HRoll Call for Attendance. Excused absences. l STATE OF ILLINOIS 87th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESSNTATIVBS TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 17th Leglslative Day March 6, 1991 Representative Matijevich.n Matijevich: ''Yes, Mr. Speaker: on this side of the aisle Representative Lang is excused today.? Speaker Keanek 'Representative Pie1.'# Piel: NYes, Mr. Speaker, would the record show that Representative Deucbler is excused today.l
Pone hundred sixteen, votinq or indicating answering the call, a quorum is present. Committee Reports.o Clerk O'Brien: ''Representative Brunsvold, Chairman of the Committee on Municipal and Conservation Law, to which the following Bills were reierred, action taken March 5, 1991, reported the same back with the (ollowing recommendations: 'do pass Short Debate status' House Bill 70 and House Bill 88; 'do pass coasent Calendar' House Bill 105 . Interim Study Calendar House Bill 62. Representative Mautino, Chairman, of the Committee on ynsurance, to wbicb the following Bill was referred, action taken March 5, 1991, reported the same back with the following recommendations: 'do pass as amended Short Debate status' House Bill 129. *
Olntroduction and First Reading of Bills. / Clerk O 'Brien: l'House Bill 551, offered by Representative Currie, & a Bill for an Act to amend the Public Utilities Act. First Readin: of the Bill. House Bill 552, offered by Representative Parke, a Bill for an Act to amend the Counties Code. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 553, offered by Representative Curran, a 3il1 for an Act to amend certaiq Acts in relatioq to the status of certain employees and employers involved in labor disputes. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 554, offered by Representative Frederick, a Bill for an Acts to amend certain Act in relation to child support payments. First Readinq of the Bill. House Bill 555, offered by 2 STATE OF ILLINOIS 87th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESBNTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 17th Legislative Day March 6, 1991 Representative Regan: a Bill for an Act to amend the Children and Family Servtces Act. Ftrst Reading of the Bill. House Bill 556, offered by Representative Curran, a Bill for an Act in relation to the manner of selection of the Illinois Commerce Commission. First Reading of the 3ill. House Bill 557, offered by Representative Matijevich: a Bill for an Act in relation to work place conditions and injuries. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 558, offered by Representative Matijevich, a Bill for an Act to amend the Illinois Clinical Laboratory Act. Ftrst Reading tbe Bill. House Bill 559, offered by Representative Steczo, a Bill for an Act to amenà the Chicago Park District Act. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 560, offered by Representative Steczo, a Bill for an Act to amend the Illinois Municipal Code . First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 561, offered by Representative Steczo, a Bill for an Act to amend the Illinois Pension Code. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 562, offered by Representative Steczo, a Bill for an Act to amend the School Code. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 563, offered by Representative Balanoff, a Bill for an Act to prohibit simultaneous tenure of elected public officials. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 564, offered by Representative Balanoff, a Bill for an Act rcllation to employee safety at. convenience stores. First àieading of the Bill. House Bill 565, offered by Representatbze Lou Jones, a Bill for an Act relating to the pravelco of electrology. First Reading of the Bill.'' Speaker Madigan: ''Would the Members please be in their chairs? Would the Members please take their seats? The Chair recognizes the Doorkeeper for an announcement./ Doorkeeper: ''Mr. Speaker, the Honorable President Rock and Members of the Senate are at the door and seek admlssion to 3 STATE OF ILLINOIS 87th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DESATE 17th Legislative Day March 6, 1991 the chambero'' Speaker Madigan: ''Mr. Doorkeeper, please admit the Honorable Senators. As designated in House Joint Resolution #8, the hour of 12:00 noon having arrived, the Joint Session of the 87th General Assembly will now come to order. Will the Members oi the House and our esteemed guests from the Senate please take their seats. Mr. Clerk, is a quorum Present?''
