Full Text of SJR0033 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois' FY12 budget deficit is | 3 | | projected to be between $13 and $15 billion; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, According to the State Comptroller's website, | 5 | | nearly $17 billion of the State's FY10 expenditures were for | 6 | | grants and awards; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, It is primarily the responsibility of the | 8 | | individual State agencies making grants and awards (the | 9 | | "grantors") to monitor the recipient entities' (the | 10 | | "grantees'") expenditures, compliance with grant or award | 11 | | requirements, and programmatic outcomes; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Audit findings issued by the Auditor General have | 13 | | consistently demonstrated a failure by the grantor agencies to | 14 | | adequately monitor their grantees; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Any reasonable plan to address the State's budget | 16 | | deficit must include reductions in both the State's | 17 | | administrative operating lines as well as grant and award | 18 | | programs; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 1 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Auditor General is directed to | 2 | | conduct a management audit of grants and awards distributed by | 3 | | State agencies, excluding public universities, in Fiscal Years | 4 | | 2010 and 2011; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That the audit include, but need not be limited | 6 | | to, 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, | 24 | | the auditors may exclude grants and awards that are distributed |
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| 1 | | pursuant to a formula or for which a written grant or award | 2 | | agreement is not required; and be it further | 3 | | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General is given the discretion | 4 | | to determine which State agencies and which grants and awards | 5 | | to include within this management audit, with the goal of | 6 | | reviewing a variety of State agencies, grant and award | 7 | | programs, and grantees; and be it further | 8 | | RESOLVED, That the State agencies, recipients of State | 9 | | funds, and any other entity or person that may have information | 10 | | relevant to this audit cooperate fully and promptly with the | 11 | | Auditor General's Office in its conduct; and be it further | 12 | | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as | 13 | | soon as practical and distribute the report upon completion in | 14 | | accordance with Section 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing | 15 | | Act; and be it further | 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the Auditor General.
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