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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1916
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 1916 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The Illinois State Auditing Act is amended
5 by changing Section 3-1 as follows:
6 (30 ILCS 5/3-1) (from Ch. 15, par. 303-1)
7 Sec. 3-1. Jurisdiction of Auditor General. The Auditor
8 General has jurisdiction over all State agencies to make post
9 audits and investigations authorized by or under this Act or
10 the Constitution.
11 The Auditor General has jurisdiction over local
12 government agencies and private agencies only:
13 (a) to make such post audits authorized by or under
14 this Act as are necessary and incidental to a post audit
15 of a State agency or of a program administered by a State
16 agency involving public funds of the State, but this
17 jurisdiction does not include any authority to review
18 local governmental agencies in the obligation, receipt,
19 expenditure or use of public funds of the State that are
20 granted without limitation or condition imposed by law,
21 other than the general limitation that such funds be used
22 for public purposes;
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1 (b) to make investigations authorized by or under
2 this Act or the Constitution; and
3 (c) to make audits of the records of local
4 government agencies to verify actual costs of
5 state-mandated programs when directed to do so by the
6 Legislative Audit Commission at the request of the State
7 Board of Appeals under the State Mandates Act.
8 In addition to the foregoing, the Auditor General may
9 conduct an audit of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition
10 Authority, the Regional Transportation Authority, the
11 Suburban Bus Division, the Commuter Rail Division and the
12 Chicago Transit Authority and any other subsidized carrier
13 when authorized by the Legislative Audit Commission. Such
14 audit may be a financial, management or program audit, or any
15 combination thereof.
16 The audit shall determine whether they are operating in
17 accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. Subject
18 to the limitations of this Act, the Legislative Audit
19 Commission may by resolution specify additional
20 determinations to be included in the scope of the audit.
21 In addition to the foregoing, the Auditor General must
22 also conduct a financial audit of the Illinois Sports
23 Facilities Authority's expenditures of public funds in
24 connection with the reconstruction, renovation, remodeling,
25 extension, or improvement of all or substantially all of any
26 existing "facility", as that term is defined in the Illinois
27 Sports Facilities Authority Act.
28 The Auditor General may also conduct an audit, when
29 authorized by the Legislative Audit Commission, of any
30 hospital which receives 10% or more of its gross revenues
31 from payments from the State of Illinois, Department of
32 Public Aid, Medical Assistance Program.
33 The Auditor General is authorized to conduct financial
34 and compliance audits of the Illinois Distance Learning
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1 Foundation and the Illinois Conservation Foundation.
2 As soon as practical after the effective date of this
3 amendatory Act of 1995, the Auditor General shall conduct a
4 compliance and management audit of the City of Chicago and
5 any other entity with regard to the operation of Chicago
6 O'Hare International Airport, Chicago Midway Airport and
7 Merrill C. Meigs Field. The audit shall include, but not be
8 limited to, an examination of revenues, expenses, and
9 transfers of funds; purchasing and contracting policies and
10 practices; staffing levels; and hiring practices and
11 procedures. When completed, the audit required by this
12 paragraph shall be distributed in accordance with Section
13 3-14.
14 The Auditor General shall conduct a financial and
15 compliance and program audit of distributions from the
16 Municipal Economic Development Fund during the immediately
17 preceding calendar year pursuant to Section 8-403.1 of the
18 Public Utilities Act at no cost to the city, village, or
19 incorporated town that received the distributions.
20 The Auditor General must conduct an audit of the Health
21 Facilities Planning Board pursuant to Section 19.5 of the
22 Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act.
23 The Auditor General shall conduct a management audit of
24 the Illinois School District Liquid Asset Fund Plus (the
25 "Fund"). The audit shall include, but not be limited to,
26 determining whether the Fund's provisions regarding conflict
27 of interest are sufficient and comparable to other pools
28 investing public moneys, whether the Fund's performance is
29 comparable to other pools investing public moneys, and
30 whether controls are in place to adequately protect public
31 moneys invested in the Fund. The Auditor General shall
32 commence this management audit as soon as possible and
33 distribute the report upon completion in accordance with
34 Section 3-14.
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1 (Source: P.A. 90-813, eff. 1-29-99; 91-782, eff. 6-9-00;
2 91-935, eff. 6-1-01.)".