STATE OF ILLINOIS
HOUSE JOURNAL
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
129TH LEGISLATIVE DAY
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2000
1:00 O'CLOCK P.M.
NO. 129
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Daily Journal Index
129th Legislative Day
Action Page(s)
Adjournment........................................ 30
Change of Sponsorship.............................. 17
Committee on Rules Referrals....................... 4
Correctional Budget and Impact Note Supplied....... 6
Fiscal Note Supplied............................... 6
Introduction and First Reading - HB4764-4765....... 27
Quorum Roll Call................................... 4
State Mandate Note Supplied........................ 6
Temporary Committee Assignments.................... 4
Bill Number Legislative Action Page(s)
HB 3617 Senate Message - Passage w/ SA..................... 16
HB 4267 Senate Message - Passage w/ SA..................... 14
HB 4279 Senate Message - Passage w/ SA..................... 10
HB 4663 Senate Message - Passage w/ SA..................... 8
HB 4730 Motion Submitted................................... 5
HB 4738 Second Reading..................................... 29
HB 4738 Third Reading...................................... 29
HB 4743 Motion Submitted................................... 5
HR 0780 Adoption........................................... 29
HR 0780 Committee Report................................... 4
HR 0870 Committee Report................................... 17
HR 0879 Committee Report................................... 17
HR 0883 Committee Report................................... 16
HR 0887 Committee Report................................... 17
HR 0907 Adoption........................................... 29
HR 0907 Committee Report................................... 4
HR 0911 Resolution......................................... 17
HR 0912 Resolution......................................... 18
HR 0913 Resolution......................................... 19
HR 0914 Resolution......................................... 19
HR 0915 Resolution......................................... 20
HR 0916 Resolution......................................... 21
HR 0917 Resolution......................................... 21
HR 0918 Resolution......................................... 22
HR 0919 Resolution......................................... 22
HR 0920 Resolution......................................... 23
HR 0921 Adoption........................................... 28
HR 0921 Resolution......................................... 24
HR 0922 Adoption........................................... 28
HR 0922 Resolution......................................... 24
HR 0923 Adoption........................................... 28
HR 0923 Resolution......................................... 25
HR 0924 Adoption........................................... 27
HR 0924 Resolution......................................... 25
HR 0925 Resolution......................................... 26
HR 0926 Resolution......................................... 26
SB 0368 Committee Report................................... 4
SB 0487 Motion............................................. 29
SB 0575 Committee Report................................... 4
SB 0810 Amendatory Veto.................................... 27
SB 0810 Motion Submitted................................... 5
SB 1276 Motion............................................. 29
SB 1276 Motion Submitted................................... 5
SB 1382 Motion Submitted................................... 5
SB 1397 Consideration Postponed............................ 27
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Bill Number Legislative Action Page(s)
SB 1404 Motion Submitted................................... 5
SB 1477 Committee Report................................... 4
SB 1477 Consideration Postponed............................ 28
SB 1477 Second Reading..................................... 28
SB 1869 First Reading...................................... 29
SB 1899 Second Reading - Amendment/s....................... 28
SB 1899 Third Reading...................................... 28
SB 1975 Motion............................................. 29
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The House met pursuant to adjournment.
The Speaker in the Chair.
Prayer by Reverend George Lucas, Bishop of the Diocese of
Springfield, Illinois.
Representative Hartke led the House in the Pledge of Allegiance.
By direction of the Speaker, a roll call was taken to ascertain the
attendance of Members, as follows:
115 present. (ROLL CALL 1)
By unanimous consent, Representatives Eileen Lyons, Sharp and
Younge were excused from attendance.
REQUEST TO BE SHOWN ON QUORUM
Having been absent when the Quorum Roll Call for Attendance was
taken, this is to advise you that I, Representatives Hoffman and Younge
should be recorded as present.
TEMPORARY COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
The Speaker announced the following temporary committee
assignments:
Representative Fowler replaced Representative McKeon in the
Committee on Human Services, Appropriation on November 15, 2000.
REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
Representative Currie, Chairperson, from the Committee on Rules to
which the following were referred, action taken earlier today, and
reported the same back with the following recommendations:
That the resolution be reported "recommends be adopted" and be
placed on the House Calendar on the order of Resolutions: HOUSE
RESOLUTIONS 780 and 907.
That the bill be reported "approved for consideration" and be
placed on the order of Third Reading -- Short Debate: SENATE BILL 368.
That the bill be reported "approved for consideration" and be
placed on the order of Second Reading -- Short Debate: SENATE BILL 575
and SENATE BILL 1477.
Representative Currie, Chairperson of the Committee on Rules,
reported that the following Legislative Measures have been approved
for consideration - Compliance:
Motion to Accept the Amendatory Veto on SENATE BILL 810.
Motion to Accept the Amendatory Veto on SENATE BILL 1404.
The foregoing conference committee reports were placed on the House
Calendar.
The committee roll call vote on the foregoing legislative measures
is as follows:
5, Yeas; 0, Nays; 0, Answering Present.
Y Currie, Chair Y Ryder
Y Hannig Y Tenhouse
Y Turner, Art
COMMITTEE ON RULES
REFERRALS
Representative Barbara Flynn Currie, Chairperson of the Committee
on Rules, reported the following legislative measures and/or joint
action motions have been assigned as follows:
Committee on Executive: SENATE BILL 1276.
Committee on Judiciary I-Civil Law: SENATE BILL 1975.
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MOTIONS
SUBMITTED
Representative Bill Mitchell submitted the following written
motion, which was placed on the order of Motions:
MOTION
Pursuant to Rule 18(g), I move to discharge the Committee on Rules
from further consideration of HOUSE BILL 4730 and advance to the order
of Second Reading Standard Debate.
Representative Black submitted the following written motion, which
was placed on the order of Motions:
MOTION
Pursuant to Rule 58(a), I move to discharge the Committee on
Revenue from further consideration of HOUSE BILL 4743 and be placed on
the appropriate order of business.
Representative Black submitted the following written motion, which
was placed on the order of Motions:
MOTION
Pursuant to Rule 25, I move to suspend the posting requirements for
SENATE BILLS 1276 and 1975 so that these bills may receive immediate
consideration in Committee.
VETO MOTIONS SUBMITTED
Representative Pankau submitted the following written motion, which
was placed in the Committee on Rules:
MOTION #1
I move that the House concur with the Senate in the acceptance of
the Governor's Specific Recommendations for Change to SENATE BILL 810,
by adoption of the following amendment:
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 810
IN ACCEPTANCE OF GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS
Amend Senate Bill 810 on page 2, line 9, after "facility.", by
inserting the following:
"As used in this Section, "child care facility" is limited to a child
care facility located in Illinois.".
Representative Schoenberg submitted the following written motion,
which was placed in the Committee on Rules:
MOTION #1
I move that the House concur with the Senate in the acceptance of
the Governor's Specific Recommendations for Change to SENATE BILL 1382,
by adoption of the following amendment:
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1382
IN ACCEPTANCE OF GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS
Amend Senate Bill 1382 on page 1, by replacing line 28 with the
following:
"property shall be subject to a mandatory minimum fine of $500 plus the
actual costs incurred".
Representative Burke submitted the following written motion, which
was placed in the Committee on Rules:
MOTION #1
I move that the House concur with the Senate in the acceptance of
the Governor's Specific Recommendations for Change to SENATE BILL 1404,
by adoption of the following amendment:
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1404
IN ACCEPTANCE OF GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS
Amend Senate Bill 1404 as follows:
on page 4, by deleting lines 18 and 19; and
on page 4, below line 23, by inserting the following:
"(c) Audiologists licensed under the Illinois Speech-Language
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Pathology and Audiology Practice Act are exempt from licensure under
this Act, but are otherwise subject to the practices and provisions of
this Act.".
FISCAL NOTE SUPPLIED
A Fiscal Note has been supplied for HOUSE BILL 4738, as amended.
A Fiscal Note has been supplied for SENATE BILL 1620, as amended.
STATE MANDATE NOTE SUPPLIED
A State Mandate Note has been supplied for HOUSE BILL 4738, as
amended.
CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE SUPPLIED
A Correctional Budget and Impact Note has been supplied for SENATE
BILL 1620, as amended.
MESSAGES FROM THE SENATE
A message from the Senate by
Mr. Harry, Secretary:
Mr. Speaker -- I am directed to inform the House of Representatives
that the Senate has concurred with the House of Representatives in the
passage of a bill of the following title to-wit:
HOUSE BILL 4663
A bill for AN ACT in relation to downstate forest preserve
districts.
Together with the attached amendment thereto (which amendment has
been printed by the Senate), in the adoption of which I am instructed
to ask the concurrence of the House, to-wit:
Senate Amendment No. 1 to HOUSE BILL NO. 4663.
Passed the Senate, as amended, November 28, 2000, by a three-fifths
vote.
Jim Harry, Secretary of the Senate
AMENDMENT NO. 1. Amend House Bill 4663 by replacing the title with
the following:
"AN ACT concerning local government."; and
by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Southwestern Illinois Development Authority Act
is amended by changing Section 11.1 as follows:
(70 ILCS 520/11.1) (from Ch. 85, par. 6161.1)
Sec. 11.1. (a) No member of the Authority or officer, agent, or
employee of the Authority shall, in his or her own name or in the name
of a nominee, be an officer or director of or hold an ownership of more
than 7.5% in any person, association, trust, corporation, partnership,
or other entity that is, in its own name or in the name of a nominee, a
party to a contract or agreement upon which the member, officer, agent,
or employee may be called upon to act or vote.
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(b) With respect to any direct or any indirect interest, other
than an interest prohibited in subsection (a), in a contract or
agreement upon which the member, officer, agent, or employee may be
called upon to act or vote, the member, officer, agent, or employee
shall disclose that interest to the secretary of the Authority before
the taking of final action by the Authority concerning that contract or
agreement and shall also disclose the nature and extent of that
interest and his or her acquisition of that interest, which disclosures
shall be publicly acknowledged by the Authority and entered upon the
minutes of the Authority. If a member of the Authority or an officer,
agent, or employee of the Authority holds such an interest, then he or
she shall refrain from any further official involvement in regard to
the contract or agreement, from voting on any matter pertaining to the
contract or agreement, and from communicating with other members of the
Authority or its officers, agents, and employees concerning the
contract or agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
contract or agreement entered into in conformity with this subsection
(b) shall not be void or invalid by reason of an interest described in
this subsection, nor shall any person so disclosing the interest and
refraining from further official involvement as provided in this
subsection be guilty of an offense, be removed from office, or be
subject to any other penalty on account of that interest.
