Illinois 2023-2024 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB0817 Latest Draft

Bill / Enrolled Version Filed 01/09/2025

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1  AN ACT concerning State government.
2  Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3  represented in the General Assembly:
4  Section 5. The State Treasurer Act is amended by changing
5  Section 35 as follows:
6  (15 ILCS 505/35)
7  Sec. 35. State Treasurer may purchase real property.
8  (a) Subject to the provisions of the Public Contract Fraud
9  Act, the State Treasurer, on behalf of the State of Illinois,
10  is authorized during State fiscal years 2019 and 2020 to
11  acquire real property located in the City of Springfield,
12  Illinois which the State Treasurer deems necessary to properly
13  carry out the powers and duties vested in him or her. Real
14  property acquired under this Section may be acquired subject
15  to any third party interests in the property that do not
16  prevent the State Treasurer from exercising the intended
17  beneficial use of such property.
18  (a-5) To ensure the safe and optimal operation of any real
19  property acquired under subsection (a) and any improvements
20  made to that real property, the State Treasurer, or the
21  Department of Natural Resources on the State Treasurer's
22  behalf, may acquire, at any time, any interest in any other
23  real property, and the State Treasurer may make improvements

 

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1  and repairs on any property acquired under subsection (a) and
2  this subsection.
3  (b) Subject to the provisions of the Treasurer's
4  Procurement Rules, which shall be substantially in accordance
5  with the requirements of the Illinois Procurement Code, the
6  State Treasurer may:
7  (1) enter into contracts relating to construction,
8  reconstruction or renovation projects for any such
9  buildings or lands acquired pursuant to subsections
10  subsection (a) and (a-5); and
11  (2) equip, lease, operate and maintain those grounds,
12  buildings and facilities as may be appropriate to carry
13  out his or her statutory purposes and duties.
14  (c) The State Treasurer may enter into agreements with any
15  person with respect to the use and occupancy of the grounds,
16  buildings, and facilities of the State Treasurer, including
17  concession, license, and lease agreements on terms and
18  conditions as the State Treasurer determines and in accordance
19  with the procurement processes for the Office of the State
20  Treasurer, which shall be substantially in accordance with the
21  requirements of the Illinois Procurement Code.
22  (d) The exercise of the authority vested in the Treasurer
23  by this Section is subject to the appropriation of the
24  necessary funds.
25  (e) State Treasurer's Capital Fund.
26  (1) The State Treasurer's Capital Fund is created as a

 

 

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1  trust fund in the State treasury. Moneys in the Fund shall
2  be utilized by the State Treasurer in the exercise of the
3  authority vested in the Treasurer by subsection (b) of
4  this Section. All interest earned by the investment or
5  deposit of moneys accumulated in the Fund shall be
6  deposited into the Fund.
7  (2) Moneys in the State Treasurer's Capital Fund are
8  subject to appropriation by the General Assembly.
9  (3) The State Treasurer may transfer amounts from the
10  State Treasurer's Administrative Fund and from the
11  Unclaimed Property Trust Fund to the State Treasurer's
12  Capital Fund. In no fiscal year may the total of such
13  transfers exceed $500,000 or the amount appropriated by
14  the General Assembly in a fiscal year for that purpose,
15  whichever is greater $250,000. The State Treasurer may
16  accept gifts, grants, donations, federal funds, or other
17  revenues or transfers for deposit into the State
18  Treasurer's Capital Fund.
19  (4) After the effective date of this amendatory Act of
20  the 102nd General Assembly and prior to July 1, 2022 the
21  State Treasurer and State Comptroller shall transfer from
22  the CDB Special Projects Fund to the State Treasurer's
23  Capital Fund an amount equal to the unexpended balance of
24  funds transferred by the State Treasurer to the CDB
25  Special Projects Fund in 2019 and 2020 pursuant to an
26  intergovernmental agreement between the State Treasurer

 

 

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1  and the Capital Development Board.
2  (Source: P.A. 101-487, eff. 8-23-19; 102-16, eff. 6-17-21;
3  102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
4  Section 10. The Grant Accountability and Transparency Act
5  is amended by changing Sections 10, 15, 25, 30, 50, 60, 65, and
6  97 as follows:
7  (30 ILCS 708/10)
8  Sec. 10. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to establish
9  uniform administrative requirements, cost principles, and
10  audit requirements for State and federal pass-through awards
11  to non-federal entities. State awarding agencies shall not
12  impose additional or inconsistent requirements, except as
13  provided in 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart B - General Provisions 2
14  CFR 200.102, unless specifically required by State or federal
15  statute. This Act and the rules adopted under this Act do not
16  apply to private awards.
17  This Act and the rules adopted under this Act provide the
18  basis for a systematic and periodic collection and uniform
19  submission to the Governor's Office of Management and Budget
20  of information of all State and federal financial assistance
21  programs by State grant-making agencies. This Act also
22  establishes policies related to the delivery of this
23  information to the public, including through the use of
24  electronic media.

