Full Text of SR0247 97th General Assembly
SR0247 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Section 11 of Article V of the Illinois | 3 | | Constitution authorizes the Governor, by Executive Order, to | 4 | | reassign functions among or reorganize executive agencies that | 5 | | are directly responsible to the Governor; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Section 11 of Article V also provides (i) that if | 7 | | an Executive Order proposes a reassignment or reorganization | 8 | | that contravenes a statute, then the Executive Order must be | 9 | | delivered to the General Assembly and (ii) that either house of | 10 | | the General Assembly, by record vote of a majority of the | 11 | | members elected, may disapprove the Executive Order; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, The Governor has issued the following: Executive | 13 | | Order 11-01, which proposes to reorganize and to reassign | 14 | | certain State healthcare purchasing powers from the Department | 15 | | of Healthcare and Family Services to the Department of Central | 16 | | Management Services, the Department of Corrections, the | 17 | | Department of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Human | 18 | | Services, and the Department of Veterans' Affairs; Executive | 19 | | Order 11-02, which proposes to reorganize and to reassign the | 20 | | Illinois Onsite Safety and Health Consultation Program (OSHA | 21 | | Program) from the Department of Commerce and Economic | 22 | | Opportunity to the Department of Labor; and Executive Order | 23 | | 11-03, which proposes to reorganize and to reassign the |
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| 1 | | Carnival and Amusement Ride Inspection Division of the | 2 | | Department of Labor to the Department of Agriculture; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, These proposed reorganizations and reassignments | 4 | | contravene numerous statutes, including those listed in | 5 | | Executive Orders 11-01, 11-02, and 11-03; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Section 4 of the Executive Reorganization | 7 | | Implementation Act (15 ILCS 15/4) sets forth procedures and | 8 | | requirements regarding Executive Orders issued under Section | 9 | | 11 of Article V of the Illinois Constitution; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Several constitutional and statutory requirements | 11 | | were not met in the case of Executive Orders 11-01, 11-02, and | 12 | | 11-03, thus rendering them defective; therefore, be it | 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that, in the course of | 15 | | prudence and in order to bring clarity to the status and effect | 16 | | of those Executive Orders, we hereby disapprove Executive | 17 | | Orders 11-01, 11-02, and 11-03 in their entirety, and they | 18 | | shall not become effective; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be delivered to | 20 | | the Governor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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