Full Text of HR0928 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has more than $5,000,000,000 | 3 | | in unpaid bills and a cumulative financial deficit as of June | 4 | | 30, 2013 of $47,800,000,000 as reported by the Auditor | 5 | | General's FY'13 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The citizens of Illinois deserve explanations as | 7 | | to how their money is spent and where it goes; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives is aware | 9 | | that substantial sums of money within the overall State budget | 10 | | are not spent directly by the State but are transferred, in the | 11 | | form of grants, to non-State entities that then spend the | 12 | | money; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives believes | 14 | | that the people of the State are not fully aware of the size | 15 | | and scale of Illinois's grants to non-State enterprises; | 16 | | therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we request the Auditor General provide a complete list of the | 20 | | grant programs operated by the State in FY'13, which includes | 21 | | the amount of money contained in each grant, the legal name of |
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| 1 | | the recipient of each grant, the mailing address of the | 2 | | recipient of each grant, and the purpose, if any, agreed upon | 3 | | by the grant-making agency and the recipient of each grant, for | 4 | | which the money will be spent; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General is directed to seek the | 6 | | cooperation of all of the grant-making entities of the State to | 7 | | which sums of money are appropriated to from State funds; and | 8 | | be it further | 9 | | RESOLVED, That the compiled list shall be presented, no | 10 | | later than May 15, 2014, to Governor Pat Quinn, Speaker of the | 11 | | House Michael Madigan, Senate President John Cullerton, Senate | 12 | | Minority Leader Christine Radogno, and House Minority Leader | 13 | | Jim Durkin; and be it further | 14 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to | 15 | | Auditor General William G. Holland.
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