Bill Text: IL SB2172 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Provides that, in order to be considered a responsible bidder under the Code, a bidder must submit a signed affidavit stating that it will maintain an Illinois office as the primary place of employment for persons employed in the construction authorized by the contract. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0075 [SB2172 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB2172-Amended.html

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Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie

Filed: 5/30/2011

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2172
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2172 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
Section 25 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/25) (from Ch. 127, par. 161)
Sec. 25. Fiscal year limitations.
(a) All appropriations shall be available for expenditure
for the fiscal year or for a lesser period if the Act making
that appropriation so specifies. A deficiency or emergency
appropriation shall be available for expenditure only through
June 30 of the year when the Act making that appropriation is
enacted unless that Act otherwise provides.
(b) Outstanding liabilities as of June 30, payable from
appropriations which have otherwise expired, may be paid out of
the expiring appropriations during the 2-month period ending at

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the close of business on August 31. Any service involving
professional or artistic skills or any personal services by an
employee whose compensation is subject to income tax
withholding must be performed as of June 30 of the fiscal year
in order to be considered an "outstanding liability as of June
30" that is thereby eligible for payment out of the expiring
appropriation.
(b-1) However, payment of tuition reimbursement claims
under Section 14-7.03 or 18-3 of the School Code may be made by
the State Board of Education from its appropriations for those
respective purposes for any fiscal year, even though the claims
reimbursed by the payment may be claims attributable to a prior
fiscal year, and payments may be made at the direction of the
State Superintendent of Education from the fund from which the
appropriation is made without regard to any fiscal year
limitations, except as required by subsection (j) of this
Section. Beginning on June 30, 2021, payment of tuition
reimbursement claims under Section 14-7.03 or 18-3 of the
School Code as of June 30, payable from appropriations that
have otherwise expired, may be paid out of the expiring
appropriation during the 4-month period ending at the close of
business on October 31.
(b-2) All outstanding liabilities as of June 30, 2010,
payable from appropriations that would otherwise expire at the
conclusion of the lapse period for fiscal year 2010, and
interest penalties payable on those liabilities under the State

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Prompt Payment Act, may be paid out of the expiring
appropriations until December 31, 2010, without regard to the
fiscal year in which the payment is made, as long as vouchers
for the liabilities are received by the Comptroller no later
than August 31, 2010.
(b-2.5) All outstanding liabilities as of June 30, 2011,
payable from appropriations that would otherwise expire at the
conclusion of the lapse period for fiscal year 2011, and
interest penalties payable on those liabilities under the State
Prompt Payment Act, may be paid out of the expiring
appropriations until December 31, 2011, without regard to the
fiscal year in which the payment is made, as long as vouchers
for the liabilities are received by the Comptroller no later
than August 31, 2011.
(b-3) Medical payments may be made by the Department of
Veterans' Affairs from its appropriations for those purposes
for any fiscal year, without regard to the fact that the
medical services being compensated for by such payment may have
been rendered in a prior fiscal year, except as required by
subsection (j) of this Section. Beginning on June 30, 2021,
medical payments payable from appropriations that have
otherwise expired may be paid out of the expiring appropriation
during the 4-month period ending at the close of business on
October 31.
(b-4) Medical payments may be made by the Department of
Healthcare and Family Services and medical payments and child

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care payments may be made by the Department of Human Services
(as successor to the Department of Public Aid) from
appropriations for those purposes for any fiscal year, without
regard to the fact that the medical or child care services
being compensated for by such payment may have been rendered in
a prior fiscal year; and payments may be made at the direction
of the Department of Healthcare and Family Services from the
Health Insurance Reserve Fund and the Local Government Health
Insurance Reserve Fund without regard to any fiscal year
limitations, except as required by subsection (j) of this
Section. Beginning on June 30, 2021, medical payments made by
the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, child care
payments made by the Department of Human Services, and payments
made at the discretion of the Department of Healthcare and
Family Services from the Health Insurance Reserve Fund and the
Local Government Health Insurance Reserve Fund payable from
appropriations that have otherwise expired may be paid out of
the expiring appropriation during the 4-month period ending at
the close of business on October 31.
(b-5) Medical payments may be made by the Department of
Human Services from its appropriations relating to substance
abuse treatment services for any fiscal year, without regard to
the fact that the medical services being compensated for by
such payment may have been rendered in a prior fiscal year,
provided the payments are made on a fee-for-service basis
consistent with requirements established for Medicaid

