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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Comptroller Act is amended by changing
5Section 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,
17and authorizing the Comptroller to order payment.
18    (b-1) An itemized voucher for under $5 that is presented to
19the Comptroller for payment shall not be paid except through
20electronic funds transfer. This subsection (b-1) does not apply
21to (i) vouchers presented by the legislative branch of State
22government, or (ii) vouchers presented by the State Treasurer's
23Office for the payment of unclaimed property claims authorized

 

 

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

 

 

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1law. If based on his review the Comptroller has reason to
2believe that such transaction is not in accordance with the
3law, he shall refuse to draw a warrant.
4    (f) Where the Comptroller refuses to draw a warrant
5pursuant to this Section, he shall maintain separate records of
6such transactions.
7    (g) State agencies shall have the principal responsibility
8for the preaudit of their encumbrances, expenditures, and other
9transactions as otherwise required by law.
10(Source: P.A. 97-969, eff. 8-16-12; 97-1142, eff. 12-28-12.)
 
11    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12becoming law.