Full Text of HR0671 093rd General Assembly
HR0671 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, the Department of Commerce and Economic | 3 |
| Opportunity (DCEO) is the lead State agency for economic | 4 |
| development in Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, in that capacity, DCEO expended over $800 million | 6 |
| in Fiscal Year 2002 appropriations for community and business | 7 |
| development, technology and industrial competitiveness, | 8 |
| tourism, coal development and marketing, and Illinois First; | 9 |
| and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, Executive Order Number 11 (2003) transferred | 11 |
| responsibility for administering the federal Workforce | 12 |
| Investment Act of 1998, Title I, the federal Illinois Trade | 13 |
| Adjustment Assistance Program, and the federal and State funded | 14 |
| Welfare to Work program from the Department of Employment | 15 |
| Security to DCEO; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, Executive Order Number 11 (2003) also vested in | 17 |
| DCEO certain duties of the Illinois Community College Board and | 18 |
| the Prairie State 2000 Authority and abolished the latter | 19 |
| agency; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, efficient and effective management of the State's | 21 |
| economic development programs is critical to the fiscal | 22 |
| soundness of the State, local communities, business, and | 23 |
| Illinois workers; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 25 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 26 |
| the Auditor General is directed to conduct a management and | 27 |
| program audit of the Department of Commerce and Economic | 28 |
| Opportunity's administration of its economic development | 29 |
| programs; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the audit include, but need not be limited | 2 |
| to, the following determinations: (i) whether DCEO's economic | 3 |
| development programs are operated in conformity with | 4 |
| applicable federal and State requirements; (ii) whether DCEO | 5 |
| has established and implemented procedures to periodically | 6 |
| review both the efficiency and effectiveness of its economic | 7 |
| development programs; (iii) whether DCEO has in place | 8 |
| appropriate monitoring and reporting procedures to ensure that | 9 |
| it receives timely and accurate information from its grant and | 10 |
| loan recipients; (iv) whether DCEO's reported performance | 11 |
| measures are periodically reviewed and adequately supported by | 12 |
| underlying documentation; and (v) whether DCEO's performance | 13 |
| measures indicate that its economic development programs are | 14 |
| effective in accomplishing their stated purposes; and be it | 15 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That the Department of Commerce and Economic | 17 |
| Opportunity and its predecessor agencies, recipients of State | 18 |
| funds, and any other entity or person that may have information | 19 |
| relevant to this audit cooperate fully and promptly with the | 20 |
| Auditor General's Office in the conduct of this audit; and be | 21 |
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| RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as | 23 |
| soon as possible and distribute the report upon completion in | 24 |
| accordance with Section 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing | 25 |
| Act; and be it further | 26 |
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be delivered to | 27 |
| the Auditor General and to the Director of Commerce and | 28 |
| Economic Opportunity.
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