SR0631 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SR0631 LRB094 19673 RSP 56131 r

SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, the Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Inc., is an assumed name of the Mexican American Chamber of Commerce of Illinois, Inc.; and

WHEREAS, the Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Inc., and/or the Mexican American Chamber of Commerce of Illinois, Inc., ("the Chamber") has received over $1 million in State funding from the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity since FY03; and

WHEREAS, the Chamber has also received State moneys from several other State agencies; and

WHEREAS, in August 2004 the Governor launched the Minority Contractor Training Initiative with $400,000 in funding for the Chamber; and

WHEREAS, in administering that initiative, the Chamber was to work closely with its local Hispanic chambers and organizations; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Auditor General is directed to conduct a performance audit of the State moneys provided by or through State agencies to the Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Inc., and/or the Mexican American Chamber of Commerce of Illinois, Inc., under contracts or grant agreements in Fiscal Years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006; and be it further

RESOLVED, That this performance audit include but not be limited to, the following determinations:

(i) the purposes for which State moneys were provided to the Chamber, for each State agency and for each amount transferred;

(ii) the nature and extent of monitoring by State agencies of how the Chamber used the State provided moneys;

(iii) the actual use of State moneys by the Chamber including the identity of any sub-recipients and the amounts and purposes of any such pass-throughs;

(iv) whether, through a review of available documentation, the Chamber has met or is meeting the purposes for which the State moneys were provided, with specific information concerning the Chamber's staffing levels and its compensation of management employees; and

(v) whether the Chamber is in compliance with the applicable laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements pertaining to the Chamber's receipt of State moneys; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Inc., the Mexican American Chamber of Commerce of Illinois, Inc, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and any other State agency or other entity or person that may have information relevant to this audit cooperate fully and promptly with the Auditor General's Office in its audit; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as soon as possible and report his findings and recommendations upon completion in accordance with the provisions of Section 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act.