
Minority Leader

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Redistricting for Senate
0.0 750.0 750.0 637.5 637.5 637.5 Fairness
President
Redistricting for House
250.0 750.0 750.0 637.5 637.5 637.5 Fairness
Minority Leader
Redistricting for House
246.2 750.0 750.0 637.5 637.5 637.5 Fairness
Speaker
Speaker of the House of
7,690.8 8,190.3 8,190.3 6,961.8 6,961.8 6,961.8 Fairness
Representatives
Travel, Including Expenses
to Springfield For Official
Business When General 4.9 57.7 57.7 49.0 49.0 49.0 Fairness
Assembly is Not in
Session
Travel, Including Expenses
to Springfield For Official
Business When General 4.1 30.4 30.4 25.8 25.8 25.8 Fairness
Assembly is Not in
Session
Total Designated
43,294.4 51,579.6 51,579.6 43,746.1 43,745.7 43,745.7
Purposes
General Assembly Retirement System

The General Assembly Retirement System provides retirement annuities, survivors’ annuities, and other benefits for members of the General
Assembly, certain elected state officials and their beneficiaries.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total General
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Funds
Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability

The Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, a bipartisan, joint legislative commission, provides the Illinois General Assembly
with information relevant to the Illinois economy, taxes, and other sources of revenue and debt obligations of the state.
Our funding recommendations for CoGFA largely mirror those of Gov. Quinn
2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
833.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
and Fringe Benefits

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
Total Contractual
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Services
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
and Refunds
Designated Purposes
COGFA Operational Lump
1,084.2 1,643.4 6,932.9 6,932.9 6,932.9 6,932.9 Priorities
Sums
Assumption of Duties from the
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Pension Law Commission
Compensation Review Board
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Expenses
Total Designated
1,084.2 1,643.4 6,932.9 6,932.9 6,932.9 6,932.9
Purposes
Joint Committee On Administrative Rules

The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, a bipartisan legislative oversight committee, is authorized to conduct systematic reviews of
administrative rules promulgated by state agencies. The committee conducts several integrated review programs, including a review program for
proposed emergency and peremptory rulemaking, a review of new public acts and a complaint review program.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
871.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
and Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Services
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
and Refunds
Designated Purposes
Operational Lump Sum 139.1 1,040.7 1,040.7 868.9 868.9 868.9 Priorities
Total Designated
139.1 1,040.7 1,040.7 868.9 868.9 868.9
Purposes
Total General Funds 139.1 1,040.7 1,040.7 868.9 868.9 868.9

Legislative Audit Commission
The Legislative Audit Commission is responsible for the oversight of the State Audit Program, review of the stewardship of public funds, and the
monitoring action to correct weaknesses disclosed by the audits of state agencies.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Services and Fringe 192.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Accountability
Benefits
Total Contractual
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Accountability
Services
Total Other
Operations and 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Accountability
Refunds
Designated Purposes
Operational Lump Sum 33.7 233.5 233.5 233.5 233.5 233.5 Priorities
Total Designated
33.7 233.5 233.5 233.5 233.5 233.5
Purposes
Legislative Ethics Commission

The Legislative Ethics Commission promulgates rules governing the performance of its duties and the exercise of its powers and governing the
investigations of the Legislative Inspector General.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Designated Purposes
Expenses of the General
91.0 312.5 312.5 312.5 312.5 312.5 Priorities
Assembly’s Office of the
Inspector General
Total Designated
91.0 312.5 312.5 312.5 312.5 312.5
Purposes
Legislative Information System
The Legislative Information System is the legislative support service agency responsible for providing the computer services and technical guidance
required by the General Assembly and its committees, commissions and agencies.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
2,561.1 0.0 2,656.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
and Fringe Benefits

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Contractual
0.0 0.0 456.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Services
0.0 0.0 1,312.0 1,236.0 1,236.0 1,236.0 Priorities
and Refunds
Designated Purposes
General Assembly Electronic
Data Processing Equipment,
and Any Other Operational 649.0 0.0 742.0 742.0 742.0 742.0 Priorities
Purposes of the General
Assembly
Operational Lump Sum 1,820.2 4,832.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total Designated
2,469.2 4,832.2 742.0 742.0 742.0 742.0
Purposes
Legislative Printing Unit

The Legislative Printing Unit provides printing services to members of the General Assembly, legislative committees and commissions, and other
legislative agencies in accordance with the policies established by the Joint Committee on Legislative Support Services, and with reasonable rules
promulgated by the Legislative Printing Unit.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
1,325.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
and Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Services
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
and Refunds
Designated Purposes
Operational Lump Sum 738.6 2,160.0 2,160.0 1,872.0 1,872.0 1,872.0 Priorities
Total Designated
738.6 2,160.0 2,160.0 1,872.0 1,872.0 1,872.0
Purposes

Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislative Reference Bureau carries out a wide range of functions relating to the legal and technical operation of the General Assembly. The
bureau drafts and prepares legislation, which includes bills, amendments, resolutions and conference committee reports.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
Operational Lump
1,380.8 2,931.0 2,931.0 2,931.0 2,931.0 2,931.0 Priorities
Sum
Total Designated
1,380.8 2,931.0 2,931.0 2,931.0 2,931.0 2,931.0
Purposes
Total General
2,677.7 2,931.0 2,931.0 2,931.0 2,931.0 2,931.0
Funds
Legislative Research Unit

