REPORT DIGEST

GENERAL ASSEMBLY RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

COMPLIANCE EXAMINATION

For the Year Ended:

June 30, 2009

Summary of Findings:

Total this report: 0

Total last report: 1

Repeated from last report: 0

Release Date:

April 20, 2010

State of Illinois

Office of the Auditor General

WILLIAM G. HOLLAND

AUDITOR GENERAL

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INTRODUCTION

This digest covers our compliance attestation examination of the General Assembly Retirement System of the State of Illinois (System) for the year ending June 30, 2009. A financial audit covering the year ending June 30, 2009 was previously released on February 16, 2010. It should be noted that, pursuant to the Illinois Pension Code, investments of the System are managed by the Illinois State Board of Investment. There were no report findings of noncompliance identified during our testing.

ACCOUNTANTS’ REPORT

We conducted a compliance attestation examination of the System for the year ended June 30, 2009 as required by the Illinois State Auditing Act. The accountants’ report does not contain any scope limitations, disclosures or other significant non-standard language.

WILLIAM G. HOLLAND, Auditor General

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SPECIAL ASSISTANT AUDITORS

The public accounting firm of BKD LLP was our special assistant auditor for this engagement.