Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois Senate Bill SB2317 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2317 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Laura Ellman 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 10933 HLH 21015 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2317 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Laura Ellman 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 10933 HLH 21015 b LRB104 10933 HLH 21015 b A BILL FOR
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2317 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Laura Ellman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	30 ILCS 105/9.02 from Ch. 127, par. 145c 30 ILCS 105/9.02 from Ch. 127, par. 145c
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5	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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11	11	1 AN ACT concerning finance.
12	12	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
13	13	3 represented in the General Assembly:
14	14	4 Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
15	15	5 Section 9.02 as follows:
16	16	6 (30 ILCS 105/9.02) (from Ch. 127, par. 145c)
17	17	7 Sec. 9.02. Vouchers; signature; delegation; electronic
18	18	8 submission.
19	19	9 (a)(1) Other than construction contracts procured by the
20	20	10 Department of Transportation as provided in item (1.5), any
21	21	11 Any new contract or contract renewal in the amount of $250,000
22	22	12 or more in a fiscal year, or any order against a master
23	23	13 contract in the amount of $250,000 or more in a fiscal year, or
24	24	14 any contract amendment or change to an existing contract that
25	25	15 increases the value of the contract to or by $250,000 or more
26	26	16 in a fiscal year, shall be signed or approved in writing by the
27	27	17 chief executive officer of the agency or his or her designee,
28	28	18 and shall also be signed or approved in writing by the agency's
29	29	19 chief legal counsel or his or her designee and chief fiscal
30	30	20 officer or his or her designee. If the agency does not have a
31	31	21 chief legal counsel or a chief fiscal officer, the chief
32	32	22 executive officer of the agency shall designate in writing a
33	33	23 senior executive as the individual responsible for signature
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37	37	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 SB2317 Introduced 2/7/2025, by Sen. Laura Ellman SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
38	38	30 ILCS 105/9.02 from Ch. 127, par. 145c 30 ILCS 105/9.02 from Ch. 127, par. 145c
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40	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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68	68	1 or approval.
69	69	2 (1.5) For construction contracts procured by the
70	70	3 Department of Transportation on or after the effective date of
71	71	4 this amendatory Act of the 104th General Assembly, the
72	72	5 signature requirement set forth in item (1) shall apply to
73	73	6 contracts, contract renewals, and orders against a master
74	74	7 contract in the amount of $750,000 or more and to any contract
75	75	8 amendment or change to an existing contract that increases the
76	76	9 value of the contract to or by $750,000 or more in a fiscal
77	77	10 year. The Department of Transportation may, by rule, adjust
78	78	11 the applicable monetary threshold set forth in this item (1.5)
79	79	12 on a yearly basis to reflect inflationary costs in highway
80	80	13 construction as measured by the United States Department of
81	81	14 Transportation in the National Highway Construction Cost Index
82	82	15 or other similar index. A notice of any change in that
83	83	16 threshold shall be published in the Illinois Transportation
84	84	17 Bulletin.
85	85	18 (2) No document identified in paragraph (1) may be filed
86	86	19 with the Comptroller, nor may any authorization for payment
87	87	20 pursuant to such documents be filed with the Comptroller, if
88	88	21 the required signatures or approvals are lacking.
89	89	22 (3) Any person who, with knowledge the signatures or
90	90	23 approvals required in paragraph (1) are lacking, either files
91	91	24 or directs another to file documents or payment authorizations
92	92	25 in violation of paragraph (2) shall be subject to discipline
93	93	26 up to and including discharge.
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104	104	1 (4) Procurements shall not be artificially divided so as
105	105	2 to avoid the necessity of complying with paragraph (1).
106	106	3 (5) Each State agency shall develop and implement
107	107	4 procedures to ensure the necessary signatures or approvals are
108	108	5 obtained. Each State agency may establish, maintain and follow
109	109	6 procedures that are more restrictive than those required
110	110	7 herein.
111	111	8 (6) This subsection (a) applies to all State agencies as
112	112	9 defined in Section 1-7 of the Illinois State Auditing Act,
113	113	10 which includes without limitation the General Assembly and its
114	114	11 agencies. For purposes of this subsection (a), in the case of
115	115	12 the General Assembly, the "chief executive officer of the
116	116	13 agency" means (i) the Senate Operations Commission for Senate
117	117	14 general operations as provided in Section 4 of the General
118	118	15 Assembly Operations Act, (ii) the Speaker of the House of
119	119	16 Representatives for House general operations as provided in
120	120	17 Section 5 of the General Assembly Operations Act, (iii) the
121	121	18 Speaker of the House for majority leadership staff and
122	122	19 operations, (iv) the Minority Leader of the House for minority
123	123	20 leadership staff and operations, (v) the President of the
124	124	21 Senate for majority leadership staff and operations, (vi) the
125	125	22 Minority Leader of the Senate for minority staff and
126	126	23 operations, and (vii) the Joint Committee on Legislative
127	127	24 Support Services for the legislative support services agencies
128	128	25 as provided in the Legislative Commission Reorganization Act
129	129	26 of 1984. For purposes of this subsection (a), in the case of
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140	140	1 agencies, the "chief executive officer of the agency" means
141	141	2 the head of the agency.
142	142	3 (b)(1) Every voucher or corresponding balancing report, as
143	143	4 submitted by the agency or office in which it originates,
144	144	5 shall bear (i) the signature of the officer responsible for
145	145	6 approving and certifying vouchers under this Act and (ii) if
146	146	7 authority to sign the responsible officer's name has been
147	147	8 properly delegated, also the signature of the person actually
148	148	9 signing the voucher.
149	149	10 (2) When an officer delegates authority to approve and
150	150	11 certify vouchers, he shall send a copy of such authorization
151	151	12 containing the signature of the person to whom delegation is
152	152	13 made to each office that checks or approves such vouchers and
153	153	14 to the State Comptroller. Such delegation may be general or
154	154	15 limited. If the delegation is limited, the authorization shall
155	155	16 designate the particular types of vouchers that the person is
156	156	17 authorized to approve and certify.
157	157	18 (3) When any delegation of authority hereunder is revoked,
158	158	19 a copy of the revocation of authority shall be sent to the
159	159	20 Comptroller and to each office to which a copy of the
160	160	21 authorization was sent.
161	161	22 The Comptroller may require State agencies to maintain
162	162	23 signature documents and records of delegations of voucher
163	163	24 signature authority and revocations of those delegations,
164	164	25 instead of transmitting those documents to the Comptroller.
165	165	26 The Comptroller may inspect such documents and records at any
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177	177	2 (c) The Comptroller may authorize the submission of
178	178	3 vouchers through electronic transmissions, on magnetic tape,
179	179	4 or otherwise.
180	180	5 (Source: P.A. 101-34, eff. 6-28-19; 101-359, eff. 8-9-19;
181	181	6 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)
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