SR0807 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board is an agency of the State of Illinois that receives moneys appropriated by the General Assembly from both the Traffic and Criminal Conviction Surcharge Fund and from general revenue; and

WHEREAS, The Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board is charged under Section 6 of the Illinois Police Training Act with selecting and certifying schools within the State of Illinois for the purpose of providing basic training for probationary police officers, probationary county corrections officers, and court security officers; and

WHEREAS, Public statements made on behalf of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board indicate that the Board is seeking to operate its own police training academy; and

WHEREAS, The Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board has no statutory authority to operate a police training academy; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Auditor General is directed to conduct a performance audit of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board to assess the Board's use of the moneys appropriated to it by the General Assembly; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the audit shall include, but not be limited to, the determination of whether the Board has been spending moneys appropriated to it by the General Assembly for activities that are beyond its statutory grant of authority; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board, and any other entity having information relevant to this audit, shall cooperate fully with the Auditor General in the conduct of this audit; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Auditor General shall commence this audit as soon as possible and report his or her findings and recommendations upon completion in accordance with the provisions of Section 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act; and be it further

RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be delivered to the Auditor General and the Executive Director and members of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standard Board.