Bill Text: IL HJR0080 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to create and distribute a survey for the purposes of identifying the main reasons for which Illinois residents choose to leave our State. Urges the Department to make a reasonable attempt to have former Illinois residents fill out this survey so as to understand their decision to move out and to utilize cost-free online survey websites to create an inexpensive survey of this kind.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-30 - Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Monique D. Davis [HJR0080 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HJR0080-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois has recently become a | ||||||
| 3 | negative growth state, losing more residents than it takes in; | ||||||
| 4 | and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, In 2014, around 94,000 Illinois residents moved | ||||||
| 6 | out to other U.S. states and other parts of the world; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, There are a variety of reasons for which | ||||||
| 8 | Illinoisans might want to move elsewhere, including extended | ||||||
| 9 | family persuasion, economic opportunity, political | ||||||
| 10 | environment, and preferred climates; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, There are many reasons as to why many Illinois | ||||||
| 12 | residents remain in the State, notwithstanding family history, | ||||||
| 13 | economic opportunities, world-class cities, historic sites, | ||||||
| 14 | and natural sites; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, It is still not certain as to why many Illinois | ||||||
| 16 | residents are leaving our State; a survey could help Illinois | ||||||
| 17 | legislators address the issues that are most determinant in | ||||||
| 18 | influencing Illinois residents to move elsewhere; therefore, | ||||||
| 19 | be it
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| 20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
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| 1 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 2 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we urge the Illinois Department | ||||||
| 3 | of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to create and distribute a | ||||||
| 4 | survey for the purposes of identifying the main reasons for | ||||||
| 5 | which Illinois residents choose to leave our State; and be it | ||||||
| 6 | further
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| 7 | RESOLVED, That we urge the Department to make a reasonable | ||||||
| 8 | attempt to have former Illinois residents fill out this survey | ||||||
| 9 | so as to understand their decision to move out and to utilize | ||||||
| 10 | cost-free online survey websites to create an inexpensive | ||||||
| 11 | survey of this kind; and be it further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That we urge the Department to provide survey | ||||||
| 13 | results to the General Assembly by December 1, 2016; and be it | ||||||
| 14 | further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 16 | delivered to Governor Bruce Rauner, Speaker of the House | ||||||
| 17 | Michael J. Madigan, Senate President John J. Cullerton, and | ||||||
| 18 | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Director Jim | ||||||
| 19 | Schultz.
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