Bill Text: IL HR0051 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the Auditor General pursuant to Section 3-2 of the Illinois State Auditing Act to conduct a forensic audit of all State spending, hiring, procurement, and contracts awarded from January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2022.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-08 - Referred to Rules Committee [HR0051 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0051-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, In November 2020, the people of Illinois | ||||||
3 | overwhelmingly voted "no" on a graduated income tax proposed | ||||||
4 | by Governor JB Pritzker as a means to increase state revenue; | ||||||
5 | and
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6 | WHEREAS, Illinois has undergone two income tax increases | ||||||
7 | in the past decade, neither of which have provided a stable | ||||||
8 | solution to the State's budget woes; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Certain elected officials actively worked for and | ||||||
10 | succeeded in expanding state spending since the last tax | ||||||
11 | increase was enacted in 2017, without any method to pay for the | ||||||
12 | additional programs; and
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13 | WHEREAS, The Comptroller estimates that the State's | ||||||
14 | current bill backlog is $4.77 billion, not including the $4.3 | ||||||
15 | billion in short-term and emergency borrowing liabilities that | ||||||
16 | have to be repaid in the near future; and
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17 | WHEREAS, These certain members helped ensure that the | ||||||
18 | General Assembly passed and the Governor signed an FY21 budget | ||||||
19 | with an estimated $6.2 billion deficit; and
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20 | WHEREAS, The State is currently faced with over $140 |
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1 | billion in unfunded pension liabilities; and
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2 | WHEREAS, The voters' rejection of the failed graduated | ||||||
3 | income tax proposal is further proof that citizens no longer | ||||||
4 | trust government with more tax dollars; and
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5 | WHEREAS, With additional revenue items exhausted, it is | ||||||
6 | time for elected officials in Illinois to find other places to | ||||||
7 | save money; and
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8 | WHEREAS, A forensic audit is a thorough and evidentiary | ||||||
9 | audit that can identify corrupt practices and wasteful | ||||||
10 | spending that have occurred and provide the basis for | ||||||
11 | prosecution of those who engaged in those practices; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Identifying waste, fraud, neglect, and abuse is a | ||||||
13 | first step in restoring Illinois citizens' faith in | ||||||
14 | government; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Forensic audit findings, coupled with agency cuts | ||||||
16 | and efficiencies by the Governor, can make a meaningful dent | ||||||
17 | in the State's structural deficit; therefore, be it
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18 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
19 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
20 | the Auditor General is directed pursuant to Section 3-2 of the |
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1 | Illinois State Auditing Act to conduct a forensic audit of all | ||||||
2 | State spending, hiring, procurement, and contracts awarded | ||||||
3 | from January 1, 2020 to January 1, 2022; and be it further
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4 | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this forensic | ||||||
5 | audit as soon as possible and report the findings and | ||||||
6 | recommendations upon completion in accordance with the | ||||||
7 | Illinois State Auditing Act; and be it further
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8 | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General, upon finding any | ||||||
9 | incident of suspected waste, fraud, neglect, or abuse, shall | ||||||
10 | file a complaint to the Executive Inspector General or other | ||||||
11 | appropriate Inspector General to be referred for further | ||||||
12 | investigation; and be it further
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13 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
14 | delivered to the Auditor General and the Governor.
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