Full Text of HR0423 96th General Assembly
HR0423 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) | 3 |
| Division of Aeronautics Bureau of Air Operations operates a | 4 |
| Springfield-Chicago and Chicago-Springfield shuttle service | 5 |
| between Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield and | 6 |
| Midway Airport in Chicago and also provides additional flight | 7 |
| services upon request for the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, | 8 |
| members of the General Assembly, Judges of the Supreme Court, | 9 |
| Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer, | 10 |
| and others, as provided by IDOT; and
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| WHEREAS, According to a 2007 audit by the State of Illinois | 12 |
| Office of the Auditor General, the fleet of aircraft used by | 13 |
| IDOT for the shuttle service and additional flight services | 14 |
| consists of 4 Beechcraft King Air airplanes and 2 Sikorsky | 15 |
| helicopters; and
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| WHEREAS, The 2007 Auditor General report found that IDOT | 17 |
| charged users of the State's aircraft $59.86 for a one-way | 18 |
| shuttle flight between Springfield and Chicago, and the amount | 19 |
| charged to users only covered approximately 14.3 percent of the | 20 |
| actual expense to the State; and
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| WHEREAS, The 2007 Auditor General report found that the | 22 |
| approximate cost of operating the IDOT fleet was $20,000,000 |
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| from 2003-2006; and | 2 |
| WHEREAS, The 2007 Auditor General report estimated that | 3 |
| IDOT would need to charge approximately $270.10 for a one-way | 4 |
| flight between Springfield and Chicago to cover the actual cost | 5 |
| of operating the aircraft; and
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| WHEREAS, Flights between Springfield and Chicago are | 7 |
| currently offered by commercial airlines, such as United | 8 |
| Airlines; and
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| WHEREAS, The 2007 Auditor General Report found that IDOT | 10 |
| did not include all costs of operating the State's aircraft in | 11 |
| its cost reports, and IDOT has not fully analyzed the cost | 12 |
| effectiveness of its air operation or the optimal fleet size | 13 |
| needed; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, A detailed breakdown of the actual costs of the | 15 |
| air transportation services provided by IDOT is not easily | 16 |
| obtainable; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, Governor Quinn has estimated that the State of | 18 |
| Illinois is expected to face an $11 billion deficit for fiscal | 19 |
| years 2009 and 2010; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, The Commission on Government Forecasting and |
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| Accountability is charged with the duty to study and recommend | 2 |
| State fiscal and economic policies to improve the functioning | 3 |
| of State government and the economy of the various regions | 4 |
| within the State by Section 3 of the Commission on Government | 5 |
| Forecasting and Accountability Act; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 8 |
| instruct the Commission on Government Forecasting and | 9 |
| Accountability to study the actual costs associated the | 10 |
| Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) Division of | 11 |
| Aeronautics Bureau of Air Operation's Springfield-Chicago and | 12 |
| Chicago-Springfield shuttle service between Abraham Lincoln | 13 |
| Capital Airport in Springfield and Midway Airport in Chicago | 14 |
| and additional flight services provided upon request of State | 15 |
| employees and officials, and perform a cost-benefit analysis to | 16 |
| determine whether such air transportation services is an | 17 |
| efficient use of State revenue; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Commission on Government Forecasting | 19 |
| and Accountability analyze the actual costs of the air | 20 |
| transportation services provided by IDOT by breaking down the | 21 |
| costs of personnel, fuel, maintenance, insurance, landing fees | 22 |
| charged by each airport, and other costs associated with the | 23 |
| transportation services; and be it further |
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| RESOLVED, That the Commission on Government Forecasting | 2 |
| and Accountability analyze the actual costs of the air | 3 |
| transportation services provided by IDOT by breaking down the | 4 |
| costs attributable to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, | 5 |
| legislative leaders of the General Assembly, members of the | 6 |
| General Assembly, Judges of the Supreme Court, Attorney | 7 |
| General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer, and other | 8 |
| users; and be it further | 9 |
| RESOLVED, That the Commission on Government Forecasting | 10 |
| and Accountability analyze whether it would be more cost | 11 |
| efficient for the State to sell the aircraft used by IDOT for | 12 |
| transportation of State employees and officials, except for one | 13 |
| State aircraft to be used for the essential travel of the | 14 |
| Governor, and requiring State employees and officials in need | 15 |
| of air transportation services to be reimbursed for travel on | 16 |
| commercial airlines, rather than IDOT providing the services; | 17 |
| and be it further | 18 |
| RESOLVED, That the Commission on Government Forecasting | 19 |
| and Accountability shall submit a report of its findings and | 20 |
| recommendations to the General Assembly on or before January 1, | 21 |
| 2010.
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