 

 

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1  (Source: P.A. 98-706, eff. 7-16-14.)
2  (30 ILCS 708/15)
3  Sec. 15. Definitions. As used in this Act:
4  "Allowable cost" means a cost allowable to a project if:
5  (1) the costs are reasonable and necessary for the
6  performance of the award;
7  (2) the costs are allocable to the specific project;
8  (3) the costs are treated consistently in like
9  circumstances to both federally-financed and other
10  activities of the non-federal entity;
11  (4) the costs conform to any limitations of the cost
12  principles or the sponsored agreement;
13  (5) the costs are accorded consistent treatment; a
14  cost may not be assigned to a State or federal award as a
15  direct cost if any other cost incurred for the same
16  purpose in like circumstances has been allocated to the
17  award as an indirect cost;
18  (6) the costs are determined to be in accordance with
19  generally accepted accounting principles;
20  (7) the costs are not included as a cost or used to
21  meet federal cost-sharing or matching requirements of any
22  other program in either the current or prior period;
23  (8) the costs of one State or federal grant are not
24  used to meet the match requirements of another State or
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1  (9) the costs are adequately documented.
2  "Assistance listings" means the publicly available listing
3  of federal assistance programs managed and administered by the
4  General Services Administration, formerly known as the Catalog
5  of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA).
6  "Assistance listing number" or "ALN" means a unique number
7  assigned to identify a federal assistance listing, formerly
8  known as the CFDA Number.
9  "Auditee" means any non-federal entity that expends State
10  or federal awards that must be audited.
11  "Auditor" means an auditor who is a public accountant or a
12  federal, State, or local government audit organization that
13  meets the general standards specified in generally-accepted
14  government auditing standards. "Auditor" does not include
15  internal auditors of nonprofit organizations.
16  "Auditor General" means the Auditor General of the State
17  of Illinois.
18  "Award" means financial assistance that provides support
19  or stimulation to accomplish a public purpose. "Awards"
20  include grants and other agreements in the form of money, or
21  property in lieu of money, by the State or federal government
22  to an eligible recipient. "Award" does not include: technical
23  assistance that provides services instead of money; other
24  assistance in the form of loans, loan guarantees, interest
25  subsidies, or insurance; direct payments of any kind to
26  individuals; or contracts that must be entered into and

 

 

