Full Text of HJR0014 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 4 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Local Government and School | 5 | | District Consolidation Task Force is created for the purpose of | 6 | | recommending the best procedure and governmental structure for | 7 | | consolidating units of local government, school districts, and | 8 | | library districts; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall be composed of 11 | 10 | | members as follows: | 11 | | (1) one member each appointed by the President of the
| 12 | | Senate and the Senate Minority Leader; | 13 | | (2) one member each appointed by the Speaker of the | 14 | | House and the House Minority Leader; | 15 | | (3) the State Superintendent of Education, as an ex | 16 | | officio member of the Task Force; | 17 | | (4) the Secretary of State, as an ex officio member of | 18 | | the Task Force; and | 19 | | (5) 5 members appointed by the Governor as follows: | 20 | | (A) one member selected from recommendations | 21 | | provided by an association representing labor; | 22 | | (B) one member selected from recommendations | 23 | | provided by an association representing | 24 | | municipalities; |
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| 1 | | (C) one member selected from recommendations | 2 | | provided by an association representing fire | 3 | | protection districts; | 4 | | (D) one member selected from recommendations | 5 | | provided by an association representing park | 6 | | districts; and | 7 | | (E) one member selected from recommendations | 8 | | provided by an association representing teachers; and | 9 | | be it further | 10 | | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State shall serve as the | 11 | | chairperson of the Task Force; and be it further | 12 | | RESOLVED, That a member of the Task Force is not entitled | 13 | | to compensation, but may be reimbursed for actual and necessary | 14 | | expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties | 15 | | as members of the Task Force; and be it further | 16 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall meet at least monthly | 17 | | at the times and places that the chair designates; and be it | 18 | | further | 19 | | RESOLVED, That a majority of the members of the Task Force | 20 | | constitute a quorum for transacting Task Force business; and be | 21 | | it further |
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force must study the costs and | 2 | | benefits of consolidating units of local government, school | 3 | | districts, and library districts; and be it further | 4 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall prepare and issue a | 5 | | report to the Governor and the General Assembly by January 1, | 6 | | 2012, recommending the best procedure and governmental | 7 | | structure for consolidating units of local government, school | 8 | | districts, and library districts; and be it further | 9 | | RESOLVED, That the report must include recommendations for | 10 | | legislation to implement the consolidation of units of local | 11 | | government, school districts, and library districts; and be it | 12 | | further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That the Department of Commerce and Economic | 14 | | Opportunity shall provide administrative and other support to | 15 | | the Task Force.
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