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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 14

2    AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend House Resolution 14 by replacing
3everything after the heading with the following:
 
4    "WHEREAS, The boundaries of the 32nd Representative
5District are generally in the inner city of Chicago extending
6to the southwest suburbs of Burbank, Bridgeview, Hickory Hills,
7and Justice, Illinois; and
 
8    WHEREAS, The 32nd Representative District has a voting-age
9population of 108,734 people of various ethnic and
10socio-economic backgrounds; and
 
11    WHEREAS, 27,909 of the residents of the 32nd Representative
12District live at or below the federal poverty level; and
 
13    WHEREAS, The 32nd Representative District ranks in the top
143 of Representative Districts reporting incidents of violent

 

 

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1crime; and
 
2    WHEREAS, The Dan Ryan Expressway is that 12-mile portion of
3I-90/94 located in the City of Chicago spanning from
4approximately 95th Street to the south and Roosevelt Road to
5the north; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Dan Ryan Expressway travels through the 32nd
7Representative District one linear mile from 67th Street to the
8north and 76th Street to the south; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Within the 32nd Representative District lies
10Halsted Street, one mile west of the Dan Ryan Expressway, and
11Cottage Grove Avenue, one mile east of the Dan Ryan Expressway;
12this area generally encompasses the communities of Englewood
13and Grand Crossing including the Park Manor neighborhood; and
 
14    WHEREAS, In November of 1985, Mayor Harold Washington
15entered into an intergovernmental agreement with the State of
16Illinois whereby the State of Illinois could operate Illinois
17State Lottery kiosks at O'Hare International Airport and,
18subsequently, Chicago Midway International Airport; and
 
19    WHEREAS, In November of 1985, Governor James R. Thompson
20entered into an intergovernmental agreement with the City of
21Chicago whereby the Illinois State Police would patrol the Dan

 

 

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1Ryan Expressway and all other expressways in the City of
2Chicago; and
 
3    WHEREAS, The State of Illinois receives monies after the
4imposition of fines and penalties upon those persons cited for,
5among other things, improperly operating motor vehicles on the
6Dan Ryan Expressway between 67th Street and 76th Street; and
 
7    WHEREAS, The State of Illinois derives financial profits
8directly from the Illinois State Lottery kiosks located at both
9O'Hare International and Chicago Midway International
10Airports; and
 
11    WHEREAS, In fact, the Illinois State Lottery posted fiscal
12year 2013 revenues of: (1) $4,939,990 from O'Hare International
13Airport; (2) $696,776 from Chicago Midway International
14Airport; and (3) $656,000,000 overall; and
 
15    WHEREAS, It will not be a financial burden on the State of
16Illinois for the Illinois State Police to expand its patrol
17area, from the Dan Ryan Expressway between 67th Street and 76th
18Street one linear mile east and one linear mile west, to
19support efforts at combating violent crime in the State of
20Illinois; and
 
21    WHEREAS, Since as recently as 1999, the Illinois State

 

 

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1Police were dispatched to and patrolled the City of East St.
2Louis, Illinois to support efforts to combat crime in the State
3of Illinois; and
 
4    WHEREAS, As of the date of the filing of this resolution,
5over 800 registered voters, within the 2 mile rectangular
6boundary of the Dan Ryan Expressway between 67th Street and
776th Street, have signed a petition imploring the Governor of
8the State of Illinois to dispatch the Illinois State Police,
9with all deliberate speed, to that specific area within the
1032nd Representative District for a reasonable period of time;
11and
 
12    WHEREAS, These 800 affected residents of the 32nd
13Representative District have stated that they are in immediate
14need of assistance and relief to protect their health, safety
15and welfare; therefore, be it
 
16    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
17NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
18there is created the Englewood Violent Crime Task Force within
19the Illinois State Police, to consist of the following:
20        (1) the Governor, or his or her designee;
21        (2) the Mayor of the City of Chicago, or his or her
22    designee;
23        (3) the Mayor of the City of East St. Louis, or his or

 

 

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1    her designee;
2        (4) the Illinois Attorney General, or his or her
3    designee;
4        (5) a member of an association representing State's
5    Attorneys appointed by the Governor;
6        (6) a member of an association representing
7    African-American attorneys in Cook County appointed by the
8    Governor;
9        (7) two members of the Illinois House of
10    Representatives chosen by the Speaker of the Illinois House
11    of Representatives, one of whom shall serve as co-chair;
12        (8) two members of the Illinois House of
13    Representatives chosen by the Minority Leader of the
14    Illinois House of Representatives, one of whom shall serve
15    as co-chair;
16        (9) the Director of the State Police or his or her
17    designee;
18        (10) a representative of the Park Manor Neighbors
19    Community Council appointed by the Council;
20        (11) a representative of a community-based
21    organization dedicated to outreach and prevention programs
22    for African-American men living in Woodlawn and nearby
23    south side Chicago communities appointed by the Speaker of
24    the House of Representatives;
25        (12) the President of the Student Government
26    Association at the University of Illinois at Chicago;

 

 

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1        (13) the President of the Student Government
2    Association at Chicago State University;
3        (14) the Director of Corrections, or his or her
4    designee who must:
5            (A) be from the Division of Parole;
6            (B) be an active field agent; and
7            (C) possess at least a master's degree in criminal
8        justice or criminology;
9        (15) a faculty member of the Department of Criminology,
10    Law & Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago
11    appointed by the President of the University of Illinois;
12        (16) a representative of an organization representing
13    Chicago-area businesses appointed by the Speaker of the
14    House of Representatives;
15        (17) a representative of a statewide organization
16    representing Illinois businesses appointed by the Speaker
17    of the House of Representatives; and
18        (18) a representative of a statewide association
19    representing retail merchants appointed by the Speaker of
20    the House of Representatives; and be it further
 
21    RESOLVED, That all appointments shall be made no later than
2245 days following the adoption of this resolution; and be it
23further
 
24    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall study and determine the

 

 

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1causes of violent crime in Englewood and nearby affected
2communities; and be it further
 
3    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall study and determine the
4feasibility of deploying the Illinois State Police to Englewood
5and nearby affected communities and neighborhoods; and be it
6further
 
7    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall review and analyze the
8Illinois State Police's headcount and minimum staffing levels
9in the Chicago area, calls for service, annual overtime cost,
10and other factors that would be relevant to a Illinois State
11Police presence in the Englewood community; and be it further
 
12    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall conduct a thorough
13review and analysis of the 2014 detail between Illinois State
14Police and the Chicago Police Department's fugitive
15apprehension unit in Chicago; and be it further
 
16    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall develop a comprehensive
17long-term solution to the effect of violent crime in Englewood
18and nearby affected communities; and be it further
 
19    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall recommend a plan of
20action to substantially reduce the incidents of violent crime
21in Englewood and nearby affected communities; and be it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall draft any necessary
2legislation and make any necessary recommendations for
3appropriations for the General Assembly to pass and the
4Governor to sign to place the plan of action into immediate
5effect; and be it further
 
6    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall report its findings and
7recommendations and submit any and all proposed legislation to
8the Governor and General Assembly on or before December 31,
92016; and be it further
 
10    RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall serve
11without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their
12reasonable and necessary expenses from the funds appropriated
13for that purpose from the Illinois State Police; and be it
14further
 
15    RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be presented to
16the Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, the
17Minority Leader of the Illinois House of Representatives, the
18Governor of the State of Illinois, the Director of State
19Police, the Mayor of the City of Chicago, and the Mayor of the
20City of East St. Louis.".