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reimbursement by the Department of Healthcare and Family
Services, except as required by subsection (j) of this Section.
Beginning on June 30, 2021, medical payments made by the
Department of Human Services relating to substance abuse
treatment services payable from appropriations that have
otherwise expired may be paid out of the expiring appropriation
during the 4-month period ending at the close of business on
October 31.
(b-6) Additionally, payments may be made by the Department
of Human Services from its appropriations, or any other State
agency from its appropriations with the approval of the
Department of Human Services, from the Immigration Reform and
Control Fund for purposes authorized pursuant to the
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, without regard to
any fiscal year limitations, except as required by subsection
(j) of this Section. Beginning on June 30, 2021, payments made
by the Department of Human Services from the Immigration Reform
and Control Fund for purposes authorized pursuant to the
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 payable from
appropriations that have otherwise expired may be paid out of
the expiring appropriation during the 4-month period ending at
the close of business on October 31.
(b-7) Payments may be made in accordance with a plan
authorized by paragraph (11) or (12) of Section 405-105 of the
Department of Central Management Services Law from
appropriations for those payments without regard to fiscal year

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limitations.
(c) Further, payments may be made by the Department of
Public Health, the Department of Human Services (acting as
successor to the Department of Public Health under the
Department of Human Services Act), and the Department of
Healthcare and Family Services from their respective
appropriations for grants for medical care to or on behalf of
persons suffering from chronic renal disease, persons
suffering from hemophilia, rape victims, and premature and
high-mortality risk infants and their mothers and for grants
for supplemental food supplies provided under the United States
Department of Agriculture Women, Infants and Children
Nutrition Program, for any fiscal year without regard to the
fact that the services being compensated for by such payment
may have been rendered in a prior fiscal year, except as
required by subsection (j) of this Section. Beginning on June
30, 2021, payments made by the Department of Public Health, the
Department of Human Services, and the Department of Healthcare
and Family Services from their respective appropriations for
grants for medical care to or on behalf of persons suffering
from chronic renal disease, persons suffering from hemophilia,
rape victims, and premature and high-mortality risk infants and
their mothers and for grants for supplemental food supplies
provided under the United States Department of Agriculture
Women, Infants and Children Nutrition Program payable from
appropriations that have otherwise expired may be paid out of

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the expiring appropriations during the 4-month period ending at
the close of business on October 31.
(d) The Department of Public Health and the Department of
Human Services (acting as successor to the Department of Public
Health under the Department of Human Services Act) shall each
annually submit to the State Comptroller, Senate President,
Senate Minority Leader, Speaker of the House, House Minority
Leader, and the respective Chairmen and Minority Spokesmen of
the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and the House, on
or before December 31, a report of fiscal year funds used to
pay for services provided in any prior fiscal year. This report
shall document by program or service category those
expenditures from the most recently completed fiscal year used
to pay for services provided in prior fiscal years.
(e) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services, the
Department of Human Services (acting as successor to the
Department of Public Aid), and the Department of Human Services
making fee-for-service payments relating to substance abuse
treatment services provided during a previous fiscal year shall
each annually submit to the State Comptroller, Senate
President, Senate Minority Leader, Speaker of the House, House
Minority Leader, the respective Chairmen and Minority
Spokesmen of the Appropriations Committees of the Senate and
the House, on or before November 30, a report that shall
document by program or service category those expenditures from
the most recently completed fiscal year used to pay for (i)

