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Full Text of HB5189  97th General Assembly

HB5189ham002 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Franco Coladipietro

Filed: 3/22/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5189

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5189, AS AMENDED, by
3replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5    "Section 5. The State Comptroller Act is amended by
6changing Section 9.03 as follows:
 
7    (15 ILCS 405/9.03)  (from Ch. 15, par. 209.03)
8    Sec. 9.03. Direct deposit of State payments.
9    (a) The Comptroller, with the approval of the State
10Treasurer, may provide by rule or regulation for the direct
11deposit of any payment lawfully payable from the State Treasury
12and in accordance with federal banking regulations including
13but not limited to payments to (i) persons paid from personal
14services, (ii) persons receiving benefit payments from the
15Comptroller under the State pension systems, (iii) individuals
16who receive assistance under Articles III, IV, and VI of the

 

 

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1Illinois Public Aid Code, (iv) providers of services under the
2Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative
3Act, (v) providers of community-based mental health services,
4and (vi) providers of services under programs administered by
5the State Board of Education, in the accounts of those persons
6or entities maintained at a bank, savings and loan association,
7or credit union, where authorized by the payee. The Comptroller
8also may deposit public aid payments for individuals who
9receive assistance under Articles III, IV, VI, and X of the
10Illinois Public Aid Code directly into an electronic benefits
11transfer account in a financial institution approved by the
12State Treasurer as prescribed by the Illinois Department of
13Human Services and in accordance with the rules and regulations
14of that Department and the rules and regulations adopted by the
15Comptroller and the State Treasurer. The Comptroller, with the
16approval of the State Treasurer, may provide by rule for the
17electronic direct deposit of payments to public agencies and
18any other payee of the State. The electronic direct deposits
19may be made to the designated account in those financial
20institutions specified in this Section for the direct deposit
21of payments. Within 6 months after the effective date of this
22amendatory Act of 1994, the Comptroller shall establish a pilot
23program for the electronic direct deposit of payments to local
24school districts, municipalities, and units of local
25government. The payments may be made without the use of the
26voucher-warrant system, provided that documentation of

 

 

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1approval by the Treasurer of each group of payments made by
2direct deposit shall be retained by the Comptroller. The form
3and method of the Treasurer's approval shall be established by
4the rules or regulations adopted by the Comptroller under this
5Section.
6    (b) Except as provided in subsection (b-5), all All State
7payments for an employee's payroll or an employee's expense
8reimbursement must be made through direct deposit. It is the
9responsibility of the paying State agency to ensure compliance
10with this mandate. If a State agency pays an employee's payroll
11or an employee's expense reimbursement without using direct
12deposit, the Comptroller may charge that employee a processing
13fee of $2.50 per paper warrant. The processing fee may be
14withheld from the employee's payment or reimbursement. The
15amount collected from the fee shall be deposited into the
16Comptroller's Administrative Fund.
17    (b-5) If an employee indicates in writing to the paying
18State agency or the Comptroller that it is his or her desire to
19have his or her payroll or expense reimbursement deposited to a
20secure check account, then the Comptroller shall disburse those
21amounts in that form. For the purposes of this Section, "secure
22check account" means an account established with a financial
23institution for the employee that allows the dispensing of the
24funds in the account through a third party who dispenses to the
25employee a paper check.
26    (c) All State payments to a vendor that exceed the

 

 

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1allowable limit of paper warrants in a fiscal year, by the same
2agency, must be made through direct deposit. It is the
3responsibility of the paying State agency to ensure compliance
4with this mandate. If a State agency pays a vendor more times
5than the allowable limit in a single fiscal year without using
6direct deposit, the Comptroller may charge the vendor a
7processing fee of $2.50 per paper warrant. The processing fee
8may be withheld from the vendor's payment. The amount collected
9from the processing fee shall be deposited into the
10Comptroller's Administrative Fund. The Office of the
11Comptroller shall define "allowable limit" in the
12Comptroller's Statewide Accounting Management System (SAMS)
13manual, except that the allowable limit shall not be less than
1430 paper warrants. The Office of the Comptroller shall also
15provide reasonable notice to all State agencies of the
16allowable limit of paper warrants.
17    (d) State employees covered by provisions in collective
18bargaining agreements that do not require direct deposit of
19paychecks are exempt from this mandate. No later than 60 days
20after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 97th
21General Assembly, all State agencies must provide to the Office
22of the Comptroller a list of employees that are exempt under
23this subsection (d) from the direct deposit mandate. In
24addition, a State employee or vendor may file a hardship
25petition with the Office of the Comptroller requesting an
26exemption from the direct deposit mandate under this Section. A

 

 

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1hardship petition shall be made available for download on the
2Comptroller's official Internet website.
3    (e) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
4the direct deposit of State payments under this Section for an
5employee's payroll, an employee's expense reimbursement, or a
6State vendor's payment does not authorize the State to
7automatically withdraw funds from those accounts.
8    (f) For the purposes of this Section, "vendor" means a
9non-governmental entity with a taxpayer identification number
10issued by the Social Security Administration or Internal
11Revenue Service that receives payments through the
12Comptroller's commercial system. The term does not include
13State agencies.
14    (g) The requirements of this Section do not apply to the
15legislative or judicial branches of State government.
16(Source: P.A. 97-348, eff. 8-12-11.)
 
17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect 30 days
18after becoming law.".