Full Text of SR1753 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE RESOLUTION 1753
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend Senate Resolution 1753 by | 3 | | replacing everything after the heading with the following:
| 4 | | "WHEREAS, Good jobs are the foundation of a strong economy | 5 | | and a thriving society where the American Dream is within | 6 | | reach, the dignity of work is honored, families are nurtured, | 7 | | and communities can flourish; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, For many decades, the Nabisco plant (now owned by | 9 | | Mondelez International) on Chicago's Southwest Side has | 10 | | provided hundreds of jobs that have sustained working-class | 11 | | families and helped them to buy homes, educate their children, | 12 | | and give back to their communities, all while contributing to | 13 | | the success of its products and shareholders; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, In 1993, in recognition of the plant's importance | 15 | | to the Illinois economy, its then-owner, Nabisco Biscuit |
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| 1 | | Company, was awarded State and city tax credits in excess of | 2 | | $90 million as an incentive to stay in Chicago; as recently as | 3 | | 2013, Mondelez received a State EDGE tax credit conditional on | 4 | | the creation of 25 new jobs at its Naperville facility; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mondelez did not meet the job creation criteria in | 6 | | Naperville and was unable to utilize its EDGE tax credit; | 7 | | meanwhile, the company prepared to eliminate 600 jobs - half of | 8 | | the workforce - at the Southwest Side Oreo plant and relocate | 9 | | much of its production to Mexico; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Other EDGE beneficiaries were able to create or | 11 | | retain jobs at one Illinois location while moving many more | 12 | | positions out of the State from another location, thus avoiding | 13 | | their job creation and retention obligations and seriously | 14 | | undermining the core purpose of using public funds for economic | 15 | | development incentives; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Under Governor Bruce Rauner, the Department of | 17 | | Commerce and Economic Development has adopted a new policy | 18 | | whereby multiple facilities operated by EDGE recipients will no | 19 | | longer be considered separate entities, so corporations | 20 | | receiving tax credits cannot play a shell game with layoffs at | 21 | | taxpayer expense; therefore, be it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we commend the Rauner | 2 | | administration for closing the EDGE credit loophole and urge | 3 | | the Governor and the Department of Commerce and Economic | 4 | | Development to continue working with the General Assembly to | 5 | | tighten accountability in all corporate incentive programs, | 6 | | ensuring taxpayers dollars are used to create good-paying jobs | 7 | | that sustain families and communities for the long term; and be | 8 | | it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That we urge Mondelez International to | 10 | | reconsider its decision to move production lines out of Chicago | 11 | | and out of the United States, and instead to work fairly and in | 12 | | good faith with its loyal employees, the unions that represent | 13 | | those employees, and the State of Illinois in order to keep | 14 | | Oreos American-made and continue to invest in its human capital | 15 | | in a city that has supported the success of its products for | 16 | | many decades; and be it further | 17 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 18 | | delivered to Governor Rauner, DCEO Acting Director Sean | 19 | | McCarthy, and Mondelez International Chief Executive Officer | 20 | | Irene Rosenfeld.". |
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