The Legislative Research Unit is the chief general research agency for the Illinois General Assembly. The unit’s statutory duty is to collect
information concerning the government and general welfare of the state, examine the effects of constitutional provisions and previously enacted
statutes, consider important issues of public policy and questions of state wide interest, and perform research and provide information as may be
requested by members of the General Assembly.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
1,296.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
and Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Services
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
and Refunds
Designated Purposes
Operational Lump Sum 1,380.8 2,931.0 2,931.0 2,931.0 2,931.0 2,931.0 Priorities
Expenses of the Legislative
Staff Intern Program,
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Including Stipends, Tuition and
Administration for 20 Persons
For Model Illinois Government
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Activities
New Members Conference 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Zeke Giorgi Memorial Intern
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Program

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Designated
1,380.8 2,931.0 2,931.0 2,931.0 2,931.0 2,931.0
Purposes
Office Of The Architect Of The Capitol

The Office of the Architect of the Capitol provides facilities and meeting space needs for the Illinois General Assembly and its supporting
commissions and bureaus. The office’s goal is to provide a more functional facility, with flexible and efficient space utilization, resulting in effective
processes and procedures.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Services and Fringe 323.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Benefits
Total Contractual
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
Additional Operational
Lump Sum
Operational Lump Sum 926.0 1,489.5 1,489.5 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Total Designated
926.0 1,669.5 1,669.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Office Of The State Comptroller

The comptroller acts as the chief fiscal officer for the State of Illinois. The Illinois Office of the Comptroller (IOC) manages the state’s central
financial accounts by recording and processing fund and accounting transactions, and pre-auditing grants, contracts and requests for payment. IOC
orders payments from state treasury-held funds through the issuance of warrants and electronic fund transfers, and provides leadership on fiscal issues
affecting the State of Illinois and its citizens.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
84,784.0 93,298.1 93,532.5 74,638.5 74,638.5 74,638.5 Priorities
and Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
0.0 8,300.2 8,538.2 6,640.2 6,640.2 6,640.2 Priorities
Services
396.0 3,215.5 5,793.5 2,572.4 2,572.4 2,572.4 Priorities
and Refunds

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Designated Purposes
Contingencies in Event
Amounts Appropriated for
Competitive
State Officer or General 0.0 1,598.1 1,620.7 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Assembly Expenses are
Insufficient
Competitive
Court Reporters - IOC admin 0.0 750.0 750.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Expenses of Local Competitive
0.0 12.5 12.5 CGF CGF CGF
Government Officials Training Grant
Competitive
Merit Commission Expenses 0.0 93.0 93.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Expenses for the Office of 0.0 0.0 70.0 70.0 70.0 70.0 Priorities
Inspector General
Competitive
Pension Bill 0.0 103.0 103.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
IOC Operations Lump Sum 12,486.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total Designated
12,486.7 2,556.6 2,649.2 70.0 70.0 70.0
Purposes
Office Of The State Treasurer

The treasurer is the state’s chief investment officer, acting as both custodian and investor of state funds. The treasurer receives all taxes and fees
collected by state government, and deposits them with financial institutions across the state. The treasurer also serves as part of the state’s financial
management team, verifying the sufficiency of funds prior to countersigning all state warrants.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
5,143.1 5,639.4 5,639.4 4,511.5 4,511.5 4,511.5 Priorities
and Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
651.2 903.4 903.4 722.7 722.7 722.7 Priorities
Services
9,783.4 10,114.9 10,114.9 8,091.9 8,091.9 8,091.9 Priorities
and Refunds
Designated Purposes
Operational expenses for the
188.9 260.0 260.0 260.0 260.0 260.0 Priorities
Office of the Inspector General
Total Designated
188.9 260.0 260.0 260.0 260.0 260.0
Purposes

Office Of The Auditor General
The Illinois Constitution and State Auditing Act charge the auditor general with the responsibility of auditing and reviewing the receipt, obligation
and use of public funds.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal Services and
5,372.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Services
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
and Refunds
Designated Purposes
Operations 963.8 6,807.0 6,807.0 6,807.0 6,807.0 6,807.0
Total Designated
963.8 6,807.0 6,807.0 6,807.0 6,807.0 6,807.0
Purposes
Procurement Policy Board
The PPB’s mandate is the facilitation of procurement policy for the State of Illinois.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Designated Purposes
Ordinary and
Contingent Expenses
Total Designated
271.7 586.0 597.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 Accountability
Purposes
Total General
271.7 586.0 597.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 Accountability
Funds
Governor’s Office Of Management And Budget

The Governor’s Office of Management and Budget (GOMB) prepares the governor’s annual state budget and advises the governor on the availability
of revenues and the allocation of resources to agency programs.
2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
1,822.4 1,817.1 2,026.7 1,635.4 1,635.4 1,635.4 Priorities
and Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
145.2 165.0 765.0 148.5 148.5 148.5 Priorities
Services

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014

Reason
154.0 233.1 245.4 209.8 209.8 209.8 Priorities
and Refunds
Capital Development Board

As the construction management agency for state government, the Capital Development Board (CDB) oversees the construction of state facilities, such
as prisons, universities, mental health hospitals and state parks.
The Capital Development Board does not rely on general funds.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total General
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Funds
Department Of Central Management Services

