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HOUSE JOURNAL
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
63RD LEGISLATIVE DAY
Perfunctory Session
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1999
12:00 0'CLOCK NOON
The House met pursuant to adjournment.
Representative Poe in the Chair.
Prayer by Brad Bolin, Assistant Clerk of the House.
Minutes Clerk Amy Graham led the House in the Pledge of
Allegiance.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Representative Joseph Lyons, Chairperson from the Committee on
Child Support Enforcement, appointed the following members:
Subcommittee on Cook County Issues on Child Support:
Representative Hamos, Chairperson; Representatives O'Brien, Crotty,
McCarthy and Giglio: Representatives Eileen Lyons and Bellock.
TEMPORARY COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
The Speaker announced the following temporary committee
assignments:
Representative Kosel replaced Representative Winkel, and
Representative Meyer replaced Representative Osmond in the Committee
on Prosecutorial Misconduct on June 21, 1999.
RESOLUTION
The following resolutions were offered and placed in the
Committee on Rules.
HOUSE RESOLUTION 395
Offered by Representative Franks:
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WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives
wish to support Midwest SOARRING (Save Our Ancestors Remains &
Resources Indigenous Network Group) and their endeavors on the behalf
of Native American causes; and
WHEREAS, Midwest SOARRING has two major issues that they believe
need to be brought before the General Assembly: (1) the provision of
land for reburial of ancestral human remains that were removed from
Illinois grounds, for the Native Nations who require that their
ancestors be reburied in the region of their original gravesites, and
(2) the establishment of a burial board with Native representation
that will act in the event of inadvertent discovery of unmarked
Native burials during land development; and
WHEREAS, Midwest SOARRING believes that ancestral remains should
be reburied for the spiritual good of the ancestors, Native people
living today, and future generations; and
WHEREAS, Midwest SOARRING also requests support for the
acquisition of land in the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie for the
reburial of ancestral remains, or an alternate site; and
WHEREAS, There will soon be an estimated 12,000 remains eligible
for reburial, including 6,000 from the Illinois State Museum; serious
consideration needs to be given to these requests; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIRST
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge support for
the request for a section of land in the Midewin National Tallgrass
Prairie for the reburial of Native Nations ancestral remains, or
suitable land if that area is unavailable; and that we urge support
for the establishment of a burial board with Native representation.
HOUSE RESOLUTION 398
Offered by Representative Capparrelli:
WHEREAS, The City of Chicago is under siege in this hot summer of
1999; and
WHEREAS, Cows, some in rhinestone, one illuminated from within,
others painted in festive colors, but all built of fiberglass, have
taken over this midwestern hub, and it is uniting Chicagoans together
to ask the question, "Why?"; and
WHEREAS, Chicago businessman Peter Hanig returned from a trip to
Zurich, Switzerland with news about Zurich's bovine display and the
one million visitors that were drawn to that city to see the cows;
and
WHEREAS, The decision was made to do the same thing in Chicago;
local artists were asked to put their talent to work on individual
cows, and on June 15, 1999 the cows were dedicated by Mayor Daley,
along with Swiss Consul General Eduard Jaun; lawyers dressed in
cattle black and white entertained the crowd as The Acapellants; and
WHEREAS, Through the exhibit of cattle stampeding across the City
of Chicago, people are coming together, noting how local artists have
put their own unique touch on each cow, giving the bovines a sense of
individuality; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIRST
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we hereby make the
fiberglass cows of Chicago the official symbols of the year 2000 in
the City of Chicago; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to
Mayor Richard Daley.
HOUSE RESOLUTION 402
Offered by Representative Silva:
WHEREAS, The United States Congress is required by the U.S.
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Constitution and by federal statute to produce a count of the
resident population every 10 years; and
WHEREAS, A complete and accurate count of all persons in the
United States of America is vital to the interests of the people of
the State of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, Census data is used to apportion congressional seats and
electoral college votes to each state, to carry out congressional,
state, and local redistricting, and to monitor and enforce civil
rights statutes, including the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and
employment, housing, lending, education, and anti-discrimination
laws; and
WHEREAS, The 1990 census count was the least accurate census in
five decades, undercounting 4.7 million individuals in urban and
rural areas; and
WHEREAS, The undercount in 1990 was not uniform across the
population, as Native Americans on reservations were undercounted by
12.2%, Latinos by 5%, African-Americans by 4.4%, and Asian-Americans
by 2.2%, each rate significantly higher than the 0.7% undercount of
non-Hispanic Whites; and
WHEREAS, Out of the net 4 million undercount in the 1990 census,
more than half were children; and
WHEREAS, The United States government asked the National Academy
of Sciences to devise a method of conducting the 2000 census that
would be more accurate, and the Academy found that the census would
be more accurate using modern scientific methods; and
WHEREAS, The 1990 census was recognized as not living up to
American goals of fairness and equality due to the racial
differential; and
WHEREAS, The Census Bureau has initiated plans to conduct the
2000 federal decennial census using methods that will produce a more
accurate count of the nation's population; and
WHEREAS, The Supreme Court has rendered a decision that the
Census Act enacted by Congress prohibits the use of sampling
procedures to adjust the census for the purpose of allocating
congressional Representatives among the states, but the Court's
decision recognized that the Census Act requires sampling procedures
for other non-reapportionment purposes; and
WHEREAS, Intrastate redistricting is one such non-reapportionment
purpose because it involves the drawing of political boundaries
within the State and does not involve the reapportionment of
Representatives among the various states; and
WHEREAS, The traditional methods of conducting the census will be
less accurate than the scientific methods approved by the National
Academy of Sciences, regardless of the amount of funds allocated by
Congress to conduct a census using the traditional methods;
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIRST
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we respectfully
memorialize and request that the federal government take immediate
and appropriate steps to ensure that modern scientific methods are
used in conducting the census so that the most accurate population
figures will be provided to the states on or before April 1, 2000;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That these more accurate figures obtained through
modern scientific methods used in conducting the 2000 census shall be
used to conduct all post-2000 intrastate redistricting within this
State; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Illinois House of Representatives
shall send a copy of this resolution to the Director of the Bureau of
the Census and to such others as directed by the sponsors of this
resolution.
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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 2879. Introduced by Representatives Feigenholtz -
Garrett - Schoenberg - Gash - Monique Davis, a bill for AN ACT
concerning hate crime, amending named Acts.
HOUSE BILL 2880. Introduced by Representative Bill Mitchell, a
bill for AN ACT to amend the Cemetery Care Act by changing Section
2a.
HOUSE BILL 2881. Introduced by Representative Crotty, a bill for
AN ACT to amend the School Construction Law by changing Sections 5-15
and 5-35.
HOUSE BILL 2882. Introduced by Representative Jerry Mitchell, a
bill for AN ACT to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code by changing
Sections 3-405.1 and 3-806.1.
At the hour of 12:07 o'clock p.m., Representative Klingler 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, September
1, 1999, at 11:00 o'clock a.m.
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