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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, During the Ninety-Fifth General Assembly, the
3 Special Investigative Committee was created pursuant to House
4 Resolution 1650 to investigate allegations of misfeasance,
5 malfeasance, nonfeasance, and other misconduct of Governor Rod
6 R. Blagojevich and to make a recommendation as to whether cause
7 exists for impeachment; and
 
8     WHEREAS, The Special Investigative Committee filed its
9 Final Report (the "Final Report") with the House on January 8,
10 2009 and created a record of its proceedings (the "Committee
11 Record"); and
 
12     WHEREAS, On January 9, 2009 the House adopted House
13 Resolution 1671 of the Ninety-Fifth General Assembly and
14 thereby impeached Governor Rod R. Blagojevich; and
 
15     WHEREAS, The work of the Special Investigative Committee is
16 ongoing, and the Committee may be required to take further
17 evidence, in the form of testimony or documents or other
18 materials; therefore, be it
 
19     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
20 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
21 the Special Investigative Committee created pursuant to House

 

 

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1 Resolution 1650 of the Ninety-Fifth General Assembly is hereby
2 reconstituted; and be it further
 
3     RESOLVED, That the Special Investigative Committee shall
4 be comprised of those persons appointed pursuant to House
5 Resolution 1650 of the Ninety-Fifth General Assembly, until
6 such time as the appointing authorities established in House
7 Resolution 1650 appoint different persons to the Special
8 Investigative Committee; and be it further
 
9     RESOLVED, That the Special Investigative Committee shall
10 have the authority, duties, and purposes as set forth in House
11 Resolution 1650 of the Ninety-Fifth General Assembly,
12 including the purposes of investigating allegations of
13 misfeasance, malfeasance, nonfeasance, and other misconduct of
14 Governor Rod R. Blagojevich and making a recommendation as to
15 whether cause exists for impeachment, and shall further have
16 the authority and duty to refer any further evidence the
17 Committee may acquire to the House Prosecutor who is designated
18 to prosecute in the impeachment trial of Governor Rod R.
19 Blagojevich before the Illinois Senate; and be it further
 
20     RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
21 delivered to the members of the Special Investigative Committee
22 and to the House Prosecutor.