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| (c) to make audits of the records of local government |
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| agencies to verify
actual costs of state-mandated programs |
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| when directed to do so by the
Legislative Audit Commission |
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| at the request of the State Board of Appeals
under the |
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| State Mandates Act.
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| In addition to the foregoing, the Auditor General may |
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| conduct an
audit of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition |
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| Authority, the
Regional Transportation Authority, the Suburban |
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| Bus Division, the Commuter
Rail Division and the Chicago |
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| Transit Authority and any other subsidized
carrier when |
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| authorized by the Legislative Audit Commission. Such audit
may |
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| be a financial, management or program audit, or any combination |
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| thereof.
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| The audit shall determine whether they are operating in |
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| accordance with
all applicable laws and regulations. Subject to |
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| the limitations of this
Act, the Legislative Audit Commission |
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| may by resolution specify additional
determinations to be |
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| included in the scope of the audit. |
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| In addition to the foregoing, the Auditor General shall |
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| conduct or cause to be conducted a financial audit and |
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| compliance attestation examination for the year ended December |
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| 31, 2004, of the Chicago Transit Authority's use of funds and |
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| moneys appropriated by the General Assembly to the Department |
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| of Transportation which are distributed to the Regional |
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| Transportation Authority, by the means of grants, awards, State |
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| aid formula payments, construction funds, and direct or |
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| indirect payments. The audits shall determine if these funds |
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| have been and are being expended consistent with and in |
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| furtherance of the purposes set forth in the Regional |
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| Transportation Authority Act. In conjunction with those |
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| audits, the Auditor General shall conduct a performance audit |
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| to review the Chicago Transit Authority's actual service levels |
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| for the most recent year for which statistics are available and |
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| a comparison to projected service levels for the current budget |
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| In addition to the foregoing, the Auditor General must also |
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| conduct a
financial audit of
the Illinois Sports Facilities |
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| Authority's expenditures of public funds in
connection with the |
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| reconstruction, renovation, remodeling, extension, or
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| improvement of all or substantially all of any existing |
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| "facility", as that
term is defined in the Illinois Sports |
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| Facilities Authority Act.
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| The Auditor General may also conduct an audit, when |
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| authorized by
the Legislative Audit Commission, of any hospital |
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| which receives 10% or
more of its gross revenues from payments |
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| from the State of Illinois,
Department of Public Aid, Medical |
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| Assistance Program.
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| The Auditor General is authorized to conduct financial and |
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| compliance
audits of the Illinois Distance Learning Foundation |
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| and the Illinois
Conservation Foundation.
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| As soon as practical after the effective date of this |
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| amendatory Act of
1995, the Auditor General shall conduct a |
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| compliance and management audit of
the City of
Chicago and any |
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| other entity with regard to the operation of Chicago O'Hare
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| International Airport, Chicago Midway Airport and Merrill C. |
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| Meigs Field. The
audit shall include, but not be limited to, an |
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| examination of revenues,
expenses, and transfers of funds; |
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| purchasing and contracting policies and
practices; staffing |
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| levels; and hiring practices and procedures. When
completed, |
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| the audit required by this paragraph shall be distributed in
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| accordance with Section 3-14.
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| The Auditor General shall conduct a financial and |
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| compliance and program
audit of distributions from the |
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| Municipal Economic Development Fund
during the immediately |
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| preceding calendar year pursuant to Section 8-403.1 of
the |
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| Public Utilities Act at no cost to the city, village, or |
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| incorporated town
that received the distributions.
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| The Auditor General must conduct an audit of the Health |
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| Facilities Planning
Board pursuant to Section 19.5 of the |
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| Illinois Health Facilities Planning
Act.
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| The Auditor General of the State of Illinois shall annually |
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| conduct or
cause to be conducted a financial and compliance |
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| audit of the books and records
of any county water commission |
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| organized pursuant to the Water Commission Act
of 1985 and |
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| shall file a copy of the report of that audit with the Governor |
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| and
the Legislative Audit Commission. The filed audit shall be |
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| open to the public
for inspection. The cost of the audit shall |
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| be charged to the county water
commission in accordance with |
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| Section 6z-27 of the State Finance Act. The
county water |
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| commission shall make available to the Auditor General its |
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| books
and records and any other documentation, whether in the |
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| possession of its
trustees or other parties, necessary to |
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| conduct the audit required. These
audit requirements apply only |
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| through July 1, 2007.
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| The Auditor General must conduct audits of the Rend Lake |
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| Conservancy
District as provided in Section 25.5 of the River |
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| Conservancy Districts Act.
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| The Auditor General must conduct financial audits of the |
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| Southeastern Illinois Economic Development Authority as |
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| provided in Section 70 of the Southeastern Illinois Economic |
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| Development Authority Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-226, eff. 7-22-03; 93-259, eff. 7-22-03; |
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| 93-275, eff. 7-22-03; 93-968, eff. 8-20-04.)
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| Section 10. The Abused and Neglected Long Term Care |
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| Facility Residents Reporting Act is amended by changing Section |
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| 6.8 as follows: |
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| (210 ILCS 30/6.8) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 4166.8)
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| Sec. 6.8. Program audit. The Auditor General shall conduct |
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| a biennial
program audit of the office of the Inspector General |
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| in relation to the
Inspector General's compliance with this |
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| Act. The audit shall specifically
include the Inspector |
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alleged |
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| neglect or abuse of residents in any facility operated by the
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| Department of Human Services and in making recommendations for |
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| sanctions to
the Departments of
Human Services and Public
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| Health. In conjunction with the audit required by this Section, |
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| the Auditor General shall examine, on a test basis, facility |
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| records concerning reports of injuries to and assaults on |
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| facility staff by patients or residents. The Auditor General |
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| shall conduct the program audit according to the
provisions of |
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| the Illinois State Auditing Act and shall report its findings |
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| to
the General Assembly no later than January 1 of each |
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| odd-numbered year.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-358, eff. 8-15-01; 93-636, eff. 12-31-03.)
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| becoming law.".
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