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1  administered under State or federal procurement laws and
2  regulations.
3  "Budget" means the financial plan for the project or
4  program that the awarding agency or pass-through entity
5  approves during the award process or in subsequent amendments
6  to the award. It may include the State or federal and
7  non-federal share or only the State or federal share, as
8  determined by the awarding agency or pass-through entity.
9  "Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance" or "CFDA" means a
10  database that helps the federal government track all programs
11  it has domestically funded.
12  "Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number" or "CFDA
13  number" means the number assigned to a federal program in the
14  CFDA.
15  "Catalog of State Financial Assistance" means the single,
16  authoritative, statewide, comprehensive source document of
17  State financial assistance program information maintained by
18  the Governor's Office of Management and Budget.
19  "Catalog of State Financial Assistance Number" means the
20  number assigned to a State program in the Catalog of State
21  Financial Assistance. The first 3 digits represent the State
22  agency number and the last 4 digits represent the program.
23  "Cluster of programs" means a grouping of closely related
24  programs that share common compliance requirements. The types
25  of clusters of programs are research and development, student
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1  shall be considered as one program for determining major
2  programs and, with the exception of research and development,
3  whether a program-specific audit may be elected.
4  "Cognizant agency for audit" means the federal agency
5  designated to carry out the responsibilities described in 2
6  CFR Part 200, Subpart F - Audit Requirements 2 CFR 200.513(a).
7  "Contract" means a legal instrument by which a non-federal
8  entity purchases property or services needed to carry out the
9  project or program under an award. "Contract" does not include
10  a legal instrument, even if the non-federal entity considers
11  it a contract, when the substance of the transaction meets the
12  definition of an award or subaward.
13  "Contractor" means an entity that receives a contract.
14  "Cooperative agreement" means a legal instrument of
15  financial assistance between an awarding agency or
16  pass-through entity and a non-federal entity that:
17  (1) is used to enter into a relationship with the
18  principal purpose of transferring anything of value from
19  the awarding agency or pass-through entity to the
20  non-federal entity to carry out a public purpose
21  authorized by law, but is not used to acquire property or
22  services for the awarding agency's or pass-through
23  entity's direct benefit or use; and
24  (2) is distinguished from a grant in that it provides
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1  out the activity contemplated by the award.
2  "Cooperative agreement" does not include a cooperative
3  research and development agreement, nor an agreement that
4  provides only direct cash assistance to an individual, a
5  subsidy, a loan, a loan guarantee, or insurance.
6  "Corrective action" means action taken by the auditee that
7  (i) corrects identified deficiencies, (ii) produces
8  recommended improvements, or (iii) demonstrates that audit
9  findings are either invalid or do not warrant auditee action.
10  "Cost objective" means a program, function, activity,
11  award, organizational subdivision, contract, or work unit for
12  which cost data is desired and for which provision is made to
13  accumulate and measure the cost of processes, products, jobs,
14  and capital projects. A "cost objective" may be a major
15  function of the non-federal entity, a particular service or
16  project, an award, or an indirect cost activity.
17  "Cost sharing" means the portion of project costs not paid
18  by State or federal funds, unless otherwise authorized by
19  statute.
20  "Development" is the systematic use of knowledge and
21  understanding gained from research directed toward the
22  production of useful materials, devices, systems, or methods,
23  including design and development of prototypes and processes.
24  "Data Universal Numbering System number" means the 9-digit
25  number established and assigned by Dun and Bradstreet, Inc. to
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1  for non-federal entities to apply for, receive, and report on
2  a federal award.
3  "Direct costs" means:
4  (1) costs that can be identified specifically with a
5  particular final cost objective, such as a State or
6  federal or federal pass-through award or a particular
7  sponsored project, an instructional activity, or any other
8  institutional activity, or that can be directly assigned
9  to such activities relatively easily with a high degree of
10  accuracy; .
11  (2) costs charged directly to a State or federal award
12  that are for the compensation of employees who work on
13  that award, their related fringe benefits, or the costs of
14  materials and other items of expense incurred for the
15  State or federal award;
16  (3) costs that are directly related to a specific
17  award but that would otherwise be treated as indirect
18  costs;
19  (4) salaries of administrative and clerical staff only
20  if all the following conditions are met:
21  (A) the individual's services are integral to a
22  project or activity;
23  (B) the individual can be specifically identified
24  with the project or activity;
25  (C) the costs are explicitly included in the
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1  awarding agency; and
2  (D) the costs are not also recovered as indirect
3  costs.
4  Costs incurred for the same purpose in like circumstances
5  must be treated consistently as either direct costs or
6  indirect costs.
7  "Equipment" means tangible personal property (including
8  information technology systems) having a useful life of more
9  than one year and a per-unit acquisition cost that equals or
10  exceeds the lesser of the capitalization level established by
11  the non-federal entity for financial statement purposes, or
12  $5,000.
13  "Executive branch" means that branch of State government
14  that is under the jurisdiction of the Governor.
15  "Federal agency" has the meaning provided for "agency"
16  under 5 U.S.C. 551(1) together with the meaning provided for
17  "agency" by 5 U.S.C. 552(f).
18  "Federal award" means:
19  (1) the federal financial assistance that a
20  non-federal entity receives directly from a federal
21  awarding agency or indirectly from a pass-through entity;
22  (2) the cost-reimbursement contract under the Federal
23  Acquisition Regulations that a non-federal entity receives
24  directly from a federal awarding agency or indirectly from
25  a pass-through entity; or
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1  conditions when the instrument is the grant agreement,
2  cooperative agreement, other agreement for assistance
3  covered in 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart A 2 CFR 200, Subpart A,
4  Acronyms and Definitions, or the cost-reimbursement
5  contract awarded under the Federal Acquisition
6  Regulations.
7  "Federal award" does not include other contracts that a
8  federal agency uses to buy goods or services from a contractor
9  or a contract to operate federal government owned,
10  contractor-operated facilities.
11  "Federal awarding agency" means the federal agency that
12  provides a federal award directly to a non-federal entity.
13  "Federal interest" means, for purposes of 2 CFR 200,
14  Subpart D, Post Federal Award Requirements (Performance and
15  Financial Monitoring and Reporting) or when used in connection
16  with the acquisition or improvement of real property,
17  equipment, or supplies under a federal award, the dollar
18  amount that is the product of the federal share of total
19  project costs and current fair market value of the property,
20  improvements, or both, to the extent the costs of acquiring or
21  improving the property were included as project costs.
22  "Federal program" means any of the following:
23  (1) All federal awards which are assigned a single
