Full Text of SR0631 94th General Assembly
SR0631 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, the Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Inc., | 3 |
| is an assumed name of the Mexican American Chamber of Commerce | 4 |
| of Illinois, Inc.; and
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| WHEREAS, the Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Inc., | 6 |
| and/or the Mexican American Chamber of Commerce of Illinois, | 7 |
| Inc., ("the Chamber") has received over $1 million in State | 8 |
| funding from the Department of Commerce and Economic | 9 |
| Opportunity since FY03; and
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| WHEREAS, the Chamber has also received State moneys from | 11 |
| several other State agencies; and
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| WHEREAS, in August 2004 the Governor launched the Minority | 13 |
| Contractor Training Initiative with $400,000 in funding for the | 14 |
| Chamber; and
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| WHEREAS, in administering that initiative, the Chamber was | 16 |
| to work closely with its local Hispanic chambers and | 17 |
| organizations; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 19 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Auditor General is | 20 |
| directed to conduct a performance audit of the State moneys | 21 |
| provided by or through State agencies to the Illinois Hispanic | 22 |
| Chamber of Commerce, Inc., and/or the Mexican American Chamber | 23 |
| of Commerce of Illinois, Inc., under contracts or grant | 24 |
| agreements in Fiscal Years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006; and be it | 25 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That this performance audit include but not be | 27 |
| limited to, the following determinations: | 28 |
| (i) the purposes for which State moneys were provided | 29 |
| to the Chamber, for each State agency and for each amount |
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| transferred; | 2 |
| (ii) the nature and extent of monitoring by State | 3 |
| agencies of how the Chamber used the State provided moneys; | 4 |
| (iii) the actual use of State moneys by the Chamber | 5 |
| including the identity of any sub-recipients and the | 6 |
| amounts and purposes of any such pass-throughs; | 7 |
| (iv) whether, through a review of available | 8 |
| documentation, the Chamber has met or is meeting the | 9 |
| purposes for which the State moneys were provided, with | 10 |
| specific information concerning the Chamber's staffing | 11 |
| levels and its compensation of management employees; and | 12 |
| (v) whether the Chamber is in compliance with the | 13 |
| applicable laws, regulations, contracts, and grant
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| agreements pertaining to the Chamber's receipt of State | 15 |
| moneys; and be it further | 16 |
| RESOLVED, That
the Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, | 17 |
| Inc., the Mexican American Chamber of Commerce of Illinois, | 18 |
| Inc, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and | 19 |
| any other State agency or other entity or person that may have | 20 |
| information relevant to this audit cooperate fully and promptly | 21 |
| with the Auditor General's Office in its audit; and be it | 22 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as | 24 |
| soon as possible and report his findings and recommendations | 25 |
| upon completion in accordance with the provisions of Section | 26 |
| 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act.
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