103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3341

 

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Kelly M. Burke

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
30 ILCS 10/2002  from Ch. 15, par. 2002

    Amends the Fiscal Control and Internal Auditing Act. Provides that, if the office of chief internal auditor is vacant, the chief executive officer of the designated State agency may, with the prior approval of the Governor, enter into an agreement with the Department of Central Management Services to use professional auditing services to comply with the Act. Provides that the agreement terminates upon the appointment of a chief internal auditor.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning finance.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Fiscal Control and Internal Auditing Act is
5amended by changing Section 2002 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 10/2002)  (from Ch. 15, par. 2002)
7    Sec. 2002. Qualifications of chief internal auditor.
8    (a) The chief executive officer of each designated State
9agency shall appoint a chief internal auditor with a
10bachelor's degree, who is either:
11        (1) a certified internal auditor by examination or a
12    certified public accountant and who has at least 4 years
13    of progressively responsible professional auditing
14    experience; or
15        (2) an auditor with at least 5 years of progressively
16    responsible professional auditing experience.
17    (b) The chief internal auditor shall report directly to
18the chief executive officer and shall have direct
19communications with the chief executive officer and the
20governing board, if applicable, in the exercise of auditing
21activities. All chief internal auditors and all full-time
22members of an internal audit staff shall be free of all
23operational duties.

 

 

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1    (c) The chief internal auditor shall serve a 5-year term
2beginning on the date of the appointment. A chief internal
3auditor may be removed only for cause after a hearing before
4the Executive Ethics Commission concerning the removal. Any
5chief internal auditor who is appointed to replace a removed
6chief internal auditor may serve only until the expiration of
7the term of the removed chief internal auditor. The annual
8salary of a chief internal auditor cannot be diminished during
9the term of the chief internal auditor.
10    (d) If the office of chief internal auditor is vacant, the
11chief executive officer of the designated State agency may,
12with the prior approval of the Governor, enter into an
13agreement with the Department of Central Management Services
14to use professional auditing services to comply with this Act.
15An agreement entered into under this subsection terminates
16upon the appointment of a chief internal auditor under this
17Section.
18(Source: P.A. 96-795, eff. 7-1-10 (see Section 5 of P.A.
1996-793 for the effective date of changes made by P.A.
2096-795).)