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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, On February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama
3 signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,
4 which is a $787 billion economic stimulus package that will
5 provide hundreds of billions of dollars to the states for
6 economic recovery; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Illinois will receive billions of dollars under
8 the package for education, social service programs, and
9 infrastructure projects; and
 
10     WHEREAS, The majority of funds are intended to flow through
11 funding formulas for existing programs; however, there is a
12 potential for some funding to be left to the discretion of the
13 Governor; therefore, be it
 
14     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
15 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
16 SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Governor should not use any
17 funds obtained by Illinois through the American Recovery and
18 Reinvestment Act of 2009 for new programs unless the program is
19 created by the General Assembly and the General Assembly makes
20 appropriations for the program; and be it further
 
21     RESOLVED, That any new programs should be scheduled to

 

 

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1 repeal when funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment
2 Act of 2009 is no longer available for that program; and be it
3 further
 
4     RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to
5 Governor Pat Quinn.