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services provided in prior fiscal years and (ii) services for
which claims were received in prior fiscal years.
(f) The Department of Human Services (as successor to the
Department of Public Aid) shall annually submit to the State
Comptroller, Senate President, Senate Minority Leader, Speaker
of the House, House Minority Leader, and the respective
Chairmen and Minority Spokesmen of the Appropriations
Committees of the Senate and the House, on or before December
31, a report of fiscal year funds used to pay for services
(other than medical care) provided in any prior fiscal year.
This report shall document by program or service category those
expenditures from the most recently completed fiscal year used
to pay for services provided in prior fiscal years.
(g) In addition, each annual report required to be
submitted by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services
under subsection (e) shall include the following information
with respect to the State's Medicaid program:
(1) Explanations of the exact causes of the variance
between the previous year's estimated and actual
liabilities.
(2) Factors affecting the Department of Healthcare and
Family Services' liabilities, including but not limited to
numbers of aid recipients, levels of medical service
utilization by aid recipients, and inflation in the cost of
medical services.
(3) The results of the Department's efforts to combat

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fraud and abuse.
(h) As provided in Section 4 of the General Assembly
Compensation Act, any utility bill for service provided to a
General Assembly member's district office for a period
including portions of 2 consecutive fiscal years may be paid
from funds appropriated for such expenditure in either fiscal
year.
(i) An agency which administers a fund classified by the
Comptroller as an internal service fund may issue rules for:
(1) billing user agencies in advance for payments or
authorized inter-fund transfers based on estimated charges
for goods or services;
(2) issuing credits, refunding through inter-fund
transfers, or reducing future inter-fund transfers during
the subsequent fiscal year for all user agency payments or
authorized inter-fund transfers received during the prior
fiscal year which were in excess of the final amounts owed
by the user agency for that period; and
(3) issuing catch-up billings to user agencies during
the subsequent fiscal year for amounts remaining due when
payments or authorized inter-fund transfers received from
the user agency during the prior fiscal year were less than
the total amount owed for that period.
User agencies are authorized to reimburse internal service
funds for catch-up billings by vouchers drawn against their
respective appropriations for the fiscal year in which the

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catch-up billing was issued or by increasing an authorized
inter-fund transfer during the current fiscal year. For the
purposes of this Act, "inter-fund transfers" means transfers
without the use of the voucher-warrant process, as authorized
by Section 9.01 of the State Comptroller Act.
(i-1) Beginning on July 1, 2021, all outstanding
liabilities, not payable during the 4-month lapse period as
described in subsections (b-1), (b-3), (b-4), (b-5), (b-6), and
(c) of this Section, that are made from appropriations for that
purpose for any fiscal year, without regard to the fact that
the services being compensated for by those payments may have
been rendered in a prior fiscal year, are limited to only those
claims that have been incurred but for which a proper bill or
invoice as defined by the State Prompt Payment Act has not been
received by September 30th following the end of the fiscal year
in which the service was rendered.
(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the
aggregate amount of payments to be made without regard for
fiscal year limitations as contained in subsections (b-1),
(b-3), (b-4), (b-5), (b-6), and (c) of this Section, and
determined by using Generally Accepted Accounting Principles,
shall not exceed the following amounts:
(1) $6,000,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
to fiscal year 2012;
(2) $5,300,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
to fiscal year 2013;

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(3) $4,600,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
to fiscal year 2014;
(4) $4,000,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
to fiscal year 2015;
(5) $3,300,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
to fiscal year 2016;
(6) $2,600,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
to fiscal year 2017;
(7) $2,000,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
to fiscal year 2018;
(8) $1,300,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
to fiscal year 2019;
(9) $600,000,000 for outstanding liabilities related
to fiscal year 2020; and
(10) $0 for outstanding liabilities related to fiscal
year 2021 and fiscal years thereafter.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-928, eff. 6-15-10;
96-958, eff. 7-1-10; 96-1501, eff. 1-25-11.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.".