Bill Text: IL HJR0045 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Declares that the State shall appropriate for no more than an X% increase for wage increases associated with any and all collectively bargained contracts throughout State government. States the policy of the State of Illinois that the size of, or a reduction in, the State employee workforce shall not be a topic of collective bargaining.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-5)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HJR0045 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HJR0045-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Declares that the State shall appropriate for no more than an X% increase for wage increases associated with any and all collectively bargained contracts throughout State government. States the policy of the State of Illinois that the size of, or a reduction in, the State employee workforce shall not be a topic of collective bargaining.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-5)
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HJR0045 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HJR0045-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives has | ||||||
3 | established prudent fiscal parameters for the
State budget with | ||||||
4 | House Resolution 110, which required the House Revenue & | ||||||
5 | Finance Committee to set the total amount
of general fund | ||||||
6 | expenses for Fiscal Year 2012, and House Resolution 158, which | ||||||
7 | required that any amount of additional State revenue be used to | ||||||
8 | pay the
backlog of unpaid State obligations rather than being | ||||||
9 | spent on more State services; and
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10 | WHEREAS, The Illinois House and the Illinois Senate passed | ||||||
11 | several State budget bills that held spending under the House | ||||||
12 | Revenue & Finance Committee's State revenue estimate; and
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13 | WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives passed the | ||||||
14 | two fiscally responsible
resolutions by a vote of 112-0-0 for | ||||||
15 | House Resolution 110 and 114-0-2 for House Resolution 158, | ||||||
16 | respectively; and
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17 | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois would have paid employees | ||||||
18 | represented by the American Federation of State, County, and | ||||||
19 | Municipal Employees (AFSCME) an estimated $2,762,956,700 in | ||||||
20 | all funds for payroll costs before the House of Representatives | ||||||
21 | and the Senate reduced the budget for Fiscal Year 2012; and
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1 | WHEREAS, The Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) for employees | ||||||
2 | represented by the American Federation of State, County, and | ||||||
3 | Municipal Employees (AFSCME) has averaged an increase of 4.25% | ||||||
4 | over the past 5 fiscal years; and
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5 | WHEREAS, The Consumer Price Index has averaged an increase | ||||||
6 | of 1.95% from the years 2007 to 2010; therefore, be it
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7 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
8 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
9 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the State shall appropriate for | ||||||
10 | no more than an X% increase for wage increases associated with | ||||||
11 | any and all collectively bargained contracts throughout State | ||||||
12 | government; and be it further
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13 | RESOLVED, That it shall be the policy of the State of | ||||||
14 | Illinois that the size of, or a reduction in, the State | ||||||
15 | employee workforce shall not be a topic of collective | ||||||
16 | bargaining.
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