NA quorum of the House is present. '' Speaker Madigan: ''Mr. President, is a quorum of the Senate present in this chamber? President Rock: ''Mr. Speaker, a quorum of the Senate is present in the chamber./ Speaker Madigan: ''There being a quorum of the House and a quorum of the Senate in attendance, this Joint Session is convened. The Chair recognizes a1l of those who are here. The Chair would like to recognize some of the dignitaries who have joined us today. First from the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the Honorable Justice Ben Miller. Ben M iller. The Lieutenant Governor of the State of Illinois, Lieutenant Governor 3ob Kustra. The Attorney General of Illinois, Mr. Roland Burris. The Comptboller, Comptroller Dawn Netch. The Treasurer, Pat Quinnb' tusuperintendent of Education Bob Leininger. The aAuditor'General Bob Cronson. Seated in the gallery at the Hr,rear the Fitst Lady of Illinois, Brenda Edgar. Brenda. The Chair recognizes the Majority Leader, Mr. Mcpike. And - - w Mr. Mcpike .moves that the Clerk read the Session Resolution #3.* Clerk O'Brien: nloint Session #3. Resolved, that the Committee of ten be appointed, five from the House by the Speaker and five from the Senate appointed by the Committee on Committees of the Senate, to awalt upon the Honorable 4 STATE OF ILLINOIS 87th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 17th Legislative Day March 6, 1991 Governor of the State of Illinois, and invite him to address the Joint Assembly.'' Speaker Madigan: ''The Gentleman moves for the adoption of the Resolution. All those in favor signify by saying 'aye', al1 those opposed say 'nay'. In the opinion of the Chair, the 'ayesf have it. The Resolution is adopted. Pursuant to the Resolution, the following are appointed as a committee to escort the Chief Executive. The appointments from the House would be Representatives Trotter, Munizzi, Deering: Barnes and Olsonv'' President Rock: 'fThank you, Mr. Speaker. From the Senate, the Escort Committee is Senator Kenneth Hall, Senator Howard Carroll, Senator John Cullerton , Senator John Davidson and Senator John Maitland.'' Speaker Madigan: ''Wi1l the Committee of Escort please convene at tbe rear of the chamber and await His Excellency , the Governor? The Chair recognizes the Doorkeeper fok an announcement. Mr. Doorkeeper.'' Doorkeeper: >Mr. Speaker, the Honorable Governor of the State of Illinois, James Bdgar, and his party, wish to be admitted to the chamber.p Speaker Madigan: ''Admit the Honorable Governoro '' Governor Edgar: ''President Rock, Speaker Madigan, my fellow Constitutional officers and Members of the General' Assembly, for too long Illinois state government has been 'on a spending binge. In good times and bad it has neglected to watch the bottom line. It has spen: money iL . dld not really have. It has borrowed money, from the financial markets and from ourselves to shore up its unwillingness to face its responsibtlities. The rating aqencies which 1 visited last week in New York are already sounding warnings about our credit worthiness. Is it time that we tear up our credit cards and put a screeching halt 5 STATE OF ILLINOIS 87th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 17th Legislative Day Marcb 6, 1991 to the spending spree in State Government. Once and for a1l we must restore our cash reserves to at least the minimum level that will help us pay our bills on time. And we must meet our fiscal responsibilities without any new tax increases. is time we face the fact we can no longer automatically say yes to every worthy proqram. This year the budget is about leadership. It's about setting substantive, priorities in government and livinq up to our responsibilities. The ledger sheets of this financial blueprint will not balance were not balanced with across the board budget cuts. Nor were they balanced by proposing new tax increases. When touqh budqet decisions have been made in the past, cuts were made across the board. And T understand Why. That's the most politically expedient way. When every area of state Government is being reduced equally, no one voice, no one qroups's voice is any louder than another. But this year, I believe we should not do what is just politically expedient. We should do what is right and make cuts in accordance with priorities. ln this budget I have set forth my priorities. I have detailed what I believe is important to keep Illinois strong and vibrant. i've made the tough calls, but in reality they are recommendations to you, the General Assembly. It's up to you to make the tough calls too. But remember, your bottom line must be the same as mine. If you add to one program, you must subtract from another. My spendinq decisions are based on expanding thia'state's prevention programs to boRd ofE bi:ger- and more expensive problems down the line. My budget decisions are based on expanding state assistance for educatlon and they are based on the ultimate goal of putting some controls on the unchecked growth in Siate Government. This is a budget that puts our precious resources into our most precious resource, ou r 6 STATE OF ILLINOIS 87th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUS: OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBKTE 17th Legislative Day March 6, 1991 children. This a budget that protects our