AUDITOR GEN-FY23 FUND TRANSFER

Amends the State Finance Act. Provides for the transfer of moneys in specified amounts for deposit into the Audit Expense Fund. Effective immediately. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 30 ILCS 105/6z-27 Adds reference to: 30 ILCS 105/1.1 from Ch. 127, par. 137.1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the State Finance Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes reference to: 30 ILCS 105/6z-27 Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 5015/15 30 ILCS 105/12-2 from Ch. 127, par. 148-2 30 ILCS 500/1-13 30 ILCS 500/1-15.93 30 ILCS 500/15-25 30 ILCS 500/20-20 30 ILCS 500/20-30 30 ILCS 500/25-90 30 ILCS 500/30-30 30 ILCS 500/33-5 30 ILCS 500/33-50 30 ILCS 500/50-35 30 ILCS 500/55-25 30 ILCS 537/5 30 ILCS 537/10 30 ILCS 537/90 30 ILCS 575/2 30 ILCS 575/4 from Ch. 127, par. 132.604 30 ILCS 595/10 30 ILCS 595/30 30 ILCS 595/15 rep. 30 ILCS 595/20 rep. 30 ILCS 595/25 rep. 30 ILCS 605/6.02 from Ch. 127, par. 133b9.2 720 ILCS 5/33E-9 from Ch. 38, par. 33E-9 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Commission to End Hunger Act. Deletes a provision requiring the Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Council to designate an ex officio member of the Commission to End Hunger. Amends the State Finance Act. Requires the Travel Regulation Control Council and the Higher Education Travel Control Board to amend their existing reimbursement rules for public institutions of higher education. Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Exempts certain expenditures from the requirements of the Code. Changes notice and other requirements for emergency contract extensions. Increases the small purchase limit for construction contracts from $100,000 to $250,000. Authorizes State agencies and public institutions of higher education to purchase StateRAMP-certified cybersecurity products. Authorizes public institutions of higher education to use single-prime procurement for the award of certain construction contracts. Sets forth requirements for those procurements. Provides that specified members of the State Procurement Task Force shall serve as co-chairs of the task force (now, the Chairperson of the Commission on Equity and Inclusion serves as the chairperson). Requires the Procurement Policy Board (rather than the Department of Central Management Services) to provide administrative and other support to the task force. Requires the task force to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly by February 1, 2023 (rather than November 1, 2022). Amends the Design-Build Procurement Act. Authorizes a public institution of higher education to be recognized as a State construction agency for purposes of the Act. Specifies that the Act is repealed January 1, 2026 (rather than January 1, 2027). Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Women, and Persons with Disabilities Act. Authorizes an entity that qualifies as a business for purposes of the Act to have gross sales of up to $150 million (rather than $75 million). Adds provisions authorizing firms to cure deficiencies in their utilization plans. Amends the Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Act. Repeals provisions concerning the Food, Farms, and Jobs Council. Amends the State Property Control Act. Specifies that an item is of nominal value, for purposes of the Act, if it has a value of less than $2,500 (rather than $1,000). Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Changes the thresholds at which the Code's change-order-related requirements apply. Makes other changes. Effective January 1, 2023.