Full Text of HR1048 95th General Assembly
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION 1048
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield | 3 |
| encompasses 366 acres with more than 100 permanent buildings; | 4 |
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois State Fairgrounds is home to the | 6 |
| annual Illinois State Fair and also serves as the location of | 7 |
| hundreds of educational and entertainment events throughout | 8 |
| the year; and
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| WHEREAS, Severe deterioration of underground electric | 10 |
| cable has caused a massive power outage at the Fairgrounds, | 11 |
| resulting in the cancellation of dozens of events; the | 12 |
| cancellations will cost the local economy millions of dollars | 13 |
| in lost revenues; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, The Capital Development Board is in the process of | 15 |
| completing a statewide facilities assessment to provide a "big | 16 |
| picture" look at State facilities; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, The purpose of this assessment is to provide an | 18 |
| inventory of State facilities, as well as to examine potential | 19 |
| energy savings and assess unoccupied space; and
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| WHEREAS, The assessment was begun in January 2007; and |
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| WHEREAS, The initial assessment data have been provided to | 2 |
| the Capital Development Board by Vanderweil Facilities | 3 |
| Advisors; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, The information in this assessment should be | 5 |
| provided to members of the General Assembly, so that it may be | 6 |
| used to help determine future maintenance and capital needs; | 7 |
| therefore, be it | 8 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 9 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 10 |
| the Capital Development Board shall provide a report, including | 11 |
| the data provided to the Capital Development Board by | 12 |
| Vanderweil Facility Advisors, to the General Assembly by May | 13 |
| 30, 2008 on the status of all State facilities, including the | 14 |
| Illinois State Fairgrounds, and their potential maintenance | 15 |
| and capital needs broken out according to House and Senate | 16 |
| legislative districts; and be it further | 17 |
| RESOLVED, That the requirement for filing the report with | 18 |
| the General Assembly shall be satisfied by filing copies of the | 19 |
| report with the Speaker, the Minority Leader, and the Clerk of | 20 |
| the House of Representatives; and be it further | 21 |
| RESOLVED, That, if the Capital Development Board does not |
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| file the report with the General Assembly by May 30, 2008 as | 2 |
| required, the Attorney General shall investigate the | 3 |
| withholding of the information by the Capital Development | 4 |
| Board; and be it further | 5 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution shall be | 6 |
| delivered to the Governor, the Attorney General, the Executive | 7 |
| Director of the Capital Development Board, and the Director of | 8 |
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