Rauner Asking State Agencies To Come Up With Plans For Budget Cuts

(CBS) -- Governor-Elect Bruce Rauner is asking for a 20 percent budget cut from lame-duck Governor Pat Quinn.

CBS 2 news is confirming that Rauner is asking dozens of key state agencies from prisons to highways to present a plan to trim up to $7 billion from this year's budget.

"The department heads should be planning and preparing for a budget that actually is balanced and we've been asking for information so we can come into office and properly manage the Government going forward," Rauner said.

The Quinn administration tells CBS 2 it is cooperating with Rauner's request.

Rauner says the budget cut would offset revenue lost when the temporary state income tax hike goes away January 1.