The regular Ses<ion of the 88th General Assembly will please come to order. Wi11 the Members please be at their desks and Will our guests in the galleries please rlse. Our prayer today will be given by the Reverend Gerry Comstock , Unity Church ê Spr ingfleld , Illinots. Reverend Comstock.
(Prayer by the Reverend Gerry Comstock)
Reading of the Journal . Senator Butler.
Mr. Presldent# I move that reading and approval of the Journal of Tuesday, November 29th, in the year 1994, be postpcned, pending arrival of the printed Journal.
Senator Butler moves to postpone the readlng and the approval of the Journal, pending the arrival of the printed transcript. There being no objections, sc ordered. Now on page 7 of today's Calendar, ln the Order of Secretary 's Desk , Concurrence, Senate Bills . On the Order is Senate Bill 1153. Mr. Secretary .
Senat.e Bi11 1153 wlth House Amendment 13 .
Senator Dudycz .
Thank you , Mr. President . I move ko non-concur wlth the House in the adoption of Senate M endment -- orr House M endment No. to Senate Bl1l 1153 .
Any discusslon? Senator Dudycz moves to non-concur in House M endment 13 to -- to Senate Bi11 House Bill 99 . Excuse me . Senate Bil1 1153 . All those ln favor, signify by saying Aye . l STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMZLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislative Day November 30, 1994 Those opposedr Nays. The Ayes have itz and the motion carries. The Secretary shall so inform the House. Senator Geo-Karls, for what purpose do you rise?
A point of parliamentary information. Were you on House Bill 1153? Rather, Senate Bill 1153?
Yeah. Yes. SENATOR GEO-KARIS: ! Because...
I Unfortunatelyr Senatcr, they had the wrong ... '
Was that on 1153?
. .. on my -- on my little TV thing here -- screeny they had the ! wrong number. I apologize about that.
Then am -- am I correct in saying that what you meant Was Senate Btll 1153, and not 99? i I
Yes: that's correct. SENATOR GEO-KARIS: ! Thank you.
Mr. Secretary, have there been any motions filed?
Senator Berman has filed a motion with respect to House Bill 99y and Senator Fawell has filed a motlon with respect to Hcuse Bill 3457. PRESIDENT PHILIP : ' WICS has regarded qsic> permission to videotape. Is leave 2 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Leglslative Day November 30, 1994 granted? Leave is granted. If all Members would please come to the Floor, we 're about ready to do a memorial service. And if ! they Would please come up here from theiroffices,Wewould j i appreciate it. The Senate will stand at ease untll the call of the Chair. i (SENAPS GTANDS AT EASE FOR MEMORIAL SERVICE) ! f i !
Will the Members please remaln at their desks. Will all our guests please take a seat. Will the doorkeeper please secure the ! Chamber. Thls is a memorial service in honor of our late colleague and former President of this -- Bodyr Cecil A . Partee. The Senate would like to welcome cur honored guests, Paris Parteey i i the widow of Senator Cecil Partee; Paris Partee and Cecile Partee, daughters of Senator and Parls Partee; Rudy Anderson, granddaughter of Senator and Mrs. Partee; Governor Edgar and First i i Lady Brenda Edgar; Attorney General Roland Burris; Secretary of State George Ryan; Comptroller Dawn Clark Netsch; fellow Senator Jim Donnewald; numerous staff and friends of Senator Partee. I Invocatton will be offered by the Reverend Rudolph Shoultz, Union Baptist Churchy of Springfield, Illinois. THE REVEREND RUDOLPB SHOULTZ: I (Reverend Shoultz offers Invocation)
I was privlleged to serve on the staff of Cecil A. Partee at the time he became President Pro Tem of the Senate in 1971. I'm even more privlleged to have been asked to give you a few words about his life today. Cecil A. Partee was born ln Blytheville, Arkansas, on April 10th, 1921. Blytheville was a small rural community in northeastern Arkansas, just below the Missouri 3 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGUAAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislative Day November 30, 1994 bootheel. He was an only child. His father, Charles Cecll Partee, was the first, or one of the first, African-American cotton classëfiers in the Unlted States. A cotton classlfier was a person who viewed and determlned the staple and value of cotton once the seed was removed . Cectl's mother was a native of Tennessee, who finished school at sixteen, with an excellent 98.6 average. As was the custom in those days, she began teaching school immediately. She attended college part-time durin: most of her life, and graduated from college one year after her son Cecil. Cecil was the president and salutatorian of his high school class in Blythevllle. He attended and graduated Cum Laude from Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tennessee, Where he was president of the senior class and editor of the school newspaper, and he then graduated from Northwestern University Law School Chlcago in 1946, with a JD degree. Much of his history since that time is famillar to many of you. He practieed law fcr a time, and then served as an Assistant Statefs Attorney in Cook County for six years, where he distinguished himself as a trial lawyer. He Was elected to