HR0383 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Public Act 92-141 amended the Vital Records Act to provide for a $2 fee for each certified copy of a death certificate, to be collected by the local registrar or county clerk and remitted to the State Registrar monthly for deposit into the Death Certificate Surcharge Fund; and

WHEREAS, 25% of the money in the Death Certificate Surcharge Fund is to be used by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board, subject to appropriation, for the purpose of training coroners, deputy coroners, forensic pathologists, and police officers for homicide investigations; and

WHEREAS, The balance in the Death Certificate Surcharge Fund (Fund 635) on April 22, 2013, was $2.4 million; and

WHEREAS, At that date, expenditures by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board from Fund 635 in Fiscal Year 2013 totaled approximately $248,600; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Auditor General is directed to conduct a management audit of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board's uses of moneys appropriated from the Death Certificate Surcharge Fund during Fiscal Years 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the audit include, but not be limited to, the following determinations:

(1) the amounts appropriated to the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board (Board) from the Death Certificate Surcharge Fund (Fund) for Fiscal Years 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013;

(2) the amounts expended by the Board from the Fund during Fiscal Years 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013, and for what specific purposes; and

(3) whether the Board has rules, policies and procedures in place concerning its training program financed with proceeds from the Death Certificate Surcharge Fund, including the process of identifying training needs, procurement of training resources, and delivery of training programs; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board and any other agencies or entities having information relevant to this audit cooperate fully and promptly with the Auditor General's Office in the conducting of this audit; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as soon as possible and report his findings and recommendations upon completion in accordance with the provisions of Section 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act.