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1     AN ACT concerning State government.
 
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 changing
5 Section 21 as follows:
 
6     (15 ILCS 405/21)  (from Ch. 15, par. 221)
7     Sec. 21. Rules and Regulations - Imprest accounts. The
8 Comptroller shall promulgate rules and regulations to
9 implement the exercise of his powers and performance of his
10 duties under this Act and to guide and assist State agencies in
11 complying with this Act. Any rule or regulation specifically
12 requiring the approval of the State Treasurer under this Act
13 for adoption by the Comptroller comptroller shall require the
14 approval of the State Treasurer for modification or repeal.
15     The Comptroller may provide in his rules and regulations
16 for periodic transfers, with the approval of the State
17 Treasurer, for use in accordance with the imprest system,
18 subject to the rules and regulations of the Comptroller as
19 respects vouchers, controls and reports, as follows:
20         (a) To the University of Illinois, Southern Illinois
21     University, Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois
22     University, Governors State University, Illinois State
23     University, Northeastern Illinois University, Northern

 

 

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1     Illinois University, Western Illinois University, and
2     State Community College of East St. Louis under the
3     jurisdiction of the Illinois Community College Board, not
4     to exceed $200,000 for each campus.
5         (b) To the Department of Agriculture and the Department
6     of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for the operation of
7     overseas offices, not to exceed $200,000 for each
8     Department for each overseas office.
9         (c) To the Department of Agriculture for the purpose of
10     making change for activities at each State Fair, not to
11     exceed $200,000, to be returned within 5 days of the
12     termination of such activity.
13         (d) To the Department of Agriculture to pay (i) State
14     Fair premiums and awards and State Fair entertainment
15     contracts at each State Fair, and (ii) ticket refunds for
16     cancelled events. The amount transferred from any fund
17     shall not exceed the appropriation for each specific
18     purpose. This authorization shall terminate each year
19     within 60 days of the close of each State Fair. The
20     Department shall be responsible for withholding State
21     income tax, where necessary, as required by Section 709 of
22     the Illinois Income Tax Act.
23         (e) To the State Treasurer to pay for securities'
24     safekeeping charges assessed by the Board of Governors of
25     the Federal Reserve System as a consequence of the
26     Treasurer's use of the government securities' book-entry

 

 

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1     system. This account shall not exceed $25,000.
2         (f) To the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy,
3     not to exceed $15,000.
4         (g) To the Department of Natural Resources to pay out
5     cash prizes associated with competitions held at the World
6     Shooting and Recreational Complex, and to purchase awards
7     associated with competitions held at the World Shooting and
8     Recreational Complex, to pay State and national membership
9     dues associated with competitions held at the World
10     Shooting and Recreational Complex, and to pay State and
11     national membership target fees associated in association
12     with competitions held at the World Shooting and
13     Recreational Complex. The amount of funds advanced to the
14     account created by this subsection (g) must , not to exceed
15     $250,000 in any fiscal year.
16 (Source: P.A. 94-793, eff. 5-19-06; 95-220, eff. 8-16-07.)
 
17     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18 becoming law.