The Department of Central Management Services (CMS) functions include purchasing, real estate, information technology, telecommunications,
internal audit and legal services for the state’s executive agencies, personnel and benefits for employees and retirees, and the employee and vendor
diversity programs.
Budget savings comes primarily from labor and benefit costs.
Continuing tuition programs, like the Upward Mobility Program, asks taxpayers to pay tuition for public employees to earn
degrees that will help them “to advance to more challenging, higher paying positions.” Public employees should pay for their
continuing education, especially if it leads to pay increases.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Services and 1,155,163.8 703,028.0 1,447,496.8 632,725.2 632,725.2 632,725.2 Priorities
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
30,880.6 21,393.0 20,001.1 20,001.1 20,001.1 20,001.1 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Operations and 2,205.1 1,042.0 1,134.7 937.8 937.8 937.8 Priorities
Refunds
Designated Purposes
For Awards to
Employees and
Expenses of the
State Government
Suggestion Award
Board

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
For Broadband
8,317.2 8,269.8 8,900.0 2,055.2 2,055.2 2,055.2 Accountability
Network
For Expenses of the
Upward Mobility 4,330.1 4,721.6 5,000.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Program
For Nurses’ Tuition 48.4 80.0 85.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
For the Governor’s/
Vito Marzullo’s 384.7 545.6 547.9 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Internship Program
For Veterans’ Job
Assistance Program
For Wage Claims 1,310.6 1,309.5 1,309.5 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
GRF State Surplus 1,388.3 175.2 500.0 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Lump Sum GSA Cars 0.0 3,609.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
With the Shared
Other Operational
Expenses
Total Designated
15,977.7 18,948.3 16,632.8 2,055.2 2,055.2 2,055.2
Purposes
Grants
For Auto Liability,
Adjusting and
Administration of
Claims, Loss Control 1,598.4 1,600.2 1,600.2 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
and Prevention
Services and Auto
Liability Claims
For Payment of
Claims Under the
Representation and 2,414.5 1,347.4 1,347.4 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Indemnification in the
Civil Lawsuits Act
Total Grants 4,012.9 2,947.6 2,947.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total General
1,208,240.1 747,358.9 1,488,213.0 655,719.3 655,719.3 655,719.3
Funds

Department of Revenue
The Department of Revenue (DOR) serves as the tax collection agency for state and local governments. The department regulates riverboat gaming
and the state’s horse racing industry, administers the state’s lottery, and regulates the manufacture, distribution and sale of alcoholic beverages. The
department oversees local property tax assessments, administers grant program payments for local officials, and functions as the fiscal agent for the
Illinois Housing Development Authority.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
6,702.0 7,135.6 7,784.4 6,422.0 6,422.0 6,422.0 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Designated Purposes
with the Shared
Services Initiative and 2,258.1 1,973.2 2,654.6 CGF CGF CGF Competitive Grant
Other Operational
Expenses
Total Designated
2,258.1 1,973.2 2,654.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Grants
Additional
Compensation for
County Treasurers 428.0 265.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
per Public Act 84-
1432
Additional
Compensation for
Local Assessors per
189.9 140.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Sections 2.3 and 2.6
of the Revenue Act of
1939 as Amended
Additional
Compensation for
Local Assessors, per 382.9 264.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Section 2.7 of the
Revenue Act
Annual Stipend for
Sheriffs as Provided
in Subsection (d) of
428.0 265.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Section 4-6003 and
Section 4-8002 of the
Counties Code
Annual Stipend to
71.3 44.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
County Auditors

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Annual Stipend to
County Coroners
Pursuant to 55 ILCS 423.8 265.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
5/4-6002, Including
Prior Year Costs
State’s Share of
County Supervisors
1,906.6 1,190.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
of Assessments’
Salaries
Grants for Public
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Defenders’ Salaries
State’s Share of
State Attorneys’ and
Assistant State’s
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Attorneys’ Salaries,
Including Prior Year
Costs
Total Grants 3,830.5 2,433.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total General
108,282.4 118,977.1 132,298.5 103,113.1 103,113.1 103,113.1
Funds
State Board of Elections

The State Board of Elections (the Board) administers elections and election laws in Illinois. The Board disseminates information to and consults
with election authorities concerning the conduct of elections and voter registration in accordance with the laws of Illinois and the United States.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
3,925.5 4,817.1 4,818.6 3,853.7 3,853.7 3,853.7 Priorities
and Fringe Benefits
Total Contractual
1,001.4 1,088.5 1,089.0 870.8 870.8 870.8 Priorities
Services
484.2 516.5 515.0 413.2 413.2 413.2 Priorities
and Refunds
Designated Purposes
Census 2010 Rediscricting
Program - For Completion
of Phase II of the Census Competitive
85.1 90.0 90.0 CGF CGF CGF
2010 Redistricting Program Grant
Pursuant to Public Act 94-
141
For FY2009 Costs Related
to Development and
Implementation of Statewide Competitive
0.0 125.0 192.4 CGF CGF CGF
Electronic Voter Canvassing Grant
Operations & Reporting
System Project
For HAVA Maintenance of Competitive
550.0 550.0 550.0 CGF CGF CGF
Effort Contribution - State Grant