24  number in the assistance listings CFDA.
25  (2) When no assistance listing CFDA number is
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1  the same agency made for the same purpose should be
2  combined and considered one program.
3  (3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2) of this
4  definition, a cluster of programs. The types of clusters
5  of programs are:
6  (A) research and development;
7  (B) student financial aid; and
8  (C) "other clusters", as described in the
9  definition of "cluster of programs".
10  "Federal share" means the portion of the total project
11  costs that are paid by federal funds.
12  "Final cost objective" means a cost objective which has
13  allocated to it both direct and indirect costs and, in the
14  non-federal entity's accumulation system, is one of the final
15  accumulation points, such as a particular award, internal
16  project, or other direct activity of a non-federal entity.
17  "Financial assistance" means the following:
18  (1) For grants and cooperative agreements, "financial
19  assistance" means assistance that non-federal entities
20  receive or administer in the form of:
21  (A) grants;
22  (B) cooperative agreements;
23  (C) non-cash contributions or donations of
24  property, including donated surplus property;
25  (D) direct appropriations;
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1  (F) other financial assistance, except assistance
2  listed in paragraph (2) of this definition.
3  (2) "Financial assistance" includes assistance that
4  non-federal entities receive or administer in the form of
5  loans, loan guarantees, interest subsidies, and insurance.
6  (3) "Financial assistance" does not include amounts
7  received as reimbursement for services rendered to
8  individuals.
9  "Fixed amount awards" means a type of grant agreement
10  under which the awarding agency or pass-through entity
11  provides a specific level of support without regard to actual
12  costs incurred under the award. "Fixed amount awards" reduce
13  some of the administrative burden and record-keeping
14  requirements for both the non-federal entity and awarding
15  agency or pass-through entity. Accountability is based
16  primarily on performance and results.
17  "Foreign public entity" means:
18  (1) a foreign government or foreign governmental
19  entity;
20  (2) a public international organization that is
21  entitled to enjoy privileges, exemptions, and immunities
22  as an international organization under the International
23  Organizations Immunities Act (22 U.S.C. 288-288f);
24  (3) an entity owned, in whole or in part, or
25  controlled by a foreign government; or
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1  one or more foreign governments or foreign governmental
2  entities.
3  "Foreign organization" means an entity that is:
4  (1) a public or private organization located in a
5  country other than the United States and its territories
6  that are subject to the laws of the country in which it is
7  located, irrespective of the citizenship of project staff
8  or place of performance;
9  (2) a private nongovernmental organization located in
10  a country other than the United States that solicits and
11  receives cash contributions from the general public;
12  (3) a charitable organization located in a country
13  other than the United States that is nonprofit and tax
14  exempt under the laws of its country of domicile and
15  operation, but is not a university, college, accredited
16  degree-granting institution of education, private
17  foundation, hospital, organization engaged exclusively in
18  research or scientific activities, church, synagogue,
19  mosque, or other similar entity organized primarily for
20  religious purposes; or
21  (4) an organization located in a country other than
22  the United States not recognized as a Foreign Public
23  Entity.
24  "Fringe benefits" has the same meaning as provided in 2
25  CFR Part 200, Subpart E - Cost Principles.
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1  provided in accounting standards issued by the Government
2  Accounting Standards Board and the Financial Accounting
3  Standards Board.
4  "Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards" means
5  generally accepted government auditing standards issued by the
6  Comptroller General of the United States that are applicable
7  to financial audits.
8  "Grant agreement" means a legal instrument of financial
9  assistance between an awarding agency or pass-through entity
10  and a non-federal entity that:
11  (1) is used to enter into a relationship, the
12  principal purpose of which is to transfer anything of
13  value from the awarding agency or pass-through entity to
14  the non-federal entity to carry out a public purpose
15  authorized by law and not to acquire property or services
16  for the awarding agency or pass-through entity's direct
17  benefit or use; and
18  (2) is distinguished from a cooperative agreement in
19  that it does not provide for substantial involvement
20  between the awarding agency or pass-through entity and the
21  non-federal entity in carrying out the activity
22  contemplated by the award.
23  "Grant agreement" does not include an agreement that
24  provides only direct cash assistance to an individual, a
25  subsidy, a loan, a loan guarantee, or insurance.
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1  completed by a non-federal entity in connection with a request
2  for a specific funding opportunity or a request for financial
3  support of a project or activity.
4  "Hospital" means a facility licensed as a hospital under
5  the law of any state or a facility operated as a hospital by
6  the United States, a state, or a subdivision of a state.
7  "Illinois Stop Payment List" or "Illinois Debarred and
8  Suspended List" means the list maintained by the Governor's
9  Office of Management and Budget that contains the names of
10  those individuals and entities that are ineligible, either
11  temporarily or permanently, from receiving an award of grant
12  funds from the State.
13  "Indirect cost" means those costs incurred for a common or
14  joint purpose benefiting benefitting more than one cost
15  objective and not readily assignable to the cost objectives
16  specifically benefited benefitted without effort
17  disproportionate to the results achieved.
18  "Inspector General" means the Office of the Executive
19  Inspector General for Executive branch agencies.
20  "Loan" means a State or federal loan or loan guarantee
21  received or administered by a non-federal entity. "Loan" does
22  not include a "program income" as defined in 2 CFR 200, Subpart
23  A, Acronyms and Definitions.
24  "Loan guarantee" means any State or federal government
25  guarantee, insurance, or other pledge with respect to the
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1  debt obligation of a non-federal borrower to a non-federal
2  lender, but does not include the insurance of deposits,
3  shares, or other withdrawable accounts in financial
4  institutions.
5  "Local government" has the meaning provided for the term
6  "units of local government" under Section 1 of Article VII of
7  the Illinois Constitution and includes school districts.
8  "Major program" means a federal program determined by the
9  auditor to be a major program in accordance with 2 CFR Part
10  200, Subpart F - Audit Requirements 2 CFR 200.518 or a program
11  identified as a major program by a federal awarding agency or
12  pass-through entity in accordance with 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart
13  F - Audit Requirements 2 CFR 200.503(e).
14  "Non-federal entity" means a state, local government,
15  Indian tribe, institution of higher education, or
16  organization, whether nonprofit or for-profit, that carries
17  out a State or federal award as a recipient or subrecipient.
18  "Nonprofit organization" means any corporation, trust,
19  association, cooperative, or other organization, not including
20  institutions of higher education, that:
21  (1) is operated primarily for scientific, educational,
22  service, charitable, or similar purposes in the public
23  interest;
24  (2) is not organized primarily for profit; and
25  (3) uses net proceeds to maintain, improve, or expand
26  the operations of the organization.

