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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The State of Illinois' FY12 budget deficit is
3projected to be between $13 and $15 billion; and
 
4    WHEREAS, According to the State Comptroller's website,
5nearly $17 billion of the State's FY10 expenditures were for
6grants and awards; and
 
7    WHEREAS, It is primarily the responsibility of the
8individual State agencies making grants and awards (the
9"grantors") to monitor the recipient entities' (the
10"grantees'") expenditures, compliance with grant or award
11requirements, and programmatic outcomes; and
 
12    WHEREAS, Audit findings issued by the Auditor General have
13consistently demonstrated a failure by the grantor agencies to
14adequately monitor their grantees; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Any reasonable plan to address the State's budget
16deficit must include reductions in both the State's
17administrative operating lines as well as grant and award
18programs; therefore, be it
 
19    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
20ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

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1CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Auditor General is directed to
2conduct a management audit of grants and awards distributed by
3State agencies, excluding public universities, in Fiscal Years
42010 and 2011; and be it further
 
5    RESOLVED, That the audit include, but need not be limited
6to, the following determinations:
7        (1) for each State agency, the amount of money it
8    distributed in FY10 and FY11 for grants and awards; the
9    recipients of those funds, by amount; and the purposes for
10    which the funds were distributed;
11        (2) based on a sample of grantees selected by the
12    auditors, evidence of programmatic outcomes that would
13    demonstrate whether the grantees met the purposes for which
14    State moneys were provided, with specific information
15    concerning the portion of the grant or award used for the
16    grantee's administrative costs, its staffing levels, and
17    its executive compensation; and
18        (3) based on a sample of grantees selected by the
19    auditors, whether the grantees complied with applicable
20    laws, regulations, contracts, and grant and award
21    agreements pertaining to the receipt of State moneys; and
22    be it further
 
23    RESOLVED, That in selecting grants and awards for testing,
24the auditors may exclude grants and awards that are distributed

 

 

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1pursuant to a formula or for which a written grant or award
2agreement is not required; and be it further
 
3    RESOLVED, That the Auditor General is given the discretion
4to determine which State agencies and which grants and awards
5to include within this management audit, with the goal of
6reviewing a variety of State agencies, grant and award
7programs, and grantees; and be it further
 
8    RESOLVED, That the State agencies, recipients of State
9funds, and any other entity or person that may have information
10relevant to this audit cooperate fully and promptly with the
11Auditor General's Office in its conduct; and be it further
 
12    RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as
13soon as practical and distribute the report upon completion in
14accordance with Section 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing
15Act; and be it further
 
16    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
17presented to the Auditor General.