the Illinois House in 1956, where he served for ten years. He was elected to the Illinois Senate ln 1966, where he served another ten years. While in the Senate he served as President Pro Tem of the Senate, as President of khe Senate, and at one timer due to the absence from the State of other elected officlals, he served as Actin: Governcr of Illinois. It's believed to have been the first time since Reconstruction that any African-American person has served ln any of those capacitles - Leader of a Legislative Body or Governor - in any State of ehe Unlon. After he retired fron the General Assembly, he ran for Attorney General 1976. He was the first African-American nomlnated for a major statewide political office in Illinols by a major political party. He lost to a pcpular two-term incumbent. He was then appcinted by Mayor -- Mayor Bilandic of Chicago as 4 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Le:lslative Day November 30, 1994 Commissicner of Human Services in 1977, a new agency formed of . several o1d agencies# which had twenty-two hundred employees and an annual budget of about one hundred and forty million dollars. Two years later he was elected Chtcago City Treasurer and served in that post for ten years. He then Was appointed as Cook Ccunty State 's Ateorney for an unfinished two-year term in 1989z ending up as head of the agency where he had started as a young State 's Attorney more than forty years earlier. l!e dted on August 16th, l994 . That's the bare bones of it . Even with the bare bones , what I've just outlined is a terrific record - accompllshment from one individual. What is even more remarkable is what Cecil Partee had to overcome to do what he did. In today's relatively open climat:e, we sometimes forget what it was 1ike to be an Af rican-M erican starting in the South in the 1920s . Just let me give you a couple of examples . Cecil Partee went to a segregated school, in a segreqated school system, in a segregated state - Arkansas . He was denied access to most public places , like the publlc library , because he was black . He attended Tennessee State University , an all-black school, because as an Afrtcan-M erican , he was no* allowed to attend an Arkansas sghool or college . He attended Northwestern University College of LaWy because as an African-M erican , he could nct attend the 1aw school at the University of Arkansas , in his home state . In Chicago he commuted from the south side to law schoolr but he -- because he could not live with many of his classmates at the nearby YMCA because he was black . When he passed *he Bar and came to Sprtngfteld in 1946 ko be sworn in as a lawyer r he could not attend the recognltion luncheon for new lawyers because it was held at a hotel which did not serve African-M ericans. The name of that hotel, irontcally, w' a s the Abraham Lincoln . One of the mose remarkable thlngs about Cecil is he never showed any outward signs of bitterness or resentment or anger that affected the way he acted in any way. 5 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislative Day November 30, 1994 When hecameup againsta roadblock,he justworked harder. And ? he worked. He worked from the time he Was in about the sixth I l grader as a paperboy, selling papers, drugstore, nearby farms. He i Worked his Way through Tennessee State; he wcrked his way through 1aw school; he worked summers: lncludtng a couple of summers at a steel mill or coke mill in Joliet. In spite of, and in al1 his ! dealings -- in splte of that kind of background he had to live with, in all his dealings kith other persons during all of his offices, he established a reputation for being fair, open-minded, decent, engaging, just, and imparttal. And I may have leaned a l little toward the Democrats when he was up here. Cecil Partee lived to see many of those conditions in vhich he was raised change. At one point he was invited back to Arkansas by a sittin: governor, to spend the night in the executive mansion. He had a 1ot to do with same cf those changes. There's no questiony his l : background and his experiences influenced hts legislative agenda. For example, he was very active in the area of nondiscrimlnation legislation in houslng and employnent. He was very active ln the woman -- komen's rights movement. He kas the chief sponsor of the resolution to lcwer the voting age. He was active in the Department of Aging creation. As a result of his work in the consumer fraud section of the State's Attorney's Offlce, he was I very consumer-oriented. He was very proud of having spcnsoredz in cooperation with the business communityy the first consumer -- mandatory consumer education bill requtring a consumer education course in high schools in the State. The very first blll that he ever passed as a legislator in the House, in cooperation with the insurance industry, was a crackdown on these fly-by-night insurance companies that used to go around on the -- preying on the minority community, selling insurance policies and then bailing out before 'they were ever called upon to dellver on the terms of their policy. As a result of his work experiences and I 6 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Leîislative