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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 777
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 777  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN  ACT  to  amend  the  State  Finance  Act by changing
 5    Section 9.02."; and
 6    by replacing everything after the enacting  clause  with  the
 7    following:
 8        "Section 5.  The State Finance Act is amended by changing
 9    Section 9.02 as follows:
10        (30 ILCS 105/9.02) (from Ch. 127, par. 145c)
11        Sec.  9.02.  Vouchers;  signature; delegation; electronic
12    submission.
13        (a)(1)  Any new  contract  or  contract  renewal  in  the
14    amount  of  $250,000  or  more in a fiscal year, or any order
15    against a master contract in the amount of $250,000  or  more
16    in  a  fiscal year, or any contract amendment or change to an
17    existing contract that increases the value of the contract to
18    or by $250,000 or more in a fiscal year, shall be  signed  or
19    approved  in  writing  by  the chief executive officer of the
20    agency, and shall also be signed or approved  in  writing  by
21    the  agency's  chief  legal counsel and chief fiscal officer.
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 1    If the agency does not have a chief legal counsel, the  chief
 2    executive  officer of the agency shall designate in writing a
 3    senior executive as the individual responsible for  signature
 4    or approval.
 5        (2)  No document identified in paragraph (1) may be filed
 6    with  the  Comptroller, nor may any authorization for payment
 7    pursuant to such documents be filed with the Comptroller,  if
 8    the required signatures or approvals are lacking.
 9        (3)  Any  person  who,  with  knowledge the signatures or
10    approvals required in paragraph (1) are lacking, either files
11    or   directs   another   to   file   documents   or   payment
12    authorizations in violation of paragraph (2) shall be subject
13    to discipline up to and including discharge.
14        (4)  Procurements shall not be artificially divided so as
15    to avoid the necessity of complying with paragraph (1).
16        (5)  Each  State  agency  shall  develop  and   implement
17    procedures  to  ensure  the necessary signatures or approvals
18    are obtained.  Each State agency may establish, maintain  and
19    follow  procedures  that  are  more  restrictive  that  those
20    required herein.
21        (6)  This subsection (a) applies to all State agencies as
22    defined in Section 1-7 of the Illinois State Auditing Act.
23        (b)(1)  (a)  Every voucher, as submitted by the agency or
24    office in  which  it  originates,  shall  bear  (i)  (1)  the
25    signature  of  the  officer  responsible  for  approving  and
26    certifying  vouchers under this Act and (ii) (2) if authority
27    to sign the responsible  officer's  name  has  been  properly
28    delegated,  also the signature of the person actually signing
29    the voucher.
30        (2) (b)  When an officer delegates authority  to  approve
31    and   certify   vouchers,  he  shall  send  a  copy  of  such
32    authorization containing the signature of the person to  whom
33    delegation  is  made  to  each office that checks or approves
34    such vouchers and to the State Comptroller.  Such  delegation
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 1    may be general or limited.  If the delegation is limited, the
 2    authorization   shall   designate  the  particular  types  of
 3    vouchers  that  the  person  is  authorized  to  approve  and
 4    certify.
 5        (3)  When  any  delegation  of  authority  hereunder   is
 6    revoked,  a copy of the revocation of authority shall be sent
 7    to the Comptroller and to each office to which a copy of  the
 8    authorization was sent.
 9        The  Comptroller  may  require State agencies to maintain
10    signature documents and records  of  delegations  of  voucher
11    signature  authority  and  revocations  of those delegations,
12    instead of transmitting those documents to  the  Comptroller.
13    The Comptroller may inspect such documents and records at any
14    time.
15        (c)  The  Comptroller  may  authorize  the  submission of
16    vouchers through electronic transmissions, on magnetic  tape,
17    or otherwise.
18    (Source: P.A. 89-360, eff. 8-17-95.)
19        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
20    becoming law.".

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