Full Text of HJR0018 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Section 3 of Article VIII of the Constitution of | 3 | | the State of Illinois provides that
the General Assembly, by a | 4 | | vote of three-fifths of the members elected to each house, | 5 | | shall
appoint an Auditor General; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Section 3 of Article VIII of the Constitution of | 7 | | the State of Illinois provides that
the General Assembly, by a | 8 | | vote of three-fifths of the members elected to each house, may
| 9 | | remove the Auditor General for cause; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The Senate and the House of Representatives | 11 | | adopted Senate Joint
Resolution 35 on October 20, 2015 to | 12 | | appoint Frank J. Mautino as Auditor General; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Auditor General Frank J. Mautino's term commenced | 14 | | on January 1, 2016 for a
term of 10 years; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Frank J. Mautino served as chairman of the | 16 | | political committee referred to as
the Committee for Frank J. | 17 | | Mautino that was established on September 6, 1999 and closed
| 18 | | on December 30, 2015; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, On August 19, 2019, in Cooke v. Illinois State | 20 | | Board of Elections, et al., the 4th District Appellate Court |
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| 1 | | of the State of Illinois determined that the Committee for
| 2 | | Frank J. Mautino had violated paragraphs (2) and (9) of | 3 | | subsection (a) of Section 9-8.10 of the
Election Code relating | 4 | | to the improper expenditure of campaign funds for personal | 5 | | use, and remanded the matter to the Illinois State Board of | 6 | | Elections to determine the fine to be imposed for those | 7 | | violations; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Auditor General Frank J. Mautino acknowledged | 9 | | over three years ago that
there was an ongoing investigation | 10 | | by the United States Attorney's Office into the spending of
| 11 | | campaign funds by the Committee for Frank J. Mautino, which | 12 | | investigation is ongoing; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Auditor General Frank J. Mautino has repeatedly | 14 | | refused to respond to
requests for information submitted by | 15 | | members of the General Assembly regarding
allegations of | 16 | | misappropriation of campaign funds and ethical concerns; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Auditor General Frank J. Mautino has avoided | 18 | | answering questions from the
State Board of Elections, leaving | 19 | | the Board unable to determine whether the Committee for
Frank | 20 | | J. Mautino was innocent of the charges brought against it; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, The investigation by the United States Attorney's | 22 | | Office may not be concluded
for months or years; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Taxpayers deserve and require an Auditor General | 2 | | beyond reproach who is not
the subject of an ongoing federal | 3 | | investigation and who has not committed major campaign
finance | 4 | | violations; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The ongoing investigations into the Committee for | 6 | | Frank J. Mautino and
serious allegations leveled against Frank | 7 | | J. Mautino demonstrate his inability to conduct the
Office of | 8 | | Auditor General in an impartial and professional manner; | 9 | | therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 11 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 12 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that Frank J. Mautino has neglected | 13 | | his duty to the General Assembly by refusing to respond to | 14 | | legislative inquiries regarding specific allegations involving | 15 | | misappropriation of campaign funds and ethical concerns; and | 16 | | be it further | 17 | | RESOLVED, That, pursuant to Section 3 of Article VIII of | 18 | | the Illinois Constitution, Auditor
General Frank J. Mautino | 19 | | shall have been afforded due process and the opportunity to
| 20 | | appear before each chamber, prior to any vote on removal, to | 21 | | respond to the charges
contained in this resolution; and be it | 22 | | further |
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That, by the vote of three-fifths of the members | 2 | | elected to each chamber of the
General Assembly pursuant to | 3 | | Section 3 of Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of
| 4 | | Illinois, Frank J. Mautino is removed as Auditor General for | 5 | | the State of Illinois immediately;
and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That, pursuant to Section 3 of Article VIII of | 7 | | the Illinois Constitution, Frank J.
Mautino is to be removed | 8 | | for cause and shall be removed from office as the Auditor | 9 | | General
of the State of Illinois.
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