"The House will come to order. We will now be in Perfunctory Session. Prayer by Clerk O'Brien."
"Let us pray. Lord, bless this House and those that serve and work here. Amen."
"We will be led in the pledge by Keith Long."
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
"Introduction and First Reading of Bills. House Bill 1484, offered by Representative Doederlein, a Bill for an Act to amend the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1485, Ronan and Stange, a Bill for an Act to amend an Act enabling the University of Illinois to qualify for federal funds and aid in relation to the administration of the Division of Services for Crippled Children. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1486, Stange, a Bill for an Act to amend Sections of the Wildlife Code. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1487, O'Connell, a Bill for an Act to amend Sections of the Illinois Municipal Code. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1488, O'Connell, a Bill for an Act to amend Sections of the Illinois Vehicle Code. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1489, Barger, a Bill for an Act to amend Sections of the Nursing Home Care Reform Act. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1490, Barger, a Bill for an Act to amend the Illinois Municipal Code. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1491, offered by Representative DeJaegher, a Bill for an Act in relation to long term care insurance. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1492, Giglio, a Bill for an Act to amend Sections of an Act concerning liens for labor, services, skill or materials 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 85th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 27th Legislative Day April 6, 1987 furnished upon or storage furnished for chattels. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1493, Giglio, a Bill for an Act to amend an Act concerning liens for labor, services, skill and materials furnished... or storage furnished for chattels. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1494, Black, a Bill for an Act to amend the Illinois Enterprise Zone Act. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1495, Myron Olson, a Bill for an Act to amend the Election Code. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1496, Countryman, a Bill for an Act to amend the Election Code. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1497, Van Duyne, a Bill for an Act to amend the Township Law. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1498, Bugielski, a Bill for an Act to amend Sections of the Juvenile Court Act. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1499, Cowlishaw, a Bill for an Act concerning state spending for education. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1500, Churchill, a Bill for an Act to amend Sections of the Animal Control Act. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1501, Churchill, a Bill for an Act to amend Sections of an Act relating to mortgages of real property and to mortgages of personal property of public utilities. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1502, Churchill, a Bill for an Act to amend an Act in relation to the office of public defender. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1503, Churchill, a Bill for an Act to amend Sections of the Public Utilities Act. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1504, Churchill, a Bill for an Act to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1505, Churchill, a Bill for an Act to amend the Juvenile Court Act. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1506, Churchill, a Bill for an Act to amend Sections of the Revenue Act. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1507, 2 STATE OF ILLINOIS 85th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 27th Legislative Day April 6, 1987 Black, a Bill for an Act to amend the Unified Code of Corrections. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1508, Sieben, a Bill for an Act to amend the Illinois Municipal Code. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1509, Sieben, a Bill for an Act to amend the Sanitary District Act. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1510, Harris, a Bill for an Act in relation to the regulation and licensing of locksmiths. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1511, Ronan, a Bill for an Act in relation to a nursing dedicated and professional fund. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1512, Ryder, a Bill for an Act to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1513, Ryder, a Bill for an Act authorizing the conveyance... the conveyance of certain state property to the City of Jacksonville, Illinois. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1514, Deuchler, a Bill for an Act concerning the registration of all terrain vehicles and off-highway motorcycles and providing for regulations pertaining to the operation thereof. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1515, Parcells, a Bill for an Act to amend Sections of an Act in relation to the bonds for contractors entering into contracts for public construction. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1516, Countryman, a Bill for an Act to change the date of the consolidated primary election. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1517, Countryman, a Bill for an Act to amend the Revenue Act. First Reading of the Bill."
