Illinois. Office of the Auditor General

The Department of Audits, headed by the Auditor General, was created in the executive branch by the Illinois Auditing Act of 1957 (L. 1957, p. 2306). The Auditor General was appointed by the Governor with Senate approval for a six-year term. The new department was responsible for auditing or causing to be audited, on at least a biennial basis, the fiscal matters and financial transactions of all state agencies. Until 1957 the Auditor of Public Accounts had been responsible for such audits.

Copies of the audits, which were generally performed by private accounting firms chosen by the Auditor General, were submitted to the Governor, the Illinois Budgetary Commission, and the Legislative Audit Commission.

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