Full Text of SR1011 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois, and much of the United | 3 | | States, has experienced historical cold and record levels of | 4 | | snowfall over the 2013-2014 winter; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Propane gas is how thousands of rural central | 6 | | Illinoisians heat their homes, normally a fairly | 7 | | cost-effective way to do so; 55,000,000 people in the U.S., | 8 | | most of them located in the Midwest or South, use propane to | 9 | | heat their homes; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The extreme winter has caused propane usage in | 11 | | Illinois to rise between 20% and 30%; the combination of high | 12 | | usage and historically low propane inventory levels has created | 13 | | a shortage; this shortage has caused prices for propane to jump | 14 | | considerably, putting an increased financial burden on those | 15 | | who use the gas; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Governor Pat Quinn has declared a propane | 17 | | emergency in Illinois, a first in State history, to try and | 18 | | ease the financial strain; this declaration eases driving | 19 | | regulations on trucks delivering propane from other states; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Various federal trucking regulations, most | 21 | | notably, weight limits for trucks on roads, limits the amount |
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| 1 | | of propane that can be transported, contributing to the current | 2 | | shortage and increasing prices; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge President | 5 | | Barack Obama to temporarily increase the amount of trucking | 6 | | weight allowed on the country's interstate highways from 80,000 | 7 | | to 100,000, in to order ease the propane shortage, and in doing | 8 | | so, drive down the price of propane; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to President Barack Obama, United States Secretary of | 11 | | Transportation Anthony Foxx, and Illinois Propane Gas | 12 | | Association Board President Jim Jackson.
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