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Public Act 098-0421
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| HB2498 Enrolled | LRB098 10514 JDS 40752 b |
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The State Comptroller Act is amended by changing |
Section 9 as follows:
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(15 ILCS 405/9) (from Ch. 15, par. 209)
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Sec. 9. Warrants; vouchers; preaudit.
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(a) No payment may be made from
public funds held by the |
State Treasurer in or outside of the State
treasury, except by |
warrant drawn by the Comptroller and presented by
him to the |
treasurer to be countersigned except for payments made pursuant
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to Section 9.03 or 9.05 of this Act.
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(b) No warrant for the payment of money by the State |
Treasurer may be
drawn by the Comptroller without the |
presentation of itemized vouchers
indicating that the |
obligation or expenditure is pursuant to law and
authorized, |
and authorizing the Comptroller to order payment.
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(b-1) An itemized voucher for under $5 that is presented to |
the Comptroller for payment shall not be paid except through |
electronic funds transfer. This subsection (b-1) does not apply |
to (i) vouchers presented by the legislative branch of State |
government, or (ii) vouchers presented by the State Treasurer's |
Office for the payment of unclaimed property claims authorized |
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under the Uniform Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act, or |
(iii) vouchers presented by the Department of Revenue for the |
payment of refunds of taxes administered by the Department. |
(c) The Comptroller shall examine each voucher required by |
law to be filed
with him and determine whether unencumbered |
appropriations or unencumbered
obligational or expenditure |
authority other than by appropriation are
legally available to |
incur the obligation or to make the expenditure of public
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funds. If he determines that
unencumbered appropriations or |
other obligational or expenditure
authority are not available |
from which to incur the obligation or make
the expenditure, the |
Comptroller shall refuse to draw a warrant.
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(d) The Comptroller shall examine each voucher and all |
other documentation
required to accompany the voucher, and |
shall ascertain whether the voucher
and documentation meet all |
requirements established by or pursuant to law.
If the |
Comptroller determines that the voucher and documentation do |
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meet applicable requirements established by or pursuant to |
law, he shall
refuse to draw a warrant. As used in this |
Section, "requirements established
by or pursuant to law" |
includes statutory enactments and requirements established
by |
rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this Act.
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(e) Prior to drawing a warrant, the Comptroller may review |
the voucher,
any documentation accompanying the voucher, and |
any other documentation
related to the transaction on file with |
him, and determine if the transaction
is in accordance with the |
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law. If based on his review the Comptroller has
reason to |
believe that such transaction is not in accordance with the |
law,
he shall refuse to draw a warrant.
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(f) Where the Comptroller refuses to draw a warrant |
pursuant to this Section,
he shall maintain separate records of |
such transactions.
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(g) State agencies shall have the principal responsibility |
for the preaudit
of their encumbrances, expenditures, and other |
transactions as otherwise
required by law.
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(Source: P.A. 97-969, eff. 8-16-12; 97-1142, eff. 12-28-12.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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