HR0996 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1903 of the 93rd General Assembly became Public Act 93-0032; and

WHEREAS, This Act was intended to give the Governor of the State of Illinois the authority to take surplus funds from other dedicated funds and deposit those moneys into the State's General Revenue Fund; and

WHEREAS, Governor Blagojevich expressed to the General Assembly that this authority would only be used to take funds that would otherwise go unused; and

WHEREAS, Members of the 93rd General Assembly have since learned that the Governor has used this authority to take $2 million out of the Local Government Health Insurance Reserve Fund; and

WHEREAS, The Local Government Health Insurance Reserve Fund is used by units of local government to provide health insurance to public servants; and

WHEREAS, Units of local government were unprepared for this change and must now make up the difference in the middle of their fiscal year; and

WHEREAS, This removal of funds will drastically affect the budgets of units of local government throughout the State of Illinois and have a detrimental affect on police and fire protection and other important and necessary government services; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the Governor to re-deposit the $2 million that he has extracted from units of local government back into the Local Government Health Insurance Reserve Fund; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Rod Blagojevich, Governor of the State of Illinois, and to John Filan, Director of the Office of Management and Budget.