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Implementation and
Competitive
Operations of Voting System 0.0 250.8 694.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Testing and Integrity Center
Replacement of IDIS
Competitive
Campaign Disclosure 59.3 100.0 100.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Reporting Application
Gov’s Lump Sum Allocation
0.0 2,000.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
for Statewide Election
Addititional Maintanence of
Effort for One-Time Federal
299.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Funding Made Available in
Fiscal Year 2010.
Interest Payment-General
0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Counsel
Interest Payment-
3.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Administration
Interest Payment-Campaign
0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Disclosure
Interest Payment-Elections
10.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Division
Interest Payment-Information
6.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Priorities
Technology
For Additional State Match
Requirement and Interest
on Previously Received Help
America Vote Act (HAVA)
Funding (per EAC special
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Last In First Out
audit report E-HP-IL-07-06),
and Fund Estimated State
Match on Additional Federal
HAVA funds to be Received
During FY2009
Reimburse Federal
Government for Disallowed
HAVA Program Expenditure
per Federal Election 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Last In First Out
Assistance Commission
Special Audit (report E-HP-
IL-07-06)
Total Designated
1,014.5 3,115.8 1,626.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Purposes
Grants
Awards to County Clerks,
Recorders and Chief Election
Competitive
Clerks as Compensation for 804.9 403.0 806.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Additional Duties per Public
Act 90-713

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
For FY2009 Reimbursement
and Assistance to Local
Election Jurisdictions for
Ongoing Support Costs,
Competitive
and SBE Maintenance of 1,642.9 1,580.4 2,666.3 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Local Election Jurisdiction
Interfaces for the Illinois
Voter Registration System
Database
Reimburse Counties for
Election Judges and Other Competitive
520.6 1,300.0 1,300.0 CGF CGF CGF
Officials - Early Voting Grant
Assistance
Reimburse Counties for
Competitive
Increased Compensation to 2,152.3 2,700.0 2,700.0 CGF CGF CGF
Grant
Judges and Other Officials
Expense of Election
Authority for Voter 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Last In First Out
Registration Tapes
Total Grants 5,120.6 5,983.4 7,472.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Illinois Gaming Board

The Gaming Board consists of five members appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. The Gaming Board administers a regulatory
and tax collection system for casino gambling in Illinois. The Gaming Board also has comprehensive law enforcement responsibilities associated with
casino gambling in Illinois.
The Illinois Gaming Board does not rely on general funds.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total General
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Funds
Illinois Racing Board

The Illinois Racing Board was created in 1933 and its legal mandate is defined in the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975. The mission of the
Illinois Racing Board is to regulate horse racing through the enforcement of the Act and its rules and regulations and to ensure the honesty and
integrity of Illinois racing and wagering.
The Illinois Racing Board does not rely on general funds.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total General
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Funds

Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund Council
The Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund Council manages the Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund. Primary council
responsibilities include: licensing retail drycleaners, providing environmental remediation liability insurance coverage, and assisting in the cleanup of
soil and groundwater contaminated by dry cleaning solvents.
The Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund Council does not rely on general funds.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total General
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Funds
Civil Service Commission

The Civil Service Commission (CSC) hears and determines employee appeals of discharges, suspensions, transfers, allocations, layoffs and demotions
under the Personnel Code and Rules.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Services and Fringe 267.4 239.1 267.8 215.2 215.2 215.2 Accountability
Benefits
Total Contractual
66.6 65.1 70.2 58.6 58.6 58.6 Accountability
Services
Total Other
Operations and 22.3 25.6 31.1 23.0 23.0 23.0 Accountability
Refunds
State Employees Retirement System

The State Employees Retirement System (SERS) provides retirement annuities, survivors’ annuities, and other benefits for state employees.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Total Personal
Services and Fringe 47.9 2,449.6 60.9 2,082.2 2,082.2 2,082.2 Priorities
Benefits
Total Contractual
25.0 25.7 29.4 23.1 23.1 23.1 Priorities
Services
Total Other
Refunds
Total General Funds 74.7 2,477.5 92.5 2,107.3 2,107.3 2,107.3

Competitive Grant Funding
Budget Solutions 2012 proposes a new approach to state spending called Competitive Grant Funding. Inspired by competitive
programs at the federal level, the program seeks to pilot a process that sets a new, high standard for programs hoping to
receive taxpayer dollars.

2010 2011 2012 2012 2013 2014
Reason
Grant Funding 0.0 0.0 0.0 150,000.0 150,000.0 150,000.0
Total General Funds 0.0 0.0 0.0 150,000.0 150,000.0 150,000.0

Appendix A. State Spending Examples Found via IllinoisOpenGov.org
In 2009, the Illinois Policy Institute launched IllinoisOpenGov.org, which gives Illinois taxpayers a clear look into how state
government spends their hard-earned tax dollars, down to the agency, person and penny. The site contains information on
state employee payroll, checks to businesses and people and state retiree pensions. The following spending examples come
directly from IllinoisOpenGov.org and highlight spending choices that should receive extra scrutiny before being repeated in
the future.
The expenses below were incurred between July 1, 2009 and April 16, 2010.
Statewide: $3,782,545 for Association Dues

Seventy-three state agencies paid almost $3.8 million for association dues. Twelve agencies spent more than $100,000 on
association dues, the State Board of Education ($455,901), the Department of Transportation ($373,647), and the Department
of Commerce and Economic Opportunity ($298,217) spent the most.
Statewide: $1,283,798 on Registration Fees and Conference Expenses

