Full Text of HR1032 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION 1032
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives recognize their responsibility to promote, | 4 | | protect, and preserve the safety and welfare of the citizens of | 5 | | the State of Illinois; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The members of this body also recognize that | 7 | | criminal street gangs and gang-related activities promote | 8 | | crime and jeopardize the health, safety, and welfare of the | 9 | | citizens of Illinois; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The City of Chicago has experienced a recent | 11 | | increase in criminal street gang activity; over the weekend of | 12 | | March 17-18, 2012, 46 people were shot in the City of Chicago, | 13 | | with 9 fatalities as a result of criminal street gang violence; | 14 | | one of the victims, a 6-year-old girl, was caught in the | 15 | | crossfire of a gang shooting as she played on the sidewalk in | 16 | | front of her home; for the first 3 months of 2012, gang-related | 17 | | murders in Chicago rose 60%, compared to the same time period | 18 | | last year; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, The gang problem in Illinois extends beyond the | 20 | | City of Chicago; outside the metropolitan area, gangs engage in | 21 | | violence, burglaries, and drug-related activity harmful to | 22 | | Illinois citizens' safety and well-being; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Criminal street gangs are rapidly employing new | 2 | | technology, including the utilization of social media, to | 3 | | orchestrate drug activity and violence; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Governor Jim Edgar last established a study on | 5 | | Illinois gang problems when he established the Governor's | 6 | | Commission on Gangs in 1995; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, The General Assembly recognizes a current need for | 8 | | a new task force to study and analyze the recent increase in | 9 | | street gang violence in Illinois; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 | | there is created the Illinois Task Force on Gang Violence; and | 13 | | be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, that the Task Force shall be comprised of the | 15 | | following members, all of whom shall serve without | 16 | | compensation;
(1) 2 representatives, appointed by the Speaker | 17 | | of the Illinois House of Representatives;
(2) 2 | 18 | | representatives, appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 19 | | Illinois House of Representatives;
(3) a representative of the | 20 | | Cook County State's Attorney's office, appointed by the Cook | 21 | | County
State's Attorney;
(4) a representative on behalf of the |
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| 1 | | State's Attorney offices in Illinois counties other than Cook | 2 | | County, designated by a state-wide association representing | 3 | | State's Attorneys;
(5) a representative of the Illinois State | 4 | | Police, appointed by the Director of the Illinois State Police;
| 5 | | (6) a representative from the Chicago Police Department, | 6 | | appointed by the Mayor of the City of Chicago;
(7) a | 7 | | representative of the Cook County Sheriff's Department, | 8 | | appointed by the Cook County
Sheriff's Department; and (8) a | 9 | | representative on behalf of the Sheriffs' Departments in | 10 | | Illinois counties other than Cook County, designated by a | 11 | | state-wide association representing Sheriffs; and be it | 12 | | further | 13 | | RESOLVED, That the Speaker and Minority Leader shall each | 14 | | designate one representative to serve as co-chairs of the Task | 15 | | Force; and be it further | 16 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois State Police shall provide | 17 | | administrative and other support to the Task Force; and be it | 18 | | further | 19 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force is charged with conducting | 20 | | subject matter hearings, which should include testimony from | 21 | | those individuals with knowledge of gang violence, involved | 22 | | with communities experiencing gang violence, or affected by | 23 | | gang violence; the Task Force shall then analyze the data |
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| 1 | | regarding the increase in gang activity in Illinois and issue a | 2 | | public report of its findings and recommendations to help | 3 | | Illinois combat street gang violence on or before January 1, | 4 | | 2013.
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