Bill Text: IL HR1503 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Opposes the consideration or passage of any income tax increase on the people of Illinois during any "lame duck" special session that may be called to meet on or after January 1, 2017 at any time prior to January 11, 2017.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-03 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HR1503 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR1503-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, In the interest of transparency and | ||||||
3 | accountability, it is not
desirable that any income tax | ||||||
4 | increase be enacted by the State of Illinois in a post-election | ||||||
5 | "lame duck"
special session of the General Assembly; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Any increase in the State's income tax rates would | ||||||
7 | be harmful to families and
job creators; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Significant State policies, especially tax | ||||||
9 | policies, should be set by those with the
most recent ties to | ||||||
10 | the votes of the people; the persons who set the policy should | ||||||
11 | be persons
who have passed the test of accountability to the | ||||||
12 | voters; and
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13 | WHEREAS, The 99th General Assembly will soon enter a "lame | ||||||
14 | duck" period of time; the
period will start on January 1, 2017, | ||||||
15 | and will end at midday on January 11, 2017, which is
when the | ||||||
16 | 100th General Assembly will be sworn into office; therefore, be | ||||||
17 | it
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18 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
19 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
20 | oppose the consideration or passage of any income tax increase | ||||||
21 | on the people of Illinois during any "lame duck" special |
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1 | session that may be called to meet on or after January 1, 2017 | ||||||
2 | at any time prior to January 11, 2017; and be it further
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3 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution should be | ||||||
4 | delivered to the Governor of Illinois,
the Speaker of the | ||||||
5 | Illinois House of Representatives, and the President of the | ||||||
6 | Illinois Senate.
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