citizens and preserves the state's infrastructure. This is a budget that does not hide behind unwanted tax increases. And this is a budget that is not balanced by fiscal sleight-of-hand. Nor is it balanced with cash flow gimmicks. This is a real budget for Illinois a responsible budget that allows Illinois to begin to get its fiscal house in order. We're not mortgaging our future with this budqet. We are funding our future. But if you are to understand this year's budget you must first understand how we arrived at the precarious financial conditions where we now find ourselves. Two years ago the Legislature and the Governor approved a temporary increase in the state income tax with the revenues dedicated to the state's education system and to local government. It didn't add one dime to the treasury for other new programs. But that did not stop the spending. Even with that tax increase we spent more money that fiscal year than we took in. And last year the binge continued. We spent almost $300 million more than we took in. The state's spending habits vere out of control. We borrowed from the Road Fund to finance our habit. We underfunded medical claims for state employees and for the providers who care ior our poor. We delayed assistance grants to out elderly and disabled. And we drew down on our cash reserves. .It is really fair that our employees' who' were injured while working are being hounded by their doctors and hospitals to pay their medical bills? Is really.- fair that health care providers who treat our poor are facing fiscal disaster because they have to wait month after ' month after month to be reimbursed for their expenses? Last year we put them in jeopardy so that we could .maintain the status quo and not make the di'fficult budget cuts that should have been made. I have already STATE OF ILLINOIS 87th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 17th Legislative Day March 6, 1991 ordered more the $87 million of spending cuts in the budget that inherited, but we will still end this iiscal year with hundreds of millions of dollars of unpaid bills and a dangerously low and unacceptable balance. We have been living on borrowed money. We have been livlng on borrowed time. And the bill collectors are knocking at our door. The budget approved last summer under-funded the Department of Public Aid by $370 million for bills for medical providers. The department cannot pay those bills this year. Those hospitals, physicians, nursing homes, dentists and pharmacists have had to wait again to be paid, this time 80 days or more. In order to reduce that billing cycle next year to 60 days, it will take an additional $185 million. Employee medical claims were under-funded by $48 million and we do not have the money this year to pay them . Senior citizens and the disabled, those on fixed incomes, have $24 million in claims they are owed in circuit breaker grants. The Department of Revenue does not have the money to pay them. That's $627 million in o1d bills that we must pay. More than a half billion dollars that we owe our medical providers, $48 million that we owe our own employees for their health care and $24 million we owe our disabled and senior citizens on fixed income. To be blunt, because of those Bills, Illinois will start the next fiscal year, July 1, more than one half billion dollars in the hole. Those bills will have lhe first priority on next year's dollars, and they will be paid. We will put Illinois on solid financial footing and that means we are going to have to make some unpleasant cuts. My budget is built around iour simple, but solid principles, concepts that are essential to restoring some fiscal sanity to Illinois. First, the surcharge must be made permanent, If it's not we will lose the progress we have made in our 8 STKTE OF ILLINOIS 87th GENSRAL ASSEMSLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTIOS DEBATE 17th Legislative Day March 6, 1991 local school districts and universities durinq the last two years and put pressure on both schools and local governments to raise property taxes even higher that they already are. Second,our cash balance must be increased. Wall Street will not tolerate a balance of only $100 mtllion, which is equal to only two days of spending. And neither will 1. We must have a balance of $200 million at the end of the next fiscal year, and we are going to add another $200million to that balance in fiscal 1993. Third : one of our basic priorities must be a fundamental chanqe in state spending. We must have a structural plan so that we know for certain that our revenues exceed out'obligations. And lastly, State Government will make the necessary cuts, ao matter how painful and no matter how difficult, to stay within our current level of taxation . We again should consider two Constitutional chanqes that will add even more stability to our budgeting procedures. We should reform the budget writing process to