 

 

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1  "Obligations", when used in connection with a non-federal
2  entity's utilization of funds under an award, means orders
3  placed for property and services, contracts and subawards
4  made, and similar transactions during a given period that
5  require payment by the non-federal entity during the same or a
6  future period.
7  "Office of Management and Budget" means the Office of
8  Management and Budget of the Executive Office of the
9  President.
10  "Other clusters" has the meaning provided by the federal
11  Office of Management and Budget in the compliance supplement
12  or has the meaning as it is designated by a state for federal
13  awards the state provides to its subrecipients that meet the
14  definition of a cluster of programs. When designating an
15  "other cluster", a state must identify the federal awards
16  included in the cluster and advise the subrecipients of
17  compliance requirements applicable to the cluster.
18  "Oversight agency for audit" means the federal awarding
19  agency that provides the predominant amount of funding
20  directly to a non-federal entity not assigned a cognizant
21  agency for audit. When there is no direct funding, the
22  awarding agency that is the predominant source of pass-through
23  funding must assume the oversight responsibilities. The duties
24  of the oversight agency for audit and the process for any
25  reassignments are described in 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart F -
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1  "Pass-through entity" means a non-federal entity that
2  provides a subaward to a subrecipient to carry out part of a
3  program.
4  "Private award" means an award from a person or entity
5  other than a State or federal entity. Private awards are not
6  subject to the provisions of this Act.
7  "Property" means real property or personal property.
8  "Project cost" means total allowable costs incurred under
9  an award and all required cost sharing and voluntary committed
10  cost sharing, including third-party contributions.
11  "Public institutions of higher education" has the meaning
12  provided in Section 1 of the Board of Higher Education Act.
13  "Recipient" means a non-federal entity that receives an
14  award directly from an awarding agency to carry out an
15  activity under a program. "Recipient" does not include
16  subrecipients or individuals who are beneficiaries of the
17  award.
18  "Research and Development" means all research activities,
19  both basic and applied, and all development activities that
20  are performed by non-federal entities.
21  "Single Audit Act" means the federal Single Audit Act
22  Amendments of 1996 (31 U.S.C. 7501-7507).
23  "State agency" means an Executive branch agency. For
24  purposes of this Act, "State agency" does not include public
25  institutions of higher education.
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1  non-federal entity receives from the State and that is funded
2  with either State funds or federal funds; in the latter case,
3  the State is acting as a pass-through entity.
4  "State awarding agency" means a State agency that provides
5  an award to a non-federal entity.
6  "State grant-making agency" has the same meaning as "State
7  awarding agency".
8  "State interest" means the acquisition or improvement of
9  real property, equipment, or supplies under a State award, the
10  dollar amount that is the product of the State share of the
11  total project costs and current fair market value of the
12  property, improvements, or both, to the extent the costs of
13  acquiring or improving the property were included as project
14  costs.
15  "State program" means any of the following:
16  (1) All State awards which are assigned a single
17  number in the Catalog of State Financial Assistance.
18  (2) When no Catalog of State Financial Assistance
19  number is assigned, all State awards to non-federal
20  entities from the same agency made for the same purpose
21  are considered one program.
22  (3) A cluster of programs as defined in this Section.
23  "State share" means the portion of the total project costs
24  that are paid by State funds.
25  "Stop payment order" means a communication from a State
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1  following procedures set out by the Office of the Comptroller,
2  causing the cessation of payments to a recipient or
3  subrecipient as a result of the recipient's or subrecipient's
4  failure to comply with one or more terms of the grant or
5  subaward.
6  "Stop payment procedure" means the procedure created by
7  the Office of the Comptroller which effects a stop payment
8  order and the lifting of a stop payment order upon the request
9  of the State grant-making agency.
10  "Student Financial Aid" means federal awards under those
11  programs of general student assistance, such as those
12  authorized by Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
13  amended (20 U.S.C. 1070-1099d), that are administered by the
14  United States Department of Education and similar programs
15  provided by other federal agencies. "Student Financial Aid"
16  does not include federal awards under programs that provide
17  fellowships or similar federal awards to students on a
18  competitive basis or for specified studies or research.
19  "Subaward" means a State or federal award provided by a
20  pass-through entity to a subrecipient for the subrecipient to
21  carry out part of a federal award received by the pass-through
22  entity. "Subaward" does not include payments to a contractor
23  or payments to an individual that is a beneficiary of a federal
24  program. A "subaward" may be provided through any form of
25  legal agreement, including an agreement that the pass-through
26  entity considers a contract.

