The hour of ten havlng arrived: the Senate Will please come to order. Will the Members be at their desks. Will our quests in the gallery please rise. Prayer this mornin: by Senator Kenneth Hall. Senator Hall.
(Prayer by Senator Kenneth Ha1l)
Amen. Thank you, Senator. Reading of the Journal, Madam Secretary. And Senator Hall.
Mr. President, I move that reading and approval of the Journals of Monday, June 24th) Tuesday, June 25th; Wednesday, June 26; Thursday, June 27th; Priday, June 28th; Saturday, June 29th; and Sunday, June the 30th, in the year 1991, be postponed, pending arrival of the printed Journals.
You 've heard the motion as placed by Senator Hall. Any discussion? If not. a11 kn favor: (ndicate by saying Aye. All opposed. The Ayes have it. The motlon carrles, and it is so ordered. Resolutions.
Senate Resolution 654 offered by Senator Welch. It is substantive.
All right. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Chair has been informed that the Governor has called a meeting at eleven o'elock. The Senate Will stand in recess till the hour of one o'clock. Resolution goes to Executive Committee. Senate stands in recess till one o'elock. l STATE OF ILLINOIS 87th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 56th Legislative Day July 1, 1991 (RECESS) (SENATE RECONVENES)
PRESIDING OPFICER: (SENATOR DEMUZIO) The hour -- the hour of one o'clock havin: arrivedy the Senate Will come to order. Senator Rock.
Thank you, Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. I rise on a point of personal privilege, before I put a motion to again stand in recess. I stand before the few that are qathered, a little frustrated, very disappointed, however ever optimistic. The surcbarge, as of midnight last night, has expired. So there is no four hundred milllon dollars for the schools of Illinois. There is no three hundred million plus for the local governments of Illinois. And suggest that the people of Illinois, especially the children and poor families, the blind, the disabledy the aged, those in need of medieal carew the mentally ill - everybody's waiting to see the Governor's plan . And so Wefve reeonvened at one o'clock to aecept the filing of the Governor's plan. Obviously: not here. There's two million dollars in checks that otherwise would have gone to those in need in this State, that are going to be held up today . Because truly expected the Governor to offer his plan today, and to put the votes on the board and now requires *hirty-slx, as everybody knows - and I expected him to do that because he worked awfully hard yesterday to not approve the alternatives tbe surcharge, the temporary budget for Public Aid. The Governor said some time ago, he wants to stay this summer. Well, he's goe his Way. Here we are. It's July 1st. But now it seems to mey since he has gotten his way, tt's time to produce a plan. State 2 STATE OP ILLINOIS 87th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 56th Legislative Day July 1, 1991 Government at this moment has ground to a halt . And so he better have a plan. And I expect him to do it today, having just left his office, after a lengthy meeting, where, I might add, there is no plan. Now we're golng to meet again at four o 'clock. And so I wish us to reeonvene at six, so that the Governor can present his plan. We offered we, the Democrats offered numerous proposals. Many of them last night. We had some budget alternatives. But by the way, the only concern that was expressed from the otber side of the aisle concerned itself with asphalt and conerete. Very tough to live on asphalt and concrete in this State. We had many Members work long hours on budget negotiations - in good faith to no avail. We offered an alternative plan that included some borrowing. The Governor said, ''Ohy horrors. We can't borrow money.'' Better that the vendors: with Whom we do business, carry the State's debt, than we carry are own debt, honestly. We dve had many alternatives offered, and they have not moved off the dime. Beeause their plan Was to keep us here this summer. Well, we 're here and we 're waiting . This General Assembly, by majority vote, approved a Public Aid budqet a month agop so that there would not be tWo million dollars' worth of checks stuck in the Office of the Comptroller. That plan was vetoed, because he doesn't want to deal With the budget piecemeal, except Eor concrete and aspbalt. We had a one-month budget proposal offered by Senator Hall last night , recognizkn: that we were going to be here today and tomorrow and the next day. Turned that one down. And I guess Ifm -- I1m fruskrated and disappoineed because I'm not sure that they seem to misunderstand or don't understand or don't reallze that there are really people in need out there. When those checks are not in the mail, people hurt. The surcharge has to be dealt with . We've got nlne hundred-plus school districts in this State, many of whom will be more than on financial Watcb - they 'll be bankrupt - absent that money. We STATE OF ILLINOIS 87th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 56th Legislative Day July 1991 offered and supported many proposats. And wedre still awaityng the Covernor's proposal. I even voted for a proposal better than two months agoy thatfs laying in the House, Which the House Minority beader tells me less than half his Caucus is happy with. Now it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out there are certain things you can put votes on and there are certain thinqs that're going to lose. got a stack of roll calls that'd choke a horse, that we can show him. But webre waiting for his plan. And the Senate Minority Leader said, Without question, be's willing to hold up welfare checks. For whae? For property tax caps: which literally cannot pass . We will come baek, suggest, at six o 'clock, and await the filing of the Governor's plan , because the government has ground to a halt - at his request. I move we stand in recess till six o'elock.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DEMUZIO) A1l right. The Senate stands in recess till the hour of -- of six o'clock, Senator Rock? -- six o'clock . (RECESS) (SENATE RECONVENES)
Senate will please eome to order. Messages from the House, Madam Secretary.