Sixty-eight agencies spent nearly $1.3 million on registration fees and conference expenses. The Department of
Transportation, the Department of Human Services, and the University of Illinois incurred the largest expenses, each
spending more than $100,000.
Statewide: $1,406,623 on Subscriptions

Various state agencies spent $1.4 million on subscriptions to vendors such as Gatehouse Media IL Holdings II ($11,090),
Ahead of Our Time Publishing ($9,450) and XM Satellite Radio Inc. ($6,958).
Statewide: $2,885,766 on Prizes, Premiums and Awards

Seven state agencies spent a combined total of $2,885,766 on prizes, premiums and awards. The Department of Agriculture
was responsible for over 98 percent of the expenditures, spending $2,837,019 on this category of spending. The Department
of Natural Resources spent the second highest amount at $30,994.
Statewide: $86,631 for Employee Moving Expenses

Five state agencies incurred a total of $86,631 in employee moving expenses. Southern Illinois University had the largest
expenses at $46,077, followed by the Department of Transportation with $35,220.
Statewide: $31,275 for Interviewee Expenses

Various state agencies had $31,275 in interviewee expenses. The University of Illinois had the largest expenditure with
$17,046, followed by the Department of Transportation ($7,721) and the Mathematics and Science Academy ($2,342).
Statewide: $19,803,867 for In-State Travel Expenses

Eighty-eight state agencies had in-state travel expenses, with the expenses for twenty-six agencies exceeding $100,000.
Statewide: $7,073,923 for Passenger Automobiles

Twelve state agencies had passenger automobile expenditures, including the General Assembly ($48,390), the Supreme Court
($39,052) and Governors State University ($17,799).
Statewide: $664,093 on Video Conferencing

Various state agencies spent $664,093 on video conferencing, with the State Policy and the Department of Human Services
each spending more than $150,000. The next largest expenditure came from the Department of Corrections with $74,155.
Statewide: $6,927,825 on Advertising

Fifty state agencies incurred nearly $7 million in advertising expenditures. Almost three-quarters of the expenditures came
from the Department of Transportation ($5,082,930), and six agencies spent more than $150,000 on advertising.

Appendix B. Transfers from General Revenue Fund to Selected Special
State Funds, FY 2009
Illinois has over 300 special state funds that are separate from the General Revenue Fund, yet many receive “transfers in” from
the General Revenue Fund. Greater transparency on the revenue sources and spending allocations of these funds will help
taxpayers better determine their continuing value. During tight budgetary times, closing these funds or at least reducing the
“transfers in” from general funds offers significant savings.
Transfers from General Revenue Fund to Selected Special State Funds, FY 2009
Special State Fund Transfer

Local Government Distributive Fund $1,118,193,676
Public Transportation Fund $309,087,820
Downstate Public Transportation Fund $100,150,517
School Infrastructure Fund $63,318,678
Metropolitan Exposition Auditorium and Office Building Fund $37,922,811
Workers’ Compensation Revolving Fund $34,411,237
Tourism Promotion Fund $30,634,255
Agricultural Premium Fund $23,765,389
Audit Expense Fund $16,716,175
Estate Tax Collection Distributive Fund $16,495,182
Live and Learn Fund $15,678,000
Capital Litigation Fund $12,032,352
Partners for Conservation Fund $8,166,667
Presidential Library and Museum Operating Fund $7,450,000
Coal Technology Development Assistance Fund $6,712,519
Professional Services Fund $6,696,600
Comprehensive Regional Planning Fund $5,000,000
Digital Divide Elimination Fund $5,000,000
Illinois Veterans’ Rehabilitation Fund $4,681,700
State Treasurer’s Bank Services Trust Fund $4,185,000
Build Illinois Fund $1,665,662
Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders Fund $1,601,429
Violence Prevention Fund $1,400,000
Corporate Headquarters Relocation Assistance Fund $1,168,427
Illinois Standardbred Breeders Fund $1,119,987
Fair and Exposition Fund $1,107,662
Youth Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Prevention Fund $1,068,900
Intercity Passenger Rail Fund $715,750
Federal Financing Cost Reimbursement Fund $384,881
Municipal Economic Development Fund $138,704
Assistance to the Homeless Fund $30,993
Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund $25,892
Illinois Military Family Relief Fund $21,090
Penny Severns Breast Cervical and Ovarian Cancer Research Fund $20,244
Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund $18,699
Alzheimer’s Disease Research Fund $16,971
Child Abuse Prevention Fund $14,962
Illinois Veterans’ Homes Fund $14,783
Diabetes Research Checkoff Fund $10,314
Lung Cancer Research Fund $3,901
Autoimmune Disease Research Fund $3,318
Domestic Violence Shelter and Service Fund $245
Total $1,836,851,394
Source: Illinois Comptroller, Detailed Annual Expenditures Report, 200923

