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 1        AN ACT concerning the State Comptroller.

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

 4        Section  5.   The  State  Comptroller  Act  is amended by
 5    changing Section 9.03 as follows:

 6        (15 ILCS 405/9.03) (from Ch. 15, par. 209.03)
 7        Sec.  9.03.   Direct  deposit  of  State  payments.   The
 8    Comptroller, with the approval of the State   Treasurer,  may
 9    provide  by  rule  or by regulation for the direct deposit of
10    any payment lawfully payable from the State Treasury  and  in
11    accordance with federal banking regulations including but not
12    limited  to  payments  to  (i)  persons  paid  from  personal
13    services,  (ii)  persons  receiving benefit payments from him
14    under  the  State  pension  systems,  (iii)  individuals  who
15    receive assistance under Articles III,  IV,  and  VI  of  the
16    Illinois  Public  Aid  Code, (iv) providers of services under
17    the   Mental   Health    and    Developmental    Disabilities
18    Administrative  Act,  (v) providers of community-based mental
19    health  services,  and  (vi)  providers  of  services   under
20    programs administered by the State Board of Education, in the
21    accounts  of  those persons or entities maintained at a bank,
22    savings  and  loan  association,  or  credit   union,   where
23    authorized  by  the  payee.  The Comptroller also may deposit
24    public aid payments for individuals  who  receive  assistance
25    under  Articles III, IV, VI, and X of the Illinois Public Aid
26    Code directly into an electronic benefits transfer account in
27    a financial institution approved by the  State  Treasurer  as
28    prescribed  by  the Illinois Department of Human Services and
29    in  accordance  with  the  rules  and  regulations  of   that
30    Department  and  the  rules  and  regulation  adopted  by the
31    Comptroller and the State Treasurer.  The  Comptroller,  with
 
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 1    the  approval of the State Treasurer, may provide by rule for
 2    the electronic direct deposit of payments to public  agencies
 3    and  any  other  payee  of  the State.  The electronic direct
 4    deposits may be made  to  the  designated  account  in  those
 5    financial  institutions  specified  in  this  Section for the
 6    direct deposit  of  payments.   Within  6  months  after  the
 7    effective   date   of   this  amendatory  Act  of  1994,  the
 8    Comptroller  shall  establish  a  pilot   program   for   the
 9    electronic   direct  deposit  of  payments  to  local  school
10    districts, municipalities, and units of local government. The
11    payments may be made without the use of  the  voucher-warrant
12    system,  provided  that  documentation  of  approval  by  the
13    Treasurer  of  each  group of payments made by direct deposit
14    shall be retained by the Comptroller.  The form and method of
15    the Treasurer's approval shall be established by the rules or
16    regulations adopted by the Comptroller under this Section.
17    (Source: P.A.  88-641,  eff.  9-9-94;  88-643,  eff.  1-1-95;
18    89-235, eff. 8-4-95; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)