Bill Text: IL HB2333 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Statute on Statutes. Provides that any reference to the term "electronic data processing" in any statute of the State, any rule adopted by an administrative agency of the State, or any appropriations Act of the State includes information technology as defined in a specified provision of the State Finance Act. Amends the State Finance Act. Replaces the term "electronic data processing" with "information technology". Provides that, upon written approval by the Office of the Comptroller, a State agency may submit electronic travel vouchers under procedures and controls prescribed by the Comptroller. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-30 - Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. [HB2333 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2025-HB2333-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning finance.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Statute on Statutes is amended by adding | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 1.46 as follows:
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6 | (5 ILCS 70/1.46 new) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 1.46. Electronic data processing. Any reference to | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | the term "electronic data processing" in any statute of the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | State, any rule adopted by an administrative agency of the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | State, or any appropriations Act of the State includes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | information technology, as defined in Section 24.1 of the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | State Finance Act, unless the context clearly requires | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | otherwise.
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14 | Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Sections 6z-100, 6z-140, 8.16a, 12, 13, 13.2, 15c, 24.1, and | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | 24.3 as follows:
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17 | (30 ILCS 105/6z-100) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Sec. 6z-100. Capital Development Board Revolving Fund; | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | payments into and use. All monies received by the Capital | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Development Board for publications or copies issued by the |
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1 | Board, and all monies received for contract administration | ||||||
2 | fees, charges, or reimbursements owing to the Board shall be | ||||||
3 | deposited into a special fund known as the Capital Development | ||||||
4 | Board Revolving Fund, which is hereby created in the State | ||||||
5 | treasury. The monies in this Fund shall be used by the Capital | ||||||
6 | Development Board, as appropriated, for expenditures for | ||||||
7 | personal services, retirement, social security, contractual | ||||||
8 | services, legal services, travel, commodities, printing, | ||||||
9 | equipment, information technology electronic data processing , | ||||||
10 | or telecommunications. For fiscal year 2021 and thereafter, | ||||||
11 | the monies in this Fund may also be appropriated to and used by | ||||||
12 | the Executive Ethics Commission for oversight and | ||||||
13 | administration of the Chief Procurement Officer appointed | ||||||
14 | under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Section 10-20 of the | ||||||
15 | Illinois Procurement Code. Unexpended moneys in the Fund shall | ||||||
16 | not be transferred or allocated by the Comptroller or | ||||||
17 | Treasurer to any other fund, nor shall the Governor authorize | ||||||
18 | the transfer or allocation of those moneys to any other fund. | ||||||
19 | This Section is repealed July 1, 2025. | ||||||
20 | (Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-699, eff. 4-19-22; | ||||||
21 | 103-8, eff. 6-7-23.)
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22 | (30 ILCS 105/6z-140) | ||||||
23 | Sec. 6z-140. Professions Licensure Fund. The Professions | ||||||
24 | Licensure Fund is created as a special fund in the State | ||||||
25 | treasury. The Fund may receive revenue from any authorized |
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1 | source, including, but not limited to, gifts, grants, awards, | ||||||
2 | transfers, and appropriations. Subject to appropriation, the | ||||||
3 | Department of Financial and Professional Regulation may use | ||||||
4 | moneys in the Fund for costs directly associated with the | ||||||
5 | procurement of information technology electronic data | ||||||
6 | processing software, licenses, or any other information | ||||||
7 | technology system products and for the ongoing costs of | ||||||
8 | information technology electronic data processing software, | ||||||
9 | licenses, or other information technology system products | ||||||
10 | related to the granting, renewal, or administration of all | ||||||
11 | licenses under the Department's jurisdiction. | ||||||
12 | (Source: P.A. 103-588, eff. 6-5-24.)
