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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 55

 
2    WHEREAS, The boundaries of the 32nd Representative
3District are generally in the inner city of Chicago extending
4to the southwest suburbs of Burbank, Bridgeview, Hickory Hills,
5and Justice, Illinois; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The 32nd Representative District has a voting age
7population of 108,734 people of various ethnic and
8socio-economic backgrounds; and
 
9    WHEREAS, 27,909 of the residents of the 32nd Representative
10District live at or below the federal poverty level; and
 
11    WHEREAS, The 32nd Representative District ranks in the top
123 of Representative Districts reporting incidents of violent
13crime; and
 
14    WHEREAS, The Dan Ryan Expressway is that 12 mile portion of
15I-90/94 located in the City of Chicago spanning from
16approximately 95th Street to the south and Roosevelt Road to
17the north; and
 
18    WHEREAS, The Dan Ryan Expressway travels through the 32nd
19Representative District one linear mile from 67th Street to the
20north and 76th Street to the south; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Within the 32nd Representative District lies
2Halsted Street one mile west of the Dan Ryan Expressway; and,
3Cottage Grove Avenue one mile east of the Dan Ryan Expressway;
4this area generally encompasses the communities of Englewood
5and Grand Crossing including the Park Manor neighborhood; and
 
6    WHEREAS, In November of 1985, Mayor Harold Washington
7entered into an intergovernmental agreement with the State of
8Illinois whereby the State of Illinois could operate Illinois
9State Lottery kiosks at O'Hare International Airport; and,
10subsequently Chicago Midway International Airport; and
 
11    WHEREAS, In November of 1985, Governor James R. Thompson
12entered into an intergovernmental agreement with the City of
13Chicago whereby the Illinois State Police would patrol the Dan
14Ryan Expressway; and, all other expressways in the City of
15Chicago; and
 
16    WHEREAS, The State of Illinois receives monies after the
17imposition of fines and penalties upon those persons cited for,
18among other things, improperly operating motor vehicles on the
19Dan Ryan Expressway between 67th Street and 76th Street; and
 
20    WHEREAS, The State of Illinois derives financial profits
21directly from the Illinois State Lottery kiosks located at both

 

 

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1O'Hare International and Chicago Midway International
2Airports; and
 
3    WHEREAS, The Illinois State Lottery is successfully
4managed by Northstar Lottery Group, a subsidiary of the Italian
5company GTech Corporation, which exponentially surpassed the
6calculable revenue goals and expectations of the Illinois State
7Lottery deriving substantial profits for the Lottery; and
 
8    WHEREAS, In fact, the Illinois State Lottery posted fiscal
9year 2013 revenues of: (1) $4,939,990 from O'Hare International
10Airport; (2) $696,776 from Chicago Midway International
11Airport; and (3) $2,841,000,000 overall, of which $656,000,000
12was used to support education funding and $135,000,000 was used
13to support the State's capital infrastructure program; and
 
14    WHEREAS, It will not be a financial burden on the State of
15Illinois for the Illinois State Police to expand its patrol
16area, from the Dan Ryan Expressway between 67th Street and 76th
17Street one linear mile east and one linear mile west, to
18support efforts at combating violent crime in the State of
19Illinois; and
 
20    WHEREAS, Since as late as 1999, the Illinois State Police
21were dispatched to and patrolled the City of East St. Louis,
22Illinois to support efforts to combat crime in the State of

 

 

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1Illinois; and
 
2    WHEREAS, As of the date of the filing of this resolution,
3over 700 registered voters, within the 2 mile rectangular
4boundary of the Dan Ryan Expressway between 67th Street and
576th Street, have signed a petition imploring the Governor of
6the State of Illinois to dispatch the Illinois State Police,
7with all deliberate speed, to that specific area within the
832nd Representative District for a reasonable period of time;
9and
 
10    WHEREAS, These 700 affected residents of the 32nd
11Representative District have stated that they are in immediate
12need of assistance and relief to protect their health, safety
13and welfare; therefore, be it
 
14    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
15NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
16SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the Englewood
17Violent Crime Task Force within the Illinois State Police, to
18consist of the following:
19        (1) the Governor, or his or her designee;
20        (2) the Mayor of the City of Chicago, or his or her
21    designee;
22        (3) the Mayor of the City of East St. Louis, or his or
23    her designee;

 

 

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1        (4) the Illinois Attorney General, or his or her
2    designee;
3        (5) a member of the Illinois State's Attorneys
4    Association appointed by the President of the Association;
5        (6) a member of the Cook County Bar Association
6    appointed by the President of the Association;
7        (7) the manager of the Illinois State Lottery;
8        (8) two members of the Illinois House of
9    Representatives chosen by the Speaker of the Illinois House
10    of Representatives, one of whom shall serve as co-chair;
11        (9) two members of the Illinois House of
12    Representatives chosen by the Minority Leader of the
13    Illinois House of Representatives;
14        (10) two members of the Illinois Senate chosen by the
15    President of the Illinois Senate, one of whom shall serve
16    as co-chair;
17        (11) two members of the Illinois Senate chosen by the
18    Minority Leader of the Illinois Senate;
19        (12) the President of the Park Manor Neighbors
20    Community Council;
21        (13) the Executive Director of Project Brotherhood;
22        (14) the President of the Student Government
23    Association at the University of Illinois at Chicago;
24        (15) the President of the Student Government
25    Association at Chicago State University;
26        (16) the Director of Corrections, or his or her

 

 

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1    designee who must:
2            (A) be from the Department of Parole;
3            (B) be an active field agent; and
4            (C) possess at least a master's degree in criminal
5        justice or criminology;
6        (17) a faculty member of the Department of Criminology,
7    Law & Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago
8    appointed by the President of the University of Illinois;
9        (18) a member of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
10    appointed by the chairman of the board of the Chicagoland
11    Chamber of Commerce;
12        (19) a member of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce
13    appointed by the chairman of the board of the Illinois
14    Chamber of Commerce; and
15        (20) a member of the Illinois Retail Merchants
16    Association appointed by the President/CEO of the Illinois
17    Retail Merchants Association; and be it further
 
18    RESOLVED, That all appointments shall be made no later than
1945 days following adoption of this resolution; and be it
20further
 
21    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall study and determine the
22causes of violent crime in Englewood and nearby affected
23communities; and be it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall study and determine the
2feasibility of deploying the Illinois State Police to Englewood
3and nearby affected communities and neighborhoods; and be it
4further
 
5    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall develop a comprehensive
6long-term solution to the effect of violent crime in Englewood
7and nearby affected communities; and be it further
 
8    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall recommend a plan of
9action to substantially reduce the incidents of violent crime
10in Englewood and nearby affected communities; and be it further
 
11    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall draft any necessary
12legislation and make any necessary recommendations for
13appropriations for the General Assembly to pass and the
14Governor to sign to place the plan of action into immediate
15effect; and be it further
 
16    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall report its findings and
17recommendations and submit any and all proposed legislation to
18the Governor and General Assembly on or before December 31,
192014; and be it further
 
20    RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall serve
21without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their

 

 

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1reasonable and necessary expenses from the funds appropriated
2for that purpose from the Illinois State Police; and be it
3further
 
4    RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to
5the Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, the
6Minority Leader of the Illinois House of Representatives, the
7President of the Illinois Senate, the Minority Leader of the
8Illinois Senate, the Governor of the State of Illinois, and the
9Director of State Police.