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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | 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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| 11 | 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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| 16 | 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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| 21 | 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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| 1 | from 2003-2006; and
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| 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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| 6 | WHEREAS, Flights between Springfield and Chicago are | ||||||
| 7 | currently offered by commercial airlines, such as United | ||||||
| 8 | Airlines; and
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| 9 | 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
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| 14 | WHEREAS, A detailed breakdown of the actual costs of the | ||||||
| 15 | air transportation services provided by IDOT is not easily | ||||||
| 16 | obtainable; and
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| 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
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| 20 | WHEREAS, The Commission on Government Forecasting and | ||||||
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| 1 | 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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| 6 | 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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| 18 | 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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| 1 | 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
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| 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
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| 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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