Rep. Dwight Kay

Filed: 5/10/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1836

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1836 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The State Comptroller Act is amended by
5changing Section 9 as follows:
 
6    (15 ILCS 405/9)  (from Ch. 15, par. 209)
7    Sec. 9. Warrants; vouchers; preaudit.
8    (a) No payment may be made from public funds held by the
9State Treasurer in or outside of the State treasury, except by
10warrant drawn by the Comptroller and presented by him to the
11treasurer to be countersigned except for payments made pursuant
12to Section 9.03 or 9.05 of this Act.
13    (b) No warrant for the payment of money by the State
14Treasurer may be drawn by the Comptroller without the
15presentation of itemized vouchers indicating that the
16obligation or expenditure is pursuant to law and authorized,

 

 

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1and authorizing the Comptroller to order payment.
2    (c) The Comptroller shall examine each voucher required by
3law to be filed with him and determine whether unencumbered
4appropriations or unencumbered obligational or expenditure
5authority other than by appropriation are legally available to
6incur the obligation or to make the expenditure of public
7funds. If he determines that unencumbered appropriations or
8other obligational or expenditure authority are not available
9from which to incur the obligation or make the expenditure, the
10Comptroller shall refuse to draw a warrant.
11    (d) The Comptroller shall examine each voucher and all
12other documentation required to accompany the voucher, and
13shall ascertain whether the voucher and documentation meet all
14requirements established by or pursuant to law. If the
15Comptroller determines that the voucher and documentation do
16not meet applicable requirements established by or pursuant to
17law, he shall refuse to draw a warrant. As used in this
18Section, "requirements established by or pursuant to law"
19includes statutory enactments and requirements established by
20rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this Act.
21    (e) Prior to drawing a warrant, the Comptroller may review
22the voucher, any documentation accompanying the voucher, and
23any other documentation related to the transaction on file with
24him, and determine if the transaction is in accordance with the
25law. If based on his review the Comptroller has reason to
26believe that such transaction is not in accordance with the

 

 

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1law, he shall refuse to draw a warrant.
2    (f) Where the Comptroller refuses to draw a warrant
3pursuant to this Section, he shall maintain separate records of
4such transactions.
5    (g) State agencies shall have the principal responsibility
6for the preaudit of their encumbrances, expenditures, and other
7transactions as otherwise required by law.
8    (h) Within 20 business days after the Comptroller receives
9a voucher for payment of a vendor's bill or invoice for goods
10or services, the Comptroller must post a copy of the voucher on
11the Comptroller's website. All such vouchers shall be shown on
12the website in the order in which they were received by the
13Comptroller and shall be searchable by date and by name of
14vendor.
15(Source: P.A. 88-412.)
 
16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17becoming law.".