(c) Any contract or agreement made in violation of subsection (a)
or (b) is void and gives rise to no action against the Authority.
(Source: P.A. 86-1455.)
Section 10. The Fox Waterway Agency Act is amended by changing
Section 7.1 as follows:
(615 ILCS 90/7.1) (from Ch. 19, par. 1208)
Sec. 7.1. (a) The Agency shall implement reasonable programs and
adopt necessary and reasonable ordinances and rules to improve and
maintain the Chain O Lakes - Fox River recreational waterway from the
Wisconsin State line to the Algonquin Dam for the purposes of boating,
sailing, canoeing, swimming, water skiing, rowing, iceboating, fishing,
hunting and other recreational uses, to help prevent or control
flooding of the waterway, to improve recreational uses of the waterway,
to prevent pollution and otherwise improve the quality of the waterway,
to promote tourism, and to create and administer a procedure for
establishing restricted areas. In the case of a local ordinance
relating to the establishment of restricted areas, speed limits, or
other boating restrictions that is adopted by another unit of local
government and conflicts with an Agency ordinance or rule, the Agency
ordinance or rule shall control even if the conflicting ordinance is
more restrictive, except that municipalities with corporate boundaries
that are both adjacent to and at the southern terminus of the Agency's
jurisdiction over the Fox River shall retain the right to establish
reasonable no-wake zones within their corporate boundaries. The
Agency may develop programs and build projects to minimize pollution in
the watershed from otherwise entering the waterway. Prior to
establishing any restricted area, the Agency shall provide 21 days
notice to any municipality in which the proposed area borders upon or
is located. Notice shall be filed with the Clerk of the municipality.
If such a municipality, by resolution of the corporate authority of the
municipality, files an objection to the establishing of the proposed
restricted area, then that restricted area shall not be approved except
by a favorable vote of two-thirds of the Chairman and Board of
Directors. All Agency programs, ordinances and rules shall be in
conformance with the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. The Agency shall
coordinate efforts of State, federal and local governments to improve
and maintain the waterway.
(b) Any and all dredging, site restoration, de-watering, spoil
disposal, silt management, and other related physical construction,
deconstruction, or reconstruction projects undertaken by the Agency
shall be considered to be State projects being performed on behalf of
the State and the people of the State of Illinois. No such project
shall be subject to control, oversight, or permitting from any county,
municipality, or other unit of local government, but nothing herein
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shall relieve the Agency from obtaining those permits from the State of
Illinois or the federal government that are required of agencies of
this State undertaking projects on behalf of the State.
(Source: P.A. 89-162, eff. 7-19-95.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming
law.".
The foregoing message from the Senate reporting Senate Amendment
No. 1 to HOUSE BILL 4663 was placed on the Calendar on the order of
Concurrence.
A message from the Senate by
Mr. Harry, Secretary:
Mr. Speaker -- I am directed to inform the House of Representatives
that the Senate has concurred with the House of Representatives in the
passage of a bill of the following title to-wit:
HOUSE BILL 4279
A bill for AN ACT to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963
by changing Section 103-5.
Together with the attached amendment thereto (which amendment has
been printed by the Senate), in the adoption of which I am instructed
to ask the concurrence of the House, to-wit:
Senate Amendment No. 1 to HOUSE BILL NO. 4279.
Passed the Senate, as amended, November 28, 2000, by a three-fifths
vote.
Jim Harry, Secretary of the Senate
AMENDMENT NO. 1. Amend House Bill 4279 by replacing the title with
the following:
"AN ACT to reenact Section 3 of the Statewide Grand Jury Act."; and
by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 1. Findings; purpose.
(a) The General Assembly finds and declares that:
(1) Public Act 89-688, effective June 1, 1997, contained
provisions amending Section 3 of the Statewide Grand Jury Act to
authorize the creation of a second statewide grand jury. Public
Act 89-688 also contained other provisions.
(2) On October 20, 2000, in People v. Jerry Lee Foster,
Docket No. 4-99-0933, the Illinois Appellate Court, Fourth
District, ruled that Public Act 89-688 violates the single subject
clause of the Illinois Constitution (Article IV, Section 8(d)) and
is therefore unconstitutional in its entirety.
(3) The provisions added to Section 3 of the Statewide Grand
Jury Act by Public Act 88-680 (consisting of the final paragraph of
the Section, relating to the convening of a second statewide grand
jury) are of vital concern to the people of this State. Prompt
legislative action concerning those provisions is necessary.
(4) Section 3 of the Statewide Grand Jury Act has
subsequently been amended by Public Act 91-225, effective January
1, 2000, which added subdivision (a-5).
(b) It is the purpose of this Act to re-enact Section 3 of the
Statewide Grand Jury Act, including the provisions added by Public Act
89-688 and the subsequent amendment by P.A. 91-225. This re-enactment
is intended to remove any question as to the validity or content of
those provisions; it is not intended to supersede any other Public Act
that amends the text of the Section as set forth in this Act. The
re-enacted material is shown in this Act as existing text (i.e.,
without underscoring).
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Section 5. The Statewide Grand Jury Act is amended by re-enacting
Section 3 as follows:
(725 ILCS 215/3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1703)
Sec. 3. Written application for the appointment of a Circuit Judge
to convene and preside over a Statewide Grand Jury, with jurisdiction
extending throughout the State, shall be made to the Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court. Upon such written application, the Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court shall appoint a Circuit Judge from the circuit where
the Statewide Grand Jury is being sought to be convened, who shall make
a determination that the convening of a Statewide Grand Jury is
necessary.
In such application the Attorney General shall state that the
convening of a Statewide Grand Jury is necessary because of an alleged
offense or offenses set forth in this Section involving more than one
county of the State and identifying any such offense alleged; and
(a) that he or she believes that the grand jury function for
the investigation and indictment of the offense or offenses cannot
effectively be performed by a county grand jury together with the
reasons for such belief, and
(b)(1) that each State's Attorney with jurisdiction over an
offense or offenses to be investigated has consented to the
impaneling of the Statewide Grand Jury, or
(2) if one or more of the State's Attorneys having
jurisdiction over an offense or offenses to be investigated
fails to consent to the impaneling of the Statewide Grand
Jury, the Attorney General shall set forth good cause for
impaneling the Statewide Grand Jury.
If the Circuit Judge determines that the convening of a Statewide
Grand Jury is necessary, he or she shall convene and impanel the
Statewide Grand Jury with jurisdiction extending throughout the State
to investigate and return indictments:
(a) For violations of any of the following or for any other
criminal offense committed in the course of violating any of the
following: the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the Cannabis
Control Act, the Narcotics Profit Forfeiture Act, or the Cannabis
and Controlled Substances Tax Act; a streetgang related felony
offense; Section 24-2.1, 24-2.2, 24-3, 24-3A, 24-3.1, 24-3.3,
24-3.4, 24-4, or 24-5 or subsection 24-1(a)(4), 24-1(a)(6),
24-1(a)(7), 24-1(a)(9), 24-1(a)(10), or 24-1(c) of the Criminal
Code of 1961; or a money laundering offense; provided that the
violation or offense involves acts occurring in more than one
county of this State; and
(a-5) For violations facilitated by the use of a computer,
including the use of the Internet, the World Wide Web, electronic
mail, message board, newsgroup, or any other commercial or
noncommercial on-line service, of any of the following offenses:
indecent solicitation of a child, sexual exploitation of a child,
soliciting for a juvenile prostitute, keeping a place of juvenile
prostitution, juvenile pimping, or child pornography; and
(b) For the offenses of perjury, subornation of perjury,
communicating with jurors and witnesses, and harassment of jurors
and witnesses, as they relate to matters before the Statewide Grand
Jury.
"Streetgang related" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 10
of the Illinois Streetgang Terrorism Omnibus Prevention Act.
Upon written application by the Attorney General for the convening
of an additional Statewide Grand Jury, the Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court shall appoint a Circuit Judge from the circuit for which the
additional Statewide Grand Jury is sought. The Circuit Judge shall
determine the necessity for an additional Statewide Grand Jury in
accordance with the provisions of this Section. No more than 2
Statewide Grand Juries may be empaneled at any time.
(Source: P.A. 91-225, eff. 1-1-00.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming
law.".
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The foregoing message from the Senate reporting Senate Amendment
No. 1 to HOUSE BILL 4279 was placed on the Calendar on the order of
Concurrence.
A message from the Senate by
Mr. Harry, Secretary:
Mr. Speaker -- I am directed to inform the House of Representatives
that the Senate has concurred with the House of Representatives in the
passage of a bill of the following title to-wit:
HOUSE BILL 4267
A bill for AN ACT to amend the Unified Code of Corrections by
changing Section 3-3-13.
Together with the attached amendment thereto (which amendment has
been printed by the Senate), in the adoption of which I am instructed
to ask the concurrence of the House, to-wit:
Senate Amendment No. 1 to HOUSE BILL NO. 4267.
Passed the Senate, as amended, November 28, 2000, by a three-fifths
vote.
Jim Harry, Secretary of the Senate
AMENDMENT NO. 1. Amend House Bill 4267 by replacing the title with
the following:
"AN ACT to amend the Unified Code of Corrections by changing
Sections 3-3-1, 3-3-2, and 3-3-5."; and
by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by changing
Sections 3-3-1, 3-3-2, and 3-3-5 as follows:
(730 ILCS 5/3-3-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-1)
Sec. 3-3-1. Establishment and Appointment of Prisoner Review
Board.
(a) There shall be a Prisoner Review Board independent of the
Department of Corrections which shall be:
(1) the paroling authority for persons sentenced under the
law in effect prior to the effective date of this amendatory Act
of 1977;
(2) the board of review for cases involving the revocation of
good conduct credits or a suspension or reduction in the rate of
accumulating such credit;
(3) the board of review and recommendation for the exercise
of executive clemency by the Governor;
(4) the authority for establishing release dates for certain
prisoners sentenced under the law in existence prior to the
effective date of this amendatory Act of 1977, in accordance with
Section 3-3-2.1 of this Code;
(5) the authority for setting conditions for parole and
mandatory supervised release under Section 5-8-1(a) of this Code,
and determining whether a violation of those conditions warrant
revocation of parole or mandatory supervised release or the
imposition of other sanctions.
(b) The Board shall consist of 15 persons appointed by the
Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. One member
of the Board shall be designated by the Governor to be Chairman and
shall serve as Chairman at the pleasure of the Governor. The members of
the Board shall have had at least 5 years of actual experience in the
fields of penology, corrections work, law enforcement, sociology, law,
education, social work, medicine, psychology, other behavioral
sciences, or a combination thereof. At least 6 7 members so appointed
must have had at least 3 years experience in the field of juvenile
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matters. No more than 8 Board members may be members of the same
political party. Each member of the Board shall serve on a full time
basis and shall not hold any other salaried public office, whether
elective or appointive. The Chairman of the Board shall receive $35,000
a year, or an amount set by the Compensation Review Board, whichever is
greater, and each other member $30,000, or an amount set by the
Compensation Review Board, whichever is greater.
(c) The terms of the present members of the Prisoner Review Board
shall expire on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1985, but
the incumbent members shall continue to exercise all of the powers and
be subject to all the duties of members of the Board until their
respective successors are appointed and qualified. The Governor shall
appoint 3 members to the Prisoner Review Board whose terms shall expire
on the third Monday in January 1987, 4 members whose terms shall expire
on the third Monday in January 1989, and 3 members whose terms shall
expire on the third Monday in January 1991. The term of one of the
members created by this amendatory Act of 1986 shall expire on the
third Monday in January 1989 and the term of the other shall expire on
the third Monday in January 1991. The initial terms of the 3 additional
members appointed pursuant to this amendatory Act of the 91st General
Assembly shall expire on the third Monday in January 2006. Their
respective successors shall be appointed for terms of 6 years from the
third Monday in January of the year of appointment. Each member shall
serve until his successor is appointed and qualified. Any member may be
removed by the Governor for incompetence, neglect of duty, malfeasance
or inability to serve.
(d) The Chairman of the Board shall be its chief executive and
administrative officer.
(Source: P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)
(730 ILCS 5/3-3-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-2)
Sec. 3-3-2. Powers and Duties.
(a) The Parole and Pardon Board is abolished and the term "Parole
and Pardon Board" as used in any law of Illinois, shall read "Prisoner
Review Board." After the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1977,
the Prisoner Review Board shall provide by rule for the orderly
transition of all files, records, and documents of the Parole and
Pardon Board and for such other steps as may be necessary to effect an
orderly transition and shall:
(1) hear by at least one member and through a panel of at
least 3 5 members decide, cases of prisoners who were sentenced
under the law in effect prior to the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1977, and who are eligible for parole;
(2) hear by at least one member and through a panel of at
least 3 5 members decide, the conditions of parole and the time of
discharge from parole, impose sanctions for violations of parole,
and revoke parole for those sentenced under the law in effect prior
to this amendatory Act of 1977; provided that the decision to
parole and the conditions of parole for all prisoners who were
sentenced for first degree murder or who received a minimum
sentence of 20 years or more under the law in effect prior to
February 1, 1978 shall be determined by a majority vote of the
Prisoner Review Board;
(3) hear by at least one member and through a panel of at
least 3 5 members decide, the conditions of mandatory supervised
release and the time of discharge from mandatory supervised
release, impose sanctions for violations of mandatory supervised
release, and revoke mandatory supervised release for those
sentenced under the law in effect after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of 1977;
(4) hear by at least 1 member and through a panel of at least
3 5 members, decide cases brought by the Department of Corrections
against a prisoner in the custody of the Department for alleged
violation of Department rules with respect to good conduct credits
pursuant to Section 3-6-3 of this Code in which the Department
seeks to revoke good conduct credits, if the amount of time at
issue exceeds 30 days or when, during any 12 month period, the
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cumulative amount of credit revoked exceeds 30 days except where
the infraction is committed or discovered within 60 days of
scheduled release. In such cases, the Department of Corrections may
revoke up to 30 days of good conduct credit. The Board may
subsequently approve the revocation of additional good conduct
credit, if the Department seeks to revoke good conduct credit in
excess of thirty days. However, the Board shall not be empowered to
review the Department's decision with respect to the loss of 30
days of good conduct credit for any prisoner or to increase any
penalty beyond the length requested by the Department;
(5) hear by at least one member and through a panel of at
least 3 5 members decide, the release dates for certain prisoners
sentenced under the law in existence prior to the effective date of
this amendatory Act of 1977, in accordance with Section 3-3-2.1 of
this Code;
(6) hear by at least one member and through a panel of at
least 3 5 members decide, all requests for pardon, reprieve or
commutation, and make confidential recommendations to the Governor;
(7) comply with the requirements of the Open Parole Hearings
Act; and
(8) hear by at least one member and, through a panel of at
least 3 5 members, decide cases brought by the Department of
Corrections against a prisoner in the custody of the Department for
court dismissal of a frivolous lawsuit pursuant to Section 3-6-3(d)
of this Code in which the Department seeks to revoke up to 180 days
of good conduct credit, and if the prisoner has not accumulated 180
days of good conduct credit at the time of the dismissal, then all
good conduct credit accumulated by the prisoner shall be revoked.
(a-5) The Prisoner Review Board, with the cooperation of and in
coordination with the Department of Corrections and the Department of
Central Management Services, shall implement a pilot project in 3
correctional institutions providing for the conduct of hearings under
paragraphs (1) and (4) of subsection (a) of this Section through
interactive video conferences. The project shall be implemented within
6 months after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1996.
Within 6 months after the implementation of the pilot project, the
Prisoner Review Board, with the cooperation of and in coordination with
the Department of Corrections and the Department of Central Management
Services, shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly
regarding the use, costs, effectiveness, and future viability of
interactive video conferences for Prisoner Review Board hearings.
(b) Upon recommendation of the Department the Board may restore
good conduct credit previously revoked.
(c) The Board shall cooperate with the Department in promoting an
effective system of parole and mandatory supervised release.
(d) The Board shall promulgate rules for the conduct of its work,
and the Chairman shall file a copy of such rules and any amendments
thereto with the Director and with the Secretary of State.
(e) The Board shall keep records of all of its official actions
and shall make them accessible in accordance with law and the rules of
the Board.
(f) The Board or one who has allegedly violated the conditions of
his parole or mandatory supervised release may require by subpoena the
attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of documentary
evidence relating to any matter under investigation or hearing. The
Chairman of the Board may sign subpoenas which shall be served by any
agent or public official authorized by the Chairman of the Board, or by
any person lawfully authorized to serve a subpoena under the laws of
the State of Illinois. The attendance of witnesses, and the production
of documentary evidence, may be required from any place in the State to
a hearing location in the State before the Chairman of the Board or his
designated agent or agents or any duly constituted Committee or
Subcommittee of the Board. Witnesses so summoned shall be paid the
same fees and mileage that are paid witnesses in the circuit courts of
the State, and witnesses whose depositions are taken and the persons
taking those depositions are each entitled to the same fees as are paid
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for like services in actions in the circuit courts of the State. Fees
and mileage shall be vouchered for payment when the witness is
discharged from further attendance.
In case of disobedience to a subpoena, the Board may petition any
circuit court of the State for an order requiring the attendance and
testimony of witnesses or the production of documentary evidence or
both. A copy of such petition shall be served by personal service or by
registered or certified mail upon the person who has failed to obey the
subpoena, and such person shall be advised in writing that a hearing
upon the petition will be requested in a court room to be designated in
such notice before the judge hearing motions or extraordinary remedies
at a specified time, on a specified date, not less than 10 nor more
than 15 days after the deposit of the copy of the written notice and
petition in the U.S. mails addressed to the person at his last known
address or after the personal service of the copy of the notice and
petition upon such person. The court upon the filing of such a
petition, may order the person refusing to obey the subpoena to appear
at an investigation or hearing, or to there produce documentary
evidence, if so ordered, or to give evidence relative to the subject
matter of that investigation or hearing. Any failure to obey such order
of the circuit court may be punished by that court as a contempt of
court.
Each member of the Board and any hearing officer designated by the
Board shall have the power to administer oaths and to take the
testimony of persons under oath.
(g) Except under subsection (a) of this Section, a majority of the
members then appointed to the Prisoner Review Board shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of all business of the Board.
(h) The Prisoner Review Board shall annually transmit to the
Director a detailed report of its work for the preceding calendar year.
The annual report shall also be transmitted to the Governor for
submission to the Legislature.
(Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)
(730 ILCS 5/3-3-5) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-3-5)
Sec. 3-3-5. Hearing and Determination.
(a) The Prisoner Review Board shall meet as often as need
requires to consider the cases of persons eligible for parole. Except
as otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section
3-3-2 of this Act, the Prisoner Review Board may meet and order its
actions in panels of 3 5 or more members. The action of a majority of
the panel shall be the action of the Board. In consideration of persons
committed to the Juvenile Division, the panel shall have at least a
majority of members experienced in juvenile matters.
(b) If the person under consideration for parole is in the custody
of the Department, at least one member of the Board shall interview
him, and a report of that interview shall be available for the Board's
consideration. However, in the discretion of the Board, the interview
need not be conducted if a psychiatric examination determines that the
person could not meaningfully contribute to the Board's consideration.
The Board may in its discretion parole a person who is then outside the
jurisdiction on his record without an interview. The Board need not
hold a hearing or interview a person who is paroled under paragraphs
(d) or (e) of this Section or released on Mandatory release under
Section 3-3-10.
(c) The Board shall not parole a person eligible for parole if it
determines that:
(1) there is a substantial risk that he will not conform to
reasonable conditions of parole; or
(2) his release at that time would deprecate the seriousness
of his offense or promote disrespect for the law; or
(3) his release would have a substantially adverse effect on
institutional discipline.
(d) A person committed under the Juvenile Court Act or the
Juvenile Court Act of 1987 who has not been sooner released shall be
paroled on or before his 20th birthday to begin serving a period of
parole under Section 3-3-8.
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(e) A person who has served the maximum term of imprisonment
imposed at the time of sentencing less time credit for good behavior
shall be released on parole to serve a period of parole under Section
5-8-1.
(f) The Board shall render its decision within a reasonable time
after hearing and shall state the basis therefor both in the records of
the Board and in written notice to the person on whose application it
has acted. In its decision, the Board shall set the person's time for
parole, or if it denies parole it shall provide for a rehearing not
less frequently than once every year, except that the Board may, after
denying parole, schedule a rehearing no later than 3 years from the
date of the parole denial, if the Board finds that it is not reasonable
to expect that parole would be granted at a hearing prior to the
scheduled rehearing date. If the Board shall parole a person, and, if
he is not released within 90 days from the effective date of the order
granting parole, the matter shall be returned to the Board for review.
(g) The Board shall maintain a registry of decisions in which
parole has been granted, which shall include the name and case number
of the prisoner, the highest charge for which the prisoner was
sentenced, the length of sentence imposed, the date of the sentence,
the date of the parole, the basis for the decision of the Board to
grant parole and the vote of the Board on any such decisions. The
registry shall be made available for public inspection and copying
during business hours and shall be a public record pursuant to the
provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.
