[ Search ] [ PDF text ] [ Legislation ]
[ Home ] [ Back ] [ Bottom ]
[ Introduced ] | [ Engrossed ] | [ Enrolled ] |
92_SJ0072sam001 SRS92SJ0072RKbmam01 1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 72 2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Joint Resolution 72 on 3 page 1 by replacing lines 2 through 6 with the following: 4 "WHEREAS, The mission of the Illinois State Toll Highway 5 Authority is to provide and promote a safe and efficient 6 system of toll highways; and 7 WHEREAS, The Tollway, comprised of the Northwest, the 8 Tri-State, the East-West, and the North-South Tollways, 9 consists of 274 miles (1,650 lane miles), 539 bridge 10 structures, 20 mainline plazas, and 47 ramp plazas; and 11 WHEREAS, The Toll Highway Authority reported a 12 $374,100,000 budget for 2002, consisting of revenue of 13 $353,900,00 from tolls, $15,200,000 from interest income, and 14 $5,000,000 from concessions and other sources, and 15 expenditures of $180,200,000 for maintenance and operations, 16 $105,500,000 for renewal and replacement, $79,700,000 for 17 debt service, and $8,700,000 for improvements; and 18 WHEREAS, Thousands of Illinois citizens travel the 19 Tollway system on a daily basis and pay the tolls used to 20 finance Tollway operations; and -2- SRS92SJ0072RKbmam01 1 WHEREAS, Given the impact of the Tollway on its users, as 2 well as on the transportation needs of the State, it is 3 important that the management and operation of the Tollway be 4 reviewed to ensure that it is making efficient and economical 5 use of its resources; therefore, be it 6 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SECOND GENERAL 7 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF 8 REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we respectfully 9 direct the Illinois Auditor General to undertake a management 10 audit of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority to 11 determine whether the Toll Highway Authority is managing or 12 using its resources, including toll and investment-generated 13 revenue, personnel, property, equipment, and space, in an 14 economical and efficient manner; and be it further 15 RESOLVED, That the audit shall make recommendations to 16 correct any inefficiencies or uneconomical practices; and be 17 it further 18 RESOLVED, That the audit shall, in addition, examine the 19 process by which the Authority collects, transports, counts, 20 and deposits toll collections; and be it further 21 RESOLVED, That the Auditor General shall complete this 22 audit within one year of the date of final passage of this 23 resolution; and be it further 24 RESOLVED, That the Authority shall pay for the cost of 25 this management audit; and be it further 26 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be delivered to 27 the Auditor General and the Illinois State Toll Highway 28 Authority.".