State of Illinois
91^st General Assembly
Public Acts

Public Act 91-0753

SB1649 Enrolled                               LRB9109329MWcsA

    AN ACT to amend the State  Comptroller  Act  by  changing
Section 21.

    Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section 5.  The  State  Comptroller  Act  is  amended  by
changing Section 21 as follows:

    (15 ILCS 405/21) (from Ch. 15, par. 221)
    Sec.  21.  Rules  and Regulations - Imprest accounts. The
Comptroller  shall  promulgate  rules  and   regulations   to
implement  the  exercise of his powers and performance of his
duties under this Act and to guide and assist State  agencies
in   complying   with  this  Act.   Any  rule  or  regulation
specifically requiring the approval of  the  State  Treasurer
under  this Act for adoption by the comptroller shall require
the approval of  the  State  Treasurer  for  modification  or
repeal.
    The  Comptroller may provide in his rules and regulations
for periodic  transfers,  with  the  approval  of  the  State
Treasurer,  for  use  in  accordance with the imprest system,
subject to the rules and regulations of  the  Comptroller  as
respects vouchers, controls and reports, as follows:
         (a)  To   the   University   of  Illinois,  Southern
    Illinois University, Chicago  State  University,  Eastern
    Illinois University, Governors State University, Illinois
    State   University,   Northeastern  Illinois  University,
    Northern   Illinois    University,    Western    Illinois
    University, and State Community College of East St. Louis
    under  the jurisdiction of the Illinois Community College
    Board, not to exceed $200,000 for each campus.
         (b)  To  the  Department  of  Agriculture  and   the
    Department  of  Commerce  and  Community  Affairs for the
    operation of overseas offices, not to exceed $200,000 for
    each Department for each overseas office.
         (c)  To  the  Department  of  Agriculture  for   the
    purpose of making change for activities at each the State
    Fair  Fairgrounds, not to exceed $200,000 $100,000, to be
    returned  within  5  days  of  the  termination  of  such
    activity.
         (d)  To the Department of  Agriculture  to  pay  (i)
    State   Fair   premiums   and   awards   and  State  Fair
    entertainment event percentage contracts  at  each  State
    Fair,  and (ii) ticket refunds for cancelled events.  The
    amount transferred from any fund  shall  not  exceed  the
    appropriation    for   each   specific   purpose.    This
    authorization shall terminate each year within 60 45 days
    of  the  close  of  each  the  annual  State  Fair.   The
    Department shall be  responsible  for  withholding  State
    income  tax,  where necessary, as required by Section 709
    of the Illinois Income Tax Act.
         (e)  To the State Treasurer to pay  for  securities'
    safekeeping charges assessed by the Board of Governors of
    the  Federal  Reserve  System  as  a  consequence  of the
    Treasurer's use of the government securities'  book-entry
    system.  This account shall not exceed $25,000.
         (f)  To   the   Illinois   Mathematics  and  Science
    Academy, not to exceed $15,000.
(Source: P.A. 89-4, eff. 1-1-96.)

    Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act  takes  effect  on
July 1, 2000.