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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS,  Section  1  of  Article  II  of  the   Illinois
 3    Constitution  provides  that  the legislative, executive, and
 4    judicial branches are  separate  and  that  no  branch  shall
 5    exercise powers properly belonging to another; and

 6        WHEREAS, Article IV of the Illinois Constitution provides
 7    for  the  creation, organization, and transaction of business
 8    in the Illinois General Assembly; and

 9        WHEREAS,  One  of  the  powers  granted  to  the  General
10    Assembly in Section IV of the Illinois  Constitution  is  the
11    passage of appropriations bills; and

12        WHEREAS,  The State of Illinois faces fiscal difficulties
13    as revenue shortfalls have endangered programs  and  extended
14    payment  cycles to vendors that provide services on behalf of
15    the State of Illinois; and

16        WHEREAS, The United States Congress has approved  a  $350
17    billion package of tax cuts and economic assistance that will
18    be  used  to  help  states facing budget difficulties and the
19    legislation has been signed into law by President Bush; and

20        WHEREAS, $20 billion will be sent to states for  economic
21    assistance,  including  an  estimated $353 million to benefit
22    the Illinois Medicaid program and an additional $422  million
23    in flexible assistance for Illinois; therefore, be it

24        RESOLVED,   BY   THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  OF  THE
25    NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS,  that
26    we  urge  the House Human Services Appropriation Committee to
27    meet to discuss the proper budgeting of the funds received as
28    a result of the passage of The Jobs  and  Growth  Tax  Relief
29    Reconciliation Act of 2003; and be it further

30        RESOLVED,  That  an  accounting  of how the funds will be
 
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 1    spent  should  be  presented  to  the  House  Human  Services
 2    Appropriation  Committee  by   the   Governor's   Office   of
 3    Management and Budget when such a distribution is determined.