A Message from the House by Mr. O'Brien, Clerk. Mr. President am directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has concurred with the Senate in the passage of a bill of the following title, to Wit: Senate Bill 458 with House Amendments and 30 . 4 STATE OF ILLINOIS 87th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 56th Leqislative Day July 1: 1991 Passed the House, as amended, July 1, 1991, by a three-fifths vote.
Secretary's Desk. Resolutions.
Senate Resolution 655 offered by Senator Savickas. It is substantive.
Exerutive. Messages from the House.
A Message from the House by Mr. O 'Brien, Clerk. Mr. President - I am directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has refused to recede from their amendment -- Amendments No. 1 and 2 to a bill of the following title, to wit: Senate Bill 258. I am further directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives requests a First Committee of Conference to consider the differences of the two.Houses in regards to their amendments to the bill. Action take by the Housee July 1991. I have like Messages on: House Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 301. House Amendment No. l to Senate Bi11 305. House Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill 308. And House Amendments l through.6, and 9 and 10 to Senate Bill 409. Ackion taken by the House, July 1, 1991.
Secretary's Desk. Resolutions. Oh. Those are a request for conference committees. Senator Demuzio would move that the Senate accede to the request of the House and that a eonference committee 5 STATE OF ILLINOIS 87th GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSIO: SENATE TRANSCRIPT 56th Legislative Day July 1991 be appointed. A11 in favor of the motion, indicate by saying Aye. A1l opposed. The Ayes have it. The motion carries, and it's so ordered. Resolutions.
Senate Resolution 6-5-6 offered by Senator Daley. It is congratulatory .
Consent Calendar. Senator Vadalabenez for what purpcse do you arise, sir?
Yes, thank you: Mr. President. There 'll be a Democratic Caucus in President Rock's Offiee immedlately. President Rock 's Office, wherever you can hear me . Immediately.
A1l righk. Democratic Caucus in my office immedyately. We have forty-five conference committee -- roughly, forty-five conference committee reports that -- that are on file - will be on the Calendar tomorrow. My proposal is that we would start on the Calendar at ten o'elock in the morning with the Resolutions and the Conferenee Committee Reports yet remaining: and keep going until we're finished. Senator Geo-Karis.
Mr. President and Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate, there will be a Republican Caucus immediately after this -- afternoon Sessions, in Senator Pate Philip's Office. I repeat Republican Caucusg immediately.
All right. Democratic Caucus in Iy office. Republlcan Caucus in Senator Philip 's Office. Senate stands adjourned until ten o'clock tomorrow morninq. Ten o'clock tomorrow morning , Ladies and Gentlemen. 6 REPORTI TIFLDAY STATE QF ILLIKOï: 92/03/10 PAGEI 00t 87TH GENERAL ASEEXBLY 11:13:#9 SENATE DAILY TRANSCRIPTIDN 0F 6EBATE INDEX JULY 0k, :991 5R-0654 RESOLUTICN OFFCREO PAGE 1 SR-0ô55 RESOLUTION OFFEREO PAGE 5 SR-0&56 RESOLUTIJN OFFERED PAGE 6 GDBJEET MATTER SENATE TO ORDER - PRESI9EMT ROCK eAGE l PRAYER - SENATOR HALL PAGE JOURNALS - POSTPONED PAGE l REEESS PAGE 2 SENATE RECONVENE: PAGE 2 RECES: PAGE SENATE RECDNVENES PAGE MESSAGE FRO: THE HOUSE PJGE ME3SAGyG FRSM TH6 HOUSE PAGE 5 ADJOURNHENT PAGE 6