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	1	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3137 Introduced , by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 30 ILCS 105/9.02 from Ch. 127, par. 145c Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that, for construction contracts procured by the Department of Transportation, a requirement that a contract, a contract renewal, an order against a master contract, or an amendment to an existing contract requires the signature of the chief executive officer of the agency, the chief legal counsel of the agency, and the chief fiscal officer of the agency applies only if the contract is in the amount of $750,000 or more or is increased to or by $750,000 or more in a fiscal year. Provides that the Department of Transportation may, by rule, adjust that applicable monetary threshold on a yearly basis to reflect inflationary costs in highway construction. Effective immediately. LRB104 10932 HLH 21014 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3137 Introduced , by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 30 ILCS 105/9.02 from Ch. 127, par. 145c 30 ILCS 105/9.02 from Ch. 127, par. 145c Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that, for construction contracts procured by the Department of Transportation, a requirement that a contract, a contract renewal, an order against a master contract, or an amendment to an existing contract requires the signature of the chief executive officer of the agency, the chief legal counsel of the agency, and the chief fiscal officer of the agency applies only if the contract is in the amount of $750,000 or more or is increased to or by $750,000 or more in a fiscal year. Provides that the Department of Transportation may, by rule, adjust that applicable monetary threshold on a yearly basis to reflect inflationary costs in highway construction. Effective immediately. LRB104 10932 HLH 21014 b LRB104 10932 HLH 21014 b A BILL FOR
	2	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3137 Introduced , by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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	5	+	Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that, for construction contracts procured by the Department of Transportation, a requirement that a contract, a contract renewal, an order against a master contract, or an amendment to an existing contract requires the signature of the chief executive officer of the agency, the chief legal counsel of the agency, and the chief fiscal officer of the agency applies only if the contract is in the amount of $750,000 or more or is increased to or by $750,000 or more in a fiscal year. Provides that the Department of Transportation may, by rule, adjust that applicable monetary threshold on a yearly basis to reflect inflationary costs in highway construction. Effective immediately.
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3	11		1 AN ACT concerning finance.
4	12		2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
5	13		3 represented in the General Assembly:
6	14		4 Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
7	15		5 Section 9.02 as follows:
8	16		6 (30 ILCS 105/9.02) (from Ch. 127, par. 145c)
9	17		7 Sec. 9.02. Vouchers; signature; delegation; electronic
10	18		8 submission.
11	19		9 (a)(1) Other than construction contracts procured by the
12	20		10 Department of Transportation as provided in item (1.5), any
13	21		11 Any new contract or contract renewal in the amount of $250,000
14	22		12 or more in a fiscal year, or any order against a master
15	23		13 contract in the amount of $250,000 or more in a fiscal year, or
16	24		14 any contract amendment or change to an existing contract that
17	25		15 increases the value of the contract to or by $250,000 or more
18	26		16 in a fiscal year, shall be signed or approved in writing by the
19	27		17 chief executive officer of the agency or his or her designee,
20	28		18 and shall also be signed or approved in writing by the agency's
21	29		19 chief legal counsel or his or her designee and chief fiscal
22	30		20 officer or his or her designee. If the agency does not have a
23	31		21 chief legal counsel or a chief fiscal officer, the chief
24	32		22 executive officer of the agency shall designate in writing a
25	33		23 senior executive as the individual responsible for signature
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	37	+	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3137 Introduced , by Rep. Suzanne M. Ness SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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	40	+	Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that, for construction contracts procured by the Department of Transportation, a requirement that a contract, a contract renewal, an order against a master contract, or an amendment to an existing contract requires the signature of the chief executive officer of the agency, the chief legal counsel of the agency, and the chief fiscal officer of the agency applies only if the contract is in the amount of $750,000 or more or is increased to or by $750,000 or more in a fiscal year. Provides that the Department of Transportation may, by rule, adjust that applicable monetary threshold on a yearly basis to reflect inflationary costs in highway construction. Effective immediately.
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34	68		1 or approval.
35	69		2 (1.5) For construction contracts procured by the
36	70		3 Department of Transportation on or after the effective date of
37	71		4 this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the
38	72		5 signature requirement set forth in item (1) shall apply to
39	73		6 contracts, contract renewals, and orders against a master
40	74		7 contract in the amount of $750,000 or more and to any contract
41	75		8 amendment or change to an existing contract that increases the
42	76		9 value of the contract to or by $750,000 or more in a fiscal
43	77		10 year. The Department of Transportation may, by rule, adjust
44	78		11 the applicable monetary threshold set forth in this item (1.5)
45	79		12 on a yearly basis to reflect inflationary costs in highway
46	80		13 construction as measured by the United States Department of
47	81		14 Transportation in the National Highway Construction Cost Index
48	82		15 or other similar index. A notice of any change in that
49	83		16 threshold shall be published in the Illinois Transportation
50	84		17 Bulletin.
