STATE OF ILLINOIS
HOUSE JOURNAL
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1ST LEGISLATIVE DAY
FOURTH SPECIAL SESSION
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 2000
5:00 O'CLOCK P.M.
NO. 1
[June 28, 2000] 2 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Daily Journal Index 1st Legislative Day Action Page(s) Adjournment........................................ 7 Letter of Transmittal.............................. 5 Quorum Roll Call................................... 3 Report from the Committee On Rules................. 6 Bill Number Legislative Action Page(s) SB 1310 Committee Report................................... 6 SB 1310 Second Reading - Amendment/s....................... 6
3 [June 28, 2000] The House met pursuant to adjournment. The Speaker in the Chair. Prayer by Reverend Lee Crawford, Pastor of the Victory Temple Church in 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: 104 present. (ROLL CALL 1-4ss) By unanimous consent, Representatives Black, Cowlishaw, Franks, Hassert, Hoeft, Osmond, Rutherford and Schoenberg were excused from attendance. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE JESSE WHITE - Secretary of State June 22, 2000 To the Honorable Members Illinois General Assembly Pursuant to 25 ILCS 15/3, I hereby notify you that the Governor has exercised his power, pursuant to Article IV, Section 5(b) of the Illinois Constitution of 1970 to call the Members of the 91st General Assembly in a Special Session to commence on June 28, 2000, at 5:00 P.M., to address the fuel price emergency by considering, Senate Bill 1310 for the sole purpose of temporarily suspending the state government's portion of the occupation and use taxes on motor fuel and gasohol for the Period of July 1, 2000 until January 1, 20001. Enclosed is a copy of Proclamation No. 2000-323. Sincerely, s/JESSE WHITE Secretary of State STATE OF ILLINOIS EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, during the month of June, 2000, retail gasoline prices have increased dramatically and disproportionately throughout Illinois and other Midwestern states, and in some portions of Illinois now exceeds $2 per gallon; and WHEREAS, these price increases are causing hardships on the citizens of Illinois, especially those on fixed incomes; and WHEREAS, high retail gasoline prices could jeopardize Illinois' future economic growth and estimates show that high gasoline prices could drain approximately $1 billion from Illinois' robust economy through increased consumer prices and added transportation costs; and WHEREAS, the United States Environmental Protection Agency has not responded to repeated requests to suspend new gasoline production rules, an action that the United States House of Representatives Committee on Science indicates would lower retail gasoline prices in Illinois by 25 cents to 50 cents per gallon; and WHEREAS, federal action to determine the cause of these apparently unjustified retail price increases or an increase in oil production output by oil producing nations will come too late to help Illinois consumers cope with the current energy emergency; and
[June 28, 2000] 4 WHEREAS, energy experts cannot predict with any certainty whether retail gasoline prices will increase or decrease in the foreseeable future; and WHEREAS, it is essential that some relief be granted to Illinois consumers immediately; and WHEREAS, our bordering sister state of Indiana has acted to reduce retail prices by temporarily suspending some taxes on gasoline sales, which raises the possibility of similar action by our other sister states in the Midwest and threatens the competitiveness of Illinois retailers; and WHEREAS, the 91st Illinois General Assembly is not scheduled to convene prior to November, 2000. THEREFORE, pursuant to Article IV, Section 5(b) of the Illinois Constitution of 1970, I, George H. Ryan, Governor of the State of Illinois, hereby call and convene the 91st General Assembly in special session to commence on June 28, 2000 at 5:00 P.M., to address the fuel price emergency by considering Senate Bill 1310 for the sole purpose of temporarily suspending the state government's portion of the occupation and use taxes on motor fuel and gasohol for the period of July 1, 2000 until January 1, 2001. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Illinois to be affixed. Done at the Capitol in the City of Springfield, this twenty-second day of June, in the Year of Our Lord two thousand, and of the State of Illinois the one hundred and eighty-second. s/Jesse White s/George H. Ryan Secretary of State Governor MOTIONS SUBMITTED FOURTH SPECIAL SESSION Representative Currie submitted the following written motion, which was placed on the order of Motions: MOTION Pursuant to Rule 18(g), I move to discharge from the Rules Committee Fourth Special Session HOUSE RESOLUTIONS 1 and 2 for immediate consideration. ACTION ON MOTIONS FOURTH SPECIAL SESSION Pursuant to the motion submitted previously, Representative Currie asked and obtained unanimous consent to suspend the provisions of Rule 18(g), and discharge Fourth Special Session HOUSE RESOLUTIONS 1 and 2 from the Committee on Rules, for immediate consideration. AGREED RESOLUTIONS FIRST SPECIAL SESSION Representative Currie offered the following resolutions and moved their adoption: HOUSE RESOLUTION 1
