Bill Text: IL HJR0045 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended

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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-Amended.html

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 45
AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend House Joint Resolution 45 by
replacing everything after the heading with the following:
"WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives has
established prudent fiscal parameters for the State budget with
House Resolution 110, which required the House Revenue &
Finance Committee to set the total amount of general fund
expenses for Fiscal Year 2012, and House Resolution 158, which
required that any amount of additional State revenue be used to
pay the backlog of unpaid State obligations rather than being
spent on more State services; and
WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives passed the
two fiscally responsible resolutions by a vote of 112-0-0 for
House Resolution 110 and 114-0-2 for House Resolution 158,
respectively; and

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WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives established
prudent fiscal parameters for the State budget with House
Resolution 707, which required the House Revenue & Finance
Committee to set the total amount of general fund expenses for
Fiscal Year 2013, and House Resolution 706, which required that
any amount of additional State revenue be used to pay the
backlog of unpaid State obligations rather than being spent on
more State services; and
WHEREAS, The Illinois House of Representatives passed the
two fiscally responsible resolutions by a vote of 93-11-5 for
House Resolution 707 and 91-16-3 for House Resolution 706,
respectively; and
WHEREAS, The Illinois House and the Illinois Senate passed
several State budget bills that held spending under the House
Revenue & Finance Committee's State revenue estimate; and
WHEREAS, The State of Illinois would have paid employees
represented by the American Federation of State, County, and
Municipal Employees (AFSCME) an estimated $2,762,956,700 in
all funds for payroll costs before the House of Representatives
and the Senate reduced the budget for Fiscal Year 2012; and
WHEREAS, The Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) for employees
represented by the American Federation of State, County, and

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Municipal Employees (AFSCME) has averaged an increase of 4.25%
over the past 5 fiscal years; and
WHEREAS, The Consumer Price Index has averaged an increase
of 1.95% from the years 2007 to 2010; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the State shall appropriate no
amount for new wage increases associated with any and all
collectively bargained contracts throughout State government
for the Fiscal Year 2013 budget; and be it further