Full Text of HB1418 96th General Assembly
HB1418 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB1418
Introduced 2/18/2009, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Jack D. Franks SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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15 ILCS 405/9.03 |
from Ch. 15, par. 209.03 |
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Amends the State Comptroller Act. Makes a technical change concerning direct
deposit of payments.
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A BILL FOR
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LRB096 04905 RCE 14971 b |
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| AN ACT concerning State government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The State Comptroller Act is amended by changing | 5 |
| Section 9.03 as follows:
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| (15 ILCS 405/9.03) (from Ch. 15, par. 209.03)
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| Sec. 9.03. Direct deposit of State payments.
The | 8 |
| Comptroller, with the
approval of the State Treasurer, may | 9 |
| provide by rule or regulation for the the
direct deposit of any | 10 |
| payment lawfully payable from the State Treasury and in
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| accordance with federal banking regulations including but not | 12 |
| limited to
payments to (i) persons paid from personal services, | 13 |
| (ii)
persons receiving benefit payments from him under the | 14 |
| State pension
systems, (iii) individuals who receive | 15 |
| assistance under Articles III, IV,
and VI of the Illinois | 16 |
| Public Aid Code, (iv) providers of services under
the Mental | 17 |
| Health and Developmental Disabilities
Administrative Act, (v)
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| providers of community-based mental health services, and (vi) | 19 |
| providers of
services under programs administered by the State | 20 |
| Board of Education, in the
accounts of those persons or | 21 |
| entities maintained at a bank, savings and loan
association, or | 22 |
| credit
union, where authorized by the payee. The Comptroller | 23 |
| also may deposit
public aid payments for individuals who |
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| receive assistance under Articles
III, IV, VI, and X of the | 2 |
| Illinois Public Aid Code directly into an
electronic benefits | 3 |
| transfer account in a financial institution approved by
the | 4 |
| State Treasurer as prescribed by the Illinois Department of | 5 |
| Human
Services
and in accordance with the rules and regulations | 6 |
| of that Department and the
rules and regulation adopted by the | 7 |
| Comptroller and the State Treasurer.
The Comptroller, with the | 8 |
| approval of the State Treasurer, may provide by
rule for the | 9 |
| electronic direct deposit of payments to public agencies and | 10 |
| any
other payee of the State. The electronic direct
deposits | 11 |
| may be made to the designated account in those financial | 12 |
| institutions
specified in this Section for the direct deposit | 13 |
| of payments. Within 6 months
after the effective date of this | 14 |
| amendatory Act of 1994, the Comptroller shall
establish a pilot | 15 |
| program for the electronic direct deposit of payments to
local | 16 |
| school districts, municipalities, and units of local | 17 |
| government.
The payments may be made without the use of the | 18 |
| voucher-warrant system,
provided that documentation of | 19 |
| approval by the Treasurer of each group of
payments made by | 20 |
| direct deposit shall be retained by the Comptroller. The
form | 21 |
| and method of the Treasurer's approval shall be established by | 22 |
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rules or regulations adopted by the Comptroller under this | 23 |
| Section. | 24 |
| (Source: P.A. 88-641, eff. 9-9-94; 88-643, eff. 1-1-95; 89-235, | 25 |
| eff.
8-4-95; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
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