 

 

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1  "Subrecipient" means a non-federal entity that receives a
2  State or federal subaward from a pass-through entity to carry
3  out part of a State or federal program. "Subrecipient" does
4  not include an individual that is a beneficiary of such
5  program. A "subrecipient" may also be a recipient of other
6  State or federal awards directly from a State or federal
7  awarding agency.
8  "Suspension" means a post-award action by the State or
9  federal agency or pass-through entity that temporarily
10  withdraws the State or federal agency's or pass-through
11  entity's financial assistance sponsorship under an award,
12  pending corrective action by the recipient or subrecipient or
13  pending a decision to terminate the award.
14  "Uniform Administrative Requirements, Costs Principles,
15  and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards" means those rules
16  applicable to grants contained in 2 CFR Part 200.
17  "Unique Entity Identifier" means the number that is
18  established and assigned by the federal government on the
19  System for Award Management website (SAM.gov) to uniquely
20  identify entities and, under federal law, is required for
21  nonfederal entities to apply for, receive, and report on a
22  federal award.
23  "Voluntary committed cost sharing" means cost sharing
24  specifically pledged on a voluntary basis in the proposal's
25  budget or the award on the part of the non-federal entity and
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1  (Source: P.A. 103-616, eff. 7-1-24; revised 10-24-24.)
2  (30 ILCS 708/25)
3  Sec. 25. Supplemental rules. On or before July 1, 2017,
4  the Governor's Office of Management and Budget, with the
5  advice and technical assistance of the Illinois Single Audit
6  Commission, shall adopt supplemental rules pertaining to the
7  following:
8  (1) Criteria to define mandatory formula-based grants
9  and discretionary grants.
10  (2) The award of one-year grants for new applicants.
11  (3) The award of competitive grants in 3-year terms
12  (one-year initial terms with the option to renew for up to
13  2 additional years) to coincide with the federal award.
14  (4) The issuance of grants, including:
15  (A) public notice of announcements of funding
16  opportunities;
17  (B) the development of uniform grant applications;
18  (C) State agency review of merit of proposals and
19  risk posed by applicants;
20  (D) specific conditions for individual recipients
21  (including the use of a fiscal agent and additional
22  corrective conditions);
23  (E) certifications and representations;
24  (F) pre-award costs;
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1  goals under Section 50-25 of the State Budget Law of
2  the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, commonly
3  referred to as "Budgeting for Results"; and
4  (H) for mandatory formula grants, the merit of the
5  proposal and the risk posed should result in
6  additional reporting, monitoring, or measures such as
7  reimbursement-basis only.
8  (5) The development of uniform budget requirements,
9  which shall include:
10  (A) mandatory submission of budgets as part of the
11  grant application process;
12  (B) mandatory requirements regarding contents of
13  the budget including, at a minimum, common detail line
14  items specified under guidelines issued by the
15  Governor's Office of Management and Budget;
16  (C) a requirement that the budget allow
17  flexibility to add lines describing costs that are
18  common for the services provided as outlined in the
19  grant application;
20  (D) a requirement that the budget include
21  information necessary for analyzing cost and
22  performance for use in Budgeting for Results; and
23  (E) caps, which may be equal to, but shall not be
24  greater than, the caps allowed by federal agencies, on
25  the amount of salaries that may be charged to grants
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1  (6) The development of pre-qualification requirements
2  for applicants, including the fiscal condition of the
3  organization and the provision of the following
4  information:
5  (A) organization name;
6  (B) Federal Employee Identification Number;
7  (C) Unique Entity Identifier Data Universal
8  Numbering System (DUNS) number;
9  (D) fiscal condition;
10  (E) whether the applicant is in good standing with
11  the Secretary of State;
12  (F) past performance in administering grants, if
13  applicable;
14  (G) whether the applicant is on the Debarred and
15  Suspended List maintained by the Governor's Office of
16  Management and Budget;
17  (H) whether the applicant is on the federal
18  Excluded Parties List; and
19  (I) whether the applicant is on the Sanctioned
20  Party List maintained by the Illinois Department of
21  Healthcare and Family Services.
22  Nothing in this Act affects the provisions of the Fiscal
23  Control and Internal Auditing Act nor the requirement that the
24  management of each State agency is responsible for maintaining
25  effective internal controls under that Act.
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1  provisions of this Section apply only to awards funded by
2  federal pass-through awards from a State agency to public
3  institutions of higher education.
4  (Source: P.A. 101-81, eff. 7-12-19; 102-626, eff. 8-27-21.)
5  (30 ILCS 708/30)
6  Sec. 30. Catalog of State Financial Assistance. The
7  Catalog of State Financial Assistance is a single,
8  authoritative, statewide, comprehensive source document of
9  State financial assistance program information. The Catalog
10  shall contain, at a minimum, the following information:
11  (1) An introductory section that contains Catalog
12  highlights, an explanation of how to use the Catalog, an
13  explanation of the Catalog and its contents, and suggested
14  grant proposal writing methods and grant application
15  procedures.
16  (2) A comprehensive indexing system that categorizes
17  programs by issuing agency, eligible applicant,
18  application deadlines, function, popular name, and subject
19  area.
20  (3) Comprehensive appendices showing State assistance
21  programs that require coordination through this Act and
22  regulatory, legislative, and Executive Order authority for
23  each program, commonly used abbreviations and acronyms,
24  agency regional and local office addresses, and sources of
25  additional information.

