HB3341 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB3341

Introduced 2/17/2023, by Rep. Kelly M. Burke

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 10/2002

from Ch. 15, par. 2002

Amends the Fiscal Control and Internal Auditing Act. Provides that, if the office of chief internal auditor is vacant, the chief executive officer of the designated State agency may, with the prior approval of the Governor, enter into an agreement with the Department of Central Management Services to use professional auditing services to comply with the Act. Provides that the agreement terminates upon the appointment of a chief internal auditor.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning finance.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Fiscal Control and Internal Auditing Act is amended by changing Section 2002 as follows:

(30 ILCS 10/2002) (from Ch. 15, par. 2002)

Sec. 2002. Qualifications of chief internal auditor.

(a) The chief executive officer of each designated State agency shall appoint a chief internal auditor with a bachelor's degree, who is either:

(1) a certified internal auditor by examination or a certified public accountant and who has at least 4 years of progressively responsible professional auditing experience; or

(2) an auditor with at least 5 years of progressively responsible professional auditing experience.

(b) The chief internal auditor shall report directly to the chief executive officer and shall have direct communications with the chief executive officer and the governing board, if applicable, in the exercise of auditing activities. All chief internal auditors and all full-time members of an internal audit staff shall be free of all operational duties.

(c) The chief internal auditor shall serve a 5-year term beginning on the date of the appointment. A chief internal auditor may be removed only for cause after a hearing before the Executive Ethics Commission concerning the removal. Any chief internal auditor who is appointed to replace a removed chief internal auditor may serve only until the expiration of the term of the removed chief internal auditor. The annual salary of a chief internal auditor cannot be diminished during the term of the chief internal auditor.

(d) If the office of chief internal auditor is vacant, the chief executive officer of the designated State agency may, with the prior approval of the Governor, enter into an agreement with the Department of Central Management Services to use professional auditing services to comply with this Act. An agreement entered into under this subsection terminates upon the appointment of a chief internal auditor under this Section.

(Source: P.A. 96-795, eff. 7-1-10 (see Section 5 of P.A. 96-793 for the effective date of changes made by P.A. 96-795).)