(h) The Board shall promulgate rules regarding the exercise of its
discretion under this Section.
(Source: P.A. 91-798, eff. 7-9-00.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming
law.".
The foregoing message from the Senate reporting Senate Amendment
No. 1 to HOUSE BILL 4267 was placed on the Calendar on the order of
Concurrence.
A message from the Senate by
Mr. Harry, Secretary:
Mr. Speaker -- I am directed to inform the House of Representatives
that the Senate has concurred with the House of Representatives in the
passage of a bill of the following title to-wit:
HOUSE BILL 3617
A bill for AN ACT in relation to county government.
Together with the attached amendment thereto (which amendment has
been printed by the Senate), in the adoption of which I am instructed
to ask the concurrence of the House, to-wit:
Senate Amendment No. 1 to HOUSE BILL NO. 3617.
Passed the Senate, as amended, November 28, 2000, by a three-fifths
vote.
Jim Harry, Secretary of the Senate
AMENDMENT NO. 1. Amend House Bill 3617 by replacing the title with
the following:
"AN ACT concerning local boards"; and
by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The Counties Code is amended by changing Sections
2-3002.5 and 2-3006 as follows:
(55 ILCS 5/2-3002.5)
Sec. 2-3002.5. Beginning with members elected at the general
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election in 2002 January 2, 2001, counties having a population between
800,000 and 3,000,000 according to 2000 decennial census shall have no
more than 18 members on their county board. If the chairman of the
county board is elected at-large by the voters of the county as
provided in Section 2-3007, the chairman shall not be counted as a
member of the county board for the purpose of the limitations on the
size of the county board provided in this Section. Neither a member
nor the chairman of that county board shall serve simultaneously as
commissioner or president of the board of commissioners of the forest
preserve district. No person shall seek election to both the county
board and the forest preserve commission at the same election.
(Source: P.A. 89-577, eff. 1-1-97.)
(55 ILCS 5/2-3006) (from Ch. 34, par. 2-3006)
Sec. 2-3006. Failure to file apportionment plan; election of board
members at large. If no apportionment plan is filed with the county
clerk as required by this Division, the members of the county board
shall be elected at large in the county. If the county board has
determined the number of members for the board, that number shall be
elected; otherwise, the number of members to be elected shall be the
largest number to which the county is entitled under Sections 2-3002
and 2-3002.5.
(Source: P.A. 86-926.)
Section 10. The Downstate Forest Preserve District Act is amended
by changing Sections 3c and 12 as follows:
(70 ILCS 805/3c)
Sec. 3c. Elected board of commissioners in certain counties. If
the boundaries of a district are co-extensive with the boundaries of a
county having a population of more than 800,000 but less than
3,000,000, all commissioners of the forest preserve district shall be
elected from the same districts as members of the county board
beginning with the general election held in 2002 and each succeeding
general election. One commissioner shall be elected from each
district. At their first meeting after their election in 2002 and
following each subsequent decennial reapportionment of the county under
Division 2-3 of the Counties Code, the elected commissioners shall
publicly by lot divide themselves into 3 2 groups, as equal in size as
possible. Commissioners from the first group shall serve for terms of
2, 4, and 4 years; commissioners from the second group shall serve for
terms of 4, 2, and 4 years and commissioners from the second third
group shall serve terms of 4, 4, and 2 years. Commissioners elected
under this Section shall take office at the first meeting of
commissioners following an election of commissioners. Beginning with
the general election in 2002, the president of the board of
commissioners of the forest preserve district shall be elected by the
voters of the county, rather than by the commissioners. The president
shall be elected throughout the county for a 4-year term without having
been first elected as commissioner of the forest preserve district.
Neither a commissioner nor the president of the board of commissioners
of that forest preserve district shall serve simultaneously as member
or chairman of the county board. No person shall seek election to both
the forest preserve commission and the county board at the same
election. At that meeting, the commissioners shall elect from among
their number a president of the forest preserve district board of
commissioners to serve for a term of 2 years. The board of
commissioners shall set The compensation for the president shall be an
amount equal to 85% of the annual salary of the county board chairman.
The president, with the advice and consent of the board of
commissioners shall appoint a secretary, treasurer, and such other
officers as deemed necessary by the board of commissioners, which
officers need not be members of the board of commissioners. The
president shall have the powers and duties as specified in Section 12
of this Act. Actions by the board shall require a majority vote of the
commissioners.
Candidates for commissioner shall be candidates of established
political parties.
If a vacancy in the office of commissioner occurs, other than by
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expiration of a commissioner's term, the president of the board of
commissioners shall, with the advice and consent of other commissioners
then serving, appoint an individual to serve for the remainder of the
unexpired term. The appointee shall be affiliated with the same
political party as the commissioner in whose office the vacancy
occurred and be a resident of such district. If a vacancy in the
office of president occurs, other than by expiration of the president's
term, the remaining members of the board of commissioners shall appoint
one of the commissioners to serve as president for the remainder of the
unexpired term. If, however, more than 28 months remain in the
unexpired term of a commissioner or the president, the appointment
shall be until the next consolidated election, at which time the
vacated office of commissioner or president shall be filled by election
for the remainder of the term.
The president and commissioners elected under this Section may be
reimbursed for their reasonable expenses actually incurred in
performing their official duties under this Act in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3a. The reimbursement paid under this Section
shall be paid by the forest preserve district.
Compensation for forest preserve commissioners elected under this
Section shall be the same as that of county board members of the county
with which the forest preserve district's boundaries are co-extensive.
(Source: P.A. 89-577, eff. 1-1-97.)
(70 ILCS 805/12) (from Ch. 96 1/2, par. 6322)
Sec. 12. The president of the board of any district organized
hereunder, shall preside at all meetings of the board, and be the
executive officer of the district, and be a member of the board. He
shall sign all ordinances, resolutions and other papers necessary to be
signed and shall execute all contracts entered into by the district and
perform other duties as may be prescribed by ordinance. He may veto any
ordinance and any orders, resolutions and actions, or any items therein
contained, of the board which provide for the purchase of real estate,
or for the construction of improvements within the preserves of the
district. Such veto shall be filed with the secretary of the board
within 5 days after the passage of the ordinance, order, resolution or
action and when so vetoed the ordinance, order, resolution or action or
any item therein contained is not effective unless it is again passed
by two-thirds vote of all the members of the board. The president may
vote in the same manner as the other members of the board. In the
temporary absence or inability of the president, the members of the
board may elect from their own number a president, pro tem.
The "Yeas" and "Nays" shall be taken, and entered on the journal of
the board's proceedings, upon the passage of all ordinances and all
proposals to create any liability, or for the expenditure or
appropriation of money. The concurrence of a majority of all the
members elected or appointed to the board is necessary to the passage
of any such ordinance or proposal. In all other cases the "Yeas" and
"Nays" shall be taken at the request of any member of the board and
shall be entered on the journal of the board's proceedings."
(Source: P.A. 85-933.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming
law.".
The foregoing message from the Senate reporting Senate Amendment
No. 1 to HOUSE BILL 3617 was placed on the Calendar on the order of
Concurrence.
REPORTS FROM STANDING COMMITTEES
Representative Howard, Chairperson, from the Committee on Children
& Youth to which the following were referred, action taken earlier
today, and reported the same back with the following recommendations:
That the resolution be reported "be adopted as amended" and be
placed on the House Calendar: HOUSE RESOLUTION 883.
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The committee roll call vote on HOUSE RESOLUTION 883 is as follows:
6, Yeas; 0, Nays; 0, Answering Present.
Y Howard, Chair Y Flowers
Y Bellock Y Klingler, Spkpn
Y Boland A Lindner
A Crotty Y Osterman
A Righter
Representative Woolard, Chairperson, from the Committee on
Elementary & Secondary Education to which the following were referred,
action taken earlier today, and reported the same back with the
following recommendations:
That the resolution be reported "be adopted" and be placed on the
House Calendar: HOUSE RESOLUTION 870.
The committee roll call vote on HOUSE RESOLUTION 870 is as follows:
18, Yeas; 2, Nays; 1, Answering Present.
Y Woolard, Chair N Johnson, Tom
Y Bassi N Jones, John
Y Cowlishaw, Spkpn Y Krause
Y Crotty (McGuire) Y Mitchell, Jerry
A Curry, Julie Y Moffitt
Y Davis, Monique, V-Chair Y Mulligan
Y Delgado Y Murphy
Y Fowler A O'Brien
Y Garrett Y Persico
Y Giles Y Scully
P Hoeft Y Smith, Michael
Y Winkel
Representative Novak, Chairperson, from the Committee on
Environment & Energy to which the following were referred, action taken
earlier today, and reported the same back with the following
recommendations:
That the resolution be reported "be adopted" and be placed on the
House Calendar: HOUSE RESOLUTIONS 879 and 887.
The committee roll call vote on HOUSE RESOLUTIONS 879 and 887 is as
follows:
14, Yeas; 0, Nays; 0, Answering Present.
Y Novak, Chair Y Hultgren
Y Beaubien Y Jones, Shirley
Y Bradley Y Lawfer
Y Davis, Steve, V-Chair Y Moore, Andrea
Y Durkin A Murphy
Y Hartke Y Parke (Saviano)
Y Hassert, Spkpn A Persico
Y Holbrook Y Reitz
A Stroger
CHANGE OF SPONSORSHIP
Representative Delgado asked and obtained unanimous consent to be
removed as chief sponsor and Representative Novak asked and obtained
unanimous consent to be shown as chief sponsor of SENATE BILL 1276.
AGREED RESOLUTION
The following resolutions were offered and placed on the Calendar
on the order of Agreed Resolutions.
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HOUSE RESOLUTION 911
Offered by Representative Schoenberg:
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are
pleased to honor milestone dates in the history of organizations in the
State of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, SHORE Community Services, Inc. will celebrate 50 years of
service to persons with developmental disabilities on January 1, 2001;
and
WHEREAS, SHORE was founded in 1949 by a group of parents of
children with mental retardation who lived in Evanston and neighboring
communities; SHORE was incorporated on January 1, 1951; and
WHEREAS, Evolving from an organization consisting of a small group
of parents who organized a classroom for children with developmental
disabilities in a local church basement, SHORE has become an agency
serving over 340 children and adults through Early Childhood
Intervention, Adult Day Programs, Vocational, Residential and Respite
Services in community based settings; and
WHEREAS, SHORE has received accrediation from CARE, a international
accrediting association, for 30 consecutive years, and is supported by
various local United Ways; SHORE has facilities in Skokie, Evanston and
Morton Grove; and
WHEREAS, The mission of the agency continues to be that of
improving the quality of life through community based services for
citizens with mental retardation or other developmental disabilities;
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIRST
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate SHORE
Community Services, Inc. on the 50th anniversary of service to persons
with developmental disabilities; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to
SHORE Community Services, Inc. as an expression of our esteem.
