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90_HJ0062
LRB9012130REmbB
1 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The infrastructure of the State's roads and
3 highways is an integral part of the State's economy, and the
4 State must use its Road Fund dollars for road repair,
5 construction, and maintenance, not to fund the State's
6 bureaucracy; and
7 WHEREAS, The State coffers contain a surplus of citizen's
8 tax dollars, and it is the taxpayers who should benefit with
9 middle-class tax relief; and
10 WHEREAS, Health and Human Service employees who work in
11 long-term care facilities, homes for the developmentally
12 disabled or physically challenged, or other types of settings
13 perform a valuable service to all citizens of the State of
14 Illinois, but are paid a minimum or next to minimum wage;
15 excess State revenues should be diverted to those who deserve
16 a cost-of-living increase; and
17 WHEREAS, All children of the State of Illinois should
18 have access to quality health care services; special
19 attention must be paid to those children who are uninsured,
20 and funding a Children's Health Insurance Program should come
21 before pay increases for General Assembly Members; and
22 WHEREAS, The citizens of the State of Illinois have
23 placed their trust in the officials of the Legislative,
24 Judicial, and the Executive Branches of this State to act as
25 caretakers of the State's financial status, and believe that
26 these officials will place the needs of the citizens before
27 their own needs; therefore, be it
28 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
29 NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
30 SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the report of the Compensation
31 Review Board filed on April 30, 1998 as provided in the
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1 Compensation Review Act is hereby disapproved in whole in
2 accordance with Section 5 of that Act; and be it further
3 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be directed to
4 the Compensation Review Board.