"House Bill 1518, a Bill for an Act to amend Sections of the Election Code. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1519, offered by Representative Countryman, a Bill for an Act in relationship to grants for taxing districts providing services to state colleges and universities. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1520, 3 STATE OF ILLINOIS 85th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 27th Legislative Day April 6, 1987 offered by Representative Cowlishaw and Slater, a Bill for an Act to amend Sections of the Election Code. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1521, offered by Representative Steczo, a Bill for an Act to provide funding for recreational open space land acquisition and development. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1522, offered by Representative Hasara, a Bill for an Act to add Sections to the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1523, offered by Representative McCracken, a Bill for an Act to amend Sections of the Bill of Rights for Victims and Witnesses of Violent Crimes Act. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1524, offered by Representative McCracken, a Bill for an Act in relationship to traffic offenses. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1525, offered by Representative McCracken, a Bill for an Act to amend Sections of the Bill of Rights for Victims and Witnesses of Violent Crimes Act. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1526, offered by Representative McCracken, a Bill for an Act to amend Sections of the Bill of Rights for Victims and Witnesses of Violent Crimes Act. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1527, offered by Representative McCracken, a Bill for an Act to amend Sections of the Code of Criminal Procedures. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1528, offered by Representative Mays, a Bill for an Act to amend Sections of the Illinois Vehicle Code. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1529, offered by Representative McGann, a Bill for an Act to amend Sections of the Business Corporation Act. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1530, offered by Representative McGann, a Bill for an Act to provide for tax incentives for corporations which participate in certain educational programs with community colleges. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1531, offered by 4 STATE OF ILLINOIS 85th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 27th Legislative Day April 6, 1987 Representative Farley, a Bill for an Act in relationship to defaults on residential real estate purchase contracts. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1532, offered by Representative Regan, a Bill for an Act to amend Sections of the Illinois Pension Code. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1533, offered by Representative Wennlund, a Bill for an Act to amend Sections of the School Code. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1534, offered by Representative Daniels, a Bill for an Act to amend... in relationship to the certification of marriage and family therapists. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1535, offered by Representative McPike, a Bill for an Act to amend Sections of the School Code. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1536, offered by Representative Anthony Young, a Bill for an Act to amend Sections of the Election Code. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1537, offered by Representative Ronan, a Bill for an Act to amend Sections of the Illinois Vehicle Code. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1538, offered by Representative Ronan, a Bill for an Act to amend Sections of the Motor Fuel Tax Law. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1539, offered by Representative Wojcik, a Bill for an Act to add Articles to the Liquor Control Act. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1540, offered by Representative Parcells, a Bill for an Act to amend Sections to the Illinois Insurance Code. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1541, offered by Representative Parcells, a Bill for an Act to amend Sections of the Illinois Municipal Code. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1542, offered by Representative Berrios, a Bill for an Act to amend Sections of an Act to establish a Military and Naval Code for the State of Illinois and to establish an Executive Branch of the State Government, the principal department of which 5 STATE OF ILLINOIS 85th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 27th Legislative Day April 6, 1987 shall be known as the Military and Naval Department. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1543, offered by Representative Giorgi, a Bill for an Act to amend Sections of the Revenue Act. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 1544, offered by Representative Keane, a Bill for an Act to amend Sections of the Revenue Act. First Reading of the Bill. Second Reading of House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendments. House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment #4. Resolved, by the House of Representatives of the 85th General Assembly of the State of Illinois, the Senate concurring herein, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the state for adoption or rejection at the general election next occurring at least six months after the adoption of this Resolution, a proposition to amend Sections 8, 10 and 12 of Article VI of the Constitution to read as follows: Article VI. Section 8. Associate Judges. Each Circuit Judge (sic - Court) shall have such number of Associate Judges as provided by law. Associate Judges shall be appointed by Circuit Judges in the Cook County Circuit as the Supreme Court shall provide by rule. Associate Judges outside the Cook County Circuit shall be elected in the manner provided in Section 12 of this Article. In the First Judicial District, unless otherwise provided by law, at least one-fourth of the Associate Judges shall be appointed from, and reside, outside Chicago. The Supreme Court shall provide by rule for matters to be assigned to Associate Judges. Section 10. Terms of Office. The terms of office of Supreme and Appellate Court Judges shall be ten years; of Circuit Judges and Associate Judges outside Cook County, six years; and of Associate Judges in Cook County, four years. Section 12. Election and Retention. (a) Supreme, Appellate and Circuit Judges shall be nominated at primary 6 STATE OF ILLINOIS 85th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 27th Legislative Day April 6, 1987 elections or by petition. Associate Judges outside Cook County shall be nominated at primary elections or by petition(s). Judges shall be elected at general or primary (sic - judicial) elections the General Assembly shall provide by law. Associate Judges outside Cook County shall be elected at general or judicial elections as the General Assembly shall provide by law. A person eligible for the office of Judge may cause his name to appear on the ballot as a candidate for Judge at the primary or at the general election... judicial election by submitting petitions. The General Assembly shall prescribe by law the requirements for petitions. (b) The office of a Judge shall be vacant upon his death, resignation, retirement, removal, or upon the conclusion of his term without retention in office. Whenever an additional Appellate or Circuit Judge, or Associate Judge outside Cook County, is authorized by law, the office shall be filled in a manner provided for filling a vacancy in that office. (c) A vacancy occurring in the office of Supreme, Appellate or Circuit Judge or Associate Judge outside Cook County shall be filled as the General Assembly may provide by law. In the absence of a law, vacancies may be filled by appointment by the Supreme Court. A person appointed to fill a vacancy 60 or more days prior to the next primary election to nominate Judges shall serve until the vacancy is filled for a term at the next general or judicial election. A person appointed to fill a vacancy less than 60 days prior to the next primary election to nominate Judges shall serve until the vacancy is filled at the second general or judicial election following such appointment. (d) Not less than six months before the general election preceding the expiration of his term of office, a Supreme, Appellate or Circuit Judge, or Associate Judge outside Cook County, who has been elected 7 STATE OF ILLINOIS 85th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 27th Legislative Day April 6, 1987 to that office may file in the office of the Secretary of State a declaration of candidacy to succeed himself. The Secretary of State, no less than 63 days before the election, shall certify the Judge's candidacy to the proper election officials. The names of Judges seeking retention shall be submitted to the electors, separately and without party designation, on the sole question whether each Judge shall be retained in office for another term. The retention elections shall be conducted at general elections in the appropriate Judicial District, for Supreme and Appellate Judges, and in the circuit for Circuit Judges and Associate Judges outside Cook County. The affirmative vote of three-fifths of the electors voting on the question shall elect the Judge to the office for a term commencing on the first Monday in December following his election. (e) A law reducing the number of Appellate or Circuit Judges or Associate Judges outside Cook County shall be without prejudice to the right of the Judges affected to seek retention in office A reduction shall become effective when a vacancy occurs in the affected unit. (f) For the purposes of this Section, the term 'Judge' includes Associate Judge outside Cook County. Schedule. This Amendment shall take effect upon the (sic -its) adoption by the electors of this state and shall apply to vacancies occurring in the office of Associate Judge outside Cook County on or after its adoption. Second Reading of this Constitutional Amendment. Amendment #1 to House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment #4, offered by Representative McCracken. Amendment #1 amends House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment #4 as follows: On page one by deleting lines 14 through 17 in lieu thereof and inserting 'the Judges, as provided by law, Associate Judges shall be elected in... '; and on page one line 20 by 8 STATE OF ILLINOIS 85th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 27th Legislative Day April 6, 1987 deleting 'appointed' and in lieu thereof inserting 'elected'; and on