Full Text of HR0004 96th General Assembly
HR0004 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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| Resolution 1650 of the Ninety-Fifth General Assembly is hereby | 2 |
| reconstituted; and be it further
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| 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
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| 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
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 21 |
| delivered to the members of the Special Investigative Committee | 22 |
| and to the House Prosecutor.
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