Full Text of HJR0055 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 55
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The boundaries of the 32nd Representative | 3 | | District are generally in the inner city of Chicago extending | 4 | | to the southwest suburbs of Burbank, Bridgeview, Hickory Hills, | 5 | | and Justice, Illinois; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The 32nd Representative District has a voting age | 7 | | population of 108,734 people of various ethnic and | 8 | | socio-economic backgrounds; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, 27,909 of the residents of the 32nd Representative | 10 | | District live at or below the federal poverty level; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The 32nd Representative District ranks in the top | 12 | | 3 of Representative Districts reporting incidents of violent | 13 | | crime; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The Dan Ryan Expressway is that 12 mile portion of | 15 | | I-90/94 located in the City of Chicago spanning from | 16 | | approximately 95th Street to the south and Roosevelt Road to | 17 | | the north; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The Dan Ryan Expressway travels through the 32nd | 19 | | Representative District one linear mile from 67th Street to the | 20 | | north and 76th Street to the south; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Within the 32nd Representative District lies | 2 | | Halsted Street one mile west of the Dan Ryan Expressway; and, | 3 | | Cottage Grove Avenue one mile east of the Dan Ryan Expressway; | 4 | | this area generally encompasses the communities of Englewood | 5 | | and Grand Crossing including the Park Manor neighborhood; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, In November of 1985, Mayor Harold Washington | 7 | | entered into an intergovernmental agreement with the State of | 8 | | Illinois whereby the State of Illinois could operate Illinois | 9 | | State Lottery kiosks at O'Hare International Airport; and, | 10 | | subsequently Chicago Midway International Airport; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, In November of 1985, Governor James R. Thompson | 12 | | entered into an intergovernmental agreement with the City of | 13 | | Chicago whereby the Illinois State Police would patrol the Dan | 14 | | Ryan Expressway; and, all other expressways in the City of | 15 | | Chicago; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois receives monies after the | 17 | | imposition of fines and penalties upon those persons cited for, | 18 | | among other things, improperly operating motor vehicles on the | 19 | | Dan Ryan Expressway between 67th Street and 76th Street; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois derives financial profits | 21 | | directly from the Illinois State Lottery kiosks located at both |
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| 1 | | O'Hare International and Chicago Midway International | 2 | | Airports; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois State Lottery is successfully | 4 | | managed by Northstar Lottery Group, a subsidiary of the Italian | 5 | | company GTech Corporation, which exponentially surpassed the | 6 | | calculable revenue goals and expectations of the Illinois State | 7 | | Lottery deriving substantial profits for the Lottery; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, In fact, the Illinois State Lottery posted fiscal | 9 | | year 2013 revenues of: (1) $4,939,990 from O'Hare International | 10 | | Airport; (2) $696,776 from Chicago Midway International | 11 | | Airport; and (3) $2,841,000,000 overall, of which $656,000,000 | 12 | | was used to support education funding and $135,000,000 was used | 13 | | to support the State's capital infrastructure program; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, It will not be a financial burden on the State of | 15 | | Illinois for the Illinois State Police to expand its patrol | 16 | | area, from the Dan Ryan Expressway between 67th Street and 76th | 17 | | Street one linear mile east and one linear mile west, to | 18 | | support efforts at combating violent crime in the State of | 19 | | Illinois; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Since as late as 1999, the Illinois State Police | 21 | | were dispatched to and patrolled the City of East St. Louis, | 22 | | Illinois to support efforts to combat crime in the State of |
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| 1 | | Illinois; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, As of the date of the filing of this resolution, | 3 | | over 700 registered voters, within the 2 mile rectangular | 4 | | boundary of the Dan Ryan Expressway between 67th Street and | 5 | | 76th Street, have signed a petition imploring the Governor of | 6 | | the State of Illinois to dispatch the Illinois State Police, | 7 | | with all deliberate speed, to that specific area within the | 8 | | 32nd Representative District for a reasonable period of time; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, These 700 affected residents of the 32nd | 11 | | Representative District have stated that they are in immediate | 12 | | need of assistance and relief to protect their health, safety | 13 | | and welfare; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 16 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the Englewood | 17 | | Violent Crime Task Force within the Illinois State Police, to | 18 | | consist of the following: | 19 | | (1) the Governor, or his or her designee; | 20 | | (2) the Mayor of the City of Chicago, or his or her | 21 | | designee; | 22 | | (3) the Mayor of the City of East St. Louis, or his or | 23 | | her designee; |
