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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The Commission to Study the Transatlantic Slave 
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Trade and its Past and Present Effects on African-Americans 
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(hereinafter referred to as the Commission) was created by SJR 
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31 of the Ninety-fourth General Assembly; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The Commission was required to report no later 
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than December 1, 2006, to the General Assembly, the Governor, 
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and the general public on its activities, accomplishments, and 
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recommendations, and that the Commission was to be dissolved 
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after the filing of this report; and

 
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    WHEREAS, As of the required reporting date, the 
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Commission's work was
still ongoing and further investigation 
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was needed prior to the
preparation and submission of its 
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report; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
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CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Commission to Study the 
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Transatlantic Slave Trade and its Past and Present Effects on 
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African-Americans, organized pursuant to SJR 31 of the 94th 
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General Assembly, is hereby reconstituted; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That the Commission shall be comprised of those 
 


 






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persons appointed
pursuant to SJR 31 of the 94th General 
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Assembly until such time as those
appointing authorities 
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established in SJR 31 appoint different persons
to the 
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Commission; and be it further
 
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    RESOLVED, That the Commission shall have the authority, 
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duties, and
purposes as set forth in SJR 31 of the 
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Ninety-fourth General Assembly; and be it further
 
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    RESOLVED, That no later than December 31, 2008, the 
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Commission shall
report to the General Assembly, the Governor, 
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and the general public on
its activities, accomplishments, and 
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recommendations; and that the
Commission shall be dissolved  
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after the filing of this report; and be it further
 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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delivered to the
Governor of the State of Illinois.