put the state on a two-year budget cycle Eocused on more strategic planning and results. And, and we should require a Three-Fifths Majority in the General Assembly to override reduction vetoes, the same that is required to restore item vetoes and to override total vetoes. Government next year, and for the years after: will live within its means. There are no tax increases, hidden or obvious, in this budget. We will stop playing numbers games in Illinois. Dollar by dollar we are going to scratch our way zoutroi the financial hole we find ourselves in. Government no .longer can be a11 things to a1l people. In establishing my administrationfs prioritles, we have tried to maintain the dollars where they do the most good, where they are needed by the greatest number of our people. There are siqnificant cuts in many areas. There are cuts I did not want to have to 9 STATE OF ILLINOIS 87th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 17th Legislative Day March 6, 1991 make, but we literally had no choice. We have cancelled cadet ckasses for new Illinots state troopers to save $5 million in training costs and salaries. We have to cut subsidies to mass transit, and we are not going to sell as many bonds for hiqhway, airport and transit projects. We have cut nearly $170 million, including $27 million in general revenue funds, from the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs and begun to shift emphasis to programs that encourage existing businesses to expand their employment here in Illinois. While we have maintained the support for small business development we have curtailed spending for large business incentives. We have postponed the opening of the Big Muddy River prison near Mt. Vernon and the opening of four work camps and decided to close two youth centers. Al1 in downstate Illinois. 1 wish those were the only cuts you find in the pages of this budget. They are not. There are many more painful decisions that had to make drawing up this financial plan. Werve eliminated optional services under the medical assistance plan to the Department of Public Aid. We can no longer afford to pay. for all dental services, for optometry services, visits to chiropractors, wheelchairs and other medical appliances. We also have proposed reducinq the base rate charge by medical providers by five percent from' the fiscal 1991 level. We have eliminated the Quality Incentive'Program-for long=term care providers. Those are just a fev7 of the painful facts of ltfe in this spartan budgetw ..Those are some of the difficult decisions I had to make. We are eliminating four thousand, iour hundred jobs in this budget, including laying off nearly 1,400 of our state employees. State Government grew by about 5,000 employees in fiscal 1990: it was supposed to grow by another 3,100 workers this year until I moved in and some 10 STATE OF ILLINOIS 87th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 17th Legislative Day March 6, 1991 cuts. State Government has to stop now its growth pattern of higher, and higher and higher employment. Other state employees will not see pay raises during this coming fiscal year. The job of the Governor is to make those painful decisions. The job of the Governor ls to lead.' There are limits to the services that government can, and should provide. There are limits to what our citizens are willinq to pay for. We must, however, be willing to invest in ourselves. We must have the courage to devote more of our resources to programs designed to prevent failure, to prevent illness and to prevent deterioration. We're also confronted with a considerable challenge of assisting our most needy and those who suddenly find themselves in need of our help. Illinois has fared better than many other states in téls economic recession. our revenues have held steady and nationally, the effects of the downturn are expected to be short-lived. Still, we are expecting our public aid caseloads to grow through the rest of this fiscal year and into into 1992. On top of these increases, federal policy changes will increase the cost of medical services 5or those less fortunate Illinoisans. Despite our service budget our severe budget constraints we cannot, and we wtl1 not, turn our backs on those we are most dependent on our services and our good will. We are fully funding the Project Chance welfare-to-work program for recipients Of''AFDC ''grants and food stamp clients, the bulk of our .. publ.ic aid'case rolls. We are fully funding the child support enforcement program to collect payments that are expected to total more than $191 million during new fiscal year. We will continue to fully fund the optional prescription drug assistance, the most expensive element of the optional medical services the state now provides. We continue the general assistance safety net for children and 11 STATE OF ILLINOIS 87th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DZBATE 17th