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| 1 | | (4) the Illinois Attorney General, or his or her | 2 | | designee; | 3 | | (5) a member of the Illinois State's Attorneys | 4 | | Association appointed by the President of the Association; | 5 | | (6) a member of the Cook County Bar Association | 6 | | appointed by the President of the Association; | 7 | | (7) the manager of the Illinois State Lottery; | 8 | | (8) two members of the Illinois House of | 9 | | Representatives chosen by the Speaker of the Illinois House | 10 | | of Representatives, one of whom shall serve as co-chair; | 11 | | (9) two members of the Illinois House of | 12 | | Representatives chosen by the Minority Leader of the | 13 | | Illinois House of Representatives; | 14 | | (10) two members of the Illinois Senate chosen by the | 15 | | President of the Illinois Senate, one of whom shall serve | 16 | | as co-chair; | 17 | | (11) two members of the Illinois Senate chosen by the | 18 | | Minority Leader of the Illinois Senate; | 19 | | (12) the President of the Park Manor Neighbors | 20 | | Community Council; | 21 | | (13) the Executive Director of Project Brotherhood; | 22 | | (14) the President of the Student Government | 23 | | Association at the University of Illinois at Chicago; | 24 | | (15) the President of the Student Government | 25 | | Association at Chicago State University; | 26 | | (16) the Director of Corrections, or his or her |
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| 1 | | designee who must: | 2 | | (A) be from the Department of Parole; | 3 | | (B) be an active field agent; and | 4 | | (C) possess at least a master's degree in criminal | 5 | | justice or criminology; | 6 | | (17) a faculty member of the Department of Criminology, | 7 | | Law & Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago | 8 | | appointed by the President of the University of Illinois; | 9 | | (18) a member of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce | 10 | | appointed by the chairman of the board of the Chicagoland | 11 | | Chamber of Commerce; | 12 | | (19) a member of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce | 13 | | appointed by the chairman of the board of the Illinois | 14 | | Chamber of Commerce; and | 15 | | (20) a member of the Illinois Retail Merchants | 16 | | Association appointed by the President/CEO of the Illinois | 17 | | Retail Merchants Association; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That all appointments shall be made no later than | 19 | | 45 days following adoption of this resolution; and be it | 20 | | further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall study and determine the | 22 | | causes of violent crime in Englewood and nearby affected | 23 | | communities; and be it further |
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall study and determine the | 2 | | feasibility of deploying the Illinois State Police to Englewood | 3 | | and nearby affected communities and neighborhoods; and be it | 4 | | further | 5 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall develop a comprehensive | 6 | | long-term solution to the effect of violent crime in Englewood | 7 | | and nearby affected communities; and be it further | 8 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall recommend a plan of | 9 | | action to substantially reduce the incidents of violent crime | 10 | | in Englewood and nearby affected communities; and be it further | 11 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall draft any necessary | 12 | | legislation and make any necessary recommendations for | 13 | | appropriations for the General Assembly to pass and the | 14 | | Governor to sign to place the plan of action into immediate | 15 | | effect; and be it further | 16 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall report its findings and | 17 | | recommendations and submit any and all proposed legislation to | 18 | | the Governor and General Assembly on or before December 31, | 19 | | 2014; and be it further | 20 | | RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall serve | 21 | | without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their |
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| 1 | | reasonable and necessary expenses from the funds appropriated | 2 | | for that purpose from the Illinois State Police; and be it | 3 | | further | 4 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to | 5 | | the Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, the | 6 | | Minority Leader of the Illinois House of Representatives, the | 7 | | President of the Illinois Senate, the Minority Leader of the | 8 | | Illinois Senate, the Governor of the State of Illinois, and the | 9 | | Director of State Police.
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