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Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Illinois State Collection Act of 1986. Provides that all debts owed to State agencies that exceed $250 (now, $1,000) and are more than 90 days past due shall be placed in the Comptroller's Offset System. Provides that all debt, and maintenance of that debt, that is placed in the Comptroller's Offset System must be submitted electronically to the office of the Comptroller. Effective immediately.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Further amends the Illinois State Collection Act of 1986. Provides that, upon processing a deduction to satisfy a debt owed to a State agency and placed in the Comptroller's Offset System, the Comptroller shall give written notice to the person subject to the offset. Provides that, if the person subject to the offset has not made a written protest within 60 days after the Comptroller has given notice, or if a final disposition is made concerning the deduction, the Comptroller shall pay the deduction to the State agency. Provides that, for a debt owed to a State agency and placed in the Comptroller's Offset System, the Comptroller shall deduct, from a warrant or other payment, its processing charge and the amount certified as necessary to satisfy the debt owed to the State agency. Provides that the Comptroller shall deduct a processing charge of up to $15 per transaction for each offset and such charges shall be deposited into the Comptroller Debt Recovery Trust Fund.
Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that, when an appropriation has been made by the General Assembly for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the operation, maintenance, and administration of each of the State's public universities, the State Comptroller shall draw his or her warrant on the State Treasurer for the payment of the same upon the presentation of itemized vouchers, issued, certified, and approved by the president of that university (now, by the president and secretary of the Board of Trustees of the university, with the corporate seal of the university attached). Effective immediately.
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