(310 ILCS 5/44) (from Ch. 67 1/2, par. 194)
Sec. 44. The Department shall collect and distribute information relating to the administration of housing authorities and to the construction, maintenance, and operation of their projects. The Department shall suggest and assist in the preparation of legislation relating to authorities and their functions. The Department may, in its discretion, prescribe methods and forms for keeping accounts, records and books to be used by an authority, and prescribe accounts to which particular outlays and receipts shall be entered, charged, or credited. The Department may require an authority to file periodical reports not more often than quarterly covering its operations and activities in a form prescribed by the Department and may, from time to time, require specific answers to questions upon which the Department may desire information.
The Department may investigate the conditions and affairs of an authority, its dealings, transactions or relationships and the manner in which projects are managed, and may through its members or employees enter upon and inspect the property, equipment, buildings, plants and offices of an authority and examine its books, contracts, records, documents and papers. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to alter the provisions of the statutes of this state prescribing the qualifications of persons authorized by law to plan and to supervise the construction, enlargement, or alteration of buildings.
(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)
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