 

 

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1  (4) A list of programs that have been added to or
2  deleted from the Catalog and the various program numbers
3  and title changes.
4  (5) Program number, title, and popular name, if
5  applicable.
6  (6) The name of the State department or agency or
7  independent agency and primary organization sub-unit
8  administering the program.
9  (7) The enabling legislation, including popular name
10  of the Act, titles and Sections, Public Act number, and
11  citation to the Illinois Compiled Statutes.
12  (8) The type or types of financial and nonfinancial
13  assistance offered by the program.
14  (9) Uses and restrictions placed upon the program.
15  (10) Eligibility requirements, including applicant
16  eligibility criteria, beneficiary eligibility criteria,
17  and required credentials and documentation.
18  (11) Objectives and goals of the program.
19  (12) Information regarding application and award
20  processing; application deadlines; range of approval or
21  disapproval time; appeal procedure; and availability of a
22  renewal or extension of assistance.
23  (13) Assistance considerations, including an
24  explanation of the award formula, matching requirements,
25  and the length and time phasing of the assistance, and
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1  State Prompt Payment Act.
2  (14) Post-assistance requirements, including any
3  reports, audits, and records that may be required.
4  (15) Program accomplishments (where available)
5  describing quantitative measures of program performance.
6  (16) Regulations, guidelines, and literature
7  containing citations to the Illinois Administrative Code,
8  the Code of Federal Regulations, and other pertinent
9  informational materials.
10  (17) The names, telephone numbers, and e-mail
11  addresses of persons to be contacted for detailed program
12  information at the headquarters, regional, and local
13  levels.
14  (Source: P.A. 98-706, eff. 7-16-14.)
15  (30 ILCS 708/50)
16  Sec. 50. State grant-making agency responsibilities.
17  (a) The specific requirements and responsibilities of
18  State grant-making agencies and non-federal entities are set
19  forth in this Act. State agencies making State awards to
20  non-federal entities must adopt by rule the language in 2 CFR
21  Part 200, Subpart C through Subpart F unless different
22  provisions are required by law.
23  (b) Each State grant-making agency shall appoint a Chief
24  Accountability Officer who shall serve as a liaison to the
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1  responsible for the State agency's implementation of and
2  compliance with the rules.
3  (c) In order to effectively measure the performance of its
4  recipients and subrecipients, each State grant-making agency
5  shall:
6  (1) require its recipients and subrecipients to relate
7  financial data to performance accomplishments of the award
8  and, when applicable, must require recipients and
9  subrecipients to provide cost information to demonstrate
10  cost-effective practices. The recipient's and
11  subrecipient's performance should be measured in a way
12  that will help the State agency to improve program
13  outcomes, share lessons learned, and spread the adoption
14  of promising practices; and
15  (2) provide recipients and subrecipients with clear
16  performance goals, indicators, and milestones and must
17  establish performance reporting frequency and content to
18  not only allow the State agency to understand the
19  recipient's progress, but also to facilitate
20  identification of promising practices among recipients and
21  subrecipients and build the evidence upon which the State
22  agency's program and performance decisions are made. The
23  frequency of reports on performance goals, indicators, and
24  milestones required under this Section shall not be more
25  frequent than quarterly. Nothing in this Section is
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1  items such as service needs, gaps, or capacity, as
2  indicated by a corrective action plan or by a risk
3  assessment.
4  (3) (c-5) Each State grant-making agency shall, when
5  it is in the best interests of the State, request that the
6  Office of the Comptroller issue a stop payment order in
7  accordance with Section 105 of this Act.
8  (4) (c-6) Upon notification by the Grant Transparency
9  and Accountability Unit that a stop payment order has been
10  requested by a State grant-making agency, each State
11  grant-making agency who has issued a grant to that
12  recipient or subrecipient shall determine if it remains in
13  the best interests of the State to continue to issue
14  payments to the recipient or subrecipient.
15  (d) The Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall
16  provide such advice and technical assistance to the State
17  grant-making agencies as is necessary or indicated in order to
18  ensure compliance with this Act.
19  (e) In accordance with this Act and the Illinois State
20  Collection Act of 1986, refunds required under the Grant Funds
21  Recovery Act may be referred to the Comptroller's offset
22  system.
23  (Source: P.A. 100-997, eff. 8-20-18.)
24  (30 ILCS 708/60)
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1  responsibilities.
2  (a) The Grant Accountability and Transparency Unit within
3  the Governor's Office of Management and Budget shall be
4  responsible for:
5  (1) The development of minimum requirements applicable
6  to the staff of grant applicants to manage and execute
7  grant awards for programmatic and administrative purposes,
8  including grant management specialists with:
9  (A) general and technical competencies;
10  (B) programmatic expertise;
11  (C) fiscal expertise and systems necessary to
12  adequately account for the source and application of
13  grant funds for each program; and
14  (D) knowledge of compliance requirements.
15  (2) The development of minimum training requirements,
16  including annual training requirements.
17  (3) Accurate, current, and complete disclosure of the
18  financial results of each funded award, as set forth in
19  the financial monitoring and reporting Section of 2 CFR
20  Part 200.
21  (4) Development of criteria for requiring the
