WHEREAS, the Office of the Auditor General estimates that there
are over 13,000 separate statutory requirements imposed upon State
agencies; and


	WHEREAS, one in five State agencies is subject to 100 or more
specific statutory mandates, with some individual agencies directed
to comply with as many as 1,000 requirements established by law;
and


	WHEREAS, the number of statutory mandates has increased at the
same time that many State agencies are experiencing reduced staff
and other resources; and


	WHEREAS, agency responses to audit findings by the Office of the
Auditor General indicate that nearly one in seven findings could
be resolved by changes in the law; and


	WHEREAS, there is no continuing review of State statutes to identify
laws that may be obsolete, unenforceable, unnecessarily burdensome,
duplicative or of no current administrative benefit; now


	THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislative Audit Commission that
the Auditor General be directed to conduct a Special Study of
the State agencies for the purpose of evaluating the usefulness
and/or necessity of the various administrative statutes of State
government.


	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Special Study shall include,
but is not limited to, a determination of those statutes which
State agency personnel deem to be:


obsolete;
unenforceable;
unnecessarily burdensome;
duplicative; or
of no administrative benefit. 


	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all State entities subject to audit
by the Auditor General be directed to cooperate fully and promptly
with the Office of the Auditor General in the conduct of this
Special Study; and


	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Auditor General shall commence
this Special Study as soon as possible and shall report his findings
and recommendations by January 31, 1995 to the Legislative Audit
Commission and the General Assembly in accordance with the provisions
of the Illinois State Auditing Act.


	Adopted this 3rd day of March, 1994.