HOUSE RESOLUTION 912
Offered by Representative Reitz - Madigan - Capparelli:
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois General Assembly wish to
express their sincere condolences to the family and friends of Vincent
Birchler, who passed away on November 3, 2000 in Chester, Illinois; and
WHEREAS, Vincent Birchler was born on March 29, 1912 in
Coulterville, Illinois to Alexander and Emma Birchler; and
WHEREAS, Vincent Birchler received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from
Southern Illinois University in Carbondale; he had a state of Illinois
all grade life supervisory certificate; and
WHEREAS, Vincent Birchler was a teacher from 1933 through 1955,
when he became Randolph County assistant superintendent of schools; he
was elected Randolph County regional superintendent of schools, where
he served until 1974; he was elected to the Illinois General Assembly,
58th District, serving from 1974 to 1980; his tax consultant years were
from 1942 until his retirement in 1986; and
WHEREAS, Vincent Birchler was a member of the Belleville Diocesan
School Board for 7 years, where he administered the first summer Head
Start program for Randolph County; he was also one of the leaders
establishing a junior college system for Southern Illinois; his other
memberships include: chairman of the Instructional Advisory Committee
for WSUI-TV until 1978, one of the founders of the Beck Area Vocational
Center, the Perandoe Special Educational District, and the Western
Egyptian Economic Opportunity Council where he served as chairman until
his retirement in 1996; he was also a member of the Randolph County
Welfare Advisory Committee, he headed development of the Camptown Water
District in Chester, Illinois, and he developed several subdivisions in
Chester; and
WHEREAS, Included among special honors for Vincent Birchler were
the Kappa Phi Kappa Educational Honor Society, Outstanding Personality
of West and Midwest, life member of the Randolph County Police
Association; the National Education Association, Randolph County
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Chapter; member of the 3rd and 4th Degree Knights of Columbus; Chester
Eagles; Chester Elks; Independent Accountants Association of Illinois;
and Southern Illinois Alumni Association; he was a member of St. Mary's
Catholic Church in Chester, Illinois; and
WHEREAS, The passing of Vincent Birchler will be deeply felt by all
who knew and loved him, especially his wife, Katheryn; his sons, John
A. (wife, Joan), and Neil V. (wife, Pam); his stepson, Kent (wife,
Inez) Fiene; his stepdaughter, Cassandra Rodgers; his 9 grandchildren;
his 11 great-grandchildren; and his sister, Dorothy (husband, John E.)
Shevlin; therefore be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIRST
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn , along with
all who knew him, the death of Vincent Birchler of Chester, Illinois;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to
the family of Vincent Birchler.
HOUSE RESOLUTION 913
Offered by Representatives Parke, Johnson and Hoeft:
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are
pleased to honor milestone dates in the history of organizations in the
State of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, Awana is one of the largest non-denominational children
and youth ministries in the world focused on spreading the gospel of
Jesus Christ through the local church; and
WHEREAS, Awana will be celebrating its 50 years of service to the
Chicago area; and
WHEREAS, Chicago's North Side Gospel Center created Awana clubs in
the 1940's as a vehicle for attracting neighborhood children to church;
and
WHEREAS, Spurred by interest from a growing number of other
churches, Awana Youth Association was officially established in 1950
with Art Rorheim, the program's founder, as executive director; and
WHEREAS, Awana named its first full-time missionary in 1966, its
main focus was to establish clubs in local churches; and
WHEREAS, Beginning in the 1970's through the 1990's, Awana expanded
to include preschoolers, teenagers, special needs children, urban
children, and international children; By 1972 Awana clubs operated in
46 states; and
WHEREAS, Awana clubs now operate in more than 100 countries around
the world; 8,500 churches in the United States offer clubs, which are
run by more than 150,000 adult lay leaders; more than 1 million
children will attend Awana clubs this school year; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIRST
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Awana
on its 50 years of dedicated service to the children of Chicago; and be
it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to
Awana as an expression of our esteem.
HOUSE RESOLUTION 914
Offered by Representatives Parke and Wojcik:
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives wish
to express their sincere condolences to the family and friends of Peter
Perricone, who passed away on June 6, 2000; and
WHEREAS, Peter Perricone was born on September 4, 1950 in Chicago,
Illinois; and
WHEREAS, Peter F. Perricone graduated in 1968 from Holy Cross High
School in River Grove, Illinois; he entered the United States Marine
Corps in 1968, where he served in Vietnam and Okinawa; during his time
of service, he was promoted to Sergeant at 19 years of age; and
WHEREAS, Peter F. Perricone was President of Vista Services from
1971 until his death; he was a member of the Illinois Automatic
Merchandising Council from 1973 through 2000; it was in this office
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that he earned many distinctions such as: Public Relations Chairman in
1984, Annual Meeting Chairman from 1984 through 1986, Governor from
1987 through 2000, Officer from 1991 through 1996, Recognition of
Outstanding Achievements as Treasurer in 1993, Recognition of
Outstanding Achievements as Vice President in 1994, Recognition of
Outstanding Achievements as President in 1995 and 1996, and recipient
of the Elmer Keukes Award for Dedication to the Industry in 1998; he
earned the Award of Dedication and Leadership in 1999, the Award of
Service and Leadership as Member of the Board of Governors in 1998, and
the National Automatic Merchandising Association "Chairman's Award" for
Legislative Success in 1999; and
WHEREAS, Peter F. Perricone led a life of outstanding merit that
included recognition from Elk Grove High School Cooperative Education
for "Outstanding Service in Training", DuPage County Childrens Center,
Ridgewood High School Cooperative Education for "Cooperative and
Guidance of Students", DuPage County Childrens Center's "Vintage Cars
and Rods Award", Juvenile Diabetes Foundation's "Ron Santo Walk for the
Cure" and "Silver Level of Achievement Award", the Knights of Columbus
Merit Award from the Holy Ghost Church St. Joseph Table for
"Recognition and Appreciation of Services": and by the Girl Scouts
Illinois Crossroads Council for "Special Recognition of Outstanding
Service and Dedication"; and
WHEREAS, The passing of Peter F. Perricone will be deeply felt by
all who knew and loved him, especially his wife, Cathy; his son, Peter;
his daughter, Sara (husband, John) Giamarusti; his granddaughter, Mia;
his father, Sam C.; and his brothers, Sam M. and Michael; therefore, be
it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIRST
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
all who knew him, the death of Peter F. Perricone of Hawthorn Woods,
Illinois; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to
the family of Peter F. Perricone.
HOUSE RESOLUTION 915
Offered by Representative Lopez:
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are
pleased to honor milestones in the lives of citizens of the State of
Illinois; and
WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Richard J. Tomoleoni has
made the decision to retire from his hard work as an educator; and
WHEREAS, Richard J. Tomoleoni was born on July 11, 1941 in the City
of Chicago; he graduated from Steinmetz High School in 1959, received
his Bachelor's degree from Northern Illinois University in 1963, and
his Master's degree from Northern Illinois University in 1967; and
WHEREAS, Richard J. Tomoleoni has been a physical education teacher
since 1963; he started his teaching career at Tuley High School, where
he also served as head baseball coach; in 1974 he moved to Clemente
High School, where he also was in the position of head baseball coach;
and
WHEREAS, Richard J. Tomoleoni led his baseball teams to eight city
championships in 1974, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1988, 1989, 1995, and 1997; in
1989 and 1995 his teams went to the final four in the State tournament;
he led his teams to fifteen conference championships, coached them to
the State Tournament Final a record eight times, was the Chicago Public
League runner-up three times, and through the years won 716 regular
season varsity games, making him the winningest coach in the Chicago
Public League; and
WHEREAS, In addition to his teaching and coaching positions,
Richard J. Tomoleoni has served as the charter president of the Chicago
Public League Baseball Coaches Association, and as the Teachers' Union
Chairman on the extra-curricular committee; he served on the Niles
Elementary School District #71 Board of Education from 1987 to 1994,
serving as President of the Board from 1993 to 1994; he was a member of
the Mayor's Task Force to Attract Young Families from 1991 to 1992; and
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he was the Community Youth Program coaching advisor; and
WHEREAS, Richard J. Tomoleoni has also worked with the Cincinnati
Reds baseball organization since 1970 as a recommending scout; he is in
the Hall of Fame of the State Coaches Association, where he was
inducted as the first Chicago Public Coach; he was a finalist for
National Coach of the Year in 1990; and he was named Chicago Coach of
the Year eight times; and
WHEREAS, Richard J. Tomoleoni will be enjoying his retirement along
with his wife, Linda; his children, Lisa, Lori, Lena, Lia, Joe, and
Mike; and his grandchildren, Nina and Gus; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIRST
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Richard
J. Tomoleoni on a job well done; he is to be commended for his hard
work and dedication to teaching and coaching the young people of
Chicago; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to
Richard J. Tomoleoni.
HOUSE RESOLUTION 916
Offered by Representative Hultgren - Cowlishaw:
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are
pleased to honor milestones in high school sports in the State of
Illinois; and
WHEREAS, Benet Academy's varsity soccer team, the Redwings,
recently won the IHSA Class A Boys Soccer championship game held at
Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville; and
WHEREAS, The Redwings met the challenge by first defeating
Springfield's Sacred Heart-Griffin in the semifinals; in the final game
the Redwings faced their East Suburban Catholic Conference rival, the
St. Viator Lions; in the end, the Lions were defeated by the final
score of 3-1, and the Redwings won the school's first State
championship; and
WHEREAS, The Benet Academy team consists of Matt Galica, Will
Connolly, Tim Huml, Pat Blakemore, Luke Dreyer, Tim Wirtz, Rich
Janulis, Ryan Rivera, Ben Aguilar, Eric Zmrhal, Gavin Kubes, Luke Rojo,
Jon Janulis, Nick Aguilar, Mark Peluse, Rick Elliott, Chris Murphy,
Kevin Schaefer, Jay Pepitone, Andrew Dennis, Nate Hartmann, Greg Gonda,
Drew Connolly, Pat Baldwin, Matt Raczkowski, Anthony Soldato, Brian
Johnson and Rob Janicki; the team finished its undefeated season at 22
wins, no losses, and 4 draws; and
WHEREAS, In the end, Benet Academy won the State championship,
capping an undefeated season; immediately after the medal ceremony,
Benet coaches Henry Wind, Manny Aguilar, Bob Gros, and Jim Brown, the
Reverend Jude Randall, O.S.B., school President, Ernest Stark, school
principal, Gary Golforth, school Athletic Director, presented medals to
six team members who were unable to participate in the playoffs due to
IHSA roster limitations; therefore be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIRST
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Benet
Academy for winning its historic first IHSA Class A Boys Soccer
championship; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to
Father Jude, Mr. Stark, Mr. Golforth and to the coaches of the Benet
Redwings, Henry Wind, Manny Aguilar, Bob Gros, Jim Brown, and to all 28
members of the Benet Varsity Soccer Team.