22  retention of a fiscal agent and for becoming a fiscal
23  agent.
24  (5) Development of disclosure requirements in the
25  grant application pertaining to:
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1  grant-making agencies;
2  (B) past employment of applicant officers and
3  grant managers;
4  (C) disclosure of current or past employment of
5  members of immediate family; and
6  (D) disclosure of senior management of grantee
7  organization and their relationships with contracted
8  vendors.
9  (6) Implementation of rules prohibiting a grantee from
10  charging any cost allocable to a particular award or cost
11  objective to other State or federal awards to overcome
12  fund deficiencies, to avoid restrictions imposed by law or
13  terms of the federal awards, or for other reasons.
14  (7) Implementation of rules prohibiting a non-federal
15  entity from earning or keeping any profit resulting from
16  State or federal financial assistance, unless prior
17  approval has been obtained from the Governor's Office of
18  Management and Budget and is expressly authorized by the
19  terms and conditions of the award.
20  (8) Maintenance of an Illinois Stop Payment List or an
21  Illinois Debarred and Suspended List that contains the
22  names of those individuals and entities that are
23  ineligible, either temporarily or permanently, to receive
24  an award of grant funds from the State.
25  (9) Ensuring the adoption of standardized rules for
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1  agencies. The Grant Accountability and Transparency Unit
2  shall provide such advice and technical assistance to the
3  State grant-making agencies as is necessary or indicated
4  in order to ensure compliance with this Act.
5  (10) Coordination of financial and Single Audit
6  reviews.
7  (11) Coordination of on-site reviews of grantees and
8  subrecipients.
9  (12) Maintenance of the Catalog of State Financial
10  Assistance, which shall be posted on an Internet website
11  maintained by the Governor's Office of Management and
12  Budget that is available to the public.
13  (13) Promotion of best practices for disseminating
14  information about grant opportunities to grant-making
15  agencies statewide, with an emphasis on reaching
16  previously underserved communities and grantees.
17  (b) The Grant Accountability and Transparency Unit shall
18  have no power or authority regarding the approval,
19  disapproval, management, or oversight of grants entered into
20  or awarded by a State agency or by a public institution of
21  higher education. The power or authority existing under law to
22  grant or award grants by a State agency or by a public
23  institution of higher education shall remain with that State
24  agency or public institution of higher education. The Unit
25  shall be responsible for providing technical assistance to
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1  grant-making agencies to comply with this Act and shall be
2  responsible for establishing standardized policies and
3  procedures for State grant-making agencies in order to ensure
4  compliance with the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost
5  Principles and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards set forth
6  in 2 CFR Part 200, all of which must be adhered to by the State
7  grant-making agencies throughout the life cycle of the grant.
8  (c) The powers and functions of grant making by State
9  agencies or public institutions of higher education may not be
10  transferred to, nor may prior grant approval be transferred
11  to, any other person, office, or entity within the executive
12  branch of State government.
13  (Source: P.A. 100-676, eff. 1-1-19.)
14  (30 ILCS 708/65)
15  Sec. 65. Audit requirements.
16  (a) The standards set forth in Subpart F of 2 CFR Part 200
17  and any other standards that apply directly to State or
18  federal agencies shall apply to audits of fiscal years
19  beginning on or after December 26, 2014.
20  (b) Books and records must be available for review or
21  audit by appropriate officials of the pass-through entity, and
22  the agency, the Auditor General, the Inspector General,
23  appropriate officials of the agency, and the federal
24  Government Accountability Office.
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1  the advice and technical assistance of the Illinois Single
2  Audit Commission, shall adopt rules that are reasonably
3  consistent with 2 CFR Part 200 for audits of grants from a
4  State or federal pass-through entity that are not subject to
5  the Single Audit Act because (1) the amount of the federal
6  awards expended during the entity's fiscal year award is less
7  than the applicable amount specified in 2 CFR Part 200,
8  Subpart F $750,000 or (2) the subrecipient is an exempt entity
9  as specified in and that are reasonably consistent with 2 CFR
10  Part 200, Subpart F.
11  (d) This Act does not affect the provisions of the
12  Illinois State Auditing Act and does not address the external
13  audit function of the Auditor General.
14  (Source: P.A. 98-706, eff. 7-16-14.)
15  (30 ILCS 708/97) (was 30 ILCS 708/520)
16  Sec. 97. Separate accounts for State grant funds.
17  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, all
18  grants for which advance payments are made and any grant
19  agreement entered into, renewed, or extended on or after
20  August 20, 2018 (the effective date of Public Act 100-997)
21  that permits advanced payments, between a State grant-making
22  agency and a nonprofit organization, shall require the
23  nonprofit organization receiving grant funds to maintain those
24  funds in an account which is separate and distinct from any
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1  in an agreement between a State grant-making agency and a
2  nonprofit organization, the grant funds held in a separate
3  account by a nonprofit organization shall not be used for
4  non-grant-related activities, and any unused grant funds shall
5  be returned to the State grant-making agency. This Section
6  does not apply when grant payments are made as reimbursements.
7  (Source: P.A. 100-997, eff. 8-20-18; 101-81, eff. 7-12-19.)

 

 

  HB0817 Enrolled - 37 - LRB103 04410 HLH 49416 b