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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives has 
3established prudent fiscal parameters for the
State budget with 
4House Resolution 110, which required the House Revenue & 
5Finance Committee to set the total amount
of general fund 
6expenses for Fiscal Year 2012, and House Resolution 158, which 
7required that any amount of additional State revenue be used to 
8pay the
backlog of unpaid State obligations rather than being 
9spent on more State services; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, The Illinois House and the Illinois Senate passed 
11several State budget bills that held spending under the House 
12Revenue & Finance Committee's State revenue estimate; and

  
 
13    WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives passed the 
14two fiscally responsible
resolutions by a vote of 112-0-0 for 
15House Resolution 110 and 114-0-2 for House Resolution 158, 
16respectively; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, The State of Illinois would have paid employees 
18represented by the American Federation of State, County, and 
19Municipal Employees (AFSCME) an estimated $2,762,956,700 in 
20all funds for payroll costs before the House of Representatives 
21and the Senate reduced the budget for Fiscal Year 2012; and
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, The Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) for employees 
2represented by the American Federation of State, County, and 
3Municipal Employees (AFSCME) has averaged an increase of 4.25% 
4over the past 5 fiscal years; and
 
5    WHEREAS, The Consumer Price Index has averaged an increase 
6of 1.95% from the years 2007 to 2010; therefore, be it
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
8NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE 
9SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the State shall appropriate for 
10no more than an X% increase for wage increases associated with 
11any and all collectively bargained contracts throughout State 
12government; and be it further

  
 
13    RESOLVED, That it shall be the policy of the State of 
14Illinois that the size of, or a reduction in, the State 
15employee workforce shall not be a topic of collective 
16bargaining.