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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the Illinois Police |
| 4 | | Officers' Pension Investment Fund (IPOPIF) on receiving the |
| 5 | | Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial |
| 6 | | Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association |
| 7 | | (GFOA); and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, GFOA established the Certificate of Achievement |
| 9 | | for Excellence in Financial Reporting Program in 1945 to |
| 10 | | encourage and assist state and local governments to go beyond |
| 11 | | the minimum requirements of generally accepted accounting |
| 12 | | principles to prepare annual comprehensive financial reports |
| 13 | | that evidence the spirit of transparency and full disclosure |
| 14 | | and then to recognize individual governments that succeed in |
| 15 | | achieving that goal; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, The Certificate of Achievement is the highest |
| 17 | | form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and |
| 18 | | financial reporting, and its attainment represents a |
| 19 | | significant accomplishment by a government and its management |
| 20 | | and signifies that the annual certified financial report |
| 21 | | (ACFR) satisfied the high standards of the program; and
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| 22 | | WHEREAS, IPOPIF was awarded the Certificate of Achievement |
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| 1 | | for Excellence in Financial Reporting for its annual |
| 2 | | comprehensive financial report for the year ending on June 30, |
| 3 | | 2023, marking the first time that the organization applied for |
| 4 | | the award and coinciding with a more comprehensive ACFR for |
| 5 | | fiscal year 2023 based on the growth of the fund in terms of |
| 6 | | the investment program and transfer of assets of a majority of |
| 7 | | the Article 3 police pension funds; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, IPOPIF earned the Certificate of Achievement for |
| 9 | | Excellence in Financial Reporting under the leadership of |
| 10 | | Executive Director Richard White and through the efforts, |
| 11 | | attention to detail, and commitment of Chief Financial Officer |
| 12 | | Regina Tuczak and Senior Accountant Amy Zick; therefore, be it
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| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 14 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 15 | | we congratulate the Illinois Police Officers' Pension |
| 16 | | Investment Fund (IPOPIF) on being awarded the Certificate of |
| 17 | | Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the |
| 18 | | Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA); and be it |
| 19 | | further
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| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 21 | | presented to Executive Director Richard White of the Illinois |
| 22 | | Police Officers' Pension Investment Fund as an expression of |
| 23 | | our esteem and respect. |