File #: 20-1009    Version: 1 Name: URGING THE ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND GOVERNOR TO ADOPT THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA PROPOSED BY THE ILLINOIS STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES
Type: Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 1/3/2020 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 1/16/2020 Final action: 1/16/2020
Title: 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 ...
Sponsors: DEBORAH SIMS, PETER N. SILVESTRI, ALMA E. ANAYA, LUIS ARROYO JR, SCOTT R. BRITTON, JOHN P. DALEY, DENNIS DEER, BRIDGET DEGNEN, BRIDGET GAINER, BRANDON JOHNSON, DONNA MILLER, STANLEY MOORE, KEVIN B. MORRISON, SEAN M. MORRISON, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), LARRY SUFFREDIN, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI

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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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