Section 900.120  Exclusions

The following non-exhaustive list represents the types of payments that are excluded from the Act and consequently do not qualify for interest penalties:

a)         Inter- and intra-agency payments.  This includes transfers and payments to revolving funds, reimbursement of petty cash funds and imprest accounts, inter-fund transfers and inter-fund payments in which an agency or department serves as the Vendor of Goods or Services.

b)         Payments to State employees for personal services (salary only and not including health insurance benefits).

c)         Awards and grants, as defined by the Comptroller's Office in SAMS Manual Procedure 15, including pass-through grants and distributive payments and refunds.

d)         Contract retainers associated with construction contracts.

e)         State Board of Education categorical grants.

f)          Community College Board grants.

g)         Illinois Student Assistance Commission grants.

h)         Payments to local government entities, including school districts.

i)          Payments of interest penalties.

j)          Payments made to contractual employees (these payments are generally made via a Contractual Services Payroll Voucher).

k)         Deleted

l)          Payments from accounts or funds not appropriated by the General Assembly.

m)        Gratuitous payments made to induce a business to remain in or to locate in this State.

n)         Any type of payment to a Vendor assigned or sold by that Vendor to a different payee, including any assignments made by the Vendors to the Department of Public Aid.

o)         Barter transactions.

p)         Payments made by a State agency comprised of federal funds only and no State or local funds.

q)         Medical and claims payments under the Workers' Compensation and Workers' Occupational Diseases Acts.

r)          Tax refunds.

s)         State Employee's Group Insurance Program payments covered by late payment interest provisions in 5 ILCS 375/6.12.

(Source:  Amended at 26 Ill. Reg. 14666, effective September 19, 2002)