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1 | | program's total cost is approximately $50 million per year; and
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2 | | WHEREAS, In calendar year 2000, the contractor performed |
3 | | 1,647,995 emissions tests, and 8.4% of the vehicles tested, |
4 | | most of which had model years earlier than 1990, failed; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, The last time this program was audited was in |
6 | | 2001; therefore, be it
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7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
8 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
9 | | we urge the Auditor General to conduct a management audit of |
10 | | the Illinois Environmental Protections Agency's Vehicle |
11 | | Emissions Inspection Program in the Chicago metropolitan and |
12 | | East St. Louis areas and to make, at the close of that audit, |
13 | | specific determinations related to: (i) IEPA monitoring of the |
14 | | contractor; (ii) the training of the contractor's employees; |
15 | | (iii) the effectiveness of the contractor's process for |
16 | | responding to damage complaints; and (iv) the differences |
17 | | between tests used in Illinois and those used in other states; |
18 | | and be it further
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19 | | RESOLVED, That the Office of the Auditor General submit its |
20 | | findings to the House of Representatives as soon as is |
21 | | practical after the conclusion of the audit.
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