Full Text of SJR0041 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The 2009 Illinois Jobs Now! capital construction | 3 | | plan was passed by overwhelming majorities in both the Illinois | 4 | | Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Illinois Jobs Now! was signed into law by Governor | 6 | | Pat Quinn, the first capital construction plan in nearly 10 | 7 | | years; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Illinois Jobs Now! has or will support 439,000 | 9 | | construction jobs over the 6-year span of the plan; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The plan is the largest capital construction plan | 11 | | in Illinois history, with a combined cost of $31 billion in | 12 | | State and federal funds; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois General Assembly is especially | 14 | | sensitive to the fact that State finances are at historic lows | 15 | | and fiscal resources are precious; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Taxpayers are demanding that their tax dollars be | 17 | | spent wisely; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, The Chicago Sun-Times recently revealed that the | 19 | | renovation of 3 pairs of State Capitol doors cost at least |
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| 1 | | $669,608; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Chicago Sun-Times recently reported that at | 3 | | least $481,364 was spent on 4 chandeliers and 2 sculptures; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, The cost of these doors, chandeliers, and | 5 | | sculptures has surprised many lawmakers, who have openly | 6 | | questioned the propriety of such spending during a time of | 7 | | economic crisis; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The integrity of the Capitol renovation project | 9 | | has been cast into doubt; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Lawmakers would like to analyze the cost of the | 11 | | renovation project and determine whether the funds provided for | 12 | | other components of the renovation were wisely spent, given the | 13 | | State's fiscal realities; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 16 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Illinois Auditor General is | 17 | | directed to investigate individual expenditures of the | 18 | | Illinois State Capitol West Wing renovations and determine | 19 | | whether said spending was appropriate and prudent; and be it | 20 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That the investigation shall include | 2 | | recommendations for reducing the cost of individual | 3 | | expenditures for on-going renovations that are deemed | 4 | | inappropriate; and be it further | 5 | | RESOLVED, That the Office of the Capitol Architect shall | 6 | | provide all documentation and cooperation necessary for this | 7 | | investigation; and be it further | 8 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Auditor General shall report | 9 | | the findings of its investigation to the Illinois General | 10 | | Assembly no later than January 1, 2014.
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