96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB4041

 

Introduced 2/27/2009, 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, 2010.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning audits.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The Illinois Workforce Investment Board Act is
5 amended by changing Section 4.5 as follows:
 
6     (20 ILCS 3975/4.5)
7     Sec. 4.5. Duties.
8     (a) The Board must perform all the functions of a state
9 workforce investment board under the federal Workforce
10 Investment Act of 1998, any amendments to that Act, and any
11 other applicable federal statutes. The Board must also perform
12 all other functions that are not inconsistent with the federal
13 Workforce Investment Act of 1998 or this Act and that are
14 assumed by the Board under its bylaws or assigned to it by the
15 Governor.
16     (b) The Board must cooperate with the General Assembly and
17 make recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly
18 concerning legislation necessary to improve upon statewide and
19 local workforce investment systems in order to increase
20 occupational skill attainment, employment, retention, or
21 earnings of participants and thereby improve the quality of the
22 workforce, reduce welfare dependency, and enhance the
23 productivity and competitiveness of the State. The Board must

 

 

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

 

 

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1 planning, and to ensure the effective use of State resources.
2     Annually, as soon as practical after the end of a fiscal
3 year, the Board must retain a certified public accountant to
4 perform an external financial and performance audit for that
5 fiscal year. The certified audit must be filed with the
6 Governor, the Auditor General, and the Legislative Audit
7 Commission.
8     (c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require or
9 allow the Board to assume or supersede the statutory authority
10 granted to, or impose any duties or requirements on, the State
11 Board of Education, the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois
12 Community College Board, any State agencies created under the
13 Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, or any local education
14 agencies.
15     (d) No actions taken by the Illinois Human Resource
16 Investment Council before the effective date of this amendatory
17 Act of the 92nd General Assembly and no rights, powers, duties,
18 or obligations from those actions are impaired solely by this
19 amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly. All actions taken
20 by the Illinois Human Resource Investment Council before the
21 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
22 Assembly are ratified and validated.
23 (Source: P.A. 92-588, eff. 7-1-02; 93-331, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
24     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January
25 1, 2010.