Bill Text: IL SB1991 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB1991 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB1991-Amended.html

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Sen. Kyle McCarter

Filed: 4/15/2013

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1991
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1991 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Illinois State Auditing Act is amended by
changing Section 3-1 as follows:
(30 ILCS 5/3-1) (from Ch. 15, par. 303-1)
Sec. 3-1. Jurisdiction of Auditor General. The Auditor
General has jurisdiction over all State agencies to make post
audits and investigations authorized by or under this Act or
the Constitution.
The Auditor General has jurisdiction over local government
agencies and private agencies only:
(a) to make such post audits authorized by or under
this Act as are necessary and incidental to a post audit of
a State agency or of a program administered by a State
agency involving public funds of the State, but this

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jurisdiction does not include any authority to review local
governmental agencies in the obligation, receipt,
expenditure or use of public funds of the State that are
granted without limitation or condition imposed by law,
other than the general limitation that such funds be used
for public purposes;
(b) to make investigations authorized by or under this
Act or the Constitution; and
(c) to make audits of the records of local government
agencies to verify actual costs of state-mandated programs
when directed to do so by the Legislative Audit Commission
at the request of the State Board of Appeals under the
State Mandates Act.
In addition to the foregoing, the Auditor General may
conduct an audit of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition
Authority, the Regional Transportation Authority, the Suburban
Bus Division, the Commuter Rail Division and the Chicago
Transit Authority and any other subsidized carrier when
authorized by the Legislative Audit Commission. Such audit may
be a financial, management or program audit, or any combination
thereof.
The audit shall determine whether they are operating in
accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. Subject to
the limitations of this Act, the Legislative Audit Commission
may by resolution specify additional determinations to be
included in the scope of the audit.

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In addition to the foregoing, the Auditor General must also
conduct a financial audit of the Illinois Sports Facilities
Authority's expenditures of public funds in connection with the
reconstruction, renovation, remodeling, extension, or
improvement of all or substantially all of any existing
"facility", as that term is defined in the Illinois Sports
Facilities Authority Act.
The Auditor General may also conduct an audit, when
authorized by the Legislative Audit Commission, of any hospital
which receives 10% or more of its gross revenues from payments
from the State of Illinois, Department of Healthcare and Family
Services (formerly Department of Public Aid), Medical
Assistance Program.
The Auditor General is authorized to conduct financial and
compliance audits of the Illinois Distance Learning Foundation
and the Illinois Conservation Foundation.
As soon as practical after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1995, the Auditor General shall conduct a
compliance and management audit of the City of Chicago and any
other entity with regard to the operation of Chicago O'Hare
International Airport, Chicago Midway Airport and Merrill C.
Meigs Field. The audit shall include, but not be limited to, an
examination of revenues, expenses, and transfers of funds;
purchasing and contracting policies and practices; staffing
levels; and hiring practices and procedures. When completed,
the audit required by this paragraph shall be distributed in

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accordance with Section 3-14.
The Auditor General shall conduct a financial and
compliance and program audit of distributions from the
Municipal Economic Development Fund during the immediately
preceding calendar year pursuant to Section 8-403.1 of the
Public Utilities Act at no cost to the city, village, or
incorporated town that received the distributions.
The Auditor General must conduct an audit of the Health
Facilities and Services Review Board pursuant to Section 19.5
of the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act.
The Auditor General of the State of Illinois shall annually
conduct or cause to be conducted a financial and compliance
audit of the books and records of any county water commission
organized pursuant to the Water Commission Act of 1985 and
shall file a copy of the report of that audit with the Governor
and the Legislative Audit Commission. The filed audit shall be
open to the public for inspection. The cost of the audit shall
be charged to the county water commission in accordance with
Section 6z-27 of the State Finance Act. The county water
commission shall make available to the Auditor General its
books and records and any other documentation, whether in the
possession of its trustees or other parties, necessary to
conduct the audit required. These audit requirements apply only
through July 1, 2007.
The Auditor General must conduct audits of the Rend Lake
Conservancy District as provided in Section 25.5 of the River

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Conservancy Districts Act.
The Auditor General must conduct financial audits of the
Southeastern Illinois Economic Development Authority as
provided in Section 70 of the Southeastern Illinois Economic
Development Authority Act.
The Auditor General shall conduct a compliance audit in
accordance with subsections (d) and (f) of Section 30 of the
Innovation Development and Economy Act.
As soon as practical after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, and not
withstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the Auditor
General shall conduct random audits of the Average Daily
Attendance for the 2011-2012 School Year, as determined
pursuant to subsections (C) and (F) of Section 18-8.05 of the
School Code and reported to the State Board of Education, of 30
school districts within the State.
The audits shall include, but not be limited to, the
methodology utilized and documented by a school district in
determining its 2011-2012 Average Daily Attendance reported to
the State Board of Education; conformance to the specific
procedures outlined in statute for determining Average Daily
Attendance; and the accuracy of the 2011-2012 Average Daily
Attendance reported to the State Board of Education.
Of the 30 school districts in Illinois to be audited, one
shall have a reported Average Daily Attendance for the
2011-2012 school year in excess of 300,000 students; one shall

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have a reported Average Daily Attendance for the 2011-2012
school year of less than 300,000 and in excess of 20,000
students; one shall have a reported Average Daily Attendance
for the 2011-2012 school year of less than 20,000 and in excess
of 12,000 students; 2 shall have a reported Average Daily
Attendance for the 2011-2012 school year of less than 12,000
and in excess of 5,000 students; 5 shall have a reported
Average Daily Attendance for the 2011-2012 school year of less
than 5,000 and in excess of 3,000 students; 5 shall have a
reported Average Daily Attendance for the 2011-2012 school year
of less than 3,000 and in excess of 1,000 students; 5 shall
have a reported Average Daily Attendance for the 2011-2012
school year of less than 1,000 and in excess of 500 students;
and 5 shall have a reported Average Daily Attendance for the
2011-2012 school year of less than 500 students.
(Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07; 96-31, eff. 6-30-09;
96-939, eff. 6-24-10.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.".