70 ILCS 2605/5.3 — Illinois Code / Chapter 70 / Act 2605 / Section 5.3
Section 5.3
Status: in_force

(70 ILCS 2605/5.3) (from Ch. 42, par. 324m) Sec. 5.3. The budget for the district shall present a complete financial plan for the budget year. Such budget shall contain separate estimated balance sheets for each fund of the district and shall set forth estimates of all current assets and liabilities of each fund of the district as of the beginning of the district's budget year and the amounts of such assets available for appropriation in such year, either for expenditures or charges to be made or incurred during such year or for liabilities unpaid at the beginning thereof. Estimates of taxes to be received from the levies of prior years shall be net after deducting the amount estimated to be sufficient to cover the loss and cost of collecting such taxes, uncollectible taxes, deferred collection of taxes, the amounts of taxes for the non-payment of which real estate has been or shall be forfeited to the State, and abatements in the amount of such taxes extended or to be extended upon the collector's books and after deducting also the principal of all tax anticipation warrants outstanding and all interest accrued thereon and the amounts estimated to be sufficient to cover all interest to accrue thereon until redemption of such tax anticipation warrants, and also the amounts necessary to reimburse the working cash funds. A statement shall be included showing the method of arriving at the net tax figure. Such statement shall include at least the following for each of the levies for five years preceding the budget year; the gross tax extension, the estimated net amount to be collected by the beginning of the budget year, the estimated amount of reserve, the estimated net amount yet to be collected, the amount of tax anticipation warrants outstanding, the estimated amount of interest on the tax anticipation warrants to the estimated payment date and the estimated amount of unencumbered cash to be collected during the budget year. In estimating assets available for appropriation for current expenditures of the corporate fund, and construction fund, only such taxes of prior years shall be included as are anticipated to be received during the budget year in excess of any prior obligations against such taxes. Estimates of the liabilities of the respective funds shall include (a) all unpaid final judgments, including accrued interest thereon, entered against such district (b) unpaid salaries (c) unpaid bills and (d) all other liabilities. Such budget shall also set forth detailed estimates of all taxes to be levied for such budget year and of all other current receipts to be derived from sources other than such taxes, which shall be applicable to expenditures or charges to be made or incurred during such budget year. All such estimates shall be so segregated and classified as to funds and in such other manner as to give effect to the requirements of laws relating to the respective purposes to which such assets and taxes and other current receipts are applicable to the end that no expenditure shall be authorized or made for any purpose in excess of funds lawfully available therefor. Such budget shall indicate for the last known fiscal year, the actual receipts received from the several sources of current receipts and the estimated receipts from such sources for the current year. Budget estimates shall be prepared and appropriations shall be made in a manner that reflects the utilization of program and performance principles and unit cost data. Appropriations shall be arranged according to funds and programs and also according to organization units. Such appropriations shall specify the objects and functions (Activities) for which they are made and the amount appropriated for each object or function (activity) and shall include appropriations for (a) all current expenditures or charges to be made or incurred during such budget year (b) all sinking fund requirements to be met during the budget year (c) all unpaid final judgments, including accrued interest thereon entered against such district (d) all other liabilities, including unpaid bills which shall be segregated only by funds and by object for which the expenditures were made and (e) an amount estimated to be sufficient to cover the loss and cost of collection of taxes to be levied for such fiscal year for payment of bonds and interest thereon, uncollectible taxes, deferred collection of taxes, the amounts of taxes for the nonpayment of which real estate shall be forfeited to the State, and abatements in the amounts of such taxes extended upon the collector's books for payment of bond and interest thereon. Such budget shall indicate for the last known year the actual expenditures for the several organization units, objects and functions (activities) appropriated for and the adjusted appropriations and estimated expenditures for such organization units, objects and functions (activities) for the current year. A statement shall be included in the budget indicating, by funds, the actual sources from which cash is anticipated to be received during the budget year for financing proposed appropriations. Such statement shall indicate (a) by tax levy years the amount of money anticipated to be received from the sale of tax warrants (b) by tax levy years for each of the last 5 years the amount of unencumbered cash anticipated to be received and (c) all other anticipated revenue. Statements shall be included to show, by funds and by years, the actual expenditures of the district for capital projects under construction during the preceding 4 years, together with the same information, estimated for the current year; and the estimated annual expenditure and the time when the uncompleted capital projects will be completed and in operation during the ensuing 5 years. Statements shall also be included of the bonded indebtedness of the district, showing the bonds authorized and unsold, the borrowing capacity, the maturity dates of bond issues and the rates of interest for each issue; also any additional statements relative to the financial plan which the board of trustees may deem desirable. (Source: P.A. 79-922.)