Legislative Day March 6, 1991 poor families who are not eliqible for other state aid proqrams. And we are restructuring our qeneral assistance program and asking local governments to join the state, like they do in most other states in this nation , to lnsure that those support payment are provided for others who need some transitional relief. We will reduce the payment cycle for those who provide care for the poor from a projected 82 days currently, to 60 days. Our failure to acknowledge the financial problems of some providers could make it even more difficult for pregnant women, the poor, and children to find the medîcal services they sometimes desperately need. Today am proposing a budget for education that tops $5 billion. Even in these tight times, elementary and secondary education is one of the few areas to receive new funding, $50 million in new spending authority. But we can make that additional money only if we make the surcharge permanent, and We can improve the financial durability of Illinois only if we extend the surcharge permanently. That new money can make lonq-lasting changes in our educational system . But making the surcharge permanent, endinq the uncertainty over our revenues also will give us the opportunity to give local government a permanent increase in their revenue sharing funds. We should revise the distributive formula to lock in those surcharge funds to help our cities, villages and counties maintain their 'services. My proposed changes would raise, effective July local government's share of the distributive formula from one-twelftb to one-ninth of the . state income tax revenue. Extending the surcharge permanently will also preserve funding, some $80 million a year, for property tax telief for our homeowners through the double deduction. And it will qive us $100 million to beqin to rebuild our year-end balance to an acceptable level. If we allow the 12 STATE OF ILLINOIS 87th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 17th Legislative Day March 6: 1991 surcharqe to expire less than four months from nowe we will have failedt and our children will fail to grow to their potential. Without the surtax, we would have to revise this budqet from top to bottom. We would have to eliminate $160 million for local government. We would have to make even...deeper cuts to raise our end-of-year balance. And we have to not cut, but slash: nearly $400 million from our commitment to better schools and universities, and our commitment to making Illinois' education system second to none in this natioh. That would be an unthinkable step backwards when ve can continue to more forward, without raisinq taxes above the levels now being paid by our citizens. I commend Speaker Madigan for his foresight two years ago in championing and securing passage of the income tax increase. urge you, Members of the General Assembly, to put partisanship aside and act to make that increase permanent. That would insure that the progress we have achieved, the accomplishments we have seen, are not erased and forgotten. It's one thing to say as I did vhen I spo 'ke to you three weeks ago in these chambers, that education is the top priority of the Edgar Administration. Talk is cheap. As grim as this budget is, this budget proves that my bighest priority is improving the learning opportunities for our children and preparing them for life and challenge in the 21st Century. It provides an additional $27 million, - a .43': .pèrcent increase for early chlldhood education programs. That is enough to reach thousands more children, three and four year o1d youngsters who already at risk of becoming new evidence of our educational fallures. It adds nearly #30 million to the qeneral state aid formula to close the widening funding gap among our 955 school districts and gives our elementary and high school students a more equal chance at academic success. It's not a lot, 13 STATE OF ILLINOIS 87th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE l7tb Legislative Day March 6: 1991 not enough, but it is a good faith effort during these grim fiscal times, to reducing the gap between the haves and the have nots among our school districts. And it gives students at our community colleges and universities a better chance of excelling and becoming contributing members of society and developing the skills necessary for the market place of tomorrow. Although state funding for higher education is held at its current level, we are reallocating $l7 million to finance new priorities for our college students. We develop and fund education programs that motivate our minority students. that increase financial support so that more minority students can pursue graduate and professional education and that enhance their academic skills. This budget offers incentives to recruit more blacks and Hispanics to teaching careers where they will become role models encouragin: more minority students to