Bill Amendment: IL HB2266 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly
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Bill Title: COMPTROLLER-REPORTS AND FUNDS
Status: 2019-06-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0034 [HB2266 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2266-House_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: COMPTROLLER-REPORTS AND FUNDS
Status: 2019-06-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0034 [HB2266 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2266-House_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2266
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2266 as follows:
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3 | on page 6, immediately below line 2, by inserting the | ||||||
4 | following:
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5 | "Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by changing | ||||||
6 | Section 9.02 as follows:
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7 | (30 ILCS 105/9.02) (from Ch. 127, par. 145c)
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8 | Sec. 9.02. Vouchers; signature; delegation; electronic | ||||||
9 | submission.
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10 | (a)(1) Any new contract or contract renewal in the amount | ||||||
11 | of $250,000 or
more in a fiscal year, or any order against a | ||||||
12 | master contract in the amount of
$250,000 or more in a fiscal | ||||||
13 | year, or any contract amendment or change to an
existing | ||||||
14 | contract that increases the value of the contract to or by | ||||||
15 | $250,000 or
more in a fiscal year, shall be signed or approved |
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1 | in writing by the chief
executive officer of the agency, and | ||||||
2 | shall also be signed or approved in
writing by
the agency's | ||||||
3 | chief legal counsel and chief fiscal
officer. If the agency | ||||||
4 | does not have a chief legal counsel or a chief fiscal
officer, | ||||||
5 | the chief
executive officer of the agency shall designate in | ||||||
6 | writing a senior executive
as the individual responsible for | ||||||
7 | signature or approval.
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8 | (2) No document identified in paragraph (1) may be filed | ||||||
9 | with the
Comptroller, nor may any authorization for payment | ||||||
10 | pursuant to such documents
be filed with the Comptroller, if | ||||||
11 | the required signatures or approvals are
lacking.
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12 | (3) Any person who, with knowledge the signatures or | ||||||
13 | approvals required in
paragraph (1) are lacking, either files | ||||||
14 | or directs another to file documents
or
payment authorizations | ||||||
15 | in violation of paragraph (2) shall be subject to
discipline up | ||||||
16 | to and including discharge.
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17 | (4) Procurements shall not be artificially divided so as to | ||||||
18 | avoid the
necessity of complying with paragraph (1).
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19 | (5) Each State agency shall develop and implement | ||||||
20 | procedures to ensure the
necessary signatures or approvals are | ||||||
21 | obtained. Each State agency may
establish, maintain and follow | ||||||
22 | procedures that are more restrictive than
those required | ||||||
23 | herein.
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24 | (6) This subsection (a) applies to all State agencies as | ||||||
25 | defined in Section
1-7 of the Illinois State Auditing
Act, | ||||||
26 | which includes without limitation the General
Assembly and its
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1 | agencies. For purposes of this subsection (a), in the case of | ||||||
2 | the General
Assembly,
the "chief executive officer of the | ||||||
3 | agency" means (i) the Senate
Operations
Commission for Senate | ||||||
4 | general operations as provided in Section 4 of the
General | ||||||
5 | Assembly
Operations Act, (ii) the Speaker of the House of | ||||||
6 | Representatives for House
general operations as
provided in | ||||||
7 | Section 5 of the General Assembly Operations Act, (iii) the | ||||||
8 | Speaker
of the House for majority leadership staff and | ||||||
9 | operations, (iv) the Minority
Leader of the House for minority | ||||||
10 | leadership staff and operations, (v) the
President of the | ||||||
11 | Senate for majority leadership staff and operations, (vi) the
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12 | Minority Leader of the Senate for minority staff and | ||||||
13 | operations, and (vii) the
Joint
Committee on Legislative | ||||||
14 | Support Services for the legislative support services
agencies | ||||||
15 | as provided in the Legislative Commission Reorganization Act of
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16 | 1984.
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17 | (b)(1) Every voucher or corresponding balancing report , as | ||||||
18 | submitted by the agency or office in
which
it originates, shall | ||||||
19 | bear (i) the signature of the officer
responsible for
approving | ||||||
20 | and certifying vouchers under this Act and (ii) if
authority to
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21 | sign the responsible officer's name has been properly | ||||||
22 | delegated, also the
signature of the person actually signing | ||||||
23 | the voucher.
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24 | (2) When an officer delegates authority to approve and | ||||||
25 | certify
vouchers,
he shall send a copy of such authorization | ||||||
26 | containing the signature of the
person to whom delegation is |
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1 | made to each office that checks or approves
such vouchers and | ||||||
2 | to the State Comptroller. Such delegation may be general
or | ||||||
3 | limited. If the delegation is limited, the authorization shall | ||||||
4 | designate
the particular types of vouchers that the person is | ||||||
5 | authorized to approve
and certify.
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6 | (3) When any delegation of authority hereunder is revoked, | ||||||
7 | a copy of the
revocation of authority shall be sent to the | ||||||
8 | Comptroller and to each office
to which a copy of the | ||||||
9 | authorization was sent.
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10 | The Comptroller may require State agencies to maintain | ||||||
11 | signature
documents and records of delegations of voucher | ||||||
12 | signature authority and
revocations of those delegations, | ||||||
13 | instead of transmitting those documents to
the Comptroller. The | ||||||
14 | Comptroller may inspect such documents and records at any
time.
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15 | (c) The Comptroller may authorize the submission of | ||||||
16 | vouchers through
electronic transmissions, on magnetic tape, | ||||||
17 | or otherwise.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 89-360, eff. 8-17-95; 90-452, eff. 8-16-97.)"; | ||||||
19 | and
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20 | on page 6, line 3, by replacing "10" with "15"; and
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21 | on page 7, line 19, by replacing "15" with "20"; and
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22 | on page 8, line 4, by replacing "20" with "25".
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