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13 | (30 ILCS 105/8.16a) (from Ch. 127, par. 144.16a) | ||||||
14 | Sec. 8.16a. Appropriations for the procurement, | ||||||
15 | installation, retention, maintenance, and operation of | ||||||
16 | electronic data processing and information technology devices | ||||||
17 | and software used by State agencies subject to subsection (e) | ||||||
18 | of Section 1-15 of the Department of Innovation and Technology | ||||||
19 | Act, the purchase of necessary supplies and equipment and | ||||||
20 | accessories thereto, and all other expenses incident to the | ||||||
21 | operation and maintenance of those electronic data processing | ||||||
22 | and information technology devices and software are payable | ||||||
23 | from the Technology Management Revolving Fund. However, no | ||||||
24 | contract shall be entered into or obligation incurred for any | ||||||
25 | expenditure from the Technology Management Revolving Fund |
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1 | until after the purpose and amount has been approved in | ||||||
2 | writing by the Secretary of Innovation and Technology. Until | ||||||
3 | there are sufficient funds in the Technology Management | ||||||
4 | Revolving Fund (formerly known as the Statistical Services | ||||||
5 | Revolving Fund) to carry out the purposes of this amendatory | ||||||
6 | Act of 1965, however, the State agencies subject to subsection | ||||||
7 | (b) of Section 1-30 of the Department of Innovation and | ||||||
8 | Technology Act shall, on written approval of the Secretary of | ||||||
9 | Innovation and Technology, pay the cost of operating and | ||||||
10 | maintaining information technology electronic data processing | ||||||
11 | systems from current appropriations as classified and | ||||||
12 | standardized in the State Finance Act. | ||||||
13 | (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-376, eff. 1-1-22 .)
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14 | (30 ILCS 105/12) (from Ch. 127, par. 148) | ||||||
15 | Sec. 12. Each voucher for traveling expenses shall | ||||||
16 | indicate the purpose of the travel as required by applicable | ||||||
17 | travel regulations, shall be itemized, and shall be | ||||||
18 | accompanied by all receipts specified in the applicable travel | ||||||
19 | regulations and by a certificate, signed by the person | ||||||
20 | incurring such expense, certifying that the amount is correct | ||||||
21 | and just; that the detailed items charged for subsistence were | ||||||
22 | actually paid; that the expenses were occasioned by official | ||||||
23 | business or unavoidable delays requiring the stay of such | ||||||
24 | person at hotels for the time specified; that the journey was | ||||||
25 | performed with all practicable dispatch by the shortest route |
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1 | usually traveled in the customary reasonable manner; and that | ||||||
2 | such person has not been furnished with transportation or | ||||||
3 | money in lieu thereof; for any part of the journey therein | ||||||
4 | charged for. | ||||||
5 | Upon written approval by the Office of the Comptroller, a | ||||||
6 | State agency may submit electronic travel vouchers under | ||||||
7 | procedures and controls prescribed by the Comptroller. | ||||||
8 | Upon written approval by the Office of the Comptroller, a | ||||||
9 | State agency may maintain the original travel voucher, the | ||||||
10 | receipts, and the proof of the traveler's signature on the | ||||||
11 | traveler's certification statement at the office of the State | ||||||
12 | agency. However, except as otherwise provided in this Section | ||||||
13 | for State public institutions of higher education, nothing in | ||||||
14 | this Section shall be construed to exempt a State agency from | ||||||
15 | submitting a detailed travel voucher as prescribed by the | ||||||
16 | Office of the Comptroller. Each State public institution of | ||||||
17 | higher education is exempt from submitting a detailed travel | ||||||
18 | voucher to the Office of the Comptroller but shall retain all | ||||||
19 | receipts specified in the applicable travel regulations and | ||||||
20 | shall annually publish a record of those expenditures on its | ||||||
21 | official website using a form that it prescribes. | ||||||
22 | An information copy of each voucher covering a claim by a | ||||||
23 | person subject to the official travel regulations promulgated | ||||||
24 | under Section 12-2 for travel reimbursement involving an | ||||||
25 | exception to the general restrictions of such travel | ||||||
26 | regulations shall be filed with the applicable travel control |
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1 | board which shall consider these vouchers, or a report | ||||||
2 | thereof, for approval. Amounts disbursed for travel | ||||||
3 | reimbursement claims which are disapproved by the applicable | ||||||
4 | travel control board shall be refunded by the traveler and | ||||||
5 | deposited in the fund or account from which payment was made. | ||||||
6 | As used in this Section, "State public institution of | ||||||
7 | higher education" means the governing boards of the University | ||||||
8 | of Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Illinois State | ||||||
9 | University, Eastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois | ||||||
10 | University, Western Illinois University, Chicago State | ||||||
11 | University, Governors State University, and Northeastern | ||||||
12 | Illinois University. | ||||||
13 | (Source: P.A. 103-8, eff. 1-1-24 .)