HOUSE RESOLUTION 917
Offered by Representative Cowlishaw:
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are
pleased to honor milestone dates in the history of businesses in the
State of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, Oswald's Pharmacy will be celebrating its 125th
anniversary on December 2, 2000 in Naperville, Illinois; and
WHEREAS, Oswald's Pharmacy began in downtown Naperville in 1875 and
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has been in the Wickel, Oswald, Kester, and Anderson families since
1877; and
WHEREAS, Oswald's Pharmacy has been dedicated to serving the
citizens of Naperville for 125 years; and
WHEREAS, Oswald's Pharmacy provided extended hours to serve the
needs of Naperville's farming community; and
WHEREAS, Oswald's Pharmacy gave back to the community with gifts to
children during the Depression; and
WHEREAS, The Oswald Family opened a book store in Naperville when
none existed; and
WHEREAS, Oswald's Pharmacy has donated prizes and given support to
civic organizations in the city; given thousands of hours and thousands
of dollars to city projects; and also provided start-up, part-time, and
full-time employment to thousands of Naperville citizens; and
WHEREAS, Oswald's Pharmacy has dispensed more than three million
prescriptions and provided untold amounts of free healthcare advice;
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIRST
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate
Oswald's Pharmacy on celebrating its 125th anniversary of service to
the citizens of Naperville, Illinois; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to
the Anderson Family as an expression of our esteem.
HOUSE RESOLUTION 918
Offered by Representative O'Brien:
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are
pleased to honor milestone dates in the history of organizations in the
State of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, The Channahon Fire Department will be celebrating its 50th
Anniversary; and
WHEREAS, The Channahon Fire Protection District will be celebrating
its 40th anniversary and will recognize the 8 employees and 45
volunteers that serve 40 square miles in Will County; and
WHEREAS, The volunteers of the Channahon Fire Department respond to
over 700 calls per year for fire and medical emergencies; they also
respond to calls on 10 miles off the Des Plaines River; and
WHEREAS, The volunteers of the Channahon Fire Department have
dedicated their lives for the sole benefit of assisting those in
distress; therefore be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIRST
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we honor the Channahon
Fire Department on its 50th anniversary and also the Channahon Fire
Protection District on its 40th anniversary and recognize its
volunteers for their dedication and assistance to the residents of Will
County; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to
David Riddle, Fire Chief of the Channahon Fire Department and to the 8
employees and 45 volunteers of the Channahon Fire Protection District
as an expression of our esteem.
HOUSE RESOLUTION 919
Offered by Representative Brosnahan:
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives wish
to express their sincere condolences to the family and friends of John
Hickey, who recently passed away; and
WHEREAS, John Hickey migrated from Ireland to Chicago in 1963; he
first worked as a fireman and oiler for Fireman and Oiler Local 7 at
Sears, Roebuck & Company; he then went to work for Local 399; and
WHEREAS, He rose in the ranks at Local 399 to become the chief
operating engineer of facilities in Cook County; he was assigned to
various buildings around the Chicago area; Mr. Hickey also served on
the executive board of Local 399; and
WHEREAS, John Hickey was a member of the Ancient Order of
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Hiberians, Kerry Social and Benevolent Association, Gaelic Park, the
Limerick Association, and the Irish American Alliance; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Hickey was an avid golfer and a member of several golf
clubs; and
WHEREAS, The passing of John Hickey will be felt by all who knew
him, especially his wife of twenty-eight years, Mary; his daughter,
Mary; his sons, Timothy, Dennis, and John; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIRST
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
John Hickey, and extend our sympathy to his family and friends at this
time; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to
the family of John Hickey.
HOUSE RESOLUTION 920
Offered by Representative Bassi - Parke:
WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that William P. Barlow, III
will be leaving his position as City Manager of Rolling Meadows this
year; and
WHEREAS, William P. Barlow, III performed the services of City
Manager of Rolling Meadows from January 1996 to the present; and
WHEREAS, Rolling Meadows is located in the Chicago metropolitan
area, in northwest Cook County; its population is around 23,140; and
WHEREAS, Significant achievements accomplished during his tenure as
City Manager include: recruiting and negotiating an economic
development agreement with 3Com Corporation, a worldwide leader in
computer technology, located their Midwest headquarters in Rolling
Meadows, with a projected investment of over $200,000,000 in buildings
and infrastructure and 2,000 jobs; the City, Cook County and State
developed an economic development incentive; he negotiated agreements
with Browning-Ferris, a solid waste company to lease an underutilized
solid waste transfer station within the City of Rolling Meadows, which
will yield in excess od $5,000,000 in lease and host fees for the City
over the next 20 years; and
WHEREAS, Other accomplishments during William P. Barlow, III's
tenure also include: re-engineered solid waste services, resulting in
the retention of in-house waste collections services, and reduction in
the annual cost of operating the service by $117,000; and he completed
$3,000,000 in public improvement projects in the central business
district of Rolling Meadows, including streetscape improvements and
construction of bike paths; improvements have complimented and given
incentive to over $10,000,000 in new private sector investment in the
central business district; and
WHEREAS, William P. Barlow, III's professional and civic
affiliations include: being a member of the Northwest Municipal
Conference Board of Directors, where he served on the Transportation,
Joint Purchasing, and Economic Development committees; he was City
management representative to the Northwest Mayor's Council for
Transportation issues; and member of the Executive Board of the
Northwest Joint Action Water Agency, an agency providing potable water
services for communities in northwest Cook County; other membership
affiliations include: International City-County Management Association,
Illinois City Management Association, Society for Human Resource
Management, International Personnel Management Association, United Way
of Palatine, Inverness and Rolling Meadows Board of Directors; Vice
President, and the Rolling Meadows Rotary Club were he was selected as
Rotarian of the year in 1998 and 1999; and
WHEREAS, William P. Barlow, III will enjoy his post retirement
activities with his wife, Kathleen; and his two children, Caitlin and
Peter; therefore be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIRST
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we offer our thanks to
William P. Barlow, III for his years of dedicated service to the town
of Rolling Meadows and wish him well in all of his future endeavors;
and be it
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RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to
William P. Barlow, III as an expression of our esteem.
HOUSE RESOLUTION 921
Offered by Representative Daniels - Biggins - Durkin:
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives offer
our sincere congratulations to the 2000 York Community High School
Girls Cross Country Team and Coach Larry Bassett on their first State
Championship title; and
WHEREAS, the Lady Dukes won the Class AA Team Championship with 82
points, capping an undefeated season with the aid of two All-State
runners, Kara Henry and Maria Cicero, who won the Class AA individual
title; and
WHEREAS, Coach Larry Bassett in his 21st year, has led the Lady
Dukes to the State Finals 17 times, a Class AA Girls State record,
earning 11 consecutive top 10 finishes, including a second place
showing in 1999; and
WHEREAS, Team members Maria Cicero, Kara Henry, Allison Billhardt,
Kelly Forst, Kelly O'Neil, Shannon Tucker, Hillary Palumbo, Erin
Fitzgerald, Jamie Virzi, Justine Parker, Vanessa Pfafflin, Lauren Dick,
Emily Jones, Christine Kotarba, and Christina LeDonne, have
demonstrated extraordinary determination and commitment in their quest
to be the best runners in the State; and
WHEREAS, we recognize the hard work and dedication of Coach Larry
Bassett and Assistant Coaches Wendy Ihms and Lisa Simon, to continue
the winning tradition at York; and
WHEREAS, the Lady Dukes, who were ranked Number 1 all season,
worked together as a team to achieve their goal as State Champions; and
WHEREAS, we recognize that this victory is also shared by families,
friends, the Elmhurst community and the entire student body of York
Community High School, who have supported the team all season;
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIRST
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we do hereby offer our
congratulations to Coach Larry Bassett and the Lady Dukes for making
school history by winning their first State Championship Class AA title
in Peoria on November 4, 2000; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to
Coach Larry Bassett, the Assistant Coaches and Team Members.
HOUSE RESOLUTION 922
Offered by Representative Daniels - Biggins - Durkin:
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives offer
our sincere congratulations to Maria Cicero on winning the Class AA
Cross Country Individual Title in Peoria on November 4, 2000; and
WHEREAS, Maria Cicero's record setting run, with a time of 13:49,
was six seconds faster than the one year old mark; and
WHEREAS, Maria Cicero's performance helped this season's undefeated
Lady Duke Team win their first Class AA State Championship Title,
making November 4th "one of the greatest days" in girls cross country
team history at York Community High School; and
WHEREAS, Maria Cicero, who received All-State Honors, withstood,
together with her teammates, the pressure of a number one ranking all
season to achieve their goal of a State championship title; and
WHEREAS, Maria Cicero, whose quiet determination, drive for
excellence, and level of endurance, serves as an inspiration to us all;
and
WHEREAS, Maria Cicero's victory, together with the girls cross
country team title and the boys cross country team title, swept the
State finals, a first in Class AA history; and
WHEREAS, we wish senior Maria Cicero, a dedicated athlete and
scholar, much success in the future; therefore be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIRST
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we do hereby offer our
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congratulations to Maria Cicero on winning the Class AA Cross Country
Individual Title; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to
Maria Cicero.
HOUSE RESOLUTION 923
Offered by Representative Daniels - Biggins - Durkin:
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives offer
our sincere congratulations to the 2000 York Community High School
Boy's Cross Country Team and Coach Joe Newton on winning the Class AA
State Championship Title in Peoria on November 4, 2000; and
WHEREAS, this achievement marks an unprecedented 21st State
Championship Title for the Dukes, with team members scoring 126 points
despite battling injuries all season; and
WHEREAS, Coach Joe Newton, one of the most successful cross country
and track coaches in history, has completed his 45th year at York
Community High School and will again postpone his retirement to lead
the Dukes next season in pursuit of a 22nd state title; and
WHEREAS, this year's team victory is indeed special because it is
shared with the Lady Dukes, who have achieved their first state Class
AA title, marking the first time in state history that a school's boys
and girls teams have won championships in the same year; and
WHEREAS, Team members Peter Stasiulis, Adam Roche, Jay McGrane, Tim
Hobbs, John Baez, Tony DiCianni, Michael Palumbo, Michael Baier, Collin
Bourdage, Michael Corry, Albert Diamond, Keith Eadon, Antonio Fasano,
Vince Fasano, Todd Jones, Jordan Kapitanoff, David Kikuchi, Adam Manta,
Sebby Mathew, Daniel McAndrew, and Matt Montgomery have demonstrated
extraordinary determination and commitment in their quest to retain the
State title for York; and
WHEREAS, we recognize the efforts of legendary Coach Joe Newton and
Assistant Coaches Charlie Kern and Vito Purpura, whose leadership has
inspired these young athletes to excel to record levels; and
WHEREAS, this championship title is a source of great pride to the
school and the entire community, building upon one of the nation's top
athletic programs; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIRST
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we do hereby offer our
congratulations to Coach Joe Newton and the Duke Team on their 21st
State Championship Title; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to
Coach Joe Newton, Assistant Coaches and Team Members.
