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92_HB3582
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1 AN ACT in relation to campaign finance.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding
5 Section 9-7.1 as follows:
6 (10 ILCS 5/9-7.1 new)
7 Sec. 9-7.1. Audits. Any political committee organized
8 under the laws of this State may be audited by the Auditor
9 General in accordance with Section 3-1 of the Illinois State
10 Auditing Act. The purpose of the audit is to ensure that all
11 of the requirements of Article 9 of this Code concerning
12 contributions and expenditures are being met by political
13 committees in this State.
14 Section 10. The Illinois State Auditing Act is amended
15 by changing Section 3-1 as follows:
16 (30 ILCS 5/3-1) (from Ch. 15, par. 303-1)
17 Sec. 3-1. Jurisdiction of Auditor General. The Auditor
18 General has jurisdiction over all State agencies to make post
19 audits and investigations authorized by or under this Act or
20 the Constitution.
21 The Auditor General has jurisdiction over local
22 government agencies and private agencies only:
23 (a) to make such post audits authorized by or under
24 this Act as are necessary and incidental to a post audit
25 of a State agency or of a program administered by a State
26 agency involving public funds of the State, but this
27 jurisdiction does not include any authority to review
28 local governmental agencies in the obligation, receipt,
29 expenditure or use of public funds of the State that are
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1 granted without limitation or condition imposed by law,
2 other than the general limitation that such funds be used
3 for public purposes;
4 (b) to make investigations authorized by or under
5 this Act or the Constitution; and
6 (c) to make audits of the records of local
7 government agencies to verify actual costs of
8 state-mandated programs when directed to do so by the
9 Legislative Audit Commission at the request of the State
10 Board of Appeals under the State Mandates Act.
11 In addition to the foregoing, the Auditor General may
12 conduct an audit of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition
13 Authority, the Regional Transportation Authority, the
14 Suburban Bus Division, the Commuter Rail Division and the
15 Chicago Transit Authority and any other subsidized carrier
16 when authorized by the Legislative Audit Commission. Such
17 audit may be a financial, management or program audit, or any
18 combination thereof.
19 The audit shall determine whether they are operating in
20 accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. Subject
21 to the limitations of this Act, the Legislative Audit
22 Commission may by resolution specify additional
23 determinations to be included in the scope of the audit.
24 The Auditor General may also conduct an audit, when
25 authorized by the Legislative Audit Commission, of any
26 hospital which receives 10% or more of its gross revenues
27 from payments from the State of Illinois, Department of
28 Public Aid, Medical Assistance Program.
29 The Auditor General is authorized to conduct financial
30 and compliance audits of the Illinois Distance Learning
31 Foundation and the Illinois Conservation Foundation.
32 As soon as practical after the effective date of this
33 amendatory Act of 1995, the Auditor General shall conduct a
34 compliance and management audit of the City of Chicago and
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1 any other entity with regard to the operation of Chicago
2 O'Hare International Airport, Chicago Midway Airport and
3 Merrill C. Meigs Field. The audit shall include, but not be
4 limited to, an examination of revenues, expenses, and
5 transfers of funds; purchasing and contracting policies and
6 practices; staffing levels; and hiring practices and
7 procedures. When completed, the audit required by this
8 paragraph shall be distributed in accordance with Section
9 3-14.
10 The Auditor General shall conduct a financial and
11 compliance and program audit of distributions from the
12 Municipal Economic Development Fund during the immediately
13 preceding calendar year pursuant to Section 8-403.1 of the
14 Public Utilities Act at no cost to the city, village, or
15 incorporated town that received the distributions.
16 The Auditor General must conduct an audit of the Health
17 Facilities Planning Board pursuant to Section 19.5 of the
18 Illinois Health Facilities Planning Act.
19 During each calendar year, the Auditor General must
20 conduct an audit of at least 10% of all of the political
21 committees organized under the laws of this State in order to
22 ensure that the committees are in compliance with the
23 provisions of Article 9 of the Election Code. The Auditor
24 General must randomly choose which political committees will
25 be audited during any given calendar year. In addition, the
26 Auditor General must conduct an audit of any political
27 committee that, during the previous calendar year, was found
28 not to be in compliance with the provisions of Article 9 of
29 the Election Code.
30 (Source: P.A. 90-813, eff. 1-29-99; 91-782, eff. 6-9-00.)
31 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
32 becoming law.