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14 | (30 ILCS 105/13) (from Ch. 127, par. 149) | ||||||
15 | (Text of Section WITH the changes made by P.A. 98-599, | ||||||
16 | which has been held unconstitutional) | ||||||
17 | Sec. 13. The objects and purposes for which appropriations | ||||||
18 | are made are classified and standardized by items as follows: | ||||||
19 | (1) Personal services; | ||||||
20 | (2) State contribution for employee group insurance; | ||||||
21 | (3) Contractual services; | ||||||
22 | (4) Travel; | ||||||
23 | (5) Commodities; | ||||||
24 | (6) Equipment; | ||||||
25 | (7) Permanent improvements; |
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1 | (8) Land; | ||||||
2 | (9) Information Technology Electronic Data Processing ; | ||||||
3 | (10) Operation of automotive equipment; | ||||||
4 | (11) Telecommunications services; | ||||||
5 | (12) Contingencies; | ||||||
6 | (13) Reserve; | ||||||
7 | (14) Interest; | ||||||
8 | (15) Awards and Grants; | ||||||
9 | (16) Debt Retirement; | ||||||
10 | (17) Non-Cost Charges; | ||||||
11 | (18) State retirement contribution for annual normal cost; | ||||||
12 | (19) State retirement contribution for unfunded accrued | ||||||
13 | liability; | ||||||
14 | (20) Purchase Contract for Real Estate. | ||||||
15 | When an appropriation is made to an officer, department, | ||||||
16 | institution, board, commission or other agency, or to a | ||||||
17 | private association or corporation, in one or more of the | ||||||
18 | items above specified, such appropriation shall be construed | ||||||
19 | in accordance with the definitions and limitations specified | ||||||
20 | in this Act, unless the appropriation act otherwise provides. | ||||||
21 | An appropriation for a purpose other than one specified | ||||||
22 | and defined in this Act may be made only as an additional, | ||||||
23 | separate and distinct item, specifically stating the object | ||||||
24 | and purpose thereof. | ||||||
25 | (Source: P.A. 98-599, eff. 6-1-14 .)
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1 | (Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 98-599, | ||||||
2 | which has been held unconstitutional) | ||||||
3 | Sec. 13. The objects and purposes for which appropriations | ||||||
4 | are made are classified and standardized by items as follows: | ||||||
5 | (1) Personal services; | ||||||
6 | (2) State contribution for employee group insurance; | ||||||
7 | (3) Contractual services; | ||||||
8 | (4) Travel; | ||||||
9 | (5) Commodities; | ||||||
10 | (6) Equipment; | ||||||
11 | (7) Permanent improvements; | ||||||
12 | (8) Land; | ||||||
13 | (9) Information Technology Electronic Data Processing ; | ||||||
14 | (10) Operation of automotive equipment; | ||||||
15 | (11) Telecommunications services; | ||||||
16 | (12) Contingencies; | ||||||
17 | (13) Reserve; | ||||||
18 | (14) Interest; | ||||||
19 | (15) Awards and Grants; | ||||||
20 | (16) Debt Retirement; | ||||||
21 | (17) Non-Cost Charges; | ||||||
22 | (18) Purchase Contract for Real Estate. | ||||||
23 | When an appropriation is made to an officer, department, | ||||||
24 | institution, board, commission or other agency, or to a | ||||||
25 | private association or corporation, in one or more of the | ||||||
26 | items above specified, such appropriation shall be construed |
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1 | in accordance with the definitions and limitations specified | ||||||
2 | in this Act, unless the appropriation act otherwise provides. | ||||||
3 | An appropriation for a purpose other than one specified | ||||||
4 | and defined in this Act may be made only as an additional, | ||||||
5 | separate and distinct item, specifically stating the object | ||||||
6 | and purpose thereof. | ||||||
7 | (Source: P.A. 84-263; 84-264.)
