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92_HR0947

 
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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, Illinois has 442,000 small businesses, which  is
 3    a decrease of 183,000 from two years ago; and

 4        WHEREAS,  Illinois  has  received the 2001 Site Selection
 5    Governor's Cup for business development,  ranks  1st  in  the
 6    world's  1000  largest  manufacturing companies, according to
 7    Industry Week Magazine, and ranks 4th  among  states  in  the
 8    2000  Inc. Magazine Fastest-Growing Private Companies survey;
 9    and

10        WHEREAS, The General Assembly has  created  programs  for
11    the  Department  of  Commerce and Community Affairs that have
12    directly resulted in the creation of  more  than  32,000  new
13    jobs,  the  retention of 30,000 jobs, and have contributed an
14    additional $5 billion into the Illinois economy; and

15        WHEREAS, The Department of Commerce and Community Affairs
16    aggressively pursues new large businesses and works  to  keep
17    existing large companies in Illinois through programs such as
18    the EDGE tax credit and the Industrial Training Program; and

19        WHEREAS,  The  Illinois economy depends on the success of
20    small businesses across the State; therefore, be it

21        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
22    NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
23    we  urge  the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs to
24    focus more  of  their  resources  to  help  the  loyal  small
25    businesses  that  wish  to expand their operations; and be it
26    further

27        RESOLVED, That we encourage the  Department  of  Commerce
28    and  Community Affairs to develop new and innovative programs
29    to foster the growth and success of existing small businesses
30    in Illinois; and be it further
 
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 1        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
 2    presented  to  the  Governor and the Director of Commerce and
 3    Community Affairs.

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