104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1614 Introduced 2/4/2025, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 30 ILCS 105/13.3 from Ch. 127, par. 149.3 Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that the Secretary of State may maintain a petty cash fund in excess of $1,000, solely for the purpose of making change, at any Secretary of State Motor Vehicle Facility. Provides that those funds may be retained on the premises of the facility. LRB104 10333 HLH 20407 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1614 Introduced 2/4/2025, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 30 ILCS 105/13.3 from Ch. 127, par. 149.3 30 ILCS 105/13.3 from Ch. 127, par. 149.3 Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that the Secretary of State may maintain a petty cash fund in excess of $1,000, solely for the purpose of making change, at any Secretary of State Motor Vehicle Facility. Provides that those funds may be retained on the premises of the facility. LRB104 10333 HLH 20407 b LRB104 10333 HLH 20407 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1614 Introduced 2/4/2025, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 30 ILCS 105/13.3 from Ch. 127, par. 149.3 30 ILCS 105/13.3 from Ch. 127, par. 149.3 30 ILCS 105/13.3 from Ch. 127, par. 149.3 Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that the Secretary of State may maintain a petty cash fund in excess of $1,000, solely for the purpose of making change, at any Secretary of State Motor Vehicle Facility. Provides that those funds may be retained on the premises of the facility. LRB104 10333 HLH 20407 b LRB104 10333 HLH 20407 b LRB104 10333 HLH 20407 b A BILL FOR SB1614LRB104 10333 HLH 20407 b SB1614 LRB104 10333 HLH 20407 b SB1614 LRB104 10333 HLH 20407 b 1 AN ACT concerning finance. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing 5 Section 13.3 as follows: 6 (30 ILCS 105/13.3) (from Ch. 127, par. 149.3) 7 Sec. 13.3. Petty cash funds; purchasing cards. 8 (a) Any State agency may establish and maintain petty cash 9 funds for the purpose of making change, purchasing items of 10 small cost, payment of postage due, and for other nominal 11 expenditures which cannot be administered economically and 12 efficiently through customary procurement practices. 13 Petty cash funds may be established and maintained from 14 moneys which are appropriated to the agency for Contractual 15 Services. In the case of an agency which receives a single 16 appropriation for its ordinary and contingent expenses, the 17 agency may establish a petty cash fund from the appropriated 18 funds. 19 Before the establishment of any petty cash fund, the 20 agency shall submit to the State Comptroller a survey of the 21 need for the fund. The survey shall also establish that 22 sufficient internal accounting controls exist. The Comptroller 23 shall investigate such need and if he determines that it 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB1614 Introduced 2/4/2025, by Sen. Ram Villivalam SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 30 ILCS 105/13.3 from Ch. 127, par. 149.3 30 ILCS 105/13.3 from Ch. 127, par. 149.3 30 ILCS 105/13.3 from Ch. 127, par. 149.3 Amends the State Finance Act. Provides that the Secretary of State may maintain a petty cash fund in excess of $1,000, solely for the purpose of making change, at any Secretary of State Motor Vehicle Facility. Provides that those funds may be retained on the premises of the facility. LRB104 10333 HLH 20407 b LRB104 10333 HLH 20407 b LRB104 10333 HLH 20407 b A BILL FOR 30 ILCS 105/13.3 from Ch. 127, par. 149.3 LRB104 10333 HLH 20407 b SB1614 LRB104 10333 HLH 20407 b SB1614- 2 -LRB104 10333 HLH 20407 b SB1614 - 2 - LRB104 10333 HLH 20407 b SB1614 - 2 - LRB104 10333 HLH 20407 b 1 exists and that adequate accounting controls exist, shall 2 approve the establishment of the fund. The Comptroller shall 3 have the power to revoke any approval previously made under 4 this Section. 5 Petty cash funds established under this Section shall be 6 operated and maintained on the imprest system and no fund 7 shall exceed $1,000, except that the Department of Revenue may 8 maintain a fund not exceeding $2,000 for each Department of 9 Revenue facility and the Secretary of State may maintain a 10 fund in excess of $1,000, solely for the purpose of making 11 change, at any Secretary of State Motor Vehicle Facility of 12 not exceeding $2,000 for each Chicago Motor Vehicle Facility, 13 each Springfield Public Service Facility, and the Motor 14 Vehicle Facilities in Champaign, Decatur, Marion, Naperville, 15 Peoria, Rockford, Granite City, Quincy, and Carbondale, to be 16 used solely for the purpose of making change. Except for 17 purchases made by procurement card as provided in subsection 18 (b) of this Section, single transactions shall be limited to 19 amounts less than $100, and all transactions occurring in the 20 fund shall be reported and accounted for as may be provided in 21 the uniform accounting system developed by the State 22 Comptroller and the rules and regulations implementing that 23 accounting system. All amounts in any such fund of less than 24 $1,000 but over $100 shall be kept in a checking account in a 25 bank, or savings and loan association or trust company which 26 is insured by the United States government or any agency of the SB1614 - 2 - LRB104 10333 HLH 20407 b SB1614- 3 -LRB104 10333 HLH 20407 b SB1614 - 3 - LRB104 10333 HLH 20407 b SB1614 - 3 - LRB104 10333 HLH 20407 b 1 United States government, except that all such in funds 2 maintained in a each Department of Revenue Facility or in a 3 Secretary of State Motor Vehicle Facility , Chicago Motor 4 Vehicle Facilities, each Springfield Public Service Facility, 5 and the Motor Vehicle Facilities in Champaign, Decatur, 6 Marion, Naperville, Peoria, Rockford, Granite City, Quincy, 7 and Carbondale, all amounts in the fund may be retained on the 8 premises of the facility such facilities. 9 No bank or savings and loan association shall receive 10 public funds as permitted by this Section, unless it has 11 complied with the requirements established pursuant to Section 12 6 of "An Act relating to certain investments of public funds by 13 public agencies", approved July 23, 1943, as now or hereafter 14 amended. 15 An internal audit shall be performed of any petty cash 16 fund which receives reimbursements of more than $5,000 in a 17 fiscal year. 18 Upon succession in the custodianship of any petty cash 19 fund, both the former and successor custodians shall sign a 20 statement, in triplicate, showing the exact status of the fund 21 at the time of the transfer. The original copy shall be kept on 22 file in the office wherein the fund exists, and each signer 23 shall be entitled to retain one copy. 24 (b) The Comptroller may provide by rule for the use of 25 purchasing cards by State agencies to pay for purchases that 26 otherwise may be paid out of the agency's petty cash fund. Any SB1614 - 3 - LRB104 10333 HLH 20407 b SB1614- 4 -LRB104 10333 HLH 20407 b SB1614 - 4 - LRB104 10333 HLH 20407 b SB1614 - 4 - LRB104 10333 HLH 20407 b SB1614 - 4 - LRB104 10333 HLH 20407 b