‘Have to be some teeth,’ audit chair says of repeated findings at Illinois state agencies – Center Square

As chairman of the House Appropriations-General Services Committee, state Rep. Fred Crespo said several years ago, there were repeated audit findings at the Illinois Department of Revenue. “I recommended and we did cut their budget by 15% that year. As you can imagine, it’s amazing how all of a sudden they did pay attention to the findings...So there have to be some teeth to these audit reports.”