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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, No oil refinery has been built in the United | ||||||
| 3 | States in the past 30 years and U.S. consumers now rely upon | ||||||
| 4 | imported supplies of refined petroleum products to a degree | ||||||
| 5 | that is incompatible with national security; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina caused damage to | ||||||
| 7 | several Gulf Coast refineries, illustrating the vulnerability | ||||||
| 8 | of the nation's refining infrastructure and resulting in | ||||||
| 9 | gasoline shortages and dramatic fluctuations in fuel prices; | ||||||
| 10 | and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, The U.S. refining industry runs at nearly 100% | ||||||
| 12 | capacity in order to keep up with demand; therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 14 | NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 15 | there is created the Illinois Oil Refining Task Force for the | ||||||
| 16 | purpose of studying the lack of sufficient gasoline and | ||||||
| 17 | diesel-fuel refining capacity in Illinois; the Task Force shall | ||||||
| 18 | consist of 12 members as follows: one member appointed by the | ||||||
| 19 | Director of the Environmental Protection Agency; one member | ||||||
| 20 | appointed by the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity; | ||||||
| 21 | one member who represents the interests of the petroleum | ||||||
| 22 | industry; one member who represents the interests of the | ||||||
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| 1 | State's petroleum marketers; 2 members appointed by the | ||||||
| 2 | President of the Senate; 2 members appointed by the Minority | ||||||
| 3 | Leader of the Senate; 2 members appointed by the Speaker of the | ||||||
| 4 | House of Representatives; and 2 members appointed by the | ||||||
| 5 | Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; and be it | ||||||
| 6 | further
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| 7 | RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall appoint | ||||||
| 8 | one member to serve as chairperson; the initial meeting of the | ||||||
| 9 | Task Force shall be within 30 days after the appointment of a | ||||||
| 10 | majority of the members and all other meetings shall be at the | ||||||
| 11 | call of the chairperson; the members of the Task Force shall | ||||||
| 12 | receive
no compensation for their services as members of the | ||||||
| 13 | Task Force
but may be reimbursed for reasonable expenses | ||||||
| 14 | incurred as a result of their service from appropriations
made | ||||||
| 15 | by the General Assembly for that purpose; and be it further | ||||||
| 16 | RESOLVED, That the Department of Commerce and Economic | ||||||
| 17 | Opportunity shall provide staff support to the Task Force, as | ||||||
| 18 | necessary; and be it further | ||||||
| 19 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall report to the General | ||||||
| 20 | Assembly its recommendations on ways to improve the condition | ||||||
| 21 | of the State's refining capacity and shall file its report with | ||||||
| 22 | the Clerk of the House and with the Secretary of the Senate no | ||||||
| 23 | later than December 31, 2007; and be it further | ||||||
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to the Director of the Environmental Protection | ||||||
| 3 | Agency, the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the | ||||||
| 4 | President of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the Senate, the | ||||||
| 5 | Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Minority | ||||||
| 6 | Leader of the House of Representatives.
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