HR0420

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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The State of Illinois offers many services to the 
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people of Illinois; and

 
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    WHEREAS, All State employees are paid by the taxpayers of 
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Illinois; and

 

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    WHEREAS, State buildings are funded by the citizens of 
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Illinois; and
 
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    WHEREAS, The James R. Thompson Center in Chicago is one of 
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the most widely used State facilities with thousands of 
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visitors every day; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The Thompson Center is designed to be as open and 
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transparent as possible to the taxpayers and citizens who own 
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and finance the building; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In recent months, the Thompson Center's 
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management has instituted a new security screening procedure 
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that requires visitors to pass through a metal detector and 
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display a form of State-issued identification in order to 
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access any of the State offices located within the building; 
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and
 
 


 






HR0420
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    WHEREAS, There is no clear rationale for requiring Illinois 
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citizens to display identification to access a State office as 
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many citizens do not possess any form of State-issued 
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identification or do not carry it on their person every day; 
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and
 
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    WHEREAS, State government must be as open and accessible to 
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citizens and taxpayers as possible; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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urge the management of the James R. Thompson Center to 
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terminate its security screening procedure that requires 
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visitors to display a form of State-issued identification to 
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access any of the State offices located within the building.