HJ0080ham002 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 80

AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend House Joint Resolution 80, AS AMENDED, by replacing the third Whereas clause with the following:

"WHEREAS, Thirty years ago only a handful of prisoners in Illinois served sentences longer than 30 years; this year approximately 4,000 Illinois prisoners have sentences of 30 years or more, including C number prisoners, amounting to about 10% of all Illinois prisoners; and"; and

in the first Resolved clause by changing "16 members" to "17 members"; and

in the first Resolved clause, in item (9), by deleting "and"; and

in the first Resolved clause, in item (10), by replacing "be it further" with the following:

"(11) One member appointed by the Director of Corrections; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Department of Corrections shall provide staff and administrative support to the Committee; and be it further".