SR0656 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Article V, Section 11 of the Illinois Constitution authorizes the Governor to reorganize executive agencies that are directly responsible to the Governor; and

WHEREAS, Article V, Section 11 also provides that if the proposed reorganization would contravene a statute, it may be disapproved within 60 days by either house of the General Assembly by record vote of a majority of the members elected; and

WHEREAS, The Governor has issued Executive Order No. 1 (2008), which reorganizes certain agencies designated as "Environmental and Economic Development Affected Agencies", "Healthcare Affected Agencies", and "Social Services Affected Agencies" by transferring certain common administrative functions and common application development functions from those agencies to the Department of Transportation, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, and the Department of Human Services and creating within each of those 3 agencies a Division of Shared Services; and

WHEREAS, The proposed reorganization would contravene numerous statutes, including those listed in Executive Order No. 1 (2008); and

WHEREAS, Executive Order No. 1 (2008) was filed with the Secretary of the Senate on March 31, 2008; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we disapprove Executive Order No. 1 (2008) in its entirety; and be it further

RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be delivered to the Governor and the Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives.