093_HB2259

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 1        AN ACT concerning audits.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Illinois State Auditing Act is amended by
 5    changing Section 2-8 and adding Sections 3-1B  and  3-14A  as
 6    follows:

 7        (30 ILCS 5/2-8) (from Ch. 15, par. 302-8)
 8        Sec. 2-8.  Deputy Auditor General.
 9        (a)  There  are  created  3 2 positions of Deputy Auditor
10    General.  Each person appointed as a Deputy  Auditor  General
11    shall  be  an  officer in the office of Auditor General. Each
12    Deputy Auditor General shall  be  appointed  by  the  Auditor
13    General, subject to the advice and consent of at least 3/5 of
14    the membership of the Commission. Each Deputy Auditor General
15    shall  serve  at  the  pleasure  of  the Auditor General. One
16    Deputy Auditor General shall be specifically responsible  for
17    managing  the annual post-audit of public transit agencies in
18    Illinois as provided in Section 3-1B.  When  appointing  this
19    Deputy  Auditor  General,  the  Auditor General shall solicit
20    nominations from the public prior to making a  nomination  to
21    the  Legislative  Audit Commission and shall ensure that this
22    Deputy  Auditor  General  has  experience  in   managing   or
23    evaluating public transit systems.
24        (b)  If there are vacancies in all both offices of Deputy
25    Auditor  General  at  the same time there is a vacancy in the
26    office of Auditor General, the Commission  shall  immediately
27    appoint a Deputy Auditor General by a vote of at least 3/5 of
28    its  membership.  The  person  so appointed as Deputy Auditor
29    General may, but is not required to, be  a  certified  public
30    accountant.  This paragraph does not apply, however, when the
31    former Auditor General is serving as Acting  Auditor  General
 
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 1    pursuant to Section 2-2.
 2        (c)  Each Deputy Auditor General shall perform the duties
 3    assigned by the Auditor General.
 4        (d)  The  Auditor  General shall dismiss a Deputy Auditor
 5    General for violation of any provision of Section 2-7.
 6    (Source: P.A. 88-504.)

 7        (30 ILCS 5/3-1B new)
 8        Sec.  3-1B.  Audits of public transit agencies.
 9        (a)  In addition to the regular audits required  by  this
10    Act,  the  Auditor General shall conduct an annual post-audit
11    of all public transit agencies receiving State funding.   The
12    purposes of these annual audits are:
13             (1)  to  provide  consistent reports of  performance
14        by public transit agencies in Illinois;
15             (2)  to provide  timely  and  detailed  analyses  of
16        proposed  capital  improvement projects at the initiation
17        stage, the design stage, and  the  point  just  prior  to
18        their inclusion in annual budgets;
19             (3)  to  provide annual accounting of actual capital
20        spending by project; and
21             (4)  to provide  a  detailed  accounting  of  actual
22        capital spending on completed capital projects, including
23        the details of any variance from the original budget.
24        (b)  As  soon  as  practical  after the effective date of
25    this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, the Auditor
26    General shall begin  the  annual  post-audit  of  the  public
27    transit  agencies receiving State funding and located outside
28    the  urbanized  Chicago  area,  the  Regional  Transportation
29    Agency (RTA), the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Metra, and
30    Pace.  The annual post-audit shall:
31             (1)  Verify and  publish  details  of  any  proposed
32        capital  improvements  where  work  has  been approved or
33        authorized by the public transit agencies receiving State
 