Appendix C. State Funding to Local Governments
Illinois state government redistributes billions in tax revenues to local governments—including money from the state income
tax, corporate personal property replacement tax, motor fuel tax, gaming tax, state sales tax and use tax. This accounts for a
significant portion of the state’s total expenditures. In addition to education funding, the state sent $5.1 billion of revenue to
counties, municipalities, townships, public library districts, park districts, fire protection districts and special purpose districts
across the state in fiscal year 2009. 24
Since 1995, local governments have received 10 percent of the state personal and corporate income tax receipts, with revenues
allocated to county and municipal governments on a per-capita basis through the Local Government Distributive Fund
(LGDF). The Taxpayer Accountability and Budget Stabilization Act, signed into law on January 13, 2011, increased the state
personal income tax and corporate income tax rates, but called for income revenue above 2010 personal and corporate income
tax levels to be withheld from the LGDF. To keep the LGDF revenue share equal to 2010 income tax levels, the overall
percent of shared income tax revenue decreased (see graphic 1).
Graphic 1. State Income Tax Revenue Sharing with Local Governments
Income Tax Revenue Shared

Personal Tax Corporate Tax
August 1, 1969 - June 30, 1994 8.3% 8.3%
July 1, 1994 - June 30, 1995 9.1% 9.1%
July 1, 1995 - December 31, 2010 10% 10%
January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2014 6.0% 6.9%
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2024 8.0% 9.1%
January 1, 2024 - 9.2% 10%
Source: Illinois Department of Revenue, Taxpayer Accountability and Budget Stabilization Act (SB2505)
According to the Illinois Department of Revenue, in fiscal year 2009, $1.26 billion of state income tax went to local
governments through the LGDF.25 A survey by the Illinois Comptroller of 95% of local governments found that the state
income tax accounted for approximately 4.7 percent of local government revenues in fiscal year 200926. If the state returned to
the 2004 state income tax distribution total of $843 million (in 2009 inflation-adjusted dollars)27 in 2009, the state could have
saved over $400 million to use on core state services.
Graphic 2. Income Tax Disbursements to Local Governments, Actual and Inflation-Adjusted
Source: Illinois Department of Revenue, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Illinois Policy Institute calculations

Budget Solutions 2012 recommends that most transfers of general revenues be stopped. This would result in a significant
reduction to funds transferred into the Local Government Distributive Fund. On balance, most local governments can afford
to budget without LGDF assistance. If, however, lawmakers felt that the LGDF should maintain a fund balance above what
Budget Solutions 2012 would allow, they could examine replenishing funds from other non-general-revenue sources that are
passed on to local governments through antiquated formulas.
The state should revisit the Taxpayer Action Board recommendations from June 2009 to review the various local government
funding sources to maximize government efficiencies and “encourage regional, unified and inter-jurisdictional cooperation
(versus competition) among local governments.”28 Some state pass-through funds account for a small portion of local
government revenues. But this revenue, along with significant spending reform at the state level, could help put the state
balance its budget.
Graphic 3. Local Government Distributive Fund Share of Local Revenue, Fiscal Year 2008
LGDF % of Total
Local Government Total Revenue LGDF Receipts*
Revenue
Cook County $2,813,000,000 $9,696,698 0.3%
DuPage County $384,633,854 $9,515,544 2.5%
Will County $312,788,666 $8,358,901 2.7%
Champaign County $73,139,613 $3,117,934 4.3%
Madison County $123,373,096 $5,078,185 4.1%
Hoffman Estates $96,225,652 $4,786,874 5.0%
Jo Daviess County $16,064,411 $1,026,095 6.4%
Rock Island $60,258,520 $3,649,674 6.1%
Town of Normal $65,339,428 $4,646,151 7.1%
City of Carbondale $34,300,000 $2,356,801 6.9%
City of Decatur $85,300,000 $7,537,123 8.8%
Source: County and Municipal Budgets,29 Illinois Department of Revenue, Illinois Policy Institute calculations
*Receipt data calculated to match local government 2008 fiscal year calendar.

Appendix D. Medicaid Premium Assistance Reform
Medicaid costs continue to grow year after year and crowd out core government services (see Graphic 1). Even with the
increased spending, access to care continues to be an issue. To address these problems, the state could transform Medicaid into
a premium assistance program. Budget Solutions 2012 requires the state reform its Medicaid system as follows.
To achieve this, the state could implement the “Patients First Medicaid Reform Act,” developed by the American Legislative
Exchange Council. This legislation would create and fund Medical Savings Accounts (MSA) for Medicaid enrollees, which can
be used to pay for a high-deductible health policy and Health Savings Account (HSA) funds.
The MSA subsidies are means tested. As a Medicaid MSA patient earns more in income, his premium assistance would fall
since his ability to pay would be greater. However, if the patient earned enough to no longer qualify for Medicaid, he could still
keep his MSA plan but would simply no longer receive subsidies for premiums, which he would have to pay himself.
.
Graphic 1. Total Illinois General Funds Medicaid Spending (adjusted for inflation)
Source: National Association of State Budget Officers, State Expenditure Reports

Inflation calculated using the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis CPI Calculator
Graphic 2. Medicaid Spending as a Percentage of Total State Expenditures
Source: National Association of State Budget Officers