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8 | (30 ILCS 105/13.2) (from Ch. 127, par. 149.2) | ||||||
9 | Sec. 13.2. Transfers among line item appropriations. | ||||||
10 | (a) Transfers among line item appropriations from the same | ||||||
11 | treasury fund for the objects specified in this Section may be | ||||||
12 | made in the manner provided in this Section when the balance | ||||||
13 | remaining in one or more such line item appropriations is | ||||||
14 | insufficient for the purpose for which the appropriation was | ||||||
15 | made. | ||||||
16 | (a-1) No transfers may be made from one agency to another | ||||||
17 | agency, nor may transfers be made from one institution of | ||||||
18 | higher education to another institution of higher education | ||||||
19 | except as provided by subsection (a-4). | ||||||
20 | (a-2) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, | ||||||
21 | transfers may be made only among the objects of expenditure | ||||||
22 | enumerated in this Section, except that no funds may be | ||||||
23 | transferred from any appropriation for personal services, from | ||||||
24 | any appropriation for State contributions to the State | ||||||
25 | Employees' Retirement System, from any separate appropriation |
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1 | for employee retirement contributions paid by the employer, | ||||||
2 | nor from any appropriation for State contribution for employee | ||||||
3 | group insurance. | ||||||
4 | (a-2.5) (Blank). | ||||||
5 | (a-3) Further, if an agency receives a separate | ||||||
6 | appropriation for employee retirement contributions paid by | ||||||
7 | the employer, any transfer by that agency into an | ||||||
8 | appropriation for personal services must be accompanied by a | ||||||
9 | corresponding transfer into the appropriation for employee | ||||||
10 | retirement contributions paid by the employer, in an amount | ||||||
11 | sufficient to meet the employer share of the employee | ||||||
12 | contributions required to be remitted to the retirement | ||||||
13 | system. | ||||||
14 | (a-4) Long-Term Care Rebalancing. The Governor may | ||||||
15 | designate amounts set aside for institutional services | ||||||
16 | appropriated from the General Revenue Fund or any other State | ||||||
17 | fund that receives monies for long-term care services to be | ||||||
18 | transferred to all State agencies responsible for the | ||||||
19 | administration of community-based long-term care programs, | ||||||
20 | including, but not limited to, community-based long-term care | ||||||
21 | programs administered by the Department of Healthcare and | ||||||
22 | Family Services, the Department of Human Services, and the | ||||||
23 | Department on Aging, provided that the Director of Healthcare | ||||||
24 | and Family Services first certifies that the amounts being | ||||||
25 | transferred are necessary for the purpose of assisting persons | ||||||
26 | in or at risk of being in institutional care to transition to |
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1 | community-based settings, including the financial data needed | ||||||
2 | to prove the need for the transfer of funds. The total amounts | ||||||
3 | transferred shall not exceed 4% in total of the amounts | ||||||
4 | appropriated from the General Revenue Fund or any other State | ||||||
5 | fund that receives monies for long-term care services for each | ||||||
6 | fiscal year. A notice of the fund transfer must be made to the | ||||||
7 | General Assembly and posted at a minimum on the Department of | ||||||
8 | Healthcare and Family Services website, the Governor's Office | ||||||
9 | of Management and Budget website, and any other website the | ||||||
10 | Governor sees fit. These postings shall serve as notice to the | ||||||
11 | General Assembly of the amounts to be transferred. Notice | ||||||
12 | shall be given at least 30 days prior to transfer. | ||||||
13 | (b) In addition to the general transfer authority provided | ||||||
14 | under subsection (c), the following agencies have the specific | ||||||
15 | transfer authority granted in this subsection: | ||||||
16 | The Department of Healthcare and Family Services is | ||||||
17 | authorized to make transfers representing savings attributable | ||||||
18 | to not increasing grants due to the births of additional | ||||||
19 | children from line items for payments of cash grants to line | ||||||
20 | items for payments for employment and social services for the | ||||||
21 | purposes outlined in subsection (f) of Section 4-2 of the | ||||||
22 | Illinois Public Aid Code. | ||||||
23 | The Department of Children and Family Services is | ||||||
24 | authorized to make transfers not exceeding 2% of the aggregate | ||||||
