15 ILCS 405/13.1
The Comptroller, for the purpose of facilitating an accurate compilation of the entire State work force as defined and required by the State Employment Records Act, shall report, on a fiscal year basis, the total number of payroll warrants drawn for the payment of salaries for State employees, including contractual payroll system CO-2 vouchers (or their administrative equivalent) or any other information necessary to comply with that Act. The State Employment Records (SER) report shall be maintained and kept on file as public information within the Office of the Comptroller.
The total number of payroll warrants drawn by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University, the Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities, the Board of Regents and all educational institutions governed by those boards to be paid from funds retained in their own treasuries shall be filed with the Office of the Secretary of State by the respective boards and educational institutions in the same manner.
Multiple payroll warrants issued to the same person shall be noted with multiple warrants counted and reported as one payroll warrant count for the purposes of the State Employment Records Act. The total State remuneration to persons paid by multiple payroll warrants or, if applicable, contractual payroll system CO-2 vouchers, or both, shall be reported separately by agency.
15 ILCS 405/13.1