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SB3675 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
SB3675

 

Introduced 1/21/2022, by Sen. Chapin Rose

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
15 ILCS 20/50-45 new
30 ILCS 5/3-25 new

    Amends the State Budget Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Provides that in any year in which a public university has a repeated material audit finding reported in any audit conducted by the Auditor General, the Auditor General shall specially report the repeated material audit finding to the Governor and the General Assembly. Provides that any such public university to which the report applies shall have 5% of the funds to be appropriated to the public university during the fiscal year in which the Auditor General's report was issued withheld by the State Comptroller until the public university rectifies the deficiencies found in the material audit findings. Provides that if the public university has been allotted more than 95% of its appropriated funding at the time of the Auditor General's report, the public university shall, within 90 days after issuance of the Auditor General's report, remit 5% of the allotted funding for that fiscal year to a trust fund held outside of the State treasury, with the State Treasurer as custodian, to be held until the public university rectifies the deficiencies found in the material audit findings. Provides that upon request of a public university, the Auditor General shall determine whether a material finding has been rectified, and shall certify the same to the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer without regard to any other scheduled audit. Provides that upon a determination that the deficiency found in the material audit findings has been rectified, the 5% of appropriated funds that were either withheld from or remitted by the public university shall be released to the public university within 10 business days. Amends the Illinois State Auditing Act. Provides requirements concerning public university material audit findings reports. Defines "public university". Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The State Budget Law of the Civil
5Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section
650-45 as follows:
 
7    (15 ILCS 20/50-45 new)
8    Sec. 50-45. Public university audit compliance; funding
9withheld.
10    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
11contrary, in any year in which a public university has a
12repeated material audit finding reported in any audit
13conducted by the Auditor General, in addition to the regular
14report of the audit findings made by the Auditor General, the
15Auditor General shall specially report the repeated material
16audit finding concerning that public university to the
17Governor and the General Assembly.
18    (b) Upon a repeated material finding and report issued by
19the Auditor General under subsection (a), any such public
20university to which the report applies shall have 5% of the
21funds to be appropriated to the public university during the
22fiscal year in which the Auditor General's report was issued
23withheld by the State Comptroller until the public university

 

 

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1rectifies the deficiencies found in the material audit
2findings, as provided under subsection (d).
3    (c) If the public university has been allotted more than
495% of its appropriated funding at the time of the Auditor
5General's report, the public university shall, within 90 days
6after issuance of the Auditor General's report, remit 5% of
7the allotted funding for that fiscal year to a trust fund held
8outside of the State treasury, with the State Treasurer as
9custodian. The amount remitted shall remain in the trust fund
10until the public university rectifies the deficiencies found
11in the material audit findings, as provided under subsection
12(d).
13    (d) Upon request of a public university, the Auditor
14General shall determine whether a material finding has been
15rectified, and shall as soon as reasonably practicable certify
16the same to the State Comptroller and the State Treasurer
17without regard to any other scheduled audit. Upon a
18determination that the deficiency found in the material audit
19findings has been rectified, the 5% of appropriated funds that
20were either withheld from or remitted by the public university
21shall be released to the public university within 10 business
22days.
23    (e) For the purposes of this Section, "public university"
24means Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois University,
25Governors State University, Illinois State University,
26Northeastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois

 

 

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1University, Southern Illinois University, Western Illinois
2University, the University of Illinois, or any other public
3university established or authorized by the General Assembly.
 
4    Section 10. The Illinois State Auditing Act is amended by
5adding Section 3-25 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 5/3-25 new)
7    Sec. 3-25. Public university material audit findings
8reports. For the purposes of Section 50-45 of the State Budget
9Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, in any year
10in which a public university has a repeated material audit
11finding reported in any audit conducted by the Auditor
12General, in addition to the regular report of the audit
13findings made by the Auditor General, the Auditor General
14shall specially report the repeated material audit finding
15concerning that public university to the Governor and the
16General Assembly. Upon request of a public university, the
17Auditor General shall determine whether a material finding has
18been rectified, and shall certify the same to the State
19Comptroller and the State Treasurer without regard to any
20other scheduled audit.
 
21    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
22becoming law.