25 | amount appropriated to it within the same treasury fund for | ||||||
26 | the following line items among these same line items: Foster |
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1 | Home and Specialized Foster Care and Prevention, Institutions | ||||||
2 | and Group Homes and Prevention, and Purchase of Adoption and | ||||||
3 | Guardianship Services. | ||||||
4 | The Department on Aging is authorized to make transfers | ||||||
5 | not exceeding 10% of the aggregate amount appropriated to it | ||||||
6 | within the same treasury fund for the following Community Care | ||||||
7 | Program line items among these same line items: purchase of | ||||||
8 | services covered by the Community Care Program and | ||||||
9 | Comprehensive Case Coordination. | ||||||
10 | The State Board of Education is authorized to make | ||||||
11 | transfers from line item appropriations within the same | ||||||
12 | treasury fund for General State Aid, General State Aid - Hold | ||||||
13 | Harmless, and Evidence-Based Funding, provided that no such | ||||||
14 | transfer may be made unless the amount transferred is no | ||||||
15 | longer required for the purpose for which that appropriation | ||||||
16 | was made, to the line item appropriation for Transitional | ||||||
17 | Assistance when the balance remaining in such line item | ||||||
18 | appropriation is insufficient for the purpose for which the | ||||||
19 | appropriation was made. | ||||||
20 | The State Board of Education is authorized to make | ||||||
21 | transfers between the following line item appropriations | ||||||
22 | within the same treasury fund: Disabled Student | ||||||
23 | Services/Materials (Section 14-13.01 of the School Code), | ||||||
24 | Disabled Student Transportation Reimbursement (Section | ||||||
25 | 14-13.01 of the School Code), Disabled Student Tuition - | ||||||
26 | Private Tuition (Section 14-7.02 of the School Code), |
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1 | Extraordinary Special Education (Section 14-7.02b of the | ||||||
2 | School Code), Reimbursement for Free Lunch/Breakfast Program, | ||||||
3 | Summer School Payments (Section 18-4.3 of the School Code), | ||||||
4 | and Transportation - Regular/Vocational Reimbursement (Section | ||||||
5 | 29-5 of the School Code). Such transfers shall be made only | ||||||
6 | when the balance remaining in one or more such line item | ||||||
7 | appropriations is insufficient for the purpose for which the | ||||||
8 | appropriation was made and provided that no such transfer may | ||||||
9 | be made unless the amount transferred is no longer required | ||||||
10 | for the purpose for which that appropriation was made. | ||||||
11 | The Department of Healthcare and Family Services is | ||||||
12 | authorized to make transfers not exceeding 4% of the aggregate | ||||||
13 | amount appropriated to it, within the same treasury fund, | ||||||
14 | among the various line items appropriated for Medical | ||||||
15 | Assistance. | ||||||
16 | The Department of Central Management Services is | ||||||
17 | authorized to make transfers not exceeding 2% of the aggregate | ||||||
18 | amount appropriated to it, within the same treasury fund, from | ||||||
19 | the various line items appropriated to the Department, into | ||||||
20 | the following line item appropriations: auto liability claims | ||||||
21 | and related expenses and payment of claims under the State | ||||||
22 | Employee Indemnification Act. | ||||||
23 | (c) The sum of such transfers for an agency in a fiscal | ||||||
24 | year shall not exceed 2% of the aggregate amount appropriated | ||||||
25 | to it within the same treasury fund for the following objects: | ||||||
26 | Personal Services; Extra Help; Student and Inmate |
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1 | Compensation; State Contributions to Retirement Systems; State | ||||||
2 | Contributions to Social Security; State Contribution for | ||||||
3 | Employee Group Insurance; Contractual Services; Travel; | ||||||
4 | Commodities; Printing; Equipment; Information Technology | ||||||
5 | Electronic Data Processing ; Operation of Automotive Equipment; | ||||||
6 | Telecommunications Services; Travel and Allowance for | ||||||
7 | Committed, Paroled and Discharged Prisoners; Library Books; | ||||||
8 | Federal Matching Grants for Student Loans; Refunds; Workers' | ||||||
9 | Compensation, Occupational Disease, and Tort Claims; Late | ||||||
10 | Interest Penalties under the State Prompt Payment Act and | ||||||
11 | Sections 368a and 370a of the Illinois Insurance Code; and, in | ||||||
12 | appropriations to institutions of higher education, Awards and | ||||||
13 | Grants. Notwithstanding the above, any amounts appropriated | ||||||
