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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.".