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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Although much of America is thriving | ||||||
| 3 | economically, rural areas have not recovered
from the Great | ||||||
| 4 | Recession of the late 2000s; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Georgia, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New | ||||||
| 6 | York, Pennsylvania,
Tennessee, Utah, and Wisconsin have all | ||||||
| 7 | begun to look into rural concerns through the creation
of | ||||||
| 8 | initiatives, committees, councils, and agencies; therefore, be | ||||||
| 9 | it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 11 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 12 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the Rural | ||||||
| 13 | Development Task Force whose purpose
is the following: | ||||||
| 14 | (1) Study the conditions, needs, issues, and problems | ||||||
| 15 | in the agriculture industry; and | ||||||
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(2) Evaluate any action or legislation that may be | ||||||
| 17 | necessary to promote economic
development in the rural | ||||||
| 18 | areas of the State; and be it further | ||||||
| 19 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall be composed of the | ||||||
| 20 | following members, who shall serve without
compensation: | ||||||
| 21 | (1) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House; | ||||||
| 22 | (2) One member appointed by
the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
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| 1 | House; | ||||||
| 2 | (3) One member appointed by the President of the | ||||||
| 3 | Senate; | ||||||
| 4 | (4) One
member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
| 5 | Senate; | ||||||
| 6 | (5) One member appointed by the
Governor; | ||||||
| 7 | (6) One member appointed by the Director of the | ||||||
| 8 | Department of Agriculture; | ||||||
| 9 | (7) One member appointed by the
Director of the | ||||||
| 10 | Department of Commerce and Economic Development; | ||||||
| 11 | (8) One
member representing the State's largest | ||||||
| 12 | agricultural association, appointed by the Speaker of the | ||||||
| 13 | House; and | ||||||
| 14 | (9) One member representing the State's largest | ||||||
| 15 | economic development association, appointed by the | ||||||
| 16 | Minority Leader of the House; and be it further | ||||||
| 17 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall elect a chairperson | ||||||
| 18 | from its membership and shall have
the authority to determine | ||||||
| 19 | its own meeting schedule, hearing schedule, and agendas; and be | ||||||
| 20 | it
further | ||||||
| 21 | RESOLVED, That any vacancy in the membership of the Task | ||||||
| 22 | Force shall be filled in the manner
in which the original | ||||||
| 23 | member was appointed; and be it further | ||||||
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That the Department of Agriculture shall provide | ||||||
| 2 | any necessary administrative
support; and be it further | ||||||
| 3 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall submit its final report | ||||||
| 4 | to the
Governor and General Assembly no later than December 31, | ||||||
| 5 | 2019, and upon the filing of its report, is dissolved.
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