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                            HOUSE JOURNAL


                       HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES


                    NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY


                         61ST LEGISLATIVE DAY


                         Perfunctory Session


                       WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1999


                          1:00 O'CLOCK P.M.




    The House met pursuant to adjournment.
    Representative Poe in the Chair.
    Prayer by Minutes Clerk Jennifer Timms.
    Assistant Clerk of the House, Bradley S. Bolin, led the House  in
the Pledge of Allegiance.


             HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IMPACT NOTE SUPPLIED

    A  Housing Affordability Impact Note has been supplied for SENATE
BILL 23, as amended.


                             RESOLUTION

    The following resolution was offered and placed in the  Committee
on Rules.

                        HOUSE RESOLUTION 377

    Offered by Representative Granberg:
    WHEREAS,  Methyl  tertiary  butyl  ether  (MTBE)  is  a  gasoline
additive  that  increases  the oxygen content of gasoline, making the
fuel burn more cleanly and reducing smog; recently the  additive  has
raised many health concerns; and
    WHEREAS,   Leaking  gasoline  storage  tanks  and  pipelines have
caused MTBE to seep into drinking water supplies in dozens of  states
where  the chemical is used, giving the water a turpentine-like taste
and smell; and
    WHEREAS, MTBE was hailed as the savior of the federal  Clean  Air
Act  in the early 1990s; now the chemical is under scrutiny as it may
pose a health hazard and has been listed as  a  possible  carcinogen;
and

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    WHEREAS,  Included  in  the  list  of  alternatives  to  MTBE  is
corn-based  ethanol;  Illinois' ethanol industry supports over 50,000
jobs in the corn farming and ethanol processing  sector,  with  major
facilities  in  Peoria,  Decatur,  and elsewhere in the State, making
ethanol readily available within Illinois; therefore, be it
    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF  THE  NINETY-  FIRST
GENERAL  ASSEMBLY  OF  THE  STATE  OF  ILLINOIS, that we respectfully
request that the Pollution Control Board,  in  cooperation  with  the
Illinois  Environmental Protection Agency, adopt rules to ban the use
of MTBE as a gasoline additive in Illinois; and be it further
    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be delivered to
the Director of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and  the
Chairman of the Pollution Control Board.




               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 2874.  Introduced by Representative Schoenberg, a bill
for AN ACT concerning the Rule Against Perpetuities.
    HOUSE BILL 2875.  Introduced by Representative Schoenberg, a bill
for AN ACT in relation to principal and income.
    HOUSE BILL 2876.  Introduced by Representative Ryder, a bill  for
AN ACT concerning partnerships, and amending named Acts.
    HOUSE  BILL  2877.   Introduced by Representative Saviano, a bill
for AN ACT to amend the Election Code.


    At the hour of 4:30 o'clock p.m., Representative Poe  moved  that
the House do now adjourn.
    The motion prevailed.
    And   in   accordance  therewith  and  pursuant  to  HOUSE  JOINT
RESOLUTION 30, the House stood adjourned  until  Wednesday,  July  7,
1999, at 10:00 o'clock a.m.

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