Full Text of SJR0049 96th General Assembly
SJ0049 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois General Assembly recognizes the | 3 |
| immeasurable benefit this State receives from the U.S. | 4 |
| Department of Defense, Defense Logistics Agency, the federal | 5 |
| law enforcement community, and the U.S. General Services | 6 |
| Administration's Donation Program; and
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| WHEREAS, The law enforcement community attains many needed | 8 |
| supplies from the Law Enforcement Surplus Office (LESO), the | 9 |
| 1033 Program, and federal surplus programs operated by the | 10 |
| Department of Central Management Services and supplied by the | 11 |
| Department of Defense; and
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois LESO and federal surplus programs | 13 |
| approve the transfer of a variety of excess and surplus federal | 14 |
| property to our communities, effectively reducing program | 15 |
| costs to our law enforcement agencies by acquiring items that | 16 |
| are new/unused or have been deemed excess to the federal | 17 |
| government; and
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| WHEREAS, The Military Base Realignment and Closure of 2005 | 19 |
| has significantly reduced Illinois law enforcement access, and | 20 |
| that of the central and western states, to federal excess; | 21 |
| donation property has been short-supplied in recent months, | 22 |
| putting law enforcement agencies at a geographic disadvantage |
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| for attaining necessary equipment and supplies; and | 2 |
| WHEREAS, The FCC has mandated a changeover to narrow-band | 3 |
| frequencies for public safety; and
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| WHEREAS, This mandated changeover is costing public safety | 5 |
| agencies, including law enforcement and fire safety agencies, | 6 |
| thousand of dollars out of their already limited budgets; and
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| WHEREAS, The timeframe for the changeover has changed for | 8 |
| some Illinois communities, putting them in an untenable | 9 |
| situation; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 11 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 12 |
| CONCURRING HEREIN, that we strongly urge the United States | 13 |
| Congress to place public safety communications infrastructure | 14 |
| and supplies at the top of their stimulus package priority | 15 |
| list; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we strongly urge the United States | 17 |
| Department of Defense to renew and increase its supply of | 18 |
| essential excess and donation surplus equipment to Illinois | 19 |
| public safety officers through the 1033 Program, the LESO | 20 |
| Program, and the U.S. General Services Administration's | 21 |
| Donation Program (Federal Surplus); and be it further |
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 2 |
| delivered to the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the | 3 |
| United States Senate, the Speaker and Minority Leader of the | 4 |
| United States House of Representatives, to each member of the | 5 |
| Illinois congressional delegation, and to the Secretary of the | 6 |
| United States Department of Defense.
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