Day November 30, 1994 almost losing h1s le: in an industrial accident in Joliet, he was always a strong supporter of the working person and Worklng-person legislation. Many people found it surprising that he was very interested in agriculture when he was a legislator, not realizing that he came from a small rural town , a rural background , and worked on farmsr had been a member of the Future Farmers of M erica when he was young . And he sawr for example s what the passage of the REA bill and the creation of electric coops had done for the quality of life in his hometown and Was a stron: supporter of, among other things, the co-op movement. Then there was Cecil Parteey the lndividual. It's lmpossible, probably, to capture what he was like in these brief remarksy but just 1et me mention some examples, Whlch aren't. ranked in any particular order of impcrtanee. He loved colorful sport jackets; he must have had a hundred. He loved colorful jokes and stories; he must have had a thousand . One of his favorites, which he had pcsted in his off1ce for many years and uhich he liked to cite when he thcught debate was becoming too extended, was his personal suggestion for an additional beatitude in the Bible. And it went somethlng llke this: Blessed are they who have nothing to sayy and more blessed they shall be if they can be persuaded not to say it. His proudest accomplishment was that -- was his lovely wife and daughters. He had many other accomplishments in the Legislaturer in the practice of law and other elected and appointed pcsitions, but for some reason# the other thing he'd tend to brag about most was his golf game , which was a myskery to his friends . I thtnk even the best of his friends were a little skeptical about some cf hls clalms in that area# perhaps . He was a wonderful and powerful orator. He was one of the best to ever come throuçh Springfield . I can remember a number of years ago at a State AFL-CIO convention at the State Armory where the aeoustics were terrible and the sound system wasn't much better, and one good speaker after 7 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislative Day November 30z 1994 another had come to the rostrum and couldn't be heard more than fifty or seventy-five feet away from the stage, and when Cecil Partee starked speaklng, within three or four minutes: the entire building was absolutely quiet. You could've heard a coin drop on the floor. He cculd capture your attention like that. He Was just an immensely powerful and compelling speaker, as those of you who knew htm knew . He was religious about starting the Senate on time. He, himselfr would describe that as a fetish. And you always knew what time was because if you were scheduled to start at 9, you would hear the voice saying HThe hour of nine o'clock having arrived, the Senate is now in Sessionm'' He was loved by the people he worked forr and by the people he wcrked with and the people whc worked for him. That one thing - if any of us could say that when we dle, we'd be well ahead of the game, thlnk. He was a great pragmatist. If you ever lost a blll, typically his staff and others would gather around and start outlinlng whatever consplracy theory we thought had 1ed to the defeat of that b111, and he would just hcld up his hand and say, ''We lost because we dldn 't have enough votesl', and that was thae as far as he was concerned. He had great vision and a great power to descrlbe what he saw, what he wanted, and what he did. And he credited that to his mother. He told the story on a number of occasions that he thought the single çreatest influence h1s llfe was the fact that when he was a ycungster, his mother used to make him walk with a blind person, who was a neighbor, back to town and baek, on numerous occasions, and every time mother would say , ''Te11 him what you see .'' Thls is a man who had never seen anything in his 1ife. And he thought the experience and training in trying to describe to a person who had never been able to see what he saw had a great deal to do with hls later success as an orator. It 's been the practice for many years for a local c1tizens' commlttee in Springfield to sponsorr in conjunction with 8 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislative Day November 30, 1994 the Governor, something called the Governor's Prayer Breakfast. Cecil was often asked to give the opening prayer at that breakfast because he was such a spirltual and powerful speaker. At on9 of i those breakfasts, ln his prayer, he sald that the religions of the world were like paths going up a mountain. He said some of them i were dead ends, some of them went in circles, but an awful 1ot of ! i those paths got to the top, and as they got to the top, they got closer and closer together. Through no fault of his ownz Cecil's life was much like that. He had to start at the bottom of the nountain, but he perseveredy he worked hard, he never complalned or felt sorry for hlmself as he climbed that mountain. And I don't know of anybody Whaever climbed it faster, better, or I I hiqher. For those of us whc knew hlm, there's no dcubt in our j i mlnd that on August 16thr 1994, he took that path straight to the top. We miss him. Thank you.