page one by deleting lines 26 through 28 and in lieu thereof inserting... '10 years, and of Circuit and Associate Judges, six years...'; and on page one by inserting between lines 29 and 30 the following: 'For the purpose of this Section, the term 'Judge' means any Supreme Court, Appellate, Circuit or Associate Judge'; and on page one by deleting lines 30 through 33 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: '(b) Judges shall be nominated at primary elections or by petition. Judges shall be elected at general...'; and on page two by deleting lines one through three and in lieu thereof inserting: 'by law, a person eligible for the office of...'; and on page two line nine by deleting '(b)' and inserting in lieu thereof '(c)'; and on page two by deleting lines 12 and 13 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 'An additional Appellate, Circuit or Associate Judge is authorized by law, the office shall...'; and on page two by deleting lines 16 through 18 and in lieu thereof inserting: '(d) A vacancy occurring in the office of Judge shall be filled as the general election may provide by...'; and on page two line 28 by deleting '(d)' and inserting in lieu thereof '(e)'; and on page two by deleting lines 29 through 31 and in lieu thereof inserting the following: 'Preceding the expiration of his term of office, a Judge who has been elected to that office may file in the...'; and on page three by deleting lines six and seven and in lieu thereof inserting: 'Appellate Judges, and in the Circuit for Circuit and Associate Judges. The affirmative vote of...'; and on page three by deleting lines 11 and 12 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: '(f) A law reducing the number of Appellate, Circuit or Associate Judges shall be...'; and on page three by deleting lines 16 and 17; and on page three line 9 STATE OF ILLINOIS 85th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 27th Legislative Day April 6, 1987 21 by deleting 'outside Cook County.' First Reading of this... of Amendment #1 on House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment #4. Second Reading. House Joint Resolution #4 and Amendment #1 will be held on Second Reading. House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment #6, offered by Representative Rea, on the Order of Second Reading. Resolved, by the House of Representatives of the 85th General Assembly of the State of Illinois, the Senate concurring herein, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the state for adoption or rejection at the general election next occurring at least six months after the adoption of this Resolution, a Proposition to amend Sections 2 and 5 of Article IV of the Constitution to read as follows: Article IV. The Legislature. Section 2. Legislative Composition. (a) A (sic - one) Senator shall be elected from each Legislative District. Immediately following each decennial redistricting, the General Assembly by law shall provide (sic - divide) the Legislative Districts as equally as possible into two groups. Beginning with 1992 general election, the Senators from the first group shall be elected for terms of four years and six years, the Senators from the second group shall be elected for terms of six years and four years. The Legislative Districts in each group shall be elected for terms of six years and four years. The Legislative Districts in each group shall be distributed substantially equally over the state. (b) Each Legislative District shall be divided into two Representative Districts. One Representative shall be elected from each Representative District. Immediately following each decennial redistricting, the General Assembly by law shall divide the Representative Districts as equally as possible into three groups. Beginning with the 1992 general election, 10 STATE OF ILLINOIS 85th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 27th Legislative Day April 6, 1987 Representatives from the first group shall be elected for terms of four years, four years and two years; Representatives from the second group shall be elected for terms of four years, two years and four years; and Representatives from the third group shall be elected for terms of two years, four years and four years. The Representative Districts in each group shall be distributed substantially equally over the state; however, in no case shall a Legislative District assigned to the first group of Legislative Districts contain a Representative District assigned to the third group of Representative Districts, nor shall a Legislative District assigned to the second group of Legislative Districts contain a Representative District assigned to the first group of Legislative Districts. (c) To be eligible to serve as a Member of the General Assembly, a person must be a United States citizen, at least 21 years old, and for two years preceding his election or appointment a resident of the district which he is to represent. In the general election following a redistricting, a candidate for the General Assembly may be elected from any district which contains a part of the district in which he resided at the time of the redistricting and reelected if a resident of that new district he represents for 18 months prior to reelection. (d) Within 30 days after a vacancy occurs, it shall be filled by appointment as provided by law. If the