51	85		18 (2) No document identified in paragraph (1) may be filed
52	86		19 with the Comptroller, nor may any authorization for payment
53	87		20 pursuant to such documents be filed with the Comptroller, if
54	88		21 the required signatures or approvals are lacking.
55	89		22 (3) Any person who, with knowledge the signatures or
56	90		23 approvals required in paragraph (1) are lacking, either files
57	91		24 or directs another to file documents or payment authorizations
58	92		25 in violation of paragraph (2) shall be subject to discipline
59	93		26 up to and including discharge.
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70	104		1 (4) Procurements shall not be artificially divided so as
71	105		2 to avoid the necessity of complying with paragraph (1).
72	106		3 (5) Each State agency shall develop and implement
73	107		4 procedures to ensure the necessary signatures or approvals are
74	108		5 obtained. Each State agency may establish, maintain and follow
75	109		6 procedures that are more restrictive than those required
76	110		7 herein.
77	111		8 (6) This subsection (a) applies to all State agencies as
78	112		9 defined in Section 1-7 of the Illinois State Auditing Act,
79	113		10 which includes without limitation the General Assembly and its
80	114		11 agencies. For purposes of this subsection (a), in the case of
81	115		12 the General Assembly, the "chief executive officer of the
82	116		13 agency" means (i) the Senate Operations Commission for Senate
83	117		14 general operations as provided in Section 4 of the General
84	118		15 Assembly Operations Act, (ii) the Speaker of the House of
85	119		16 Representatives for House general operations as provided in
86	120		17 Section 5 of the General Assembly Operations Act, (iii) the
87	121		18 Speaker of the House for majority leadership staff and
88	122		19 operations, (iv) the Minority Leader of the House for minority
89	123		20 leadership staff and operations, (v) the President of the
90	124		21 Senate for majority leadership staff and operations, (vi) the
91	125		22 Minority Leader of the Senate for minority staff and
92	126		23 operations, and (vii) the Joint Committee on Legislative
93	127		24 Support Services for the legislative support services agencies
94	128		25 as provided in the Legislative Commission Reorganization Act
95	129		26 of 1984. For purposes of this subsection (a), in the case of
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106	140		1 agencies, the "chief executive officer of the agency" means
107	141		2 the head of the agency.
108	142		3 (b)(1) Every voucher or corresponding balancing report, as
109	143		4 submitted by the agency or office in which it originates,
110	144		5 shall bear (i) the signature of the officer responsible for
111	145		6 approving and certifying vouchers under this Act and (ii) if
112	146		7 authority to sign the responsible officer's name has been
113	147		8 properly delegated, also the signature of the person actually
114	148		9 signing the voucher.
115	149		10 (2) When an officer delegates authority to approve and
116	150		11 certify vouchers, he shall send a copy of such authorization
117	151		12 containing the signature of the person to whom delegation is
118	152		13 made to each office that checks or approves such vouchers and
119	153		14 to the State Comptroller. Such delegation may be general or
120	154		15 limited. If the delegation is limited, the authorization shall
121	155		16 designate the particular types of vouchers that the person is
122	156		17 authorized to approve and certify.
123	157		18 (3) When any delegation of authority hereunder is revoked,
124	158		19 a copy of the revocation of authority shall be sent to the
125	159		20 Comptroller and to each office to which a copy of the
126	160		21 authorization was sent.
127	161		22 The Comptroller may require State agencies to maintain
128	162		23 signature documents and records of delegations of voucher
129	163		24 signature authority and revocations of those delegations,
130	164		25 instead of transmitting those documents to the Comptroller.
131	165		26 The Comptroller may inspect such documents and records at any
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142	176		1 time.
143	177		2 (c) The Comptroller may authorize the submission of
144	178		3 vouchers through electronic transmissions, on magnetic tape,
145	179		4 or otherwise.
146	180		5 (Source: P.A. 101-34, eff. 6-28-19; 101-359, eff. 8-9-19;
147	181		6 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
148		-	7 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
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