(Soloist DiAnna Thompson sings tribute)
What a privilege has been extended to me to share with you a few thoughts about this friend of mine, the Honorable Cecil A . Partee. We served together here in the Leadership a very special ' ; four years. My two years as the President and Cec was the Minority Leader, and lny two years as Minority Leader and Cec was the President. Every day before the Senate convened, we met tosether - neither of us llked surprises - and we exchanged , if there were special consideration maEters , what we were going to attempt to do . You talk about fairness; Cee Partee was the epitome of falrness. The five Leaders in lny second year as P ident had the responsibility of working with the Space Needs ! res Cornmlssion to re-gentrlfy this beauttful Chamber. We researched other state capitols and learned that Georqia and New York had built thetr capitols and had also remodeled and updated thelr 9 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislative Day November 30, 1994 1 Senate Chambers within the decade that we were going tc proceed with ours. Senator Donnewald, Senator Partee, Senator Weaver, Senator John Graham and I made that trip together, and I might add that Cecil and I both thought ue shculd invite a representatlve of the press to join us. And a representative of the Dally News did join us throushout the trip. We studied and we talked to the architects, and I say this to point out the kind of cooperation I I that was a part of the life of Cecil Partee. If I Were to use a single word to describe Cec, it ls that he was an outstanding J'student''. 2e vas alvays learning - learning remarkably ccmplex, compound things that equfpped him to do that remarkable job of representation and service that the people of Illinois and the people who were h1s good frtends appreeiated. Never, never a Word of anger. Perhaps some emotion, but never anger. My life has been trenendously enrlched with the association, the mutual respect and the friendship that I lived and enjoyed wlth Mr. President Ceeil Partee. But more significantlyr all of the people of Illinois have been enriched by the work of that very special, faithful servant, Mr. President Cecil A. Partee. God bless.
Mr. President, Members of the Senater to Parts and Butchee and Cecile, to Governor and Mrs. Edgar and the Constltutional Offlcers, my former colleagues, I have been with Cecil Partee since January of Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-one, and so I think it's fitttng that this day , devoted as it is in part to the memory of Cecil Partee, it offers us, a1l of us, an opportunity for reflection. And reflection, I suggestz is an opportunity prized, especially by pollticians. Cecil Partee Was one of the granite figures of oQr time in Illinois. He was husband, father, doting and proud grandfather, but he was supremely two things: He was a politician and he was a legislator. A people, a state: reveals itself not only by the men and women lt produces, but by the men 10 STAQE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislative Day November 30, 1994 and women it honors - the men and women it remembers. And so lt is right that we here in Illinois honor and remember Cecil Partee. And it is particularly fitttng that he be remembered herey in this Chamber. Cecil Partee Was a politician in the finest sense of that word. He understood that his friends were not always his alllesr and that his adversaries were no* h1s enemles. He understood the legislative process and hoW it korked, and he made it work. He knew that his words were his weapons, but he also knew that his word was his bond. He knew the name of the game and the rules of the game. His sense of humor and his masterful use of the language proved to a11 of us that although he was a man of serlous purpose, he never really tcok himself seriously . His respect for other points of vlew lent addltional weighe to his oWn point of view. He was nct afraid to change his position, because as he could persuade, he also could be persuaded. Cecil Partee was a special human betng. A man of polttics; he knew both victory and defeat. And so today we honor not the victories or the defeats, but we honor and remember a man who contributed to our collective spirit, to our political beliefs, to our greatness as a State. Two thousand years ago the poee Sophocles wtotey ''One must walt until the evening to see hcw splendld the day has been.'' We who were fortunate to be his friends can take comfort in the fact that Cecil Partee in the rich evening of his life could lcok back upon his life and say, ''This day has indeed been splendid .'' Yes, it has, so say we all, Cecil.
The Chair recognlzes Senaeor Jones. SENATOR JONES; Thank you, Mr. President. To ny colleagues, our distingutshed guests, we do have a resolution. I would appreciate it at this tlme, Mr. President, that we read the resolution.
11 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislative Day November 30, 1994 Senator Jones asks that the Secretary read the Joint ! Resolution 199, and asks for its apprcval. We have previously 1 adopted this resolution. Assistant Secretary, please read the i resolution.
(Secretary reads SJR No. 199) PRESIDENT PHILIP: I Senator Jones.
Thank you; Mr. Presldent. Upcn assuming the pcsition of Minority Leader last January, the first person I called after that was Cecil Partee, to ask him what should ; do. I've known Pareee for a number of years, and he advlsed mey he said, ''Be fair. If you think of your fellow colleagues, ycu will be successful.'' 1 ftrst really met Partee when I got elected in 1972. I was serