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90_HB0394
New Act
Creates the Agency Performance Review Act. Requires each
State agency to develop a plan describing the agency's goals,
programs, and efficiency over a 6-year period. Requires each
agency to submit the plan to the Governor, the Lieutenant
Governor, the Speaker of the House, the President of the
Senate, the Bureau of the Budget, and the Auditor General.
Authorizes the Auditor General when conducting a program or
efficiency audit to consider the degree to which an agency
conforms to its plan. Requires the Bureau of the Budget,
before September 1 of each odd-numbered year, to provide each
agency with a long-term forecast of the State's economy.
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1 AN ACT concerning agency performance review.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Agency Performance Review Act.
6 Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
7 "Agency" means all Departments, Officers, Commissions,
8 Boards, Institutions, and bodies politic and corporate of the
9 State, excluding the Offices of the Supreme Court and Clerks
10 of the Appellate Courts, the courts of the State, the General
11 Assembly, commissions or committees of the General Assembly,
12 or the constitutionally elected State officers.
13 "Plan" means a strategic plan as required by this Act.
14 Section 10. Strategic plans.
15 (a) Each agency shall develop a strategic plan for its
16 operations in accordance with the provisions and goals of
17 this Act. The plan shall include, but is not limited to,
18 each of the following items or an explanation why an item
19 does not apply to the agency:
20 (1) A statement of the mission, goals, and
21 objectives of the agency.
22 (2) Measures of the output and outcome of the
23 agency in terms of indicators to be developed under this
24 Act.
25 (3) Identification of priority and other service
26 populations or other service measures under current law,
27 and how those populations are expected to change within
28 the period of the plan.
29 (4) An analysis of the use of current agency
30 resources in meeting current needs and expected future
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1 needs and additional resources that may be necessary to
2 meet future needs.
3 (5) An analysis of any likely or expected changes
4 in the services provided by an agency due to changes in
5 State or federal law.
6 (6) Plans and strategies for meeting current and
7 future needs and achieving the goals established for the
8 particular area of State government.
9 (b) Each agency shall issue a plan no later than March 1
10 of each even-numbered year. The plan will cover a period of
11 6 years from the date that it is issued by the agency.
12 (c) Each agency shall send a copy of each plan issued to
13 the Governor, the Speaker of the House, the President of the
14 Senate, the Bureau of the Budget, and the Auditor General.
15 (d) Compilation of a State agency plan.
16 (1) The Bureau of the Budget shall develop forms
17 and instructions for the agencies to aid in the
18 preparation of the agencys' plans.
19 (2) The Bureau of the Budget shall work with
20 individual agencies to determine acceptable measures of
21 workload, output, and outcome.
22 (3) Upon receipt of the individual agency plans,
23 the Bureau of the Budget shall compile a long-range
24 strategic plan for State government based on the
25 individual agency plans.
26 (4) If additional information is required
27 concerning any agency plan submitted, the Bureau of the
28 Budget may request the information from the agency and
29 the information shall be supplied in a timely fashion.
30 (5) The Bureau of the Budget may hold hearings on
31 any matter under this Act.
32 (6) The final compiled report shall be submitted to
33 the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Auditor
34 General, and each member of the General Assembly no later
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1 than September 1 of each even-numbered year.
2 Section 15. Goals for State government.
3 (a) The Governor, in cooperation with the Bureau of the
4 Budget, shall establish and adopt achievement goals for each
5 functional area of State government, including:
6 (1) education,
7 (2) regulation,
8 (3) natural resources,
9 (4) health,
10 (5) human services,
11 (6) transportation,
12 (7) public safety and corrections,
13 (8) government, and
14 (9) State employee benefits.
15 (b) A statement of the goals in each applicable area
16 shall be provided to each State agency no later than October
17 1 of each odd-numbered year.
18 Section 20. Information support for strategic planning.
19 (a) The Bureau of the Budget shall provide each agency
20 with a long-term forecast of the State's economy and
21 population for use in developing the agency's plan.
22 (b) The specific information to be provided shall be
23 agreed upon by the Governor and the Bureau of the Budget.
24 (c) The information shall be provided to each agency no
25 later than September 1 of each odd-numbered year.
26 Section 25. Consideration of strategic plans in program
27 or efficiency audits. The Auditor General, when conducting a
28 program or efficiency audit, shall consider the degree to
29 which the agency being audited conforms to its strategic
30 plan.
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1 Section 30. Elimination of duplication.
2 (a) The Bureau of the Budget and the Office of the
3 Governor shall evaluate the requirements of the agencies to
4 compile similar information under other provisions of law and
5 shall make recommendations to the General Assembly to
6 eliminate unnecessary requirements or duplication.
7 (b) This Section is repealed on December 31, 1998.
8 Section 35. Initial plan. Notwithstanding any other
9 provisions of this Act, the initial statement of an agencies
10 goals required under Section 10 shall be provided no later
11 than January 1, 1998.