Full Text of HR1596 95th General Assembly
HR1596 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives adopted | 3 |
| House Resolutions 479 and 650 in 2005 directing the Office of | 4 |
| the Auditor General to conduct a performance audit of the 4 | 5 |
| mass transit agencies of northeastern Illinois, namely the | 6 |
| Regional Transportation Authority (RTA), the Chicago Transit | 7 |
| Authority (CTA), the Commuter Rail Division (Metra), and the | 8 |
| Suburban Bus Division (Pace); and
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| WHEREAS, The Auditor General issued the performance audit | 10 |
| of the mass transit agencies of northeastern Illinois in March | 11 |
| 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, The performance audit report contained 47 | 13 |
| recommendations to the mass transit agencies to make | 14 |
| improvements in various areas of operations, including | 15 |
| planning, staffing, pensions, and monitoring; and
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| WHEREAS, The mass transit agencies of northeastern | 17 |
| Illinois accepted the Auditor General's recommendations and | 18 |
| stated they would implement the recommendations; and
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| WHEREAS, More than a year has now elapsed since the Auditor | 20 |
| General's recommendations were made; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 |
| the Auditor General is directed to follow up with the Regional | 4 |
| Transportation Authority on the status of implementation of the | 5 |
| audit recommendations made in the March 2007 performance audit | 6 |
| report; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the RTA should coordinate with CTA, Metra, | 8 |
| and Pace and compile a status report that sets forth each | 9 |
| recommendation, the actions taken to implement the | 10 |
| recommendation, and the supporting documentation for the | 11 |
| actions taken; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the RTA shall submit the status report to | 13 |
| Auditor General within 3 months after the adoption of this | 14 |
| resolution; and be it further | 15 |
| RESOLVED, That the Auditor General shall review the | 16 |
| submitted status report, follow up as necessary with the | 17 |
| transit agencies to resolve questions concerning the status of | 18 |
| actions taken to implement the recommendations, and issue a | 19 |
| report summarizing the results of the Auditor General's review; | 20 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That all the agencies and employees with | 22 |
| information relevant to this status report shall cooperate |
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| fully and promptly in the preparation of this report; and be it | 2 |
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| RESOLVED, That the Auditor General shall commence this | 4 |
| follow-up as soon as possible and report the results upon | 5 |
| completion to the General Assembly, Legislative Audit | 6 |
| Commission, Governor, RTA, CTA, Metra, Pace, and any other | 7 |
| interested parties; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be delivered to | 9 |
| the Auditor General, Legislative Audit Commission, Governor, | 10 |
| RTA, CTA, Metra, and Pace.
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