Bill Text: IL HJR0037 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates the Rural Development Task Force to study the conditions, needs, issues, and problems in the agriculture industry and evaluate any action or legislation that may be necessary to promote economic development in the rural areas of the State.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-31 - Adopted Both Houses [HJR0037 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HJR0037-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Although much of America is thriving | ||||||
| 3 | economically, rural areas have not recovered
from the Great | ||||||
| 4 | Recession of the late 2000s; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Georgia, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New | ||||||
| 6 | York, Pennsylvania,
Tennessee, Utah, and Wisconsin have all | ||||||
| 7 | begun to look into rural concerns through the creation
of | ||||||
| 8 | initiatives, committees, councils, and agencies; therefore, be | ||||||
| 9 | it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 11 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 12 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the Rural | ||||||
| 13 | Development Task Force whose purpose
is the following: | ||||||
| 14 | (1) Study the conditions, needs, issues, and problems | ||||||
| 15 | in the agriculture industry; and | ||||||
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(2) Evaluate any action or legislation that may be | ||||||
| 17 | necessary to promote economic
development in the rural | ||||||
| 18 | areas of the State; and be it further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall be composed of the | ||||||
| 20 | following members, who shall serve without
compensation: | ||||||
| 21 | (1) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House; | ||||||
| 22 | (2) One member appointed by
the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
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| 1 | House; | ||||||
| 2 | (3) One member appointed by the President of the | ||||||
| 3 | Senate; | ||||||
| 4 | (4) One
member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
| 5 | Senate; | ||||||
| 6 | (5) One member appointed by the
Governor; | ||||||
| 7 | (6) One member appointed by the Director of the | ||||||
| 8 | Department of Agriculture; | ||||||
| 9 | (7) One member appointed by the
Director of the | ||||||
| 10 | Department of Commerce and Economic Development; | ||||||
| 11 | (8) One
member representing the State's largest | ||||||
| 12 | agricultural association, appointed by the Speaker of the | ||||||
| 13 | House; and | ||||||
| 14 | (9) One member representing the State's largest | ||||||
| 15 | economic development association, appointed by the | ||||||
| 16 | Minority Leader of the House; and be it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall elect a chairperson | ||||||
| 18 | from its membership and shall have
the authority to determine | ||||||
| 19 | its own meeting schedule, hearing schedule, and agendas; and be | ||||||
| 20 | it
further
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| 21 | RESOLVED, That any vacancy in the membership of the Task | ||||||
| 22 | Force shall be filled in the manner
in which the original | ||||||
| 23 | member was appointed; and be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That the Department of Agriculture shall provide | ||||||
| 2 | any necessary administrative
support; and be it further
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| 3 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall submit its final report | ||||||
| 4 | to the
Governor and General Assembly no later than December 31, | ||||||
| 5 | 2019, and upon the filing of its report, is dissolved.
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