Full Text of HR0129 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, It is the custom of the Illinois State Capitol | 3 | | and its grounds to include many installations to reflect the | 4 | | groups, the women, and the men who have at various times been | 5 | | seen as memorable in the history of Illinois; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Many of these Illinois State Capitol | 7 | | installations are official portraits of individuals who have | 8 | | served as Speakers of the Illinois House of Representatives, | 9 | | an office designated by the Constitution of Illinois; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The most recent ex-Speaker of the Illinois House | 11 | | of Representatives, Michael J. Madigan, served as Speaker from | 12 | | January 1983 until January 1995 and, again, from January 1997 | 13 | | until January 2021; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, In the ordinary course of events, a portrait of | 15 | | former Speaker Madigan would be painted or photographed and | 16 | | hung in the Illinois State Capitol; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, It is also the statutory policy of the State of | 18 | | Illinois that a series of Illinois State Capitol portraits may | 19 | | be interrupted when there is good and sufficient reason to do | 20 | | so; in subsection (b) of Section 212 of the State Designations | 21 | | Act (5 ILCS 460/212(b)), an interruption of this type has been |
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| 1 | | inserted by statute into the series of the portraits of the | 2 | | Governors of Illinois that hang in the south wing of the second | 3 | | floor of the Capitol; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, At the time of the introduction of this Illinois | 5 | | House Resolution, former Speaker Madigan is preparing his | 6 | | defense against a series of federal criminal charges contained | 7 | | in a lengthy indictment brought by the United States Attorney | 8 | | for the United States District Court for the Northern District | 9 | | of Illinois; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 11 | | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 | | we request that no official portrait of former Speaker Michael | 13 | | J. Madigan be hung in the Illinois State Capitol, or in the | 14 | | Illinois Capitol Complex, until such time as Mr. Madigan is | 15 | | acquitted of all of the charges lodged against him in the U.S. | 16 | | Northern District of Illinois, or until such time as all of the | 17 | | aforementioned charges are dropped; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be delivered to | 19 | | Alexi Giannoulias, the Illinois Secretary of State and | 20 | | custodian of the Illinois Capitol Complex.
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