Full Text of HJR0063 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois and its operating units are | 3 | | currently experiencing a fiscal situation
that is demanding the | 4 | | close attention of the people; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois and its operating units are | 6 | | constantly incurring millions of dollars of
expenses every day | 7 | | just to continue to operate, with much of these operating | 8 | | expense being piled up
into what is now a backlog of more than | 9 | | $14 billion in unpaid State bills; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, One element of these overall operating costs, and | 11 | | of the State's unpaid bill backlog,
are the moneys paid by the | 12 | | State and its taxpayers to rent or lease parcels of real | 13 | | property; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Serious questions have arisen as to the | 15 | | interrelationship between of some of the lease
agreements | 16 | | entered into by the State in recent months, the actual market | 17 | | values of the
properties being leased, the lease payments that | 18 | | would be paid if these properties were leased in an
arms-length | 19 | | transaction between independent parties, and the overall | 20 | | fiscal situation of the State; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, The Legislative Audit Commission is currently |
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| 1 | | supervising an audit being performed by
the Auditor General of | 2 | | the Department of Human Services; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 4 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE | 5 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we call upon the State of
Illinois and | 6 | | its operating units, including, but not limited to, the | 7 | | Department of Central Management
Services, to immediately | 8 | | suspend the drafting, negotiation, perfection, and signing of | 9 | | any lease on any
parcel of real property, and that this | 10 | | suspension is to continue until the conclusion of the audit of | 11 | | the Department of Human Services currently being conducted | 12 | | under the supervision of the Legislative
Audit Commission; and | 13 | | be it further | 14 | | RESOLVED, That the conclusion of this audit shall not be | 15 | | deemed to have taken place until the
Legislative Audit | 16 | | Commission has reported on the findings of this audit to the | 17 | | General
Assembly, and the General Assembly has been accorded | 18 | | adequate time on its legislative calendar to
take any actions | 19 | | that may be reasonably deemed necessary or desirable to | 20 | | implement any recommendations
made by the audit and to remedy | 21 | | any problems or dysfunctions uncovered by the audit; and be it | 22 | | further
| 23 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution shall be |
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| 1 | | presented to Governor Bruce Rauner, Michael Hoffman, the Acting | 2 | | Director of Central Management Services,
and Jane Stricklin, | 3 | | the Executive Director of the Legislative Audit Commission.
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