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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | 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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| 5 | 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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| 24 | 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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| 1 | 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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| 16 | 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 | it further | ||||||
| 22 | 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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