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 1        funding and located outside the urbanized  Chicago  area,
 2        the  RTA,  the  CTA,  Metra,  or  Pace  including initial
 3        proposals,  designs,  and  proposals   prior   to   their
 4        submission  for  inclusion  in  the budget of the transit
 5        agency subject to the post-audit.
 6             (2)  Provide  an  accounting   of   actual   capital
 7        spending by project and  provide a detailed accounting of
 8        actual  capital  spending  on completed capital projects,
 9        including the details of any variance from  the  original
10        budget.
11             (3)  Verify  and  compile  in  a  single  report the
12        following information  that  shall  be  supplied  to  the
13        Auditor  General  by the RTA, the CTA, Metra, and Pace by
14        route  or  line  on  a  monthly  basis  unless  otherwise
15        specified:
16                  (i)  On-time  performance:  the  percentage  of
17             trips arriving at the last stop within 5 minutes  of
18             schedule,   with  reasons  for  annulments  and  the
19             principal causes of delays.
20                  (ii)  Service  regularity:  the  percentage  of
21             actual intervals between trips that are within  plus
22             or   minus   50%  of  the  scheduled  interval  (for
23             intervals of less than 10 minutes), or  within  plus
24             or  minus  5  minutes of the scheduled interval (for
25             intervals of 10 minutes or more).
26                  (iii)  Interruptions in  service:  the  average
27             distance between service interruptions; that is, the
28             number of miles traveled by a vehicle divided by the
29             total  number  of chargeable "road calls", including
30             mechanical swaps, that interrupt service.
31                  (iv)  Crowding: one hour passenger  volume  per
32             vehicle  at maximum load points at the a.m. and p.m.
33             rush, reported on a quarterly basis.
34                  (v)  Capacity utilization: daily passenger load
 
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 1             divided by the rated capacity of  the  vehicles  for
 2             the   a.m.   and   p.m.  peaks,  middays,  evenings,
 3             Saturdays, and Sundays.
 4                  (vi)  Speeds of buses and trains.
 5                  (vii)  Cleanliness of vehicle interiors.
 6                  (viii)  Presence of correct and  legible  route
 7             or line maps.
 8                  (ix)  Absence  of  heat or air conditioning and
 9             water leaks.
10                  (x)  Crime statistics.
11                  (xi)  State of Americans with Disabilities  Act
12             compliance  by  rail lines and, for buses, by garage
13             operated out of with respect to frequency, adequacy,
14             and timeliness.
15                  (xii)  Annual assessment of service provided by
16             area served, such as community area  or  suburb,  by
17             the  service  board,  with  respect  to frequency of
18             items (i) through (x).
19                  (xiii)  Annual  assessment  of  the  status  of
20             connections between routes of the  CTA,  Metra,  and
21             Pace.
22             (4)  Verify  and  compile  in  a  single  report the
23        following  information  that  shall   be   supplied,   as
24        specified,   to  the  Auditor  General  by public transit
25        agencies receiving State funding and located outside  the
26        urbanized Chicago area:
27                  (i)  On-time  performance and the timeliness of
28             paratransit service, supplied on a monthly basis.
29                  (ii)  The  current  status  of   its   system's
30             connections  between routes, supplied on a quarterly
31             basis.
32                  (iii)  The hours of service on each  route  and
33             the  additional  cost to provide earlier, later, and
34             more frequent service on existing  routes,  reported
 
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 1             on an  annual basis.
 2                  (iv)  An assessment of the public transit needs
 3             of  its county or transit district, the availability
 4             of public transit in its county or transit district,
 5             and its capital needs to provide  adequate,  timely,
 6             and efficient service, supplied on an  annual basis.

 7        (30 ILCS 5/3-14A new)
 8        Sec. 3-14A. Reports of public transit agency audits.  The
 9    Auditor  General  shall submit his or her audit of all public
10    transit agencies receiving State funding  by  April  30  each
11    year  to  the  Commission,  the  General  Assembly,  and  the
12    Governor.   The  Auditor  General by April 30 each year shall
13    create a Registry of Interested Parties to whom summaries  of
14    the   audit   of   all   public  transit  agencies  shall  be
15    disseminated.  The Auditor General  by  April  30  each  year
16    shall  publish  the  complete  audit  of  all  public transit
17    agencies on a web site created and maintained by the  Auditor
18    General.   If requested by the General Assembly or any public
19    transit agency, the  Auditor  General  or  a  designee  shall
20    publicly  present  the results of the audit of public transit
21    agencies at a hearing set up by the General  Assembly  or  by
22    the public transit agency.