Opinion ID: 2052605
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Heading: Enactment of Public Act 89-21

Text: When Public Act 89-21 originated in the Senate as Senate Bill 465, its short title was FY1996 Budget Implementation Act and its purpose and subject were to make the changes in State programs that are necessary to implement the Governor's FY1996 budget recommendations. The bill proceeded through the legislative process. A joint conference committee was appointed after the Senate and the House failed to agree on the bill's provisions. After conferring, the committee recommended changing the bill's title to An Act concerning State services, amending named Acts, and also recommended adopting a new and lengthy set of substantive provisions. V 1995 Ill. S.J. 4248-368; VI 1995 Ill. H.J. 6279-398. Both the Senate and the House debated the report of the conference committee. In the Senate, the sponsor, Senator Maitland, introduced the committee's report as the budget implementation language for the FY'96 budget. 89th Ill. Gen. Assem., Senate Proceedings, May 26, 1995, at 36 (comments of Senator Maitland). Senator Maitland described the major aspects of the report. Other senators followed with criticism of the report. The House sponsor, Representative Ryder, introduced the committee's report as the Budget Implementation Act for the fiscal year 1996. 89th Ill. Gen. Assem., House Proceedings, May 26, 1995, at 102 (comments of Representative Ryder). Representative Ryder generally described the report as containing the substantive language necessary to implement the budget that we are proposing, and he outlined the major aspects of the report. Debate ensued in the House in which members criticized and expressed support for the report. Following the debates, both the Senate and the House voted to adopt the report of the conference committee. I Final Legislative Synopsis & Digest of the 1995 Session of the 89th Ill. Gen. Assem., at 341 (Legis.Synopsis). On June 6, 1995, the Governor approved the bill as Public Act 89-21. Legis. Synopsis at 341; 1995 Ill. Laws 673-807. The actual state budget was debated and adopted by the legislature on the same day as the budget implementation bill discussed above. The Governor approved the budget bill as Public Act 89-22, also on June 6, 1995. Legis. Synopsis at 567-68; 1995 Ill. Laws 807-1216. The General Assembly has enacted a state budget implementation bill or bills every year since 1991.