Bill Text: IL HB0623 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the State Comptroller Act. Requires the Comptroller to make a listing of State employee salaries, in both the annual report and the online ledger, in which the total amount paid to a State employee during the past calendar year is listed as rounded to the nearest thousand dollar. Provides findings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-22 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0253 [HB0623 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB0623-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 100-0253 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning State government.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 1. Findings. Identity theft is a major concern for | ||||
the State of Illinois and its employees in both the receipt and | ||||
management of personal funds. Easy access to salary information | ||||
by identity thieves makes it easier for them to open new lines | ||||
of credit in their victims' names. Preventing reporting of the | ||||
exact amount of State employee salaries preserves employee | ||||
privacy by lessening the ease with which identity thieves | ||||
obtain information and helps protect State employees from | ||||
identity theft.
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Section 5. The State Comptroller Act is amended by changing | ||||
Sections 20 and 27 as follows:
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(15 ILCS 405/20) (from Ch. 15, par. 220)
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Sec. 20. Annual report. The Comptroller shall annually, as | ||||
soon as possible after the close
of the fiscal year but no | ||||
later than December 31, make out and present
to the Governor, | ||||
the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House
of | ||||
Representatives, the Minority Leader of the Senate, and the | ||||
Minority
Leader of the House of Representatives a report, | ||||
showing the amount of
warrants drawn on the treasury, on other | ||||
funds held by the State
Treasurer and on any public funds held | ||
by State agencies, during the
preceding fiscal year, and | ||
stating, particularly, on what account they
were drawn, and if | ||
drawn on the contingent fund, to whom and for what
they were | ||
issued. He or she shall, also, at the same time, report to the
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Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House | ||
of
Representatives, the Minority Leader of the Senate, and the | ||
Minority
Leader of the House of Representatives the amount of | ||
money received into
the treasury, into other funds held by the | ||
State Treasurer and into any
other funds held by State agencies | ||
during the preceding fiscal year, and
stating particularly, the | ||
source from which the same may be derived, and
also a general | ||
account of all the business of his office during the
preceding | ||
fiscal year. The report shall also summarize for the previous
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fiscal year the information required under Section 19.
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Within 60 days after the expiration of each calendar year, | ||
the Comptroller
shall compile, from records maintained and | ||
available in his
office, a list of all persons including those | ||
employed in the Office of the Comptroller, who have been | ||
employed by the State during the past
calendar year and paid | ||
from funds in the hands of the State Treasurer.
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The list shall be arranged according to counties and shall | ||
state in
alphabetical order the name of each employee, the | ||
address in the county
in which he votes, except as specified | ||
below, the position and the
total salary paid to him or her | ||
during
the past calendar year, rounded to the nearest hundred | ||
dollar. For persons employed by the Department of
Corrections, | ||
Department of Children and Family Services, Department of | ||
Juvenile Justice, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate | ||
Prosecutor, and the Department
of State Police, as well as | ||
their spouses, no address shall be listed. The list so compiled | ||
and
arranged shall be kept
on file in the office of the | ||
Comptroller and be open to inspection by
the public at all | ||
times.
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No person who utilizes the names obtained from this list | ||
for solicitation
shall represent that such solicitation is | ||
authorized by any officer or agency
of the State of Illinois. | ||
Violation of this provision is a Business Offense
punishable by | ||
a fine not to exceed $3,000.
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(Source: P.A. 98-411, eff. 8-16-13.)
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(15 ILCS 405/27) | ||
Sec. 27. Comptroller's online ledger. The Comptroller | ||
shall establish and maintain an online repository of the | ||
State's financial transactions, to be known as the | ||
Comptroller's "Online Ledger". The Comptroller shall establish | ||
rules and regulations pertaining to the establishment and | ||
maintenance of the "Online Ledger". Any listing of an | ||
immediately preceding year's amount of State employee salaries | ||
on the "Online Ledger" shall list the total amount paid to a | ||
State employee during that past calendar year, or a monthly | ||
reporting of a State employee's salary from that past calendar | ||
year, as rounded to the nearest hundred dollar. Any monthly | ||
reporting of a State employee's salary for the current year | ||
shall also be listed as rounded to the nearest hundred dollar. | ||
The Comptroller, in his or her discretion, may list the | ||
unadjusted total salary amount paid to a State employee for any | ||
previous year other than the rounded salary amount for the | ||
immediately preceding calendar year.
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(Source: P.A. 99-393, eff. 1-1-16.)
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