Legislative Oversight Mechanisms

Ongoing oversight by legislative committee(s) or commission(s); legislative program reviews or performance audits; reporting requirements; legislative requests for information. Both legislative chambers require detailed documents pertaining to IDOT budget requests. The General Assembly holds IDOT budget hearings before various appropriation committees. The General Assembly recently enacted an expenditure reporting law requiring detailed information on every capital project undertaken or expected to be undertaken by the state. The Legislative Research Unit maintains separate research and reporting functions.

Legislative Program Evaluation Office

Office of the Auditor General. Also, the Legislative Audit Commission can review the agency with or without the assistance of the auditor general, and last did so in FY 2008.

Sunset Review

The state's process for sunset reviews currently is inactive.