Bill Text: IL SR0159 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the Auditor General to conduct a performance audit of the State moneys provided by or through the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority to the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative under contracts or grant agreements in Fiscal Year 2011. Provides that the audit shall include the purposes for which State moneys were provided to the Authority, the extent of monitoring by the Authority of the Initiative's use of State moneys, the actual use of State moneys by the Authority, and the number of positions paid through the Initiative. Provides that the Auditor General shall report the findings and recommendations of the audit in accordance with the provisions of the Illinois State Auditing Act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SR0159 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SR0159-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The Neighborhood Recovery Initiative is a program
under the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority; and
WHEREAS, In October 2010, the Governor launched the
Neighborhood Recovery Initiative; and
WHEREAS, The Neighborhood Recovery Initiative, the
Illinois Violence Prevention Authority, or both have received
$33.5 million in State funding from the General Revenue Fund in
FY11; and
WHEREAS, In administering that initiative, the Authority
is to work closely with its local government officials;
therefore; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Auditor General is
directed to conduct a performance audit of the State moneys
provided by or through the Illinois Violence Prevention
Authority to the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative under
contracts or grant agreements in Fiscal Year 2011; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That this performance audit include, but not be

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limited to, the following determinations:
(1) the purposes for which State moneys were provided
to the Authority for the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative;
(2) the relationship between the Safety Net Works
program and the Initiative;
(3) the nature and extent of monitoring by the Illinois
Violence Prevention Authority of how the Initiative used
the State-provided moneys and whether certain residential
communities of similar crime rates were excluded;
(4) the actual use of State moneys by the Authority,
including the identity of any sub-recipients and the
amounts and purposes for employment;
(5) the number of positions paid through the Initiative
by organizational unit, job title, function, and salary and
whether employees completed and filled out appropriate
timesheets;
(6) the number of positions supervised or managed by
each management position and whether any of those employees
are supervised or managed by more than one management
position;
(7) whether, through a review of available
documentation, the Initiative has met or is meeting the
purposes for which the State moneys were provided, with
specific information concerning the Initiative staffing
levels, hiring procedures, and its compensation of
employees; and

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(8) whether the Initiative is in compliance with the
applicable laws, regulations, contracts, and grant
agreements pertaining to the Initiative's receipt of State
moneys; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority
and any other State agency or other entity or person that may
have information relevant to this audit cooperate fully and
promptly with the Auditor General's Office in its audit; and be
it further
RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as
soon as practical and report his findings and recommendations
upon completion in accordance with the provisions of Section
3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to the Auditor General.