Sunshine Commission Passes House
The Sunshine Commission would provide yet another tool to help root out inefficiencies and waste in Illinois government.
by Kate Piercy
Good news from Springfield yesterday: The House passed legislation to create the Illinois Sunshine Commission (HB4836), which would create a commission “to conduct a thorough review of the relevance, efficiency, and effectiveness of each “State executive branch program.”
Rep. Mike Connelly remarked, “This is our opportunity to get to the bottom of the waste. We need citizens with an outside perspective to come in to find the inefficiencies in state spending we can’t see because we are too close to the process.”
The commission would consist of four members of the Illinois General Assembly and four members of the public (unpaid and volunteer), with no state government ties and a background in banking, accounting or finance.
The volunteer members would make recommendations within six months in the following areas:
- Elimination of obsolete or ineffective programs
- Consolidation of duplicate programs
- Steps to improve a programs efficiency or effectiveness
The Sunshine Commission would provide yet another tool to help root out inefficiencies and waste in Illinois government. The bill is scheduled for a reading in the Senate today, and Senator Matt Murphyjust picked it up and became a sponsor.
Keep track of its progress here.