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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
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
 
9     WHEREAS, The Auditor General issued the performance audit
10 of the mass transit agencies of northeastern Illinois in March
11 2007; and
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
8     RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be delivered to
9 the Auditor General, Legislative Audit Commission, Governor,
10 RTA, CTA, Metra, and Pace.