vacancy is in a Senatorial or Representative office with more than 28 months remaining in the term, the appointed Senator or Representative shall serve until the next general election, at which time a Senator or Representative shall serve... shall be elected to serve for the remainder of the term. If the vacancy is in any other Representative or Senatorial office, the appointment shall be for the remainder of the 11 STATE OF ILLINOIS 85th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 27th Legislative Day April 6, 1987 term. An appointee to fill a vacancy shall be a member of the same political party as the person he succeeds. (e) No Member of the General Assembly shall receive compensation as a public officer or employee from any other governmental entity for time during which he is in attendance as a Member of the General Assembly. No Member of the General Assembly during the term for which he was elected or appointed shall be appointed to a public office which shall have been created or the compensation for which shall have been increased by the General Assembly during that term. Section 5. Sessions. (a) The General Assembly shall convene each year on the second Wednesday of January. The General Assembly shall be a continuous Body from the second Wednesday of January of one odd-numbered year until the Second Wednesday of January of the next odd-numbered year. The Governor may convene the General Assembly or the Senate alone in Special Session by a proclamation stating the purpose of the Session; and only business encompassed by such purpose, together with any impeachments or confirmation of appointments shall be transacted. Special Sessions of the General Assembly may also be convened by Joint Proclamation of the presiding officers of both Houses, issued as provided by law. (c) Sessions of each House of the General Assembly and meetings of Committees, Joint Committees and Legislative Commissions shall be open to the public. Sessions and Committee meetings of a House may be closed to the public if two-thirds of the Members elected to that House determine that the public interest so requires; and meetings of Joint Committees and Legislative Commissions may be so closed if two-thirds of the members elected to each House so determine. Schedule. This Amendment takes effect upon its adoption by the electors of this state, with application to 12 STATE OF ILLINOIS 85th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 27th Legislative Day April 6, 1987 the terms of General Assembly Members elected at the 1992 and subsequent general elections. Second Reading of this Constitutional Amendment. Shall be held on Second Reading. Introduction and First Readings. House Bill 1545, offered by Representative Giorgi and Sieben, a Bill for an Act to amend Sections of the Criminal Code. First Reading of the Bill. No further business. The House will now stand adjourned until 11:00 a.m. tomorrow." 13 05/26/87 15:28 STATE OF ILLINOIS 85TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DAILY TRANSCRIPTION OF DEBATE INDEX PAGE 1 APRIL 06, 1987 HB-1484 FIRST READING HB-1485 FIRST READING HB-1486 FIRST READING HB-1487 FIRST READING HB-1488 FIRST READING HB-1489 FIRST READING HB-1490 FIRST READING HB-1491 FIRST READING HB-1492 FIRST READING HB-1493 FIRST READING HB-1494 FIRST READING HB-1495 FIRST READING HB-1496 FIRST READING HB-1497 FIRST READING HB-1498 FIRST READING HB-1499 FIRST READING HB-1500 FIRST READING HB-1501 FIRST READING HB-1502 FIRST READING HB-1503 FIRST READING HB-1504 FIRST READING HB-1505 FIRST READING HB-1506 FIRST READING HB-1507 FIRST READING HB-1508 FIRST READING HB-1509 FIRST READING HB-1510 FIRST READING HB-1511 FIRST READING HB-1512 FIRST READING HB-1513 FIRST READING HB-1514 FIRST READING HB-1515 FIRST READING HB-1516 FIRST READING HB-1517 FIRST READING HB-1518 FIRST READING HB-1519 FIRST READING HB-1520 FIRST READING HB-1521 FIRST READING HB-1522 FIRST READING HB-1523 FIRST READING HB-1524 FIRST READING HB-1525 FIRST READING HB-1526 FIRST READING HB-1527 FIRST READING HB-1528 FIRST READING HB-1529 FIRST READING HB-1530 FIRST READING HB-1531 FIRST READING HB-1532 FIRST READING HB-1533 FIRST READING HB-1534 FIRST READING HB-1535 FIRST READING HB-1536 FIRST READING HB-1537 FIRST READING HB-1538 FIRST READING HB-1539 FIRST READING HB-1540 FIRST READING HB-1541 FIRST READING HB-1542 FIRST READING HB-1543 FIRST READING HB-1544 FIRST READING HB-1545 FIRST READING *HJR-0004 SECOND READING *HJR-0004 HELD ON SECOND *HJR-0006 SECOND READING PAGE 1 PAGE 1 PAGE 1 PAGE 1 PAGE 1 PAGE 1 PAGE 1 PAGE 1 PAGE 1 PAGE 2 PAGE 2 PAGE 2 PAGE 2 PAGE 2 PAGE 2 PAGE 2 PAGE 2 PAGE 2 PAGE 2 PAGE 2 PAGE 2 PAGE 2 PAGE 2 PAGE 2 PAGE 3 PAGE 3 PAGE 3 PAGE 3 PAGE 3 PAGE 3 PAGE 3 PAGE 3 PAGE 3 PAGE 3 PAGE 3 PAGE 3 PAGE 3 PAGE 4 PAGE 4 PAGE 4 PAGE 4 PAGE 4 PAGE 4 PAGE 4 PAGE 4 PAGE 4 PAGE 4 PAGE 4 PAGE 5 PAGE 5 PAGE 5 PAGE 5 PAGE 5 PAGE 5 PAGE 5 PAGE 5 PAGE 5 PAGE 5 PAGE 5 PAGE 6 PAGE 6 PAGE 13 PAGE 6 PAGE 10 PAGE 10 05/26/87 STATE OF ILLINOIS 15:28 85TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DAILY TRANSCRIPTION OF DEBATE INDEX PAGE 2 APRIL 06, 1987 *HJR-0006 HELD ON SECOND PAGE 13 SUBJECT MATTER HOUSE TO ORDER - REPRESENTATIVE CURRAN PAGE 1 PRAYER - CLERK O'BRIEN PAGE 1 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PAGE 1 PERFUNCTORY SESSION PAGE 1 PERFUNCTORY SESSION - ADJOURNMENT PAGE 13