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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The Illinois Department on Aging is currently
3 located in two State-owned facilities where it pays no rent;
4 and
 
5     WHEREAS, The Department is planning to move to a leased
6 space where it will be paying more than $530,000 per year; and
 
7     WHEREAS, The State of Illinois is facing a fiscal year 2011
8 budget deficit of historic proportions; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Many of the facts used to justify these leases are
10 uncertain and have been disputed; therefore, be it
 
11     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
12 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
13 urge the Departments on Aging and Central Management Services
14 to work with the Procurement Policy Board to review current
15 leases as well as existing space in State facilities to find
16 the solution that imposes the smallest burden on Illinois
17 taxpayers in this time of budget challenge; and be it further
 
18     RESOLVED, That the Procurement Policy Board should report
19 to the General Assembly within six weeks of passage of this
20 resolution on the status of the leases.