HOUSE RESOLUTION 924
Offered by Representative Daniels - Biggins - Durkin:
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives offer
our sincere congratulations to the 2000 York Community High School
Boy's Track Team and Coach Joe Newton on winning the Class AA State
Championship Title on May 27, 2000; and
WHEREAS, this singular accomplishment caps a remarkable season that
included a West Suburban Conference Title, the establishment of several
new school speed records, and the York Duke's 246th Conference Title in
more than 40 years of outstanding competition; and
WHEREAS, senior Donald Sage won both the 3,200 meters and the 1,600
meters, marking the first time a Class AA runner has won the distance
double back-to-back, and setting a new national record in the 3,200 and
a new school record in the 1,600; and
WHEREAS, Team members Pete Cioni, John Janulis, Adam Palumbo,
Donald Sage, Terre Mastrino, Adam Roche, Peter Stasiulis, Dan Sloan,
Ben Wallick, Neal Wilson, Tim Hobbs, Matt Kiefer, Mike Gassman, Joe
Fisher, John Casey, Bobby Gunnells, Will Grosse, Gus Malecha, Chris
Bishof, Tony DiCianni, Dan Dziubski, Rob Harley, and Kevin Lawrence are
determined and superb athletes dedicated to their sport; and
WHEREAS, these team members brought Coach Joe Newton his first
state track championship title and the first for York since 1939,
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leading the Dukes to achieve a state title in both track and cross
country competition in the same year, a truly remarkable achievement;
and
WHEREAS, we recognize the hard work and dedication of legendary
Coach Joe Newton, and Assistant Coaches Stan Reddel, Charlie Kern, Tom
Newton, Tom LaRocca and Vito Purpura; and
WHEREAS, these outstanding young athletes have been a source of
great pride and honor to the school and the entire community;
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIRST
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we offer our
congratulations to Coach Joe Newton and the Duke team on their State
Championship Title; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to
Coach Joe Newton, the Assistant Coaches, and the Team members.
HOUSE RESOLUTION 925
Offered by Representative Black:
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are
pleased to honor organizations within the State of Illinois who make
contributions to their community; and
WHEREAS, The Cissna Park Future Farmers of America Chapter received
recognition by being named to the "Model of Innovations" list in the
area of community service at the National F.F.A. Convention, held in
Louisville, Kentucky; and
WHEREAS, The Cissna Park F.F.A. Chapter was selected based on their
work in the community, including their work on the playground in the
park, their work on the Fire Safety and TASK Program at the area grade
school, and their work on the Fire Safety Program and 911 sign program;
and
WHEREAS, The selection committee also made their decision based on
the Cissna Park F.F.A. Chapter and their work during Old Settlers Day
and community clean up day, and their efforts with the roadside pick up
on Route 49; and
WHEREAS, The members of the Cissna Park Future Farmers of America
Chapter and their leader, Mr. Lynch, are to commended for their hard
work and willingness to help others; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIRST
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate the
Cissna Park Future Farmers of America Chapter on being named to the
"Model of Innovations" list in the area of community service at the
National F.F.A. Convention; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to
the Cissna Park Future Farmers of America Chapter.
HOUSE RESOLUTION 926
Offered by Representative Wojcik:
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are
pleased to honor milestone dates in the history of organizations in the
State of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, Sarah's Grove Chapter of the National Society of the
Daughters of the American Revolution will celebrate its 25th
anniversary in January of 2001; and
WHEREAS, During these past 25 years, the chapter has promoted the
DAR objectives of historic preservation and promotion of education and
patriotic endeavors; and
WHEREAS, The thirteen charter members of the current Sarah's Grove
Chapter include: Olive Ames, Catherine Cappelen, Ruth Chapek, Jane
Doherty, Nancy George, Margaret Hinners, Mary Hovde, Darlene Koertgen,
Rita Kruse, Nancy Liggin, Nancy Riesco, Mary Selling, and Marcia
Thayer; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIRST
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate the
Sarah's Grove Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American
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Revolution for their faithful and dedicated service for the past 25
years; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented
Barbara Peterson, Regent, and to the members of the Sarah's Grove
Chapter of the National Society of Daughters of the American
Revolution.
INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF BILLS
The following bills were introduced, read by title a first time,
ordered printed and placed in the Committee on Rules:
HOUSE BILL 4764. Introduced by Representatives Franks - Fowler -
McCarthy - Reitz - Hoffman and McGuire, a bill for AN ACT concerning
pharmaceutical assistance.
HOUSE BILL 4765. Introduced by Representatives Daniels - Cross -
O'Connor - Kosel - Bassi, Beaubien, Bellock, Bost, Hassert, Bill
Mitchell, Righter, Rutherford and Winkel, a bill for AN ACT in relation
to controlled substances.
DISTRIBUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL CALENDAR
Supplemental Calendar No. 1 was distributed to the Members at 1:05
o'clock p.m.
ACTION ON VETO MOTIONS
Pursuant to the Motion submitted previously, Representative Pankau
moved that the House concur with the Senate in the acceptance of the
Governor's Specific Recommendations for Change to SENATE BILL 810, by
adoption of the following amendment:
AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 810
IN ACCEPTANCE OF GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS
Amend Senate Bill 810 on page 2, line 9, after "facility.", by
inserting the following:
"As used in this Section, "child care facility" is limited to a child
care facility located in Illinois.".
And on that motion, a vote was taken resulting as follows:
113, Yeas; 0, Nays; 0, Answering Present.
(ROLL CALL 2)
The motion, having received the votes of three-fifths of the
Members elected, prevailed and the House concurred with the Senate in
the adoption of the Governor's Specific Recommendations for Change.
Ordered that the Clerk inform the Senate.
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
The following bill and any amendments adopted thereto was printed
and laid upon the Members' desks. Any amendments pending were tabled
pursuant to Rule 40(a).
On motion of Representative Lawfer, SENATE BILL 1397 was taken up
and read by title a third time.
And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?".
Pending the vote on said bill, on motion of Representative Lawfer,
further consideration of SENATE BILL 1397 was postponed.
RESOLUTIONS
HOUSE RESOLUTION 924 was taken up for consideration.
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Representative Daniels moved the adoption of the resolution.
The motion prevailed and the Resolution was adopted.
HOUSE RESOLUTION 923 was taken up for consideration.
Representative Daniels moved the adoption of the resolution.
The motion prevailed and the Resolution was adopted.
HOUSE RESOLUTION 921 was taken up for consideration.
Representative Daniels moved the adoption of the resolution.
The motion prevailed and the Resolution was adopted.
HOUSE RESOLUTION 922 was taken up for consideration.
Representative Daniels moved the adoption of the resolution.
The motion prevailed and the Resolution was adopted.
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SENATE BILL 1477. Having been read by title a second time on
April 5, 2000, and held on the order of Second Reading, the same was
again taken up and advanced to the order of Third Reading.
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
The following bill and any amendments adopted thereto was printed
and laid upon the Members' desks. Any amendments pending were tabled
pursuant to Rule 40(a).
On motion of Representative Fowler, SENATE BILL 1477 was taken up
and read by title a third time.
And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?".
Pending the vote on said bill, on motion of Representative Fowler,
further consideration of SENATE BILL 1477 was postponed.
SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING
SENATE BILL 1899. Having been read by title a second time on April
12, 2000, and held on the order of Second Reading, the same was again
taken up.
On motion of Representative Novak, Amendment No. 1 was ordered to
lie on the table.
There being no further amendments, the bill was advanced to the
order of Third Reading.
SENATE BILLS ON THIRD READING
The following bill and any amendments adopted thereto was printed
and laid upon the Members' desks. Any amendments pending were tabled
pursuant to Rule 40(a).
On motion of Representative Novak, SENATE BILL 1899 was taken up
and read by title a third time.
And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" it was decided in
the affirmative by the following vote:
113, Yeas; 1, Nays; 0, Answering Present.
(ROLL CALL 3)
This bill, having received the votes of a constitutional majority
of the Members elected, was declared passed.
Ordered that the Clerk inform the Senate.
HOUSE BILLS ON SECOND READING
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Having been read by title a second time on November 16, 2000 and
held, the following bill was taken up and advanced to the order of
Third Reading: HOUSE BILL 4738.
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READING
The following bill and any amendments adopted thereto were printed
and laid upon the Members' desks. This bill has been examined, any
amendments thereto engrossed and any errors corrected. Any amendments
pending were tabled pursuant to Rule 40(a).
On motion of Representative McCarthy, HOUSE BILL 4738 was taken up
and read by title a third time.
And the question being, "Shall this bill pass?" it was decided in
the affirmative by the following vote:
109, Yeas; 2, Nays; 2, Answering Present.
(ROLL CALL 4)
This bill, having received the votes of a constitutional majority
of the Members elected, was declared passed.
Ordered that the Clerk inform the Senate and ask their concurrence.
ACTION ON MOTIONS
Representative Flowers moved to reject the First Conference
Committee Report to SENATE BILL 487 and recommit it back to the
Committee on Rules.
The motion prevailed.
Ordered that the Clerk inform the Senate.
The Speaker appointed as such committee on the part of the House:
Representatives Burke, Currie, O'Brien; Tenhouse and Saviano.
Ordered that the Clerk inform the Senate.
RESOLUTIONS
HOUSE RESOLUTION 780 was taken up for consideration.
Representative Fowler moved the adoption of the resolution.
The motion prevailed and the Resolution was adopted.
HOUSE RESOLUTION 907 was taken up for consideration.
Representative Giglio moved the adoption of the resolution.
The motion prevailed and the Resolution was adopted.
ACTION ON MOTIONS
Pursuant to the motion submitted previously, Representative Black
moved to suspend the posting requirements for SENATE BILL 1276 and
1975.
The motion prevailed.
