Full Text of HR0650 94th General Assembly
HR0650 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, A viable, comprehensive, and coordinated system | 3 |
| of mass transit is vital for the quality of life and future | 4 |
| development of the northeastern region of the State of | 5 |
| Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, The region is served by the Chicago Transit | 7 |
| Authority (CTA), Metra, and Pace, with financial oversight by | 8 |
| the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA); and
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| WHEREAS, The CTA, Metra, and Pace carry over 500,000,000 | 10 |
| riders each year; and
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| WHEREAS, The General Assembly passed a $54.3 million | 12 |
| appropriation to the RTA to provide, for the first time, | 13 |
| paratransit services pursuant to the Americans with | 14 |
| Disabilities Act (ADA); and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, All public entities have a responsibility to | 16 |
| manage public funds with the highest level of efficiency and to | 17 |
| eliminate waste and mismanagement; and
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| WHEREAS, The federal SAFETEA-LU
capital spending bill | 19 |
| (Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity | 20 |
| Act: A Legacy for Users) contains funding for many expansions | 21 |
| of service, including Metra's STAR Line and Pace's J line Bus | 22 |
| Rapid Transit, and this federal funding will require a local | 23 |
| match; and
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| WHEREAS, The General Assembly will have to consider the | 25 |
| merits of these transportation expansion projects and | 26 |
| determine the appropriation of State funds towards the most | 27 |
| beneficial and effective projects; and
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| WHEREAS, The office of the Auditor General of Illinois is |
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| highly respected throughout Illinois for the thoroughness, | 2 |
| fairness, and non-partisan manner in which it conducts audits | 3 |
| of governmental agencies; and
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| WHEREAS, The Auditor General is recognized as an authority | 5 |
| upon whom the General Assembly can rely for audits that provide | 6 |
| information that is beneficial during legislative | 7 |
| deliberations about budgets, appropriations, efficiency of | 8 |
| programs, and budget savings achievable through improved | 9 |
| management; and
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| WHEREAS, There is already an audit underway for the CTA | 11 |
| pursuant to House Resolution 479; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 |
| the members of the House of Representatives direct the Auditor | 15 |
| General to immediately conduct financial, compliance, and | 16 |
| performance audits of the RTA, Metra, and Pace including, | 17 |
| without limitation, their operations, pensions, capital | 18 |
| programs, and identifiable areas where redundant operations | 19 |
| between RTA, Metra, and Pace and the CTA may be eliminated; and | 20 |
| be it further | 21 |
| RESOLVED, That the Auditor General address, in these audit | 22 |
| reports, the extent to which the RTA, Metra, and Pace are | 23 |
| adversely affected by mismanagement or inefficiencies and that | 24 |
| if mismanagement or inefficiencies were corrected, to what | 25 |
| extent the improvements would result in budget savings for the | 26 |
| agencies; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Auditor General's audit reports | 28 |
| concerning RTA, Metra, and Pace be submitted to the General | 29 |
| Assembly and the Governor; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |
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| delivered to the Auditor General, the Legislative Audit | 2 |
| Commission, the Regional Transportation Authority, Metra, and | 3 |
| Pace.
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