Bill Text: IL HR0556 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Instructs the Department of Labor to conduct a study, as soon as practicably possible, on how the Employment of Illinois Workers on Public Works Act will impact unemployment in the State, and assemble any other relevant information regarding the Employment of Illinois Workers on Public Works Act and its impact on the State.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-11-06 - Resolution Adopted 116-000-000 [HR0556 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR0556-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois currently has approximately | ||||||
3 | 600,655 unemployed workers; and
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4 | WHEREAS, The national unemployment rate has steadily | ||||||
5 | declined over the past year;
during this time, the unemployment | ||||||
6 | rate in the State of Illinois has increased to 8.2%; and
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7 | WHEREAS, The Employment of Illinois Workers on Public Works | ||||||
8 | Act was
amended in 2010 by Public Act 96-929 to allow for its | ||||||
9 | implementation by the Department of Labor; and
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10 | WHEREAS, The implementation of the Employment of Illinois | ||||||
11 | Workers on Public Works Act will ensure that Illinois
residents | ||||||
12 | are being employed on projects using public dollars, helping | ||||||
13 | decrease unemployment
in the State; and
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14 | WHEREAS, In order to implement and enforce the Employment | ||||||
15 | of Illinois
Workers on Public Works Act, a study should be | ||||||
16 | conducted to validate claims that employing Illinois
residents | ||||||
17 | for public works projects will decrease the rate of | ||||||
18 | unemployment in the State; and
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19 | WHEREAS, The Department of Labor has the responsibility to | ||||||
20 | use any means available
to enforce the laws passed by the |
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1 | General Assembly; therefore, be it
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2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
3 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
4 | the Department of Labor shall conduct a
study, as soon as | ||||||
5 | practicably possible, on the impact that the Employment of | ||||||
6 | Illinois Workers on Public
Works Act will have on unemployment | ||||||
7 | in the State and assemble any other relevant information
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8 | regarding the Employment of Illinois Workers on Public Works | ||||||
9 | Act and its impact on the State; and be it further
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10 | RESOLVED, That the Department of Labor may collect any data | ||||||
11 | necessary from local
municipalities to conduct such a study; | ||||||
12 | and be it further
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13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
14 | presented to the Department of
Labor.
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