With an HSA and high deductible health insurance plan, the interest-bearing, tax-free HSA handles routine health care
expenditures through withdrawals. Once the insurance deductible is reached, private insurance pays for 100 percent of health
care. HSA-compatible health plans are significantly less expensive than traditional PPOs or HMOs, 30 and the consumer-
directed nature of HSAs empowers individuals to monitor their health care costs and create incentives for individuals to use
only those services that are necessary.
In order to pursue premium assistance reform, the state would need to seek a Medicaid waiver from the Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid to receive federal funding as a five-year block grant. Rhode Island’s recent experience with a federal block grant
for Medicaid (Global Consumer Choice Compact Medicaid Waiver) produced promising results, including $150 million of
savings in the first 18 months. Gary Alexander, the Rhode Island Health Secretary, cites the Medicaid savings as “the sole
reason why Rhode Island possessed a state budget surplus in 2010.”31 Reforming Medicaid into a premium assistance program
will limit the state’s Medicaid liability to a certain amount per enrollee, making budgeting more predictable.
Such a reform would also benefit Medicaid enrollees. With an HSA-compatible health plan, beneficiaries would have greater
access to care as providers are more willing to accept patients on private insurance. 32 Also, the beneficiary could keep the plan
without the state subsidies once they are no longer eligible for Medicaid, alleviating disruptions to health insurance coverage. 33
This added population to the private insurance pool could also lower the rates for everyone in the private market, which would
help make private insurance more affordable. 34
Reforming Medicaid is a difficult and complex task, but it is vital to ensuring the sustainability of this program for our most
vulnerable populations. Innovative solutions like the “Patients First Medicaid Reform Act” create a win-win solution for states
to provide better healthcare access to those who need it most while maintain fiscal responsibility.

Appendix E. Expenditures for Average Midwest Family, Income $59,908

Appendix F. Fiscal Year 2011 Operating Appropriations by Major Purpose:
Quinn Budget and Budget Solutions
Quinn Budget: General Funds
Economic Quality of Life

Development 0.28%
0.42%
Government Services
9.57%
Education
35.46%
Public Safety
6.03%
Human Services
20.63%
Medicaid
27.59%
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Endnotes
1 Illinois Office of the Comptroller, Comptroller’s Quarterly 2011: http://www.ioc.state.il.us/common/getLocalFile.

cfm?fileName=CQJan2011.pdf
2 Illinois Policy Institute, “Budget Solutions 2010: No Superpowers Required,” May 26, 2009, “http://www.illinoispolicy.org/uploads/files/
superpowersnotrequired_brief.pdf.
3 The Institute for Illinois’ Fiscal Sustainability at the Civic Federation, “A Fiscal Rehabilitation Plan for the State of Illinois,” February 22,
2010, http://civicfed.org/sites/default/files/IllinoisFiscalRehabilitationPlan.pdf.
4 Inflation calculated with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis’s Consumer Price Index calculator, http://www.minneapolisfed.org/?year=
2000&dollarAmount=22.4&yearto=2010&result=.
5 U.S. Census Bureau, “National and State Population Estimates: Annual Population Estimates 2000 to 2009,” http://www.census.gov/
popest/states/NST-ann-est.html.
6 U.S. Census Bureau, “National and State Population Estimates: Annual Population Estimates 2000 to 2009,” http://www.census.gov/
popest/states/NST-ann-est.html.
7 For two of the most recent assessments of preschool benefits in general, see: Todd E. Elder and Darren H. Lubotsky, 2009,
“Kindergarten Entrance Age and Children’s Achievement: Impacts of State Policies, Family Background, and Peers,” Journal of Human
Resources 44(3):641-683. For a recent assessment of Head Start – the well-funded longstanding preschool program of the federal government –
see an official U.S. Department of Health and Human Services evaluation of the program, released in January 2010, which found practically no
lasting benefits for participating students: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/hs/impact_study/reports/impact_study/executive_summary_
final.pdf.
8 Elizabeth Milnikel & Emily Satterthwaite, “Regulatory Field, Home of Chicago Laws: Burdensome Laws Strike Out Chicago
Entrepreneurs,” Institute for Justice, May 2009. http://tinyurl.com/yd5s5pn.
9 Jon Hilkevitch, “Rate rises to No. 1 when cost of living considered,” Chicago Tribune, March 8, 2010, http://www.chicagotribune.com/
news/local/ct-met-getting-around-0308-20100307,0,5220916.column?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaig
n=Feed%3A+chicagotribune%2Fnews%2Flocal+%28Chicago+Tribune+news+-+Local+news%29.
10 Illinois Policy Institute, “CTA Looking In All Of The Wrong Places,” November 26, 2007, http://www.illinoispolicy.org/uploads/files/
CTA_Policy_Brief.pdf.
11 Pew Charitable Trusts, “Pew Analysis Shows Amtrak Lost $32 Per Passenger in 2008,” October 27, 2009, http://www.pewtrusts.org/
news_room_detail.aspx?id=55638.
12 Randal O’Toole, “Taking Illinoisans for a Ride: The False Promises of High-Speed Rail,” Illinois Policy Institute, July 9, 2009, http://
tinyurl.com/highspeedrailil.
13 Illinois Taxpayer Action Board, “Report of the Taxpayer Action Board,” June 2009, http://tinyurl.com/Illinoistab.
14 Illinois Transparency and Accountability Portal, Human Services, “Awards & Grants – Lump Sum, Grants to Non-Profit Orgs,” http://
accountability.illinois.gov/Expenditures/Agency/Contracts.aspx?Year=2011&Agency=444&Category=4900&Detail=4480&Contract=*
&Vendor=38da2468-0196-4d91-8191-35756810134e
15 Guidestar.com, “C.E.F.S. Economic Opportunity Corporation,” http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2009/376/053/2009-
376053117-05b1b619-9.pdf
16 Illinois Transparency and Accountability Portal, Human Services, “Awards & Grants – Lump Sum – Grants to Non-Profit Orgs,”
http://accountability.illinois.gov/Expenditures/Agency/Contracts.aspx?Year=2011&Agency=444&Category=4900&Detail=4480&Contr
act=*&Vendor=fbadc31d-4119-47fa-aee4-23df50ce5e8f
17 Guidestar.com, “City Year,” http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2009/222/882/2009-222882549-05fe31c5-9.pdf
18 Illinois Transparency and Accountability Portal, Human Services, “Awards & Grants – Lump Sum, Grants to Non-Profit Orgs,” http://
accountability.illinois.gov/Expenditures/Agency/Contracts.aspx?Year=2011&Agency=444&Category=4900&Detail=4480&Contract=*
&Vendor=254eaed0-167b-4ffb-b3f5-7793145f7079
19 Guidestar.com, “Erikson Institute,” http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments//2009/362/593/2009-362593545-05b9ca7d-9.pdf
20 Accountability.illinois.gov. “Payments to a Vendor for a Category: Payments to Art Institute of Chicago for Lump Sums and Other

