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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, Numerous municipalities across Illinois are 
3struggling to provide the required basic services, including 
4public safety and public works, because of mounting debt and 
5structurally insufficient tax bases; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, The financial situations in small and 
7medium-sized municipalities garner little, if any, public 
8attention, leaving the public and the Illinois General Assembly 
9in the dark and lacking independent information about such 
10challenges; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, The public has a right to understand the depth and 
12scope of financial problems facing municipalities in order to 
13contemplate solutions; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, The Illinois General Assembly needs to understand 
15the depth and scope of financial problems facing municipalities 
16in order to effectively govern the State and ensure adequate 
17basic services to all residents; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Municipalities are required to submit annual 
19financial information to the Illinois Comptroller under the 
20Governmental Account Audit Act, including an accounting of 
21revenue, expenditures, and debt; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, The Illinois Comptroller is required to make such 
2information public and to produce an annual report under the 
3Fiscal Responsibility Law; and
 
4    WHEREAS, The Illinois Comptroller is statutorily required 
5to appoint an advisory board of local government officials and 
6certified public accountants, known as the Local Government 
7Advisory Board; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, An annual report delineating municipalities that 
9are in financial distress would help the public and Illinois 
10General Assembly understand and address such challenges that 
11may threaten the public welfare; therefore, be it
  
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
13ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the Comptroller 
14to collaborate with the Local Government Advisory Board to 
15develop metrics that will help identify municipalities with a 
16population of less than 100,000 that are in financial distress; 
17and be it further
  
 
18    RESOLVED, That we urge the Comptroller to produce an annual 
19report to the public delineating municipalities in financial 
20distress and the metrics used to determine such a designation; 
21and be it further
 
 
 
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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
2delivered to the Comptroller.