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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The Department of Central Management Services Law 
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of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois vests the 
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Department of Central Management Services with responsibility 
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for acquiring, maintaining, and administering the fleet of 
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passenger cars used by State executive agencies and their 
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employees; and

 
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    WHEREAS, It is in the interest of the State of Illinois to 
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have the cars in that fleet used only for official State 
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business; and

 

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    WHEREAS, The public must be assured that the Department of 
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Central Management Services is effectively regulating, 
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providing adequate oversight over, and disciplining State 
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employees who improperly use passenger cars in the State fleet; 
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therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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the Auditor General is directed to conduct an audit of the 
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Department of Central Management Services's operation of the 
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fleet of passenger cars used by State executive agencies and 
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employees; and be it further

 
 


 






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    RESOLVED, That the audit must include a review and written 
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assessment of the following:

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        (1) the total number of passenger cars in the State 
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    fleet as well as the number of those cars that each 
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    executive agency operates;
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        (2) the total number of passenger cars in the State 
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    fleet that employees in each executive agency may take to 
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    their homes;
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        (3) whether it is necessary or advisable for State 
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    employees to take vehicles identified under paragraph (2) 
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    to their homes;
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        (4) the total annual cost that the State, as a whole, 
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    and each executive agency spent in fiscal year 2009 on 
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    vehicles in the State fleet, including, but not limited to, 
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    any sums paid for purchasing, insuring, maintaining, and 
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    operating  passenger cars in the State fleet;
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        (5) the adequacy of the system used by the Department 
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    of Central Management Services to record the use and 
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    maintenance of passenger cars in the State fleet;
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        (6) the adequacy of the system of checks used by the 
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    Department of Central Management Services to ensure that 
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    passenger vehicles in the State fleet are not used by State 
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    employees for non-official business; and
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        (7) whether it is possible to implement a system that 
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    would allow the Department of Central Management Services 
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    to track vehicles and identify whether they are being used 
 


 






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    only for official business;
and be it further
 
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    RESOLVED, That the Department of Central Management 
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Services and any other entity or person that may have 
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information relevant to this audit shall cooperate fully and 
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promptly with the Auditor General's Office in the conduct of 
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this audit; and be it further
 
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    RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as 
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soon as possible and distribute a report of the audit upon 
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completion in accordance with Section 3-14 of the Illinois 
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State Auditing Act; and be it further
 
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    RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be delivered to 
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the Auditor General and the Department of Central Management 
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Services.