continue their education. The reallocation of money also will offer an additional $5 million to help compensate needy students at our public universities for the % percent tuition increases recommended by the Board of Higher Education. And the state will fund, on a matching basis with private industry, new summer internships between Illinois colleges and universities and Illinois businessès for top-ranking sophomores and juniors who are majoring in enqineering, mathematics and science. This budget also . recommends 'funding for special grants for community 'colleges to address the special needs of their disadvantaged studenh populations and to purchase state-of-the-art equipment that is necessary to keep pace with new technologies in the workplace. It provides fundin: for prevention programs, for community based literacy efforts and for projects to lessen the risk of our youngsters becoming dependent on drugs and alcohol. We are 14 STATE OF ILLINOIS 87th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 17th Legislative Day March 6: 1991 funding the future of Illinois with this budget. We are guaranteeing that Illinois Will be ready, willing and able to meet the challenges the decade upon us and the century ahead. In the past, we have talked about investing in our future only in good times, the years when Illinois had enough money to keep proqrams going. If we do not insist on investing in our future now, in the lean times, there may be no good times ahead. This budget reflects my administration's commitment to prevention and education programs to reduce infant mortality, to preserve families that are in danger of breaking apart and to discourage teenagers from becomin: parents while they are little moré than children themselves. This budget significantly increases funding for our child abuse programs to insure there is safe care and safe housing for those children , perhaps children most in need. there is funding to hire additional case workers so that those critical deciàions can be made as quickly as possible and tragedies averted . This budget preserves an emphasis on programs that stress early medical screening and diaqnostic treatment, prenatal care and the prevention and treatment of alcohol and substance abuse. And this budget funds community and home-based services that help prevent unnecessary institutionalîzation of our elderly and disabled citizens' who are unable to fully care for themselves . We face serious challenqes i.n many of these areas, and we must put fortb our best faith efforts to respond to them . We must inssqt on contim uing and augmenting the programs we now have in -place that can prevent the problems of today from becoming more alarming and serious tomorrow . This budget accomplishes many things within its restricted resources. This budget allows us to continue to wage war against drug trafficking and dru: abuse. Fundinq to train state police 15 STATE OF ILLINOIS 87th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 17th Legislative Day March 6, 1991 officers to identify drug carriers is maintained. Metropolitan Eniorcement Groups, MEG units are funded. The Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse will continue to provide prevention programs, putting its emphasis on reaching populations of women and minorities who traditionally have been under-served. This budget maintains the staff-to-patient ratios at our mental health facilities to preserve the quality of services we offer the mentally i1l and developmentally disabled. This budget works to maintain safety in our bursting prison system and to protect our citizens from criminals within its walls. does not, however, propose building any new prison facilities, lnstead, it shifts resources to expanded work release programs at community correctional centers, fully staffs our new prisons at Robinson and Taylorville . And it restructures the existing parole program with a post-release program to give inmates the trainin: they need to return to society. This budget places our emphasis in the transportation area on protecting our multi-billion dollar investment in the state's network of highways and bridges. We will target improvments to unmet transportation priorities that include reducing urban congestion and 'constructing both interchanges and access roads. This is a budget that funds our future. This is a budget that shows compassion while correctinq excesses of the'lpastq In a normal year you would not even consider, :and would . not propose, some of the cuts I am proposing toda.y. But this .is not a normal year. My proposal for allocating more than $25 billion, will not be favorably received in a11 quarters of this state. Some of your press releases are probably already written, the plans for your protests and marches on the Statehouse already in the works. There are areas some of you will say are severely STATE OF ILLINOIS 87th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 