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90_SB0777enr

      30 ILCS 505/7-3 new
      30 ILCS 510/18 new
      30 ILCS 515/13.1 new
          Amends the  Illinois  Purchasing  Act,  the  State  Paper
      Purchasing   Act,  and  the  State  Printing  Contracts  Act.
      Provides that any  contract  entered  into  by  an  executive
      agency  shall  be signed by the Director of the Agency and at
      least 2 other agency administrative officials that have  been
      approved  to  sign the contracts by the Department of Central
      Management Services if the contract  requires  an  amount  in
      excess of $250,000 to be expended.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the State Finance Act by changing Section
 2    9.02.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The State Finance Act is amended by  changing
 6    Section 9.02 as follows:
 7        (30 ILCS 105/9.02) (from Ch. 127, par. 145c)
 8        Sec.  9.02.  Vouchers;  signature; delegation; electronic
 9    submission.
10        (a)(1)  Any new  contract  or  contract  renewal  in  the
11    amount  of  $250,000  or  more in a fiscal year, or any order
12    against a master contract in the amount of $250,000  or  more
13    in  a  fiscal year, or any contract amendment or change to an
14    existing contract that increases the value of the contract to
15    or by $250,000 or more in a fiscal year, shall be  signed  or
16    approved  in  writing  by  the chief executive officer of the
17    agency, and shall also be signed or approved  in  writing  by
18    the  agency's  chief  legal counsel and chief fiscal officer.
19    If the agency does not have a chief legal counsel or a  chief
20    fiscal  officer,  the  chief  executive officer of the agency
21    shall  designate  in  writing  a  senior  executive  as   the
22    individual responsible for signature or approval.
23        (2)  No document identified in paragraph (1) may be filed
24    with  the  Comptroller, nor may any authorization for payment
25    pursuant to such documents be filed with the Comptroller,  if
26    the required signatures or approvals are lacking.
27        (3)  Any  person  who,  with  knowledge the signatures or
28    approvals required in paragraph (1) are lacking, either files
29    or   directs   another   to   file   documents   or   payment
30    authorizations in violation of paragraph (2) shall be subject
31    to discipline up to and including discharge.
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 1        (4)  Procurements shall not be artificially divided so as
 2    to avoid the necessity of complying with paragraph (1).
 3        (5)  Each  State  agency  shall  develop  and   implement
 4    procedures  to  ensure  the necessary signatures or approvals
 5    are obtained.  Each State agency may establish, maintain  and
 6    follow  procedures  that  are  more  restrictive  than  those
 7    required herein.
 8        (6)  This subsection (a) applies to all State agencies as
 9    defined  in  Section  1-7 of the Illinois State Auditing Act,
10    which includes without limitation the  General  Assembly  and
11    its  agencies.   For  purposes of this subsection (a), in the
12    case of the General Assembly, the "chief executive officer of
13    the agency" means (i) the Senate  Operations  Commission  for
14    Senate  general  operations  as  provided in Section 4 of the
15    General Assembly Operations Act,  (ii)  the  Speaker  of  the
16    House  of  Representatives  for  House  general operations as
17    provided in Section 5 of the General Assembly Operations Act,
18    (iii) the Speaker of the House for majority leadership  staff
19    and  operations,  (iv)  the  Minority Leader of the House for
20    minority leadership staff and operations, (v)  the  President
21    of  the  Senate for majority leadership staff and operations,
22    (vi) the Minority Leader of the Senate for minority staff and
23    operations, and (vii)  the  Joint  Committee  on  Legislative
24    Support   Services   for  the  legislative  support  services
25    agencies  as   provided   in   the   Legislative   Commission
26    Reorganization Act of 1984.
27        (b)(1)  (a)  Every voucher, as submitted by the agency or
28    office in  which  it  originates,  shall  bear  (i)  (1)  the
29    signature  of  the  officer  responsible  for  approving  and
30    certifying  vouchers under this Act and (ii) (2) if authority
31    to sign the responsible  officer's  name  has  been  properly
32    delegated,  also the signature of the person actually signing
33    the voucher.
34        (2) (b)  When an officer delegates authority  to  approve
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 1    and   certify   vouchers,  he  shall  send  a  copy  of  such
 2    authorization containing the signature of the person to  whom
 3    delegation  is  made  to  each office that checks or approves
 4    such vouchers and to the State Comptroller.  Such  delegation
 5    may be general or limited.  If the delegation is limited, the
 6    authorization   shall   designate  the  particular  types  of
 7    vouchers  that  the  person  is  authorized  to  approve  and
 8    certify.
 9        (3)  When  any  delegation  of  authority  hereunder   is
10    revoked,  a copy of the revocation of authority shall be sent
11    to the Comptroller and to each office to which a copy of  the
12    authorization was sent.
13        The  Comptroller  may  require State agencies to maintain
14    signature documents and records  of  delegations  of  voucher
15    signature  authority  and  revocations  of those delegations,
16    instead of transmitting those documents to  the  Comptroller.
17    The Comptroller may inspect such documents and records at any
18    time.
19        (c)  The  Comptroller  may  authorize  the  submission of
20    vouchers through electronic transmissions, on magnetic  tape,
21    or otherwise.
22    (Source: P.A. 89-360, eff. 8-17-95.)
23        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
24    becoming law.

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