(30 ILCS 5/3-5) (from Ch. 15, par. 303-5)
Sec. 3-5.
Special
studies for the General Assembly.
The Auditor General shall conduct special studies of the obligation,
receipt, expenditure and use of public funds of the State at the request of
the chairman and minority party spokesman of the appropriations committee
of the Senate or the House of Representatives or of any joint committee
established by the General Assembly which has been given jurisdiction to
review such public funds. The "minority spokesman" means that member
designated as such by the minority leader of the Senate or House of
Representatives, as the case may be.
Special studies may not be in the nature of post audits or
investigations, but may consist of:
(a) reviews and analyses of post audits and investigations previously
completed by the Office of Auditor General;
(b) reviews and analyses of audits and financial or fiscal studies as
they relate to public funds of the State; or
(c) reviews and analyses of reports and data in the State Comptroller's
office and the State Treasurer's Office.
To the extent that manpower and funds are available to his office for
that purpose, the Auditor General shall conduct special studies but shall
afford them a lower priority than such post audits and investigations as
are required or directed under this Act.
In connection with such special studies, the State Treasurer and the
State Comptroller shall provide the Auditor General with such reports and
data maintained by their offices as may be requested by the Auditor General
and, at the request of the Auditor General, shall develop and provide such
additional reports as are capable of being provided with data processing
facilities ordinarily utilized by their offices. The costs of such
additional reports shall be borne by the Treasurer or the Comptroller, as
the case may be.
(Source: P.A. 78-884.)
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