14 | for payment of workers' compensation claims to an agency to | ||||||
15 | which the authority to evaluate, administer and pay such | ||||||
16 | claims has been delegated by the Department of Central | ||||||
17 | Management Services may be transferred to any other | ||||||
18 | expenditure object where such amounts exceed the amount | ||||||
19 | necessary for the payment of such claims. | ||||||
20 | (c-1) (Blank). | ||||||
21 | (c-2) (Blank). | ||||||
22 | (c-3) (Blank). | ||||||
23 | (c-4) (Blank). | ||||||
24 | (c-5) (Blank). | ||||||
25 | (c-6) (Blank). | ||||||
26 | (c-7) (Blank). |
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1 | (c-8) (Blank). | ||||||
2 | (c-9) (Blank). | ||||||
3 | (c-10) Special provisions for State fiscal year 2024. | ||||||
4 | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, for State | ||||||
5 | fiscal year 2024, transfers among line item appropriations to | ||||||
6 | a State agency from the same State treasury fund may be made | ||||||
7 | for operational or lump sum expenses only, provided that the | ||||||
8 | sum of such transfers for a State agency in State fiscal year | ||||||
9 | 2024 shall not exceed 8% of the aggregate amount appropriated | ||||||
10 | to that State agency for operational or lump sum expenses for | ||||||
11 | State fiscal year 2024. For the purpose of this subsection, | ||||||
12 | "operational or lump sum expenses" includes the following | ||||||
13 | objects: personal services; extra help; student and inmate | ||||||
14 | compensation; State contributions to retirement systems; State | ||||||
15 | contributions to social security; State contributions for | ||||||
16 | employee group insurance; contractual services; travel; | ||||||
17 | commodities; printing; equipment; information technology | ||||||
18 | electronic data processing ; operation of automotive equipment; | ||||||
19 | telecommunications services; travel and allowance for | ||||||
20 | committed, paroled, and discharged prisoners; library books; | ||||||
21 | federal matching grants for student loans; refunds; workers' | ||||||
22 | compensation, occupational disease, and tort claims; late | ||||||
23 | interest penalties under the State Prompt Payment Act and | ||||||
24 | Sections 368a and 370a of the Illinois Insurance Code; lump | ||||||
25 | sum and other purposes; and lump sum operations. For the | ||||||
26 | purpose of this subsection, "State agency" does not include |
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1 | the Attorney General, the Comptroller, the Treasurer, or the | ||||||
2 | judicial or legislative branches. | ||||||
3 | (c-11) Special provisions for State fiscal year 2025. | ||||||
4 | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, for State | ||||||
5 | fiscal year 2025, transfers among line item appropriations to | ||||||
6 | a State agency from the same State treasury fund may be made | ||||||
7 | for operational or lump sum expenses only, provided that the | ||||||
8 | sum of such transfers for a State agency in State fiscal year | ||||||
9 | 2025 shall not exceed 4% of the aggregate amount appropriated | ||||||
10 | to that State agency for operational or lump sum expenses for | ||||||
11 | State fiscal year 2025. For the purpose of this subsection, | ||||||
12 | "operational or lump sum expenses" includes the following | ||||||
13 | objects: personal services; extra help; student and inmate | ||||||
14 | compensation; State contributions to retirement systems; State | ||||||
15 | contributions to social security; State contributions for | ||||||
16 | employee group insurance; contractual services; travel; | ||||||
17 | commodities; printing; equipment; information technology | ||||||
18 | electronic data processing ; operation of automotive equipment; | ||||||
19 | telecommunications services; travel and allowance for | ||||||
20 | committed, paroled, and discharged prisoners; library books; | ||||||
21 | federal matching grants for student loans; refunds; workers' | ||||||
22 | compensation, occupational disease, and tort claims; late | ||||||
23 | interest penalties under the State Prompt Payment Act and | ||||||
24 | Sections 368a and 370a of the Illinois Insurance Code; lump | ||||||
25 | sum and other purposes; and lump sum operations. For the | ||||||
26 | purpose of this subsection, "State agency" does not include |
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1 | the Attorney General, the Comptroller, the Treasurer, or the | ||||||
2 | judicial or legislative branches. | ||||||
3 | (d) Transfers among appropriations made to agencies of the | ||||||
4 | Legislative and Judicial departments and to the | ||||||
5 | constitutionally elected officers in the Executive branch | ||||||
