HR0928 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has more than $5,000,000,000 in unpaid bills and a cumulative financial deficit as of June 30, 2013 of $47,800,000,000 as reported by the Auditor General's FY'13 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report; and

WHEREAS, The citizens of Illinois deserve explanations as to how their money is spent and where it goes; and

WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives is aware that substantial sums of money within the overall State budget are not spent directly by the State but are transferred, in the form of grants, to non-State entities that then spend the money; and

WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives believes that the people of the State are not fully aware of the size and scale of Illinois's grants to non-State enterprises; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we request the Auditor General provide a complete list of the grant programs operated by the State in FY'13, which includes the amount of money contained in each grant, the legal name of the recipient of each grant, the mailing address of the recipient of each grant, and the purpose, if any, agreed upon by the grant-making agency and the recipient of each grant, for which the money will be spent; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Auditor General is directed to seek the cooperation of all of the grant-making entities of the State to which sums of money are appropriated to from State funds; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the compiled list shall be presented, no later than May 15, 2014, to Governor Pat Quinn, Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, Senate President John Cullerton, Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno, and House Minority Leader Jim Durkin; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to Auditor General William G. Holland.