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING
Having been printed, the following bill was taken up, read by title
a first time and placed in the Committee on Rules: SENATE BILL 1869.
At the hour of 5:05 o'clock p.m., Representative Currie moved that
the House do now adjourn until Wednesday, November 29, 2000, at 11:00
o'clock a.m.
The motion prevailed.
And the House stood adjourned.
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STATE OF ILLINOIS
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HOUSE ROLL CALL
QUORUM ROLL CALL FOR ATTENDANCE
NOV 28, 2000
0 YEAS 0 NAYS 115 PRESENT
P ACEVEDO P FLOWERS P LINDNER P REITZ
P BASSI P FOWLER P LOPEZ P RIGHTER
P BEAUBIEN P FRANKS E LYONS,EILEEN P RUTHERFORD
P BELLOCK P FRITCHEY P LYONS,JOSEPH P RYDER
P BERNS P GARRETT P MATHIAS P SAVIANO
P BIGGINS P GASH P MAUTINO P SCHMITZ
P BLACK P GIGLIO P McAULIFFE P SCHOENBERG
P BOLAND P GILES P McCARTHY P SCOTT
P BOST P GRANBERG P McGUIRE P SCULLY
P BRADLEY P HAMOS P McKEON E SHARP
P BRADY P HANNIG P MEYER P SILVA
P BROSNAHAN P HARRIS P MITCHELL,BILL P SKINNER
P BRUNSVOLD P HARTKE P MITCHELL,JERRY P SLONE
P BUGIELSKI P HASSERT P MOFFITT P SMITH
P BURKE P HOEFT P MOORE P SOMMER
P CAPPARELLI P HOFFMAN P MORROW P STEPHENS
P COULSON P HOLBROOK P MULLIGAN P STROGER
P COWLISHAW P HOWARD P MURPHY P TENHOUSE
P CROSS P HULTGREN P MYERS P TURNER,ART
P CROTTY P JOHNSON,TOM P NOVAK P TURNER,JOHN
P CURRIE P JONES,JOHN P O'BRIEN P WAIT
P CURRY P JONES,LOU P O'CONNOR P WINKEL
P DANIELS P JONES,SHIRLEY P OSMOND P WINTERS
A DART P KENNER P OSTERMAN P WIRSING
P DAVIS,MONIQUE P KLINGLER P PANKAU P WOJCIK
P DAVIS,STEVE P KOSEL P PARKE P WOOLARD
P DELGADO P KRAUSE P PERSICO P YOUNGE
P DURKIN P LANG P POE P ZICKUS
P ERWIN P LAWFER P PUGH P MR. SPEAKER
P FEIGENHOLTZ P LEITCH
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HOUSE ROLL CALL
SENATE BILL 810
INCOME TX-DAY CARE CREDIT
ACCEPT AMENDATORY VETO
PREVAILED
THREE-FIFTHS VOTE REQUIRED
NOV 28, 2000
113 YEAS 0 NAYS 0 PRESENT
Y ACEVEDO Y FLOWERS Y LINDNER Y REITZ
Y BASSI Y FOWLER Y LOPEZ Y RIGHTER
Y BEAUBIEN Y FRANKS E LYONS,EILEEN Y RUTHERFORD
Y BELLOCK Y FRITCHEY Y LYONS,JOSEPH Y RYDER
Y BERNS Y GARRETT Y MATHIAS Y SAVIANO
Y BIGGINS Y GASH Y MAUTINO Y SCHMITZ
Y BLACK Y GIGLIO Y McAULIFFE Y SCHOENBERG
Y BOLAND Y GILES Y McCARTHY Y SCOTT
Y BOST Y GRANBERG Y McGUIRE Y SCULLY
Y BRADLEY Y HAMOS Y McKEON E SHARP
Y BRADY Y HANNIG Y MEYER Y SILVA
Y BROSNAHAN Y HARRIS Y MITCHELL,BILL Y SKINNER
Y BRUNSVOLD Y HARTKE Y MITCHELL,JERRY Y SLONE
Y BUGIELSKI Y HASSERT Y MOFFITT Y SMITH
Y BURKE Y HOEFT Y MOORE Y SOMMER
Y CAPPARELLI A HOFFMAN Y MORROW Y STEPHENS
Y COULSON Y HOLBROOK Y MULLIGAN Y STROGER
Y COWLISHAW Y HOWARD Y MURPHY Y TENHOUSE
Y CROSS Y HULTGREN Y MYERS Y TURNER,ART
Y CROTTY Y JOHNSON,TOM Y NOVAK Y TURNER,JOHN
Y CURRIE Y JONES,JOHN Y O'BRIEN Y WAIT
Y CURRY Y JONES,LOU Y O'CONNOR Y WINKEL
Y DANIELS Y JONES,SHIRLEY Y OSMOND Y WINTERS
A DART Y KENNER Y OSTERMAN Y WIRSING
Y DAVIS,MONIQUE Y KLINGLER Y PANKAU Y WOJCIK
Y DAVIS,STEVE Y KOSEL Y PARKE Y WOOLARD
Y DELGADO Y KRAUSE Y PERSICO E YOUNGE
Y DURKIN Y LANG Y POE Y ZICKUS
Y ERWIN Y LAWFER Y PUGH Y MR. SPEAKER
Y FEIGENHOLTZ Y LEITCH
E - Denotes Excused Absence
[November 28, 2000] 32
NO. 3
STATE OF ILLINOIS
NINETY-FIRST
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
HOUSE ROLL CALL
SENATE BILL 1899
ELECTRIC SUPPLIER ACT TAX EXMT
THIRD READING
PASSED
NOV 28, 2000
113 YEAS 1 NAYS 0 PRESENT
Y ACEVEDO Y FLOWERS Y LINDNER Y REITZ
Y BASSI Y FOWLER Y LOPEZ Y RIGHTER
Y BEAUBIEN Y FRANKS E LYONS,EILEEN Y RUTHERFORD
Y BELLOCK Y FRITCHEY Y LYONS,JOSEPH Y RYDER
Y BERNS Y GARRETT Y MATHIAS Y SAVIANO
Y BIGGINS Y GASH Y MAUTINO Y SCHMITZ
Y BLACK Y GIGLIO Y McAULIFFE Y SCHOENBERG
Y BOLAND Y GILES Y McCARTHY Y SCOTT
Y BOST Y GRANBERG Y McGUIRE Y SCULLY
Y BRADLEY Y HAMOS Y McKEON E SHARP
Y BRADY Y HANNIG Y MEYER Y SILVA
Y BROSNAHAN Y HARRIS Y MITCHELL,BILL Y SKINNER
Y BRUNSVOLD Y HARTKE Y MITCHELL,JERRY Y SLONE
Y BUGIELSKI Y HASSERT Y MOFFITT Y SMITH
Y BURKE Y HOEFT Y MOORE Y SOMMER
Y CAPPARELLI Y HOFFMAN Y MORROW Y STEPHENS
Y COULSON Y HOLBROOK Y MULLIGAN Y STROGER
Y COWLISHAW Y HOWARD Y MURPHY Y TENHOUSE
Y CROSS Y HULTGREN Y MYERS Y TURNER,ART
Y CROTTY Y JOHNSON,TOM Y NOVAK Y TURNER,JOHN
Y CURRIE Y JONES,JOHN Y O'BRIEN Y WAIT
Y CURRY Y JONES,LOU Y O'CONNOR Y WINKEL
Y DANIELS Y JONES,SHIRLEY Y OSMOND Y WINTERS
A DART Y KENNER Y OSTERMAN Y WIRSING
Y DAVIS,MONIQUE Y KLINGLER Y PANKAU Y WOJCIK
Y DAVIS,STEVE Y KOSEL Y PARKE Y WOOLARD
Y DELGADO Y KRAUSE Y PERSICO E YOUNGE
Y DURKIN Y LANG Y POE Y ZICKUS
Y ERWIN Y LAWFER Y PUGH Y MR. SPEAKER
Y FEIGENHOLTZ N LEITCH
E - Denotes Excused Absence
33 [November 28, 2000]
NO. 4
STATE OF ILLINOIS
NINETY-FIRST
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
HOUSE ROLL CALL
HOUSE BILL 4738
PROP TAX-RESTRUCTURED REBATES
THIRD READING
PASSED
NOV 28, 2000
109 YEAS 2 NAYS 2 PRESENT
Y ACEVEDO Y FLOWERS Y LINDNER Y REITZ
Y BASSI Y FOWLER Y LOPEZ Y RIGHTER
Y BEAUBIEN Y FRANKS E LYONS,EILEEN Y RUTHERFORD
Y BELLOCK N FRITCHEY Y LYONS,JOSEPH Y RYDER
Y BERNS Y GARRETT Y MATHIAS Y SAVIANO
Y BIGGINS Y GASH Y MAUTINO Y SCHMITZ
N BLACK Y GIGLIO Y McAULIFFE Y SCHOENBERG
Y BOLAND Y GILES Y McCARTHY Y SCOTT
Y BOST Y GRANBERG Y McGUIRE Y SCULLY
Y BRADLEY P HAMOS Y McKEON E SHARP
Y BRADY Y HANNIG Y MEYER Y SILVA
Y BROSNAHAN Y HARRIS Y MITCHELL,BILL Y SKINNER
Y BRUNSVOLD Y HARTKE Y MITCHELL,JERRY Y SLONE
Y BUGIELSKI Y HASSERT Y MOFFITT Y SMITH
Y BURKE Y HOEFT Y MOORE Y SOMMER
Y CAPPARELLI Y HOFFMAN Y MORROW Y STEPHENS
Y COULSON Y HOLBROOK Y MULLIGAN Y STROGER
Y COWLISHAW Y HOWARD Y MURPHY Y TENHOUSE
Y CROSS Y HULTGREN Y MYERS Y TURNER,ART
Y CROTTY Y JOHNSON,TOM Y NOVAK Y TURNER,JOHN
A CURRIE Y JONES,JOHN Y O'BRIEN Y WAIT
Y CURRY Y JONES,LOU Y O'CONNOR Y WINKEL
Y DANIELS Y JONES,SHIRLEY Y OSMOND Y WINTERS
A DART Y KENNER Y OSTERMAN Y WIRSING
Y DAVIS,MONIQUE Y KLINGLER Y PANKAU Y WOJCIK
Y DAVIS,STEVE Y KOSEL Y PARKE Y WOOLARD
Y DELGADO Y KRAUSE Y PERSICO E YOUNGE
Y DURKIN Y LANG Y POE Y ZICKUS
Y ERWIN Y LAWFER Y PUGH Y MR. SPEAKER
P FEIGENHOLTZ Y LEITCH
E - Denotes Excused Absence
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