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Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 30 ILCS 5/1-17

  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • State: when applied to different parts of the United States, may be construed to include the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" may be construed to include the said district and territories. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.14
     “Investigation” means an inquiry into specified acts or allegations of impropriety, malfeasance, misfeasance or nonfeasance in the obligation, expenditure, receipt or use of public funds of the State, or into specified financial transactions or practices which may involve such impropriety, malfeasance, misfeasance or nonfeasance.