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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund | ||||||
| 3 | Council has delegated many of its programmatic | ||||||
| 4 | responsibilities under the Drycleaner Environmental Response | ||||||
| 5 | Trust Fund Act, including the duty to receive and process | ||||||
| 6 | license applications and the duty to receive and process | ||||||
| 7 | claims, to a private company, Williams and Company Consulting, | ||||||
| 8 | Inc.; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, This delegation of programmatic duties | ||||||
| 10 | potentially threatens the regulatory scheme established under | ||||||
| 11 | the Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund Act; | ||||||
| 12 | therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 14 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 15 | the Auditor General is directed pursuant to Sections 3-2 and | ||||||
| 16 | 3-5 of the Illinois State Auditing Act to conduct a performance | ||||||
| 17 | audit of the Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund | ||||||
| 18 | Council to ensure that Williams and Company Consulting is | ||||||
| 19 | administering the Council's programmatic responsibilities in a | ||||||
| 20 | manner that is consistent with the requirements of the | ||||||
| 21 | Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund Act and rules | ||||||
| 22 | adopted under that Act; and be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General investigate and report | ||||||
| 2 | on the number of states that have a drycleaner environmental | ||||||
| 3 | cleanup insurance system that is similar to the system overseen | ||||||
| 4 | by the Council and administered by Williams and Company | ||||||
| 5 | Consulting, Inc.; and be it further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General investigate and report | ||||||
| 7 | on how many states have privatized the operation of their | ||||||
| 8 | drycleaner environmental cleanup insurance systems; and be it | ||||||
| 9 | further | ||||||
| 10 | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General investigate and report | ||||||
| 11 | on the number of drycleaners in Illinois whose participation in | ||||||
| 12 | the State's drycleaner environmental cleanup insurance system | ||||||
| 13 | has been terminated for noncompliance with the Drycleaner | ||||||
| 14 | Environmental Response Trust Fund Act and rules adopted under | ||||||
| 15 | that Act; and be it further | ||||||
| 16 | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as | ||||||
| 17 | soon as possible and report the findings and recommendations | ||||||
| 18 | upon completion in accordance with the Illinois State Auditing | ||||||
| 19 | Act; and be it further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That the Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust | ||||||
| 21 | Fund Council and Williams and Company Consulting, Inc., shall | ||||||
| 22 | provide all needed information that the Auditor General deems | ||||||
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| 1 | necessary; and be it further | ||||||
| 2 | RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be delivered to | ||||||
| 3 | the Auditor General and to each of the members of the | ||||||
| 4 | Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund Council.
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