HB0623eng 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB0623 Engrossed LRB100 05653 RJF 15668 b

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 1. Findings. Identity theft is a major concern for the State of Illinois and its employees in both the receipt and management of personal funds. Easy access to salary information by identity thieves makes it easier for them to open new lines of credit in their victims' names. Preventing reporting of the exact amount of State employee salaries preserves employee privacy by lessening the ease with which identity thieves obtain information and helps protect State employees from identity theft.

Section 5. The State Comptroller Act is amended by changing Sections 20 and 27 as follows:

(15 ILCS 405/20) (from Ch. 15, par. 220)

Sec. 20. Annual report. The Comptroller shall annually, as soon as possible after the close of the fiscal year but no later than December 31, make out and present to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives a report, showing the amount of warrants drawn on the treasury, on other funds held by the State Treasurer and on any public funds held by State agencies, during the preceding fiscal year, and stating, particularly, on what account they were drawn, and if drawn on the contingent fund, to whom and for what they were issued. He or she shall, also, at the same time, report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives the amount of money received into the treasury, into other funds held by the State Treasurer and into any other funds held by State agencies during the preceding fiscal year, and stating particularly, the source from which the same may be derived, and also a general account of all the business of his office during the preceding fiscal year. The report shall also summarize for the previous fiscal year the information required under Section 19.

Within 60 days after the expiration of each calendar year, the Comptroller shall compile, from records maintained and available in his office, a list of all persons including those employed in the Office of the Comptroller, who have been employed by the State during the past calendar year and paid from funds in the hands of the State Treasurer.

The list shall be arranged according to counties and shall state in alphabetical order the name of each employee, the address in the county in which he votes, except as specified below, the position and the total salary paid to him or her during the past calendar year, rounded to the nearest hundred dollar. For persons employed by the Department of Corrections, Department of Children and Family Services, Department of Juvenile Justice, Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor, and the Department of State Police, as well as their spouses, no address shall be listed. The list so compiled and arranged shall be kept on file in the office of the Comptroller and be open to inspection by the public at all times.

No person who utilizes the names obtained from this list for solicitation shall represent that such solicitation is authorized by any officer or agency of the State of Illinois. Violation of this provision is a Business Offense punishable by a fine not to exceed $3,000.

(Source: P.A. 98-411, eff. 8-16-13.)

(15 ILCS 405/27)

Sec. 27. Comptroller's online ledger. The Comptroller shall establish and maintain an online repository of the State's financial transactions, to be known as the Comptroller's "Online Ledger". The Comptroller shall establish rules and regulations pertaining to the establishment and maintenance of the "Online Ledger". Any listing of an immediately preceding year's amount of State employee salaries on the "Online Ledger" shall list the total amount paid to a State employee during that past calendar year, or a monthly reporting of a State employee's salary from that past calendar year, as rounded to the nearest hundred dollar. Any monthly reporting of a State employee's salary for the current year shall also be listed as rounded to the nearest hundred dollar. The Comptroller, in his or her discretion, may list the unadjusted total salary amount paid to a State employee for any previous year other than the rounded salary amount for the immediately preceding calendar year.

(Source: P.A. 99-393, eff. 1-1-16.)