SJ0033LRB097 11514 PJG 54287 r


  
1
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 
 
 
SJ0033- 2 -LRB097 11514 PJG 54287 r

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 
 
 
SJ0033- 3 -LRB097 11514 PJG 54287 r

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.