17th Legislative Day March 6, 1991 underfunded. there are areas where some of you will say we have devoted to many of our valuable resources. appreciate your concerns. This budget is my recommendation to you regarding the financial future of this great state. lt is now your budget. It is your budget to criticize, to rip apart and try to put back together during the next four months, maybe even to agree with. If you choose to revise my priorities and to rewrite this budget, please keep mind that if you add a dollar somewhere, you have to take that dollar away some place else.l ask you to keep my original goals, fiscal stability and an improved balance, in mind as you deliberate long and hard . ask you to remember that we cannot this year spend more money than we take in. I will sign no budget that spends more money than we have and that continues to jeopardize this stat's credit standing and future financial worthiness. This budget puts us back on track fiscally and governmentally. This budget accurately reflects what 1 believe we can achieve this year for the common good of Illinois. After a decade of excess in the 80s, this budget is a responsible blueprint for the 90s. This is a budget that will allow us to continue our bold journey toward the cballenges oi the 21st Century. Thank you very much.'' Speaker Madigan: ''Will the Committee on Escort please join the . Governor? He needs your help.committee on Bscort please L'l.- . ''protect the Governor. The President of the Senate is . recognized for a Motion.'' . . president Rock: 'fThank you, Mr. Speakere I move that the Joint Session do now arise.'' Speaker Madigan: ''The President of the Senate has moved that the Joint Session do now arise. Al1 those in favor signify by saying 'aye', a11 those opposed by saying 'nay'. The 'ayes' have it and the Joint Session will now arise. Mr. 17 STATE OF ILLINOIS 87th GENERAL ASSSMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 17th Legislative Day March 6, 1991 Mcpike in the Chairee Speaker Mcpike: ''Tbe House will come to order. Tbe House will come to order. Representative Hartkeo* Hartke: pTbank you very much, Mr. Speaker . On our desks is a committee schedule list and inadvertently has a meeting schedule for the Counties and Townships in D-1, at 2:00 O'clock. That meeting will not be held this week. We will not hold a committee meeting on the Counties and Townships this veek, but next week. All the Bills that were posted for this week will' be posted for next weeks committee hearing.e Speaker Mcpike: ''Alright, Counties and Townshipp are cancelled. Representative Hannig.'' Hannig: ''Yes. Thank you Mr. Speaker, I would like to also announce that do to the lack of money the Appropriations committee the General Service Appropriation Committee will not meet today. That meeting is cancelled.''
OThe General Services Appropriations Committee meeting is cancelled. For those Members on the Revenue Committee, the Revenue Committee will meet fifteen minutes after we adjourn. Let the Chair repeat. The Revenue Committee will meet fifteen minutes after adjournment in Room D-l. The Revenue Committee Will meet in Room D-1, fifteen minutes after adjournment. Agreed Resolutions.o clerk O'Brien: 'House Resolution 4130, offered by Speaker Madigan; l33 ShaTv; l34 Burke; l35 Pullen; and l36 Delaegher; l39 DeLeo; 110 Hartke; and l41 Phelan.'' Speaker Mcpike! 'Nepresentative Matijevich.n Matijevich: œMr. Speaker, we have examined the Resokutions and they are all aqreed to. I move the adoption of the Agreed Resolutionso speaker Mcpike: 'The Gentleman moves the adoption of the Agreed Resolutions. All in favor say 'aye' opposed 'no'. Th# 18 STATE OF ILLINOIS 87th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 17th Legislative Day March 6, 1991 'ayes' have it. The Agreed resolutions are adopted. Death Resolutions.n
RHouse Resolution 131, offered by Representative Johnson, with respect the memory of Gerald P. Beck. House resolution 132, offered by Representative Johnson, with respect the memory of Edward A . Vogt.'' Speaker Mcpike: 'Representative Matijevich moves the adoption of the Death Resolutions. A1l those in favor say 'aye' opposed 'no'. The 'ayes' have it. The Death Resolutions are adopted. General Resolutions.o Clerk O'3rien: ''House Resolution 137, ofiered by Representative Ewing. House Resolution 138, offered by Representative Flowerse? Speaker Mcpike: ''Committee on Assignment. Representative Matijevich now moves that the House stand adjourned until the tomorrow at the hour of 2:00 p . m.Allowing Perfunctory time for Introduction and First Reading of Bills. A11 in favor say 'aye' opposed 'no '. The 'ayes' have it. And the House stands adjourned.' ' Speaker Mcpike: *The House will come to order. The House is now in order for the Flrst Special Session of 87th General Assembly. The Attendance Roll Call for the Regular Sesslon will be used as the Attendance