Bill Text: IL HB4921 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Workforce Investment Board Act. Requires the Illinois Workforce Investment Board to annually, as soon as practical after the end of a fiscal year, retain a certified public accountant to perform an external financial and performance audit for that fiscal year and to file the certified audit with appropriate local and State officers and agencies. Effective January 1, 2011.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-15 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4921 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB4921-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB4921 Introduced 1/15/2010, by Rep. Rosemary Mulligan SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 3975/4.5
Amends the Illinois Workforce Investment Board Act. Requires the Illinois Workforce Investment Board to annually, as soon as practical after the end of a fiscal year, retain a certified public accountant to perform an external financial and performance audit for that fiscal year and to file the certified audit with appropriate local and State officers and agencies. Effective January 1, 2011.
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AN ACT concerning audits.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Workforce Investment Board Act is
amended by changing Section 4.5 as follows:
(20 ILCS 3975/4.5)
Sec. 4.5. Duties.
(a) The Board must perform all the functions of a state
workforce investment board under the federal Workforce
Investment Act of 1998, any amendments to that Act, and any
other applicable federal statutes. The Board must also perform
all other functions that are not inconsistent with the federal
Workforce Investment Act of 1998 or this Act and that are
assumed by the Board under its bylaws or assigned to it by the
Governor.
(b) The Board must cooperate with the General Assembly and
make recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly
concerning legislation necessary to improve upon statewide and
local workforce investment systems in order to increase
occupational skill attainment, employment, retention, or
earnings of participants and thereby improve the quality of the
workforce, reduce welfare dependency, and enhance the
productivity and competitiveness of the State. The Board must

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annually submit a report to the General Assembly on the
progress of the State in achieving state performance measures
under the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, including
information on the levels of performance achieved by the State
with respect to the core indicators of performance and the
customer satisfaction indicator under that Act. The report must
include any other items that the Governor may be required to
report to the Secretary of the United States Department of
Labor under Section 136(d) of the federal Workforce Investment
Act of 1998.
(b-5) The Board shall implement a method for measuring the
progress of the State's workforce development system by using
specified benchmarks. Those benchmarks are: (i) the
educational level of working adults; (ii) the percentage of the
adult workforce in education and training; (iii) adult
literacy; (iv) the percentage of high school graduates
transitioning to education or training; (v) the high school
dropout rate; (vi) the number of youth transitioning from 8th
grade to 9th grade; (vii) the percentage of individuals and
families at economic self-sufficiency; (viii) the average
growth in pay; (ix) net job growth; and (x) productivity per
employee.
The Board shall identify the most significant early
indicators for each benchmark, establish a mechanism to collect
data and track the benchmarks on an annual basis, and then use
the results to set goals for each benchmark, to inform

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planning, and to ensure the effective use of State resources.
Annually, as soon as practical after the end of a fiscal
year, the Board must retain a certified public accountant to
perform an external financial and performance audit for that
fiscal year. The certified audit must be filed with the
Governor, the Auditor General, and the Legislative Audit
Commission.
(c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require or
allow the Board to assume or supersede the statutory authority
granted to, or impose any duties or requirements on, the State
Board of Education, the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois
Community College Board, any State agencies created under the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, or any local education
agencies.
(d) No actions taken by the Illinois Human Resource
Investment Council before the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 92nd General Assembly and no rights, powers, duties,
or obligations from those actions are impaired solely by this
amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly. All actions taken
by the Illinois Human Resource Investment Council before the
effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
Assembly are ratified and validated.
(Source: P.A. 92-588, eff. 7-1-02; 93-331, eff. 1-1-04.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
1, 2011.