Full Text of SR1265 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, After the 2010 General Election, the 97th General | 3 | | Assembly was scheduled to be sworn in on January 12, 2011; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The 96th General Assembly met in a lame duck | 5 | | session on January 11, 2011; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Debate in the Senate on increasing taxes began at | 7 | | 11:16 PM on January 11, 2011; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Members of the Senate voted in the middle of the | 9 | | night for the largest tax increase in Illinois history; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, In the time since this tax increase, the State of | 11 | | Illinois has been ranked as having one of the highest tax | 12 | | burdens in the nation; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Since the income tax increase took effect, | 14 | | Illinois has risen to have the 3rd highest unemployment rate in | 15 | | the nation; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, There will be a General Election held in Illinois | 17 | | on November 4, 2014; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, At that election, the voters of Illinois shall |
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| 1 | | elect new Representatives and Senators to serve in the 99th | 2 | | General Assembly; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, The 98th General Assembly is scheduled to adjourn | 4 | | sine die on January 13, 2015 and the 99th General Assembly | 5 | | shall be sworn in on January 14, 2015; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, A veto session will be scheduled following the | 7 | | 2014 General Election; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Illinois Senate President Cullerton has | 9 | | repeatedly stated that lawmakers will have to vote on extending | 10 | | Illinois' temporary income tax hike after the 2014 election; | 11 | | and | 12 | | WHEREAS, The lame duck session and the veto session of the | 13 | | 98th General Assembly are not appropriate venues for voting on | 14 | | any new tax, tax extension, or tax increase; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that no vote on creating, | 17 | | extending, or increasing taxes shall be taken during the veto | 18 | | or lame duck session of the 98th General Assembly and prior to | 19 | | the 99th General Assembly taking office.
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