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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 80

2     AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend House Joint Resolution 80, AS
3 AMENDED, by replacing the third Whereas clause with the
4 following:
 
5     "WHEREAS, Thirty years ago only a handful of prisoners in
6 Illinois served sentences longer than 30 years; this year
7 approximately 4,000 Illinois prisoners have sentences of 30
8 years or more, including C number prisoners, amounting to about
9 10% of all Illinois prisoners; and"; and
 
10 in the first Resolved clause by changing "16 members" to "17
11 members"; and
 
12 in the first Resolved clause, in item (9), by deleting "and";
13 and
 
14 in the first Resolved clause, in item (10), by replacing "be it
15 further" with the following:
16     "(11) One member appointed by the Director of Corrections;
17 and be it further
 
18     RESOLVED, That the Department of Corrections shall provide
19 staff and administrative support to the Committee; and be it
20 further".