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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, Economic growth and increased opportunity are of
3utmost importance in this current economic downturn; and
 
4    WHEREAS, New commercial, residential, and affordable
5housing development plays an important role in stimulating
6economic growth, job creation, and infrastructure and
7environmental improvements in the State of Illinois; and
 
8    WHEREAS, New real estate development, especially in the
9commercial, residential, and affordable housing fields, plays
10an important role in maintaining property values and in
11maintaining the financial stability of units of government at
12all levels throughout the State of Illinois; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Many public pensions have suffered decreases in
14the value of their investment portfolios; many of those
15portfolios have investments in real estate partnerships; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Public-private partnerships play a key role in
17encouraging and accelerating commercial, residential, and
18affordable housing development projects, thereby helping to
19improve our nation's communities; and
 
20    WHEREAS, There is an inherent risk associated with

 

 

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1commercial, residential, and affordable housing development
2projects; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Partnerships are widely used in real estate
4projects in order to provide flexibility in allocating risks
5and potential rewards in real estate projects; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Current legislative proposals in Congress would
7re-characterize carried interest, currently treated as capital
8gains, as ordinary income, thereby discouraging real estate
9partnerships from investing in Illinois; this proposal could
10also depress economic activity across our State and jeopardize
11the stability of property values and the value of any pension
12funds which may be invested in such real estate partnerships;
13therefore, be it
 
14    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
15ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we respectfully urge
16the United States Congress and the President of the United
17States to maintain the current capital gains tax treatment or
18classification for tax purposes of promoted or carried interest
19used by real estate partnerships; and be it further
 
20    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
21delivered to the Majority and Minority Leaders of the United
22States Senate, the Speaker and Minority Leader of the United

 

 

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1States House of Representatives, and each member of the
2Illinois congressional delegation.