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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Many citizens of Illinois are facing an economic |
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| struggle to pay grocery bills and fill their cars' gas tanks, |
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| but downstate homeowners face the additional burden of |
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| astronomical property taxes; and
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| WHEREAS, The over-reliance of government on property taxes |
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| to generate ever increasing revenues has resulted in an |
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| unstable and unpredictable system that drains the resources of |
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| homeowners who are hard-pressed to afford the nearly constant |
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| tax increases; and
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| WHEREAS, It is past time to reexamine the property tax |
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| system in Illinois in order to reevaluate its goals and |
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| determine alternative methods of achieving its purposes; |
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| therefore be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| there is created the Property Tax Task Force consisting of 9 |
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| members appointed by the Speaker of the House of |
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| Representatives; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Property Tax Task Force shall conduct a |
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| study of the property tax system in Illinois and investigate |
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| methods of reducing the reliance on property taxes and |
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| alternative methods of funding; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall serve |
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| without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their |
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| reasonable and necessary expenses; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall submit its findings to |
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| the House of Representatives no later than January 1, 2005, at |
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| which time the Task Force is dissolved.
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