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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
URGING THE ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND GOVERNOR TO ADOPT THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA PROPOSED BY THE ILLINOIS STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES
WHEREAS, the Illinois State Association of Counties (ISACo) has passed Resolution 2019-01 urging the Illinois General Assembly and Governor to honor state-shared partnership revenue; and
WHEREAS, ISACo has passed Resolution 2012-02 urging the Illinois General Assembly and Governor to support expanding the ability of counties to pursue and perfect self-governance; and
WHEREAS, ISACo has passed Resolution 2019-03 urging the Illinois General Assembly and Governor to repeal the administrative fee on local sales tax collections; and
WHEREAS, ISACo has passed Resolution 2019-04 urging the Illinois General Assembly and Governor to enact automatic appropriation authority for all state-collected local funds; and
WHEREAS, ISACo has passed Resolution 2019-05 urging the Illinois General Assembly and Governor to establish transportation funding fairness; and
WHEREAS, ISACo has passed Resolution 2019-06 in support of pursuing a full and accurate count of Illinois’ population during the 2020 Decennial Census; and
WHEREAS, ISACo has passed Resolution 2019-07 urging the Illinois Congressional Delegation to support an extension of federal Medicaid payments to detainees awaiting trial in county jails; and
WHEREAS, ISACo has passed Resolution 2019-08 urging the Illinois Congressional Delegation to support rural broadband deployment; and
WHEREAS, ISACo has passed Resolution 2019-09 urging the Illinois Congressional Delegation to preserve local zoning authority in deployment of Next Generation telecommunications; and
WHEREAS, ISACo has passed Resolution 2019-10 urging the Illinois Congressional Delegation to support county priorities in any new federal infrastructure package or surface transportation reauthorization; and
WHEREAS, ISACo has requested that each member county adopt these resolutions as a state-wide county-government initiative.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby adopt the ISACo legislative agenda; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be distributed to the Illinois General Assembly, the Illinois Governor, and the Illinois Congressional Delegation.
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