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Comptroller of Illinois
Seal of the Country of Illinois
Incumbent Susana Mendoza since Dec five, 2016
Manner	Mr. or Madam Comptroller (informal) The Honorable (formal)
Seat	Illinois State Capitol Springfield, Illinois
Appointer	General ballot
Term length	Four years, no term limits
Inaugural holder	George W. Lindberg
Formation	December xv, 1970 (51 years ago)  (Dec 15, 1970)
Salary	$135,669 (2016)[1]
Website	Official page

The Comptroller of Illinois is a ramble officer in the executive branch of authorities of the U.S. state of Illinois. Ten individuals have held the part of Comptroller since the enactment of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, replacing the prior office of Accountant of Public Accounts that was commencement created in 1799. The incumbent is Susana Mendoza, a Democrat.

Eligibility and term of function [edit]

The Comptroller is elected for a renewable four-year term during the quadrennial mid-term election. The Illinois Constitution provides that the Comptroller must, at the time of his or her ballot, be a United states citizen, at least 25 years old, and a resident of the state for at least 3 years preceding the election.^[2]

Powers and duties [edit]

Commodity V, Section 17 of the Constitution of Illinois says the Comptroller: "shall maintain the Land'southward central fiscal accounts, and order payments into and out of the funds held by the Treasurer."^[2] In accordance with this mandate, the Comptroller is designated past constabulary as the state's chief financial control officer and is responsible for the legal, efficient, and effective operations of state government.^[three] As such, the Comptroller keeps and adjusts the statewide accounting system, signs paychecks or grants approval to electronic payments made by the country to its employees and creditors, monitors cash flow, prepares the country'southward annual comprehensive financial report, and provides monthly debt transparency reports to the General Assembly.^[iv] The Comptroller is too charged by statute with certain boosted duties. In detail, the Comptroller supervises local government finances in Illinois, including reviewing local authorities financial information, investigating instances of waste matter and fraud in local governments, and publishing an almanac study summarizing the revenues, expenditures, fund residue, and debt of units of local government throughout the country.^[v] Moreover, the Comptroller regulates cemeteries under the Cemetery Care Act, and is charged with the fiduciary protection of cemetery care funds used for the care and maintenance of Illinois gravesites.^[half-dozen]

Aside from his or her regular responsibilities, the Comptroller is quaternary (behind the Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and Secretary of Country, respectively) in the line of succession to the office of Governor of Illinois.^{[vii] [8]}

Recent history [edit]

The tardily Judy Baar Topinka was a moderate Republican offset elected in 2010 and subsequently re-elected in 2014 to a 2d four-twelvemonth term as Comptroller. However, Topinka died unexpectedly in December 2014.^[9] On Dec xix, Governor Pat Quinn appointed Jerry Stermer to succeed Topinka, to serve until January 12, 2015, when he was replaced past Leslie Munger, who was appointed by Quinn'south successor as governor, Bruce Rauner.^{[x] [11] [12]} Munger was then defeated by Susana Mendoza in the 2016 special ballot to fill the remainder of the term through 2018.

Merger proposals [edit]

Some legislators accept perceived a redundancy overlap betwixt the offices of Comptroller and Treasurer, and have therefore proposed constitutional amendments to merge the 2 offices and earn administrative savings. For instance, HJRCA 12, considered by the Illinois General Assembly in the 2008-2009 session, would merge the office of Comptroller into the part of Treasurer.^[thirteen]

In 2011, Comptroller Topinka and the Treasurer, Dan Rutherford, introduced legislation to allow voters to decide whether the offices should be merged.^[14] The legislation was opposed by Michael Madigan, Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, and did not go law.^[xv]

Listing of office holders [edit]

The following is an celebrated list of office holders for the Comptroller of Illinois and its preceding function, the Auditor of Public Accounts.^{[xvi] [17]}

Auditors of Public Accounts, Northwest Territory [edit]

• Rice Bullock (1799–1800)

Auditors of Public Accounts, Indiana Territory [edit]

• vacant (1801–1809)

Auditors of Public Accounts, Illinois Territory [edit]

• vacant (1809 - 1812)

#	Proper name	Term	Political Party
1	H. H. Maxwell	1812-1816
ii	Daniel Pope Melt	1816	Autonomous-Republican
3	Robert Blackwell	1817
four	Elijah C. Berry	1817-1818

