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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The citizens of Illinois are continually taxed 
3more and more each year; and
  
 
4    WHEREAS, These taxes make Illinois inhospitable to both 
5citizens and businesses alike; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, The citizens of Illinois are already faced with 
7some of the highest taxes in the
nation; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, The City of Chicago has already enacted a 
9seven-cent "bag tax" on plastic
grocery bags; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Many citizens have publicly expressed their 
11displeasure with Governor Pritzker's
proposed statewide bag 
12tax, vowing to use tote bags or even their hands; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, This  will likely result in the bag tax falling 
14well short of the $20 million in new revenue that Governor 
15Pritzker has predicted it will bring in; and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, The citizens of Illinois are already faced with so 
17many aspects of their lives being
taxed at ever-increasing 
18rates; therefore, be it
  
 
 
 
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1    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
2HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
3we urge the Illinois General
Assembly to oppose the 
4implementation of any tax on plastic grocery bags in 2019 and 
5beyond; and be it further
  
 
6    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be 
7delivered to Governor Pritzker and each
member of the Illinois 
8General Assembly.