Full Text of SJR0062 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Emergency responders are constantly placed in | 3 | | danger while performing their duties, both from the dangerous | 4 | | conditions of their work and the hazardous locations where | 5 | | incidents occur; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, On March 5, 2013, Hudson Community Fire Protection | 7 | | District volunteer firefighter Chris Brown was struck and | 8 | | killed by a motorist while working at the scene of a motor | 9 | | vehicle collision; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, On October 30, 2013, Pontiac Police
Department K9 | 11 | | Officer Casey Kohlmeier was struck and killed by a drunk driver | 12 | | while performing his duties on Interstate 55; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Many other emergency responders have been killed, | 14 | | injured, or placed in needless danger by similar incidents; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, More comprehensive solutions are required to | 16 | | ensure that emergency responders are able to safely perform the | 17 | | vital duties they carry out for the citizens of our State; | 18 | | therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 1 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the Emergency | 2 | | Responder Roadway Safety Task Force to identify and recommend | 3 | | ways that the State of Illinois can increase the safety of | 4 | | emergency responders while they perform their duties; and be it | 5 | | further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall consist of the | 7 | | following members: one member appointed by the Speaker of the | 8 | | House of Representatives; one member appointed by the Minority | 9 | | Leader of the House of Representatives; one member appointed by | 10 | | the President of the Senate; one member appointed by the | 11 | | Minority Leader of the Senate; 2 members appointed by the | 12 | | Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation, one of | 13 | | which must be currently employed as a highway maintainer with | 14 | | the Illinois Department of Transportation; one member | 15 | | appointed by the Director of the Illinois State Police; one | 16 | | police officer from a county with a population of less than | 17 | | 60,000 citizens appointed by the Director of the Illinois | 18 | | Emergency Management Agency; one police officer from a county | 19 | | with a population between 60,000 and 1,000,000 citizens | 20 | | appointed by the Director of the Illinois Emergency Management | 21 | | Agency; one police officer from a county with a population of | 22 | | more than 1,000,000 citizens appointed by the Director of the | 23 | | Illinois Emergency Management Agency; one firefighter from a | 24 | | county with a population of less than 60,000 citizens appointed | 25 | | by the Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency; |
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| 1 | | one firefighter from a county with a population between 60,000 | 2 | | and 1,000,000 citizens appointed by the Director of the | 3 | | Illinois Emergency Management Agency; one firefighter from a | 4 | | county with a population of more than 1,000,000 citizens | 5 | | appointed by the Director of the Illinois Emergency Management | 6 | | Agency; one emergency medical services personnel from a county | 7 | | with a population of less than 60,000 citizens appointed by the | 8 | | Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency; one | 9 | | emergency medical services personnel from a county with a | 10 | | population between 60,000 and 1,000,000 citizens appointed by | 11 | | the Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency; and | 12 | | one emergency medical services personnel from a county with a | 13 | | population of more than 1,000,000 citizens appointed by the | 14 | | Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency; the | 15 | | members of the Task Force shall select a chairperson at the | 16 | | initial meeting; and be it further | 17 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Emergency Management Agency | 18 | | shall provide administrative and other support to the Task | 19 | | Force; and be it further | 20 | | RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall serve | 21 | | without compensation; and be it further | 22 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall submit a report of its | 23 | | findings and recommendations to the General Assembly no later |
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| 1 | | than January 1, 2015.
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