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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 962
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 962 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. The Illinois State Auditing Act is amended
8 by changing Section 3-1 as follows:
9 (30 ILCS 5/3-1) (from Ch. 15, par. 303-1)
10 Sec. 3-1. Jurisdiction of Auditor General. The Auditor
11 General has jurisdiction over all State agencies to make post
12 audits and investigations authorized by or under this Act or
13 the Constitution.
14 The Auditor General has jurisdiction over local
15 government agencies and private agencies only:
16 (a) to make such post audits authorized by or under
17 this Act as are necessary and incidental to a post audit
18 of a State agency or of a program administered by a State
19 agency involving public funds of the State, but this
20 jurisdiction does not include any authority to review
21 local governmental agencies in the obligation, receipt,
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1 expenditure or use of public funds of the State that are
2 granted without limitation or condition imposed by law,
3 other than the general limitation that such funds be used
4 for public purposes;
5 (b) to make investigations authorized by or under
6 this Act or the Constitution; and
7 (c) to make audits of the records of local
8 government agencies to verify actual costs of
9 state-mandated programs when directed to do so by the
10 Legislative Audit Commission at the request of the State
11 Board of Appeals under the State Mandates Act.
12 In addition to the foregoing, the Auditor General may
13 conduct an audit of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition
14 Authority, the Regional Transportation Authority, the
15 Suburban Bus Division, the Commuter Rail Division and the
16 Chicago Transit Authority and any other subsidized carrier
17 when authorized by the Legislative Audit Commission. Such
18 audit may be a financial, management or program audit, or any
19 combination thereof.
20 The audit shall determine whether they are operating in
21 accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. Subject
22 to the limitations of this Act, the Legislative Audit
23 Commission may by resolution specify additional
24 determinations to be included in the scope of the audit.
25 In addition to the foregoing, the Auditor General must
26 also conduct a financial audit of the Illinois Sports
27 Facilities Authority's expenditures of public funds in
28 connection with the reconstruction, renovation, remodeling,
29 extension, or improvement of all or substantially all of any
30 existing "facility", as that term is defined in the Illinois
31 Sports Facilities Authority Act.
32 The Auditor General may also conduct an audit, when
33 authorized by the Legislative Audit Commission, of any
34 hospital which receives 10% or more of its gross revenues
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1 from payments from the State of Illinois, Department of
2 Public Aid, Medical Assistance Program.
3 The Auditor General is authorized to conduct financial
4 and compliance audits of the Illinois Distance Learning
5 Foundation and the Illinois Conservation Foundation.
6 As soon as practical after the effective date of this
7 amendatory Act of 1995, the Auditor General shall conduct a
8 compliance and management audit of the City of Chicago and
9 any other entity with regard to the operation of Chicago
10 O'Hare International Airport, Chicago Midway Airport and
11 Merrill C. Meigs Field. The audit shall include, but not be
12 limited to, an examination of revenues, expenses, and
13 transfers of funds; purchasing and contracting policies and
14 practices; staffing levels; and hiring practices and
15 procedures. When completed, the audit required by this
16 paragraph shall be distributed in accordance with Section
17 3-14.
18 The Auditor General shall conduct a financial and
19 compliance and program audit of distributions from the
20 Municipal Economic Development Fund during the immediately
21 preceding calendar year pursuant to Section 8-403.1 of the
22 Public Utilities Act at no cost to the city, village, or
23 incorporated town that received the distributions.
24 The Auditor General must conduct an audit of the Health
25 Facilities Planning Board pursuant to Section 19.5 of the
26 Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act.
27 The Auditor General must conduct audits of the Rend Lake
28 Conservancy District as provided in Section 25.5 of the River
29 Conservancy Districts Act.
30 (Source: P.A. 90-813, eff. 1-29-99; 91-782, eff. 6-9-00;
31 91-935, eff. 6-1-01.)
32 Section 10. The River Conservancy Districts Act is
33 amended by adding Section 25.5 as follows:
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1 (70 ILCS 2105/25.5 new)
2 Sec. 25.5. Rend Lake; audits. The Auditor General of
3 the State of Illinois must conduct a financial audit,
4 management audit, and program audit of the Rend Lake
5 Conservancy District and file a certified copy of the report
6 of the audits with the Governor and with the Legislative
7 Audit Commission.
8 The Rend Lake Conservancy District must reimburse the
9 Auditor General for the cost of the audits.
10 Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of the State Mandates
11 Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
12 implementation of any mandate created by this Section.
13 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
14 Section 8.27 as follows:
15 (30 ILCS 805/8.27 new)
16 Sec. 8.27. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6
17 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
18 for the implementation of any mandate created by Section 25.5
19 of the River Conservancy Districts Act.
20 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21 becoming law.".