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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.)