Roll Call for the First Special Session. Representative Matijevich now moves that the First Special Session stand adjourned until tomorrow at , the hour oi 2105 p.m.' Allowing Perfunctory time for the acceptance of Coàmitteez'Reports. A1l those in favor say 'aye' opposed !no' .. The 'ayes' have it. And the First Special Session stands adjourned. The House is now adjourned. The Chair reminds the Revenue Committee Members that the Revenue Committee will meet at 1:15, in Room D-l.n clerk O'Brien: nlntroduction and First Readinq of Bills. House Bi1l 566, offered by Representattve Mautino : a Bill Eor an 19 STATE OF ILLINOIS 87th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 17th Legislative Day March 6, 1991 Act to amend the Counties Code. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 567, offered by Representative Wolf: a Bill for an Act to amend the Illinois Vehicle Code. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 568, offered by Representative McAfee, a Bill for an Act to amend the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 569, offered by Representative McAfee, a 3ill for an Act to amend the Hospital Licensing Act. First Reading of Bi11. House Bill 570, offered by Representative Giglio, a Bill for an àct in relation to critical trends and alternative futures. First reading of the Bill. House Bill 571', offered by Representative Granberg, a 3il1 for an Act to amend the Election Code. First Reading of the 3i1l. House Bill 572, offered by Representative Johnson and Brunsvold, a Bill for an Act relating to membership in interscholastic associatlons. First Reading of the Bill. House Bill 573, offered by Representative Johnson and Parcells, a Bill for an Act to limit the terms of United States Senators and United States Representatives Erom Illinois. Ftrst Reading of the Bill. House Bill 574, offered by Representative Giorgi and Curran, a Bill for an Act to amend certain Acts in relation to the status of certain employees and employers involved in labor disputes. First Reading of the Bill. Further lntroduction. House Bill 575, offered by Representative Currie, a Bill for an Act concerning compàrable worth amending certain named Acts. First Reading of the Bill. Further Introduction. House Bi1.1 576, offered by Representative Matijevich, a Bill for an Act to amend the Tllinois Clinical Laboratoty Act. First Readin: of the Bill. Further Introductions and Bills. House Bill 577, offered by Representative Weller, a Bill for an àct to amend the Illinois Public Aid Code. First 20 STATE OF ILLINOIS 87th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 17th Legislative Day March 6, 1991 Reading of the Bill. There being no further business the Regular Session now stands adjourned until 2:00 p.m. tomorrow.l Clerk O'Brien: nThe First Special Session will be in Perfunctory Session. Committee Reports. Representative Currie, Chairman of the Revenue Committee, to which the .following Bill is referred, action taken March 6, 1991, reported the same back with the following recommendations: 'do pass as amended' House Bill #2. There being no further business in the First Special Session now stands adjourned until 2:05 p.m. tomorrow.'' 21 REQ STORE PRTNT D DOCUMENT NAME OPER GROUP COMMAND DATE COPY WIDTH DEPTH ERROR 7030691 l40 0 pj 04/10/91 66 78 REPORTI TIFLDAY STATE OF ILLINOIS 9:/04/19 PAGE: 00l 87TH GEKERAL ASSEM3LY 1*:*5136 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DAILY TRANSCRIPTIOR OF DâBATE INDEX MAREH Oô, :991 83-055: FIRST REAOING PAGE 8:-0552 FIRST READING PAGE H8-0553 FIRST READING PAGE Hb-055# FIRST REAOING PAGE Hd-0555 FIRST a6A01h1G PAGE 83-0556 FIRST REAJING PAGE H8-0557 FIRST READIRG PAGE H3-0558 FIRST READING PAGE H3-0559 FIRST READING PZGE H3-056: FIRST READING PAGE H:-05&1 FIRST READING PAGE H3-0562 FIRST READIRG PAGE H3-:563 FIRST READIIIG PAGE H3-0564 FIRST READING PAGE HB-05o5 FIRST READING PAGE H8-0566 FIRST READING PAGE HB-0567 FIRST READIN3 PAGE 83-0563 FIRST READLMG PAGE H3-0589 FIRST READING PAGE Hb*0570 FIRST READIRG PAGE *3-05T1 FIRST RJAOING PAGE H3-0572 FIRST READING PAGE H3-05T3 FIRST READING PAGE H3-0574 FIRST READING PA6E H3-0575 FIRST READING PAGE 88-0576 FIRST REAOIRG PAGE HB-057; FIRST READING PAGE SUBJECT IIATTER HOUSE TO ORDER - REPREGERTATIVE KEARE PAGE PRAYER - FATHER MULCRONE PAGE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PAGE ROLL CALL FOR ATTENDANCE PAGE COMIIITTEE REPORTS PAGE J0 1NT SESSION PAGE SPEAKER Z'IADIGAN IN TH6 CHAIR PAGE BUDGET C4ESSAGE - GOVERNOR JIr1 EDGAR PAGE REPRESENTATIVE C4CPIKE IN THE CHAIR PAGE REGULAR SESSION T0 ORDER PAGE AGREED RESOLUTIONS PAGE DEATH RESOLUTIONZ PAGE GENERAL RESOLUTIONS PAGE ADJOURNED PAGE FIRST SPéCIAL SESSION TG ORDER PAGE FIRST SPECIAL SESSION ADJOURNED PAGE PERFUNCTQRY SESSION PAGE PERFURETORY SESSION ADJOURNED PAGE FIRST SPECIAL SESSION - PERFUI4CTGRY SESSION PAGE CONIIITTEE REPORTS PAGE AOJOURRED - FIRST SPECIAL SESSION PERFUNCTQRY PAGE