5 [June 28, 2000] FOURTH SPECIAL SESSION RESOLVED, That the Rules of the House of Representatives of the Ninety First General Assembly be adopted as the Rules of this Fourth Special Session, so far as the same may be applicable, and that the Committees of the House of Representatives of the Ninety First General Assembly, including the House Journal Review Committee and their membership, shall constitute the Committees of the House during this Fourth Special Session. HOUSE RESOLUTION 2 FOURTH SPECIAL SESSION RESOLVED, That the Clerk inform the Senate that a majority of the House has assembled, pursuant to the Proclamation of the Governor, convening a Fourth Special Session of the General Assembly and are now ready for the transaction of business. The motion prevailed and the resolutions were adopted. 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 adopted the following Senate Resolution, in the adoption of which I am instructed to ask the concurrence of the House of Representatives, to-wit: SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, AT THE FOURTH SPECIAL SESSION THEREOF, that the Secretary inform the House of Representatives that a majority of the members of the Senate has assembled pursuant to the proclamation of the Governor convening a special session of the General Assembly, and are now ready for the transaction of business. Adopted by the Senate, June 28, 2000. Jim Harry, Secretary of the Senate LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY STATE OF ILLINOIS MICHAEL J. MADIGAN ROOM 300 SPEAKER STATE HOUSE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 62706 June 28, 2000 Mr. Anthony D. Rossi Clerk of the House 402 State House Springfield, IL 62706
[June 28, 2000] 6 Dear Mr. Clerk: Please Extend the deadline for final passage of Senate Bill 1310 to June 30, 2000. This final passage deadline supercedes any and all deadlines that may have previously applied to the above-referenced bill, including committee and 3rd reading deadlines, and any applicable deadline for consideration of joint action motions and conference committee reports. If you have questions, please contact my Chief of Staff, Tim Mapes. With Kindest personal regards, I remain Cordially yours, s/Michael J. Madigan Speaker of the House REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE ON RULES FOURTH SPECIAL SESSION 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 bill be reported placed on the order of Second Reading -- Short Debate: SENATE BILL 1310. The committee roll call vote on SENATE BILL 1310 is as follows: 5, Yeas; 0, Nays; 0, Answering Present. Y Currie, Chair Y Ryder Y Hannig Y Tenhouse Y Turner, Art DISTRIBUTION OF SUPPLEMENTAL CALENDAR Supplemental Calendar No. 1 was distributed to the Members at 5:30 o'clock p.m. SENATE BILLS ON SECOND READING SENATE BILL 1310. Having been printed, was taken up and read by title a second time. On motion of Representative Currie, Amendment No. 1 was ordered to lie on the table. There being no further amendments, the bill was ordered held on the order of Second Reading. At the hour of 5:35 o'clock p.m., Speaker Madigan moved that the House do now adjourn until Thursday, June 29, 2000, at 12:00 o'clock noon. The motion prevailed. And the Fourth Special Session stood adjourned.
7 [June 28, 2000] NO. 1-4ss STATE OF ILLINOIS NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE ROLL CALL QUORUM ROLL CALL FOR ATTENDANCE FOURTH SPECIAL SESSION JUN 28, 2000 0 YEAS 0 NAYS 104 PRESENT P ACEVEDO P FOWLER P LINDNER P REITZ P BASSI E FRANKS A LOPEZ P RIGHTER P BEAUBIEN P FRITCHEY P LYONS,EILEEN E RUTHERFORD P BELLOCK P GARRETT P LYONS,JOSEPH P RYDER P BIGGINS P GASH P MATHIAS P SAVIANO E BLACK A GIGLIO P MAUTINO P SCHMITZ P BOLAND A GILES P McAULIFFE E SCHOENBERG P BOST P GRANBERG P McCARTHY P SCOTT P BRADLEY P HAMOS P McGUIRE A SCULLY P BRADY P HANNIG P McKEON P SHARP P BROSNAHAN P HARRIS P MEYER P SILVA A BRUNSVOLD P HARTKE P MITCHELL,BILL P SKINNER P BUGIELSKI E HASSERT P MITCHELL,JERRY P SLONE P BURKE E HOEFT P MOFFITT P SMITH P CAPPARELLI P HOFFMAN P MOORE P SOMMER P COULSON P HOLBROOK P MORROW P STEPHENS E COWLISHAW P HOWARD P MULLIGAN P STROGER P CROSS P HULTGREN P MURPHY P TENHOUSE P CROTTY P JOHNSON,TIM P MYERS P TURNER,ART P CURRIE P JOHNSON,TOM P NOVAK P TURNER,JOHN P CURRY P JONES,JOHN P O'BRIEN P WAIT P DANIELS P JONES,LOU P O'CONNOR P WINKEL P DART P JONES,SHIRLEY E OSMOND P WINTERS P DAVIS,MONIQUE A KENNER P OSTERMAN P WIRSING P DAVIS,STEVE P KLINGLER P PANKAU P WOJCIK P DELGADO P KOSEL P PARKE P WOOLARD P DURKIN P KRAUSE P PERSICO P YOUNGE P ERWIN P LANG P POE P ZICKUS P FEIGENHOLTZ P LAWFER P PUGH P MR. SPEAKER P FLOWERS P LEITCH E - Denotes Excused Absence