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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The State Comptroller Act is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Section 9 as follows:
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| 6 | (15 ILCS 405/9) (from Ch. 15, par. 209)
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| 7 | Sec. 9. Warrants; vouchers; preaudit.
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| 8 | (a) No payment may be made from
public funds held by the | ||||||
| 9 | State Treasurer in or outside of the State
treasury, except by | ||||||
| 10 | warrant drawn by the Comptroller and presented by
him to the | ||||||
| 11 | treasurer to be countersigned except for payments made pursuant
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| 12 | to Section 9.03 or 9.05 of this Act.
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| 13 | (b) No warrant for the payment of money by the State | ||||||
| 14 | Treasurer may be
drawn by the Comptroller without the | ||||||
| 15 | presentation of itemized vouchers
indicating that the | ||||||
| 16 | obligation or expenditure is pursuant to law and
authorized, | ||||||
| 17 | and authorizing the Comptroller to order payment.
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| 18 | (b-1) An itemized voucher for under $5 that is presented to | ||||||
| 19 | the Comptroller for payment shall not be paid except through | ||||||
| 20 | electronic funds transfer. This subsection (b-1) does not apply | ||||||
| 21 | to vouchers presented by the legislative branch of State | ||||||
| 22 | government. | ||||||
| 23 | (c) The Comptroller shall examine each voucher required by | ||||||
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| 1 | law to be filed
with him and determine whether unencumbered | ||||||
| 2 | appropriations or unencumbered
obligational or expenditure | ||||||
| 3 | authority other than by appropriation are
legally available to | ||||||
| 4 | incur the obligation or to make the expenditure of public
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| 5 | funds. If he determines that
unencumbered appropriations or | ||||||
| 6 | other obligational or expenditure
authority are not available | ||||||
| 7 | from which to incur the obligation or make
the expenditure, the | ||||||
| 8 | Comptroller shall refuse to draw a warrant.
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| 9 | (d) The Comptroller shall examine each voucher and all | ||||||
| 10 | other documentation
required to accompany the voucher, and | ||||||
| 11 | shall ascertain whether the voucher
and documentation meet all | ||||||
| 12 | requirements established by or pursuant to law.
If the | ||||||
| 13 | Comptroller determines that the voucher and documentation do | ||||||
| 14 | not
meet applicable requirements established by or pursuant to | ||||||
| 15 | law, he shall
refuse to draw a warrant. As used in this | ||||||
| 16 | Section, "requirements established
by or pursuant to law" | ||||||
| 17 | includes statutory enactments and requirements established
by | ||||||
| 18 | rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this Act.
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| 19 | (e) Prior to drawing a warrant, the Comptroller may review | ||||||
| 20 | the voucher,
any documentation accompanying the voucher, and | ||||||
| 21 | any other documentation
related to the transaction on file with | ||||||
| 22 | him, and determine if the transaction
is in accordance with the | ||||||
| 23 | law. If based on his review the Comptroller has
reason to | ||||||
| 24 | believe that such transaction is not in accordance with the | ||||||
| 25 | law,
he shall refuse to draw a warrant.
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| 26 | (f) Where the Comptroller refuses to draw a warrant | ||||||
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| 1 | pursuant to this Section,
he shall maintain separate records of | ||||||
| 2 | such transactions.
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| 3 | (g) State agencies shall have the principal responsibility | ||||||
| 4 | for the preaudit
of their encumbrances, expenditures, and other | ||||||
| 5 | transactions as otherwise
required by law.
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| 6 | (Source: P.A. 88-412.)
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| 7 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 8 | becoming law.
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