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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives adopted | ||||||
| 3 | House Resolutions 479 and 650 in 2005 directing the Office of | ||||||
| 4 | the Auditor General to conduct a performance audit of the 4 | ||||||
| 5 | mass transit agencies of northeastern Illinois, namely the | ||||||
| 6 | Regional Transportation Authority (RTA), the Chicago Transit | ||||||
| 7 | Authority (CTA), the Commuter Rail Division (Metra), and the | ||||||
| 8 | Suburban Bus Division (Pace); and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The Auditor General issued the performance audit | ||||||
| 10 | of the mass transit agencies of northeastern Illinois in March | ||||||
| 11 | 2007; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, The performance audit report contained 47 | ||||||
| 13 | recommendations to the mass transit agencies to make | ||||||
| 14 | improvements in various areas of operations, including | ||||||
| 15 | planning, staffing, pensions, and monitoring; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, The mass transit agencies of northeastern | ||||||
| 17 | Illinois accepted the Auditor General's recommendations and | ||||||
| 18 | stated they would implement the recommendations; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, More than a year has now elapsed since the Auditor | ||||||
| 20 | General's recommendations were made; therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 2 | NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 3 | the Auditor General is directed to follow up with the Regional | ||||||
| 4 | Transportation Authority on the status of implementation of the | ||||||
| 5 | audit recommendations made in the March 2007 performance audit | ||||||
| 6 | report; and be it further
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| 7 | RESOLVED, That the RTA should coordinate with CTA, Metra, | ||||||
| 8 | and Pace and compile a status report that sets forth each | ||||||
| 9 | recommendation, the actions taken to implement the | ||||||
| 10 | recommendation, and the supporting documentation for the | ||||||
| 11 | actions taken; and be it further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That the RTA shall submit the status report to | ||||||
| 13 | Auditor General within 3 months after the adoption of this | ||||||
| 14 | resolution; and be it further | ||||||
| 15 | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General shall review the | ||||||
| 16 | submitted status report, follow up as necessary with the | ||||||
| 17 | transit agencies to resolve questions concerning the status of | ||||||
| 18 | actions taken to implement the recommendations, and issue a | ||||||
| 19 | report summarizing the results of the Auditor General's review; | ||||||
| 20 | and be it further
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| 21 | RESOLVED, That all the agencies and employees with | ||||||
| 22 | information relevant to this status report shall cooperate | ||||||
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| 1 | fully and promptly in the preparation of this report; and be it | ||||||
| 2 | further | ||||||
| 3 | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General shall commence this | ||||||
| 4 | follow-up as soon as possible and report the results upon | ||||||
| 5 | completion to the General Assembly, Legislative Audit | ||||||
| 6 | Commission, Governor, RTA, CTA, Metra, Pace, and any other | ||||||
| 7 | interested parties; and be it further
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| 8 | RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be delivered to | ||||||
| 9 | the Auditor General, Legislative Audit Commission, Governor, | ||||||
| 10 | RTA, CTA, Metra, and Pace.
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