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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Article V, Section 11 of the Illinois Constitution
3 authorizes the Governor to reorganize executive agencies that
4 are directly responsible to the Governor; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Article V, Section 11 also provides that if the
6 proposed reorganization would contravene a statute, it may be
7 disapproved within 60 days by either house of the General
8 Assembly by record vote of a majority of the members elected;
9 and
 
10     WHEREAS, The Governor has issued Executive Order No. 1
11 (2008), which reorganizes certain agencies designated as
12 "Environmental and Economic Development Affected Agencies",
13 "Healthcare Affected Agencies", and "Social Services Affected
14 Agencies" by transferring certain common administrative
15 functions and common application development functions from
16 those agencies to the Department of Transportation, the
17 Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and the
18 Department of Human Services and creating within each of those
19 3 agencies a Division of Shared Services; and
 
20     WHEREAS, The proposed reorganization would contravene
21 numerous statutes, including those listed in Executive Order
22 No. 1 (2008); and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 1 (2008) was filed with the
2 Clerk of the House on March 31, 2008; therefore, be it
 
3     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
5 disapprove Executive Order No. 1 (2008) in its entirety; and be
6 it further
 
7     RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be delivered to
8 the Governor and the President of the Illinois Senate.