Full Text of SJR0017 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Subsection (b) of Section 25-10 of the State | 3 | | Officials and Employees Ethics Act requires that the | 4 | | Legislative Ethics Commission shall diligently search out | 5 | | qualified candidates for the office of Legislative Inspector | 6 | | General and make recommendations to the General Assembly, which | 7 | | shall appoint a Legislative Inspector General by joint | 8 | | resolution; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Subsection (b) of Section 25-10 further states | 10 | | that the Legislative Inspector General shall be selected solely | 11 | | on the basis of integrity and demonstrated ability and sets | 12 | | forth the necessary educational and employment criteria; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, The Legislative Ethics Commission at its December | 14 | | 2018 meeting voted unanimously to recommend that the General | 15 | | Assembly appoint Carol M. Pope as Legislative Inspector | 16 | | General; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Justice Pope has led an exemplary career of public | 18 | | service that more than qualifies her to serve as the | 19 | | Legislative Inspector General; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, A native of Illinois, Justice Pope was admitted to | 21 | | the Illinois bar in 1979 and has dedicated her professional |
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| 1 | | life to work that has demonstrated her practical commitment to | 2 | | integrity time and again; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, After clerking for the chief judge of the United | 4 | | States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, she | 5 | | served as Menard County State's Attorney from 1984 to 1991; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Recognizing her ability, the Illinois Supreme | 7 | | Court appointed her to serve as a circuit judge of the Eighth | 8 | | Judicial Circuit, a post the voters elected her to in 1992 and | 9 | | re-elected her to in 1998, 2004, and 2010; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, While still a circuit judge, the Illinois Supreme | 11 | | Court assigned Justice Pope to serve on the appellate court of | 12 | | the Fourth Judicial District in 2008; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Justice Pope was elected an appellate judge of the | 14 | | Fourth Judicial District in her own right in 2012 and retired | 15 | | from the appellate court in 2018; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Justice Pope's extensive history of experience, | 17 | | appointments, professional activities, and publications | 18 | | uniquely qualifies her for the position of Legislative | 19 | | Inspector General, an office that necessitates both keen | 20 | | intellect and insight into the personal and professional | 21 | | motivations of persons acting in the public realm; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Justice Pope continues to demonstrate her | 2 | | commitment to integrity in public service as a member of the | 3 | | Illinois Judicial Ethics Committee, providing ethics advice to | 4 | | judges throughout Illinois; therefore, be it | 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 6 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 7 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we appoint Carol M. Pope as Legislative | 8 | | Inspector General in accordance with subsection (b) of Section | 9 | | 25-10 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, | 10 | | endorsing her wholeheartedly as surpassing all statutory | 11 | | requirements and in full confidence that her character and | 12 | | integrity will enhance the office of Legislative Inspector | 13 | | General and benefit the administration of the ethical | 14 | | foundation on which Illinois legislators and legislative | 15 | | employees operate; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That, in accordance with subsection (b) of | 17 | | Section 25-10 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, | 18 | | the appointment of Carol M. Pope takes effect upon the adoption | 19 | | of this joint resolution by the affirmative vote of | 20 | | three-fifths of the members elected to each house of the | 21 | | General Assembly, the certification of this joint resolution by | 22 | | the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President | 23 | | of the Senate, and the filing of this joint resolution with the |
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| 1 | | Secretary of State or March 1, 2019, whichever is later; and be | 2 | | it further | 3 | | RESOLVED, That, in accordance with subsection (b) of | 4 | | Section 25-10 of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, | 5 | | the term of Legislative Inspector General Pope shall run | 6 | | through June 30, 2023; and be it further | 7 | | RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be delivered to | 8 | | Carol M. Pope and the Legislative Ethics Commission. |
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