Purposes,” http://www.accountability.illinois.gov/Expenditures/Vendor/CategoryDetails.aspx?Year=2010&Agency=0&Vendor=38171d69-
3ae9-46f1-8292-a7a0bd8b9720&Contract=*&Category=1900.
21 Guidestar.com, The Art Institute of Chicago 2007 Form 990, http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments//2008/362/167/2008-
362167725-05130ecf-9.pdf.
22 Illinois Department of Natural Resources Division of Education, ENTICE program, accessed March 12, 2010, https://www.
enticeworkshops.com/.
23 “Detailed Annual Report of Revenues and Expenditures,” Illinois State Comptroller, Fiscal Year 2009, http://www.apps.ioc.state.il.us/
ioc-pdf/FY09DAR.pdf.
24 “Fiscal Responsibility Report Card,” Illinois Comptroller, Fiscal Year 2009 http://www.ioc.state.il.us/ioc-pdf/LocalGovt/ReportCard/
ReportCard2009.pdf.
25 Freedom of Information Act Request Response, Illinois Department of Revenue, December 20, 2010.
26 “Fiscal Responsibility Report Card,” Illinois Comptroller, Fiscal Year 2009 http://www.ioc.state.il.us/ioc-pdf/LocalGovt/ReportCard/
ReportCard2009.pdf.
27 Freedom of Information Act Request Response, Illinois Department of Revenue, August 26, 2010.
28 Taxpayers Action Board report
29 City of Carbondale, “2008 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report: Financial Section,” page 7, http://tinyurl.com/2cjctro.
Cook County, “2008 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,” page 11, http://tinyurl.com/4lfl4pe.
Champaign County, “2008 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,” page 37, http://tinyurl.com/24kw3o8.
City of Decatur, “2008 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,” page 8, http://tinyurl.com/34x64vd.
DuPage County, “2008 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,” page 7, http://tinyurl.com/39hj832.
Village of Hoffman Estates, “2008 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,” page 31, http://tinyurl.com/24fk3hx.
Jo Daviess County, “Proposed FY2010 Annual Budget,” page 7, http://tinyurl.com/27h3rwy.
Madison County Government, “2008 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,” page 8, http://tinyurl.com/28wahpv.
Town of Normal, “FY2008 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,” page 19, http://tinyurl.com/2b4xwc2.
City of Rock Island, “2008 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,” page 23, http://tinyurl.com/2wuqhoq.
Will County, “2008 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,” page 22, http://tinyurl.com/38tr8f5.
30 “Health benefit cost growth predicted to ease slightly in 2009 as employers shift cost,” Mercer, September 4, 2008, http://www.mercer.com/
press-releases/1319885.
31 http://www.galen.org/fileuploads/RIMedicaidReform.pdf
32 Beverly Gossage, “Using Vouchers for Medicaid Would Lower Health Insurance Rates in Missouri,” HSA Benefits Consulting, February
27, 2008, http://www.hsabenefitsconsulting.com/articles/using-vouchers-for-medicaid-would-lower-health-insurance-rates-in-missouri/.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY................................................ 6 Southwestern Illinois Development Authority................................ 35

The Path Towards Ruin............................................................................7 Department of Transportation............................................................ 36

Revenue and Spending.............................................................................9 Department of Corrections................................................................ 38

Per Capita Spending.............................................................................. 10 Illinois Environmental Protection Agency......................................... 39

Looking Forward.................................................................................... 10 Department Of Financial And Professional Regulation................. 39

Guiding Principles.................................................................................. 11 Illinois Education Labor Relations Board.......................................... 41

Agency Budgets ........................................................... 13 Illinois Labor Relations Board............................................................. 42

State Board of Education...................................................................... 14 Illinois Violence Prevention Authority............................................... 43

Teachers’ Retirement System.............................................................. 17 Workers Compensation Commission.............................................. 44

Board of Higher Education.................................................................. 18 Department Of Insurance.................................................................... 44

Eastern Illinois University..................................................................... 20 Prisoner Review Board......................................................................... 46

Governors State University................................................................. 21 Property Tax Appeal Board

Graphic 1. Fiscal Year 2011 Operating Appropriations by Major Purpose:

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