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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 948
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 948 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT concerning audits."; and
5 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
6 following:
7 "Section 5. If and only if House Bill 3402 of the 93rd
8 General Assembly becomes law as it passed the Senate, the
9 Illinois State Auditing Act is amended by changing Section
10 3-1 as follows:
11 (30 ILCS 5/3-1) (from Ch. 15, par. 303-1)
12 Sec. 3-1. Jurisdiction of Auditor General. The Auditor
13 General has jurisdiction over all State agencies to make post
14 audits and investigations authorized by or under this Act or
15 the Constitution.
16 The Auditor General has jurisdiction over local
17 government agencies and private agencies only:
18 (a) to make such post audits authorized by or under
19 this Act as are necessary and incidental to a post audit
20 of a State agency or of a program administered by a State
21 agency involving public funds of the State, but this
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1 jurisdiction does not include any authority to review
2 local governmental agencies in the obligation, receipt,
3 expenditure or use of public funds of the State that are
4 granted without limitation or condition imposed by law,
5 other than the general limitation that such funds be used
6 for public purposes;
7 (b) to make investigations authorized by or under
8 this Act or the Constitution; and
9 (c) to make audits of the records of local
10 government agencies to verify actual costs of
11 state-mandated programs when directed to do so by the
12 Legislative Audit Commission at the request of the State
13 Board of Appeals under the State Mandates Act.
14 In addition to the foregoing, the Auditor General may
15 conduct an audit of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition
16 Authority, the Regional Transportation Authority, the
17 Suburban Bus Division, the Commuter Rail Division and the
18 Chicago Transit Authority and any other subsidized carrier
19 when authorized by the Legislative Audit Commission. Such
20 audit may be a financial, management or program audit, or any
21 combination thereof.
22 The audit shall determine whether they are operating in
23 accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. Subject
24 to the limitations of this Act, the Legislative Audit
25 Commission may by resolution specify additional
26 determinations to be included in the scope of the audit.
27 In addition to the foregoing, the Auditor General must
28 also conduct a financial audit of the Illinois Sports
29 Facilities Authority's expenditures of public funds in
30 connection with the reconstruction, renovation, remodeling,
31 extension, or improvement of all or substantially all of any
32 existing "facility", as that term is defined in the Illinois
33 Sports Facilities Authority Act.
34 The Auditor General may also conduct an audit, when
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1 authorized by the Legislative Audit Commission, of any
2 hospital which receives 10% or more of its gross revenues
3 from payments from the State of Illinois, Department of
4 Public Aid, Medical Assistance Program.
5 The Auditor General is authorized to conduct financial
6 and compliance audits of the Illinois Distance Learning
7 Foundation and the Illinois Conservation Foundation.
8 As soon as practical after the effective date of this
9 amendatory Act of 1995, the Auditor General shall conduct a
10 compliance and management audit of the City of Chicago and
11 any other entity with regard to the operation of Chicago
12 O'Hare International Airport, Chicago Midway Airport and
13 Merrill C. Meigs Field. The audit shall include, but not be
14 limited to, an examination of revenues, expenses, and
15 transfers of funds; purchasing and contracting policies and
16 practices; staffing levels; and hiring practices and
17 procedures. When completed, the audit required by this
18 paragraph shall be distributed in accordance with Section
19 3-14.
20 The Auditor General shall conduct a financial and
21 compliance and program audit of distributions from the
22 Municipal Economic Development Fund during the immediately
23 preceding calendar year pursuant to Section 8-403.1 of the
24 Public Utilities Act at no cost to the city, village, or
25 incorporated town that received the distributions.
26 The Auditor General must conduct an audit of the Health
27 Facilities Planning Board pursuant to Section 19.5 of the
28 Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act.
29 The Auditor General of the State of Illinois shall
30 annually conduct or cause to be conducted a financial and
31 compliance audit of the books and records of any county water
32 commission organized pursuant to the Water Commission Act of
33 1985 and shall file a copy of the report of that audit with
34 the Governor and the Legislative Audit Commission. The filed
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1 audit shall be open to the public for inspection. The cost
2 of the audit shall be charged to the county water commission
3 in accordance with Section 6z-27 of the State Finance Act.
4 The county water commission shall make available to the
5 Auditor General its books and records and any other
6 documentation, whether in the possession of its trustees or
7 other parties, necessary to conduct the audit required.
8 These audit requirements apply only through July 1, 2007.
9 The Auditor General must conduct an annual audit of the
10 water fund of a county water commission organized pursuant to
11 the Water Commission Act of 1985.
12 (Source: P.A. 90-813, eff. 1-29-99; 91-782, eff. 6-9-00;
13 91-935, eff. 6-1-01; 93HB3402enr.)
14 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15 becoming law.".