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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    and 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 of Representatives,
14    the President of the Senate, the Bureau of  the  Budget,  and
15    the Auditor General.
16        (d)  Compilation of a State agency plan.
17             (1)  The  Bureau  of  the Budget shall develop forms
18        and  instructions  for  the  agencies  to  aid   in   the
19        preparation of the agencys' plans.
20             (2)  The  Bureau  of  the  Budget  shall  work  with
21        individual  agencies  to determine acceptable measures of
22        workload, output, and outcome.
23             (3)  Upon receipt of the  individual  agency  plans,
24        the  Bureau  of  the  Budget  shall  compile a long-range
25        strategic  plan  for  State  government  based   on   the
26        individual agency plans.
27             (4)  If    additional    information   is   required
28        concerning any agency plan submitted, the Bureau  of  the
29        Budget  may  request  the information from the agency and
30        the information shall be supplied in a timely fashion.
31             (5)  The Bureau of the Budget may hold  hearings  on
32        any matter under this Act.
33             (6)  The final compiled report shall be submitted to
34        the   Governor,  the  Lieutenant  Governor,  the  Auditor
 
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 1        General, and each member of the General Assembly no later
 2        than September 1 of each even-numbered year.

 3        Section 15.  Goals for State government.
 4        (a)  The Governor, in cooperation with the Bureau of  the
 5    Budget,  shall establish and adopt achievement goals for each
 6    functional area of State government, including:
 7             (1)  education,
 8             (2)  regulation,
 9             (3)  natural resources,
10             (4)  health,
11             (5)  human services,
12             (6)  transportation,
13             (7)  public safety and corrections,
14             (8)  government, and
15             (9)  State employee benefits.
16        (b)  A statement of the goals  in  each  applicable  area
17    shall  be provided to each State agency no later than October
18    1 of each odd-numbered year.

19        Section 20.  Information support for strategic planning.
20        (a)  The Bureau of the Budget shall provide  each  agency
21    with   a  long-term  forecast  of  the  State's  economy  and
22    population for use in developing the agency's plan.
23        (b)  The specific information to  be  provided  shall  be
24    agreed upon by the Governor and the Bureau of the Budget.
25        (c)  The  information shall be provided to each agency no
26    later than September 1 of each odd-numbered year.

27        Section 25.  Consideration of strategic plans in  program
28    or efficiency audits.  The Auditor General, when conducting a
29    program  or  efficiency  audit,  shall consider the degree to
30    which the agency being  audited  conforms  to  its  strategic
31    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, 2000.

 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, 2000.

12        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
13    becoming law.

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