Rep. Dwight Kay
Filed: 5/10/2011
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1836 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1836 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
4    "Section 5. The State Comptroller Act is amended  by 
5changing Section 9 as follows:
 



6    (15 ILCS 405/9)  (from Ch. 15, par. 209)



7    Sec. 9. Warrants; vouchers; preaudit. 

8    (a) No payment may be made from
public funds held by the 
9State Treasurer in or outside of the State
treasury, except by 
10warrant drawn by the Comptroller and presented by
him to the 
11treasurer to be countersigned except for payments made pursuant

12to Section 9.03 or 9.05 of this Act.

13    (b) No warrant for the payment of money by the State 
14Treasurer may be
drawn by the Comptroller without the 
15presentation of itemized vouchers
indicating that the 
16obligation or expenditure is pursuant to law and
authorized, 
 
 
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1and authorizing the Comptroller to order payment.

2    (c) The Comptroller shall examine each voucher required by 
3law to be filed
with him and determine whether unencumbered 
4appropriations or unencumbered
obligational or expenditure 
5authority other than by appropriation are
legally available to 
6incur the obligation or to make the expenditure of public

7funds. If he determines that
unencumbered appropriations or 
8other obligational or expenditure
authority are not available 
9from which to incur the obligation or make
the expenditure, the 
10Comptroller shall refuse to draw a warrant.

11    (d) The Comptroller shall examine each voucher and all 
12other documentation
required to accompany the voucher, and 
13shall ascertain whether the voucher
and documentation meet all 
14requirements established by or pursuant to law.
If the 
15Comptroller determines that the voucher and documentation do 
16not
meet applicable requirements established by or pursuant to 
17law, he shall
refuse to draw a warrant.  As used in this 
18Section, "requirements established
by or pursuant to law" 
19includes statutory enactments and requirements established
by 
20rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this Act.

21    (e) Prior to drawing a warrant, the Comptroller may review 
22the voucher,
any documentation accompanying the voucher, and 
23any other documentation
related to the transaction on file with 
24him, and determine if the transaction
is in accordance with the 
25law.  If based on his review the Comptroller has
reason to 
26believe that such transaction is not in accordance with the 
 
 
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1law,
he shall refuse to draw a warrant.

2    (f) Where the Comptroller refuses to draw a warrant 
3pursuant to this Section,
he shall maintain separate records of 
4such transactions.

5    (g) State agencies shall have the principal responsibility 
6for the preaudit
of their encumbrances, expenditures, and other 
7transactions as otherwise
required by law.

8    (h) Within 20 business days after the Comptroller receives 
9a voucher for payment of a vendor's bill or invoice for goods 
10or services, the Comptroller must post a copy of the voucher on 
11the Comptroller's website. All such vouchers shall be shown on 
12the website in the order in which they were received by the 
13Comptroller and shall be searchable by date and by name of 
14vendor.
15(Source: P.A. 88-412.)

 

16    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
17becoming law.".