Bill Text: IL HB5083 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the State Comptroller Act. Provides that, beginning 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act and subject to federal banking regulations, the Comptroller must, by rule, with the approval of the State Treasurer, require the direct deposit of all payments to State employees for personal services that are lawfully payable from the State Treasury. Provides that a record of each deposit shall be available to the employee only through a secure Internet website.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-09 - Fiscal Note Filed [HB5083 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB5083-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB5083 Introduced 1/29/2010, by Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
15 ILCS 405/9.03 from Ch. 15, par. 209.03
Amends the State Comptroller Act. Provides that, beginning 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act and subject to federal banking regulations, the Comptroller must, by rule, with the approval of the State Treasurer, require the direct deposit of all payments to State employees for personal services that are lawfully payable from the State Treasury. Provides that a record of each deposit shall be available to the employee only through a secure Internet website.
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AN ACT concerning executive officers.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The State Comptroller Act is amended by changing
Section 9.03 as follows:
(15 ILCS 405/9.03) (from Ch. 15, par. 209.03)
Sec. 9.03. Direct deposit of State payments. The
Comptroller, with the approval of the State Treasurer, may
provide by rule or regulation for the direct deposit of any
payment lawfully payable from the State Treasury and in
accordance with federal banking regulations including but not
limited to payments to (i) persons paid from personal services,
(ii) persons receiving benefit payments from him under the
State pension systems, (iii) individuals who receive
assistance under Articles III, IV, and VI of the Illinois
Public Aid Code, (iv) providers of services under the Mental
Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act, (v)
providers of community-based mental health services, and (vi)
providers of services under programs administered by the State
Board of Education, in the accounts of those persons or
entities maintained at a bank, savings and loan association, or
credit union, where authorized by the payee. Beginning 6 months
after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th

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General Assembly and subject to federal banking regulations,
the Comptroller must, by rule, with the approval of the State
Treasurer, require the direct deposit of all payments to State
employees for personal services that are lawfully payable from
the State Treasury; and each State employee shall be provided a
record of each deposit only through access to a secure Internet
website maintained by the Comptroller. The Comptroller also may
deposit public aid payments for individuals who receive
assistance under Articles III, IV, VI, and X of the Illinois
Public Aid Code directly into an electronic benefits transfer
account in a financial institution approved by the State
Treasurer as prescribed by the Illinois Department of Human
Services and in accordance with the rules and regulations of
that Department and the rules and regulation adopted by the
Comptroller and the State Treasurer. The Comptroller, with the
approval of the State Treasurer, may provide by rule for the
electronic direct deposit of payments to public agencies and
any other payee of the State. The electronic direct deposits
may be made to the designated account in those financial
institutions specified in this Section for the direct deposit
of payments. Within 6 months after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1994, the Comptroller shall establish a pilot
program for the electronic direct deposit of payments to local
school districts, municipalities, and units of local
government. The payments may be made without the use of the
voucher-warrant system, provided that documentation of

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approval by the Treasurer of each group of payments made by
direct deposit shall be retained by the Comptroller. The form
and method of the Treasurer's approval shall be established by
the rules or regulations adopted by the Comptroller under this
Section.
(Source: P.A. 88-641, eff. 9-9-94; 88-643, eff. 1-1-95; 89-235,
eff. 8-4-95; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)