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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, Some of the most significant acts of substantive 
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legislation enacted during each spring session of each General 
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Assembly are contained in the annual Budget Implementation bill 
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or bills enacted by the legislature in the final weeks of each 
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year's legislative spring session; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Historically, and in view of the Constitutional 
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role of the Governor as the Chief Executive of the State, the 
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draft or drafts of the Budget Implementation bills for each 
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fiscal year are prepared by the Governor's Office of Management 
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and Budget; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Historically, and in view of the Constitutional 
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role of the General Assembly as the chief lawmaking body of the 
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State, a co-equal branch of State government with the Office of 
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the Governor, the Governor's office has presented the annual 
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Budget Implementation bill or bills to the General Assembly in 
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a manner that allows timely and thoughtful consideration of 
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these bills, and their various elements, by General Assembly 
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members; and

 
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    WHEREAS, General Assembly members are responsible, in the 
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eyes of the people of Illinois, for the elements contained in 
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each year's Budget Implementation bills, because they have 
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voted on them and enacted them into law; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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urge the Governor to coordinate the unveiling and presentation 
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of his Fiscal Year 2005 Budget Implementation bills, and 
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gubernatorial amendments to these bills, with the leaders of 
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the 4 General Assembly caucuses; and be it further
 
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    RESOLVED, That we urge the Governor, the Speaker of the 
 


 






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House of Representatives, and the President of the Senate to 
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cooperate in such a manner as to ensure that the members of 
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each house of the General Assembly are given at least 24 hours 
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for study and analysis of each gubernatorial Fiscal Year 2005 
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Budget Implementation bill or amendment prior to any vote being 
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taken on these bills or amendments on the House floor, on the 
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Senate floor, in House committee, or in Senate committee; and 
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be it further

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