Auditors of Public Accounts, State of Illinois [edit]

#	Proper name	Political party	Term
1	Elijah C. Berry	Democratic	1818–1831
two	James T. B. Stapp	Democratic	1831–1835
3	Levi Davis	Whig	1835–1841
iv	James Shields	Autonomous	1841–1843
5	William L. D. Ewing	Democratic	1843–1846
6	Thomas Hayes Campbell	Democratic	1846–1857
vii	Jesse K. Dubois	Republican	1857–1864
8	Orlin H. Miner	Republican	1864–1869
9	Charles Eastward. Lippincott	Republican	1869–1877
10	Thomas B. Needles	Republican	1877–1881
11	Charles P. Swigart	Republican	1881–1889
12	Charles West. Pavey	Republican	1889–1893
thirteen	David Gore	Democratic	1893–1897
14	James S. McCullough	Republican	1897–1913
fifteen	James J. Brady	Democratic	1913–1917
16	Andrew Russell	Republican	1917–1925
17	Oscar Nelson	Republican	1925–1933
18	Edward J. Barrett	Democratic	1933–1941
19	Arthur C. Lueder	Republican	1941–1949
xx	Benjamin O. Cooper	Democratic	1949–1953
21	Orville Due east. Hodge	Republican	1953–1956
22	Lloyd Morey	Republican	1956–1957
23	Elbert S. Smith	Republican	1957–1961
24	Michael J. Howlett	Autonomous	1961–1973

Comptrollers, Country of Illinois [edit]

#	Proper noun	Political Political party	Term
one	George W. Lindberg	Republican	1973–1977
2	Michael J. Bakalis	Autonomous	1977–1979
3	Roland Due west. Burris	Democratic	1979–1991
4	Dawn Clark Netsch	Democratic	1991–1995
5	Loleta A. Didrickson	Republican	1995–1999
6	Dan Hynes	Democratic	1999–2011
7	Judy Baar Topinka	Republican	2011–2014
8	Jerry Stermer	Democratic	2014–2015
ix	Leslie Munger	Republican	2015–2016
ten	Susana Mendoza	Democratic	2016–nowadays

References [edit]

1. ^ "SELECTED Land ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIALS: Almanac SALARIES" (PDF). The Quango of Country Governments. Apr 11, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 12, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
2. ^ ^{a b} Article Five, Section 17 "Constitution of Illinois", accessed March 2, 2022.
3. ^ [1], What Is A Comptroller?, accessed February iv, 2022.
4. ^ [two], What Is A Comptroller, accessed February four, 2022.
5. ^ [iii], accessed Feb 4, 2022.
6. ^ 760 ILCS 100/i et seq., "Illinois Compiled Statutes", accessed Apr 12, 2008.
7. ^ "Constitution of the Country of Illinois". Illinois General Assembly . Retrieved August 22, 2019.
8. ^ "Illinois Compiled Statutes fifteen ILCS 5 — Governor Succession Human activity". Illinois General Associates . Retrieved August 23, 2019.
9. ^ "Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka Dead at 70". NBC 5 Chicago, WMAQ. x December 2014. Retrieved ten December 2014.
10. ^ "Quinn names longtime aide Stermer to succeed Topinka as comptroller". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
11. ^ (January 5, 2015) - "Rauner to Appoint Leslie Munger as Next Illinois Comptroller". WGNtv.com. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
12. ^ "Newcomers, veterans sworn in as statewide officers". The State Journal-Register. Springfield, Illinois. Associated Press. January 12, 2015. Retrieved 2015-02-01 .
13. ^ "House Joint Resolution - Constitutional Amendment 12". Retrieved March 8, 2009.
14. ^ McQueary, Kristen (December 31, 2011). "Move to Allow Vote to Merge Treasurer and Comptroller Jobs Stalls in House". The New York Times . Retrieved 11 January 2012.
15. ^ Wetterich, Chris (8 June 2011). "Madigan blocking merger of treasurer, comptroller'south offices". The Land Journal-Register . Retrieved 11 January 2012.
16. ^ History of the Office of Comptroller of Illinois Archived 2010-11-08 at the Wayback Machine
17. ^ Go this volume in print▼ Books on Google Play Illinois Bluish Volume (1st ed.). Springfield: Secretarial assistant of Land. 1908. p. 157. Retrieved thirteen August 2018.

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