96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5083

 

Introduced 1/29/2010, by Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
15 ILCS 405/9.03   from Ch. 15, par. 209.03

    Amends the State Comptroller Act. Provides that, beginning 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act and subject to federal banking regulations, the Comptroller must, by rule, with the approval of the State Treasurer, require the direct deposit of all payments to State employees for personal services that are lawfully payable from the State Treasury. Provides that a record of each deposit shall be available to the employee only through a secure Internet website.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning executive officers.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The State Comptroller Act is amended by changing
5 Section 9.03 as follows:
 
6     (15 ILCS 405/9.03)  (from Ch. 15, par. 209.03)
7     Sec. 9.03. Direct deposit of State payments. The
8 Comptroller, with the approval of the State Treasurer, may
9 provide by rule or regulation for the direct deposit of any
10 payment lawfully payable from the State Treasury and in
11 accordance with federal banking regulations including but not
12 limited to payments to (i) persons paid from personal services,
13 (ii) persons receiving benefit payments from him under the
14 State pension systems, (iii) individuals who receive
15 assistance under Articles III, IV, and VI of the Illinois
16 Public Aid Code, (iv) providers of services under the Mental
17 Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act, (v)
18 providers of community-based mental health services, and (vi)
19 providers of services under programs administered by the State
20 Board of Education, in the accounts of those persons or
21 entities maintained at a bank, savings and loan association, or
22 credit union, where authorized by the payee. Beginning 6 months
23 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th

 

 

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1 General Assembly and subject to federal banking regulations,
2 the Comptroller must, by rule, with the approval of the State
3 Treasurer, require the direct deposit of all payments to State
4 employees for personal services that are lawfully payable from
5 the State Treasury; and each State employee shall be provided a
6 record of each deposit only through access to a secure Internet
7 website maintained by the Comptroller. The Comptroller also may
8 deposit public aid payments for individuals who receive
9 assistance under Articles III, IV, VI, and X of the Illinois
10 Public Aid Code directly into an electronic benefits transfer
11 account in a financial institution approved by the State
12 Treasurer as prescribed by the Illinois Department of Human
13 Services and in accordance with the rules and regulations of
14 that Department and the rules and regulation adopted by the
15 Comptroller and the State Treasurer. The Comptroller, with the
16 approval of the State Treasurer, may provide by rule for the
17 electronic direct deposit of payments to public agencies and
18 any other payee of the State. The electronic direct deposits
19 may be made to the designated account in those financial
20 institutions specified in this Section for the direct deposit
21 of payments. Within 6 months after the effective date of this
22 amendatory Act of 1994, the Comptroller shall establish a pilot
23 program for the electronic direct deposit of payments to local
24 school districts, municipalities, and units of local
25 government. The payments may be made without the use of the
26 voucher-warrant system, provided that documentation of

 

 

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1 approval by the Treasurer of each group of payments made by
2 direct deposit shall be retained by the Comptroller. The form
3 and method of the Treasurer's approval shall be established by
4 the rules or regulations adopted by the Comptroller under this
5 Section.
6 (Source: P.A. 88-641, eff. 9-9-94; 88-643, eff. 1-1-95; 89-235,
7 eff. 8-4-95; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)