Full Text of HR1190 095th General Assembly
HR1190 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, In 2006, Governor Rod Blagojevich promised to | 3 |
| provide State money to Pilgrim Baptist Church (the "Church") in | 4 |
| Chicago to rebuild following a fire; and
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| WHEREAS, In March of 2007, a $1 million grant allegedly | 6 |
| intended for the Church was misdirected to the private Loop Lab | 7 |
| School, which had previously occupied space in a Church | 8 |
| building, but is otherwise unaffiliated with it; and
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| WHEREAS, The grant was provided by funds appropriated to | 10 |
| the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity; | 11 |
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| WHEREAS, Loop Lab School reportedly used the $1 million | 13 |
| grant from the State of Illinois to purchase space in a | 14 |
| downtown high-rise, but has not yet reopened as a school | 15 |
| facility; and
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| WHEREAS, Reportedly, the Governor's Office and Church | 17 |
| officials are negotiating a new grant agreement to provide the | 18 |
| Church with the promised assistance; and
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| WHEREAS, In the meantime, no attempts at recovering the | 20 |
| funds misdirected to Loop Lab School have been made; therefore, |
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| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 4 |
| the Auditor General is directed to conduct a management audit | 5 |
| of the process involved in the $1 million grant to Loop Lab | 6 |
| School; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That this management audit include, but not be | 8 |
| limited to, the following determinations:
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| (1) how and when the funds were promised to the Church, | 10 |
| and what process was followed, if any;
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| (2) how and when the funds were provided to the Loop | 12 |
| Lab School, and what process was followed, if any;
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| (3) what person or persons were involved in these | 14 |
| transactions;
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| (4) what internal controls are present in the grant | 16 |
| award process at the Illinois Department of Commerce and | 17 |
| Economic Opportunity, and whether those internal controls | 18 |
| were followed and are adequate to ensure that grants are | 19 |
| awarded to proper parties for intended purposes; | 20 |
| (5) what actions, if any, are being followed to either | 21 |
| recover the misdirected funds and/or determine the purpose | 22 |
| for which the funds have been used, and whether they have | 23 |
| been used for a legitimate purpose; and | 24 |
| (6) whether a grant to the Church is currently being |
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| developed and, if so, what
controls will be put in place to | 2 |
| ensure the funds, if provided, are used for their
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| purpose;
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| RESOLVED, That we urge that the Illinois Department of | 5 |
| Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the Office of the Governor, | 6 |
| and any other entity having information relevant to this audit | 7 |
| cooperate fully and promptly with the Auditor General's Office | 8 |
| in the conduct of this audit; and be it further | 9 |
| RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as | 10 |
| soon as possible and report his findings and recommendations | 11 |
| upon completion in accordance with the provisions of Section | 12 |
| 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act.
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