HB1870 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB102 12093 RJF 17430 b

102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1870

Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

30 ILCS 5/2-8.5 new

Amends the Illinois State Auditing Act. Provides for the appointment of a Law Auditor General. Provides that it shall be the duty of the Law Auditor General to audit new laws and provide reports to the General Assembly on whether the various departments or entities tasked with performance under the law have implemented such laws or undertaken the duties required under the law. Provides that the Law Auditor General may perform any additional action that is reasonably related to or is in furtherance of his or her duties as Law Auditor General. Provides for the dismissal of the Law Auditor General for specified violations.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning government.

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

Section 5. The Illinois State Auditing Act is amended by adding Section 2-8.5 as follows:

(30 ILCS 5/2-8.5 new)

Sec. 2-8.5. Law Auditor General.

(a) There is created the position of Law Auditor General. A person appointed as a Law Auditor General shall be an officer in the Office of Auditor General. The Law Auditor General shall be appointed by the Auditor General, subject to the advice and consent of at least three-fifths of the membership of the Commission. The Law Auditor General shall serve at the pleasure of the Auditor General.

(b) It shall be the duty of the Law Auditor General to audit new laws and provide reports to the General Assembly on whether the various departments or entities tasked with performance under the law have implemented such laws or undertaken the duties required under the law. The Law Auditor General may perform any additional action that is reasonably related to or is in furtherance of his or her duties under this subsection (b).

(c) The Auditor General shall dismiss the Law Auditor General for violation of any provision of Section 2-7.