Full Text of HR0119 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Central Illinois Economic Development | 3 | | Authority was created by Public Act 94-995 to coordinate the | 4 | | development of infrastructure and job-creation efforts in the | 5 | | central Illinois region; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Central Illinois Economic Development | 7 | | Authority, by law, is responsible for supervising public | 8 | | efforts by the State and units of local government to develop | 9 | | infrastructure and create jobs within the counties of Macon, | 10 | | Sangamon, Menard, Logan, Christian, DeWitt, Macoupin, | 11 | | Montgomery, Calhoun, Greene, and Jersey; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Many of these counties are suffering from high | 13 | | rates of unemployment and other negative effects stemming from | 14 | | the worldwide economic recession; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The Central Illinois Economic Development | 16 | | Authority Act requires that the Board of Directors of the | 17 | | Central Illinois Economic Development Authority consist of 15 | 18 | | members including the Director of Commerce and
Economic | 19 | | Opportunity, or a designee of that Department,
3 members | 20 | | appointed by the Governor, and one member appointed by the | 21 | | county board chairperson of each of the following counties: | 22 | | Macon, Sangamon, Menard, Logan, Christian, DeWitt, Macoupin, |
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| 1 | | Montgomery, Calhoun, Greene, and Jersey; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Although the Central Illinois Economic | 3 | | Development Authority was created in 2006, the Governor has not | 4 | | appointed his 3 members of the Board of Directors of the | 5 | | Central Illinois Economic Development Authority as of November | 6 | | 19, 2010; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Because the Board of Directors is not fully | 8 | | constituted, the Central Illinois Economic Development | 9 | | Authority is not able to effectively help persons and entities | 10 | | who are being negatively affected by the economic recession; | 11 | | therefore, be it | 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we urge the Governor to make his appointments to the Board of | 15 | | Directors of the Central Illinois Economic Development | 16 | | Authority, so that the Authority may commence full operations | 17 | | and carry out the responsibilities assigned to it by law; and | 18 | | be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to | 20 | | the Governor.
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