Full Text of HJR0035 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, There are approximately 8.8 million licensed | 3 | | drivers in the State of Illinois; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, There are more than 9.7 million passenger cars and | 5 | | trucks and approximately 347,300 motorcycles registered in | 6 | | Illinois; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Bicycles, scooters, mopeds, commercial vehicles, | 8 | | and pedestrians also share Illinois' roadways; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Many factors are to blame for traffic fatalities, | 10 | | including, but not limited to, impaired driving, speeding, | 11 | | driver distraction, driver inexperience, and failing to be | 12 | | properly restrained in the vehicle; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, More work can be done to eliminate the causes and | 14 | | the high number of traffic fatalities on Illinois' roadways; | 15 | | therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 18 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the Secretary | 19 | | of State's Advisory Committee on Traffic Safety, consisting of | 20 | | nine members, appointed as follows: the Illinois Secretary of |
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| 1 | | State or his designee; a member of the House majority caucus, | 2 | | appointed by the Speaker of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives; a member of the House minority caucus, | 4 | | appointed by the House Minority Leader; a member of the Senate | 5 | | majority caucus, appointed by the President of the Senate; a | 6 | | member of the Senate minority caucus, appointed by the Senate | 7 | | Minority Leader; an appointee from the National Highway Traffic | 8 | | Safety Administration, appointed by the Regional Administrator | 9 | | of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; an | 10 | | appointee from the National Safety Council, appointed by the | 11 | | Executive Director of the National Safety Council; an appointee | 12 | | from the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety, | 13 | | appointed by the Executive Director of the Northwestern | 14 | | University Center for Public Safety; and an appointee from the | 15 | | Illinois State Police, appointed by the Director of the | 16 | | Illinois State Police; the Illinois Secretary of State or his | 17 | | designee shall serve as the chair of the Advisory Committee; | 18 | | and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Secretary of State shall | 20 | | provide administrative and other support to the Advisory | 21 | | Committee; the members of the Advisory Committee shall serve | 22 | | without compensation; and be it further | 23 | | RESOLVED, That the Advisory Committee will meet at the call | 24 | | of the chair, but will meet a minimum of three times per year |
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| 1 | | at various locations throughout the State of Illinois; and be | 2 | | it further | 3 | | RESOLVED, That the Advisory Committee will look at all | 4 | | aspects of traffic safety in an effort to determine legislative | 5 | | and administrative action that can be taken to lower the number | 6 | | of traffic-related fatalities in Illinois; and be it further | 7 | | RESOLVED, That the Advisory Committee shall share its | 8 | | legislative and administrative recommendations with the | 9 | | Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of | 10 | | the Illinois Senate as warranted.
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