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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1903 of the 93rd General Assembly |
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| became Public Act 93-0032; and
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| WHEREAS, This Act was intended to give the Governor of the |
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| State of Illinois the authority to take surplus funds from |
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| other dedicated funds and deposit those moneys into the State's |
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| General Revenue Fund; and
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| WHEREAS, Governor Blagojevich expressed to the General |
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| Assembly that this authority would only be used to take funds |
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| that would otherwise go unused; and
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| WHEREAS, Members of the 93rd General Assembly have since |
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| learned that the Governor has used this authority to take $2 |
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| million out of the Local Government Health Insurance Reserve |
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| Fund; and
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| WHEREAS, The Local Government Health Insurance Reserve |
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| Fund is used by units of local government to provide health |
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| insurance to public servants; and
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| WHEREAS, Units of local government were unprepared for this |
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| change and must now make up the difference in the middle of |
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| their fiscal year; and
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| WHEREAS, This removal of funds will drastically affect the |
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| budgets of units of local government throughout the State of |
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| Illinois and have a detrimental affect on police and fire |
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| protection and other important and necessary government |
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| services; 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 we |
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| urge the Governor to re-deposit the $2 million that he has |