6 | require the approval of the officer authorized in Section 10 | ||||||
7 | of this Act to approve and certify vouchers. Transfers among | ||||||
8 | appropriations made to the University of Illinois, Southern | ||||||
9 | Illinois University, Chicago State University, Eastern | ||||||
10 | Illinois University, Governors State University, Illinois | ||||||
11 | State University, Northeastern Illinois University, Northern | ||||||
12 | Illinois University, Western Illinois University, the Illinois | ||||||
13 | Mathematics and Science Academy and the Board of Higher | ||||||
14 | Education require the approval of the Board of Higher | ||||||
15 | Education and the Governor. Transfers among appropriations to | ||||||
16 | all other agencies require the approval of the Governor. | ||||||
17 | The officer responsible for approval shall certify that | ||||||
18 | the transfer is necessary to carry out the programs and | ||||||
19 | purposes for which the appropriations were made by the General | ||||||
20 | Assembly and shall transmit to the State Comptroller a | ||||||
21 | certified copy of the approval which shall set forth the | ||||||
22 | specific amounts transferred so that the Comptroller may | ||||||
23 | change his records accordingly. The Comptroller shall furnish | ||||||
24 | the Governor with information copies of all transfers approved | ||||||
25 | for agencies of the Legislative and Judicial departments and | ||||||
26 | transfers approved by the constitutionally elected officials |
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1 | of the Executive branch other than the Governor, showing the | ||||||
2 | amounts transferred and indicating the dates such changes were | ||||||
3 | entered on the Comptroller's records. | ||||||
4 | (e) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | ||||||
5 | State Comptroller, may transfer line item appropriations for | ||||||
6 | General State Aid or Evidence-Based Funding among the Common | ||||||
7 | School Fund and the Education Assistance Fund, and, for State | ||||||
8 | fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Fund for | ||||||
9 | the Advancement of Education. With the advice and consent of | ||||||
10 | the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, the State | ||||||
11 | Board of Education, in consultation with the State | ||||||
12 | Comptroller, may transfer line item appropriations between the | ||||||
13 | General Revenue Fund and the Education Assistance Fund for the | ||||||
14 | following programs: | ||||||
15 | (1) Disabled Student Personnel Reimbursement (Section | ||||||
16 | 14-13.01 of the School Code); | ||||||
17 | (2) Disabled Student Transportation Reimbursement | ||||||
18 | (subsection (b) of Section 14-13.01 of the School Code); | ||||||
19 | (3) Disabled Student Tuition - Private Tuition | ||||||
20 | (Section 14-7.02 of the School Code); | ||||||
21 | (4) Extraordinary Special Education (Section 14-7.02b | ||||||
22 | of the School Code); | ||||||
23 | (5) Reimbursement for Free Lunch/Breakfast Programs; | ||||||
24 | (6) Summer School Payments (Section 18-4.3 of the | ||||||
25 | School Code); | ||||||
26 | (7) Transportation - Regular/Vocational Reimbursement |
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1 | (Section 29-5 of the School Code); | ||||||
2 | (8) Regular Education Reimbursement (Section 18-3 of | ||||||
3 | the School Code); and | ||||||
4 | (9) Special Education Reimbursement (Section 14-7.03 | ||||||
5 | of the School Code). | ||||||
6 | (f) For State fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year | ||||||
7 | thereafter, the Department on Aging, in consultation with the | ||||||
8 | State Comptroller, with the advice and consent of the | ||||||
9 | Governor's Office of Management and Budget, may transfer line | ||||||
10 | item appropriations for purchase of services covered by the | ||||||
11 | Community Care Program between the General Revenue Fund and | ||||||
12 | the Commitment to Human Services Fund. | ||||||
13 | (g) For State fiscal year 2024 and each fiscal year | ||||||
14 | thereafter, if requested by an agency chief executive officer | ||||||
15 | and authorized and approved by the Comptroller, the | ||||||
16 | Comptroller may direct and the Treasurer shall transfer funds | ||||||
17 | from the General Revenue Fund to fund payroll expenses that | ||||||
18 | meet the payroll transaction exception criteria as defined by | ||||||
19 | the Comptroller in the Statewide Accounting Management System | ||||||
20 | (SAMS) Manual. The agency shall then transfer these funds back | ||||||
21 | to the General Revenue Fund within 7 days. | ||||||
22 | (Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-699, eff. 4-19-22; | ||||||
23 | 103-8, eff. 6-7-23; 103-588, eff. 6-5-24.)
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24 | (30 ILCS 105/15c) (from Ch. 127, par. 151c) | ||||||
25 | Sec. 15c. The item "printing" when used in an |
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1 | appropriation Act means and includes expenditures for | ||||||
2 | contracted services, materials and supplies where the | ||||||
3 | principal function or purpose of the resulting product is the | ||||||
4 | dissemination of printed information. These costs include all | ||||||
5 | types of printing processes such as letterpress, offset and | ||||||
6 | gravure, but not expenditures included in "commodities" as | ||||||
7 | defined in Section 15b and "information technology" | ||||||
8 | "electronic data processing" as defined in Section 24.1. | ||||||
9 | (Source: P.A. 81-1192.)
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10 | (30 ILCS 105/24.1) (from Ch. 127, par. 160.1) | ||||||
11 | Sec. 24.1. The item "information technology" "electronic | ||||||
12 | data processing" means, and when used in an appropriation act, | ||||||
13 | includes all expenditures incurred for the lease, rental or | ||||||
14 | purchase of information technology electronic data processing | ||||||
15 | equipment and related devices, supplies, services, material | ||||||
16 | and space therefor, and personal services needed, including | ||||||
17 | expenditures for the acquisition of information technology | ||||||
18 | electronic data processing equipment under multi-year lease, | ||||||
19 | lease-purchase or installment purchase contracts for terms of | ||||||
20 | not more than the terms established in the Illinois | ||||||
21 | Procurement Code 7 years . Funds appropriated for information | ||||||
22 | technology electronic data processing may be expended to pay | ||||||
23 | any penalty resulting from the cancellation of a multi-year | ||||||
24 | agreement or contract required because funds are not | ||||||
25 | appropriated for the continuation of the multi-year agreement |
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1 | or contract. | ||||||
2 | (Source: P.A. 81-1134.)
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3 | (30 ILCS 105/24.3) (from Ch. 127, par. 160.3) | ||||||
4 | Sec. 24.3. The item "telecommunication services", when | ||||||
5 | used in an appropriation act, means and includes all | ||||||
6 | expenditures incurred for the lease, rental or purchase of | ||||||
7 | telecommunications interconnection facility equipment, | ||||||
8 | supplies, maintenance, services and space therefore, and | ||||||
9 | related personal services but not including personal services | ||||||
10 | for the operation of single agency systems. Telecommunications | ||||||
11 | services shall include but is not limited to the | ||||||
12 | interconnection of educational television, radio and computers | ||||||
13 | but shall not include the preparation of or the content of the | ||||||
14 | subject matter transmitted. Telecommunications equipment | ||||||
15 | includes , but is not limited to, wireless or wired systems for | ||||||
16 | the transport of voice, video, and data communications, and | ||||||
17 | all related interactions between people and machines. | ||||||
18 | telephone, radio, teletype, teletypewriter, computer and other | ||||||
19 | voice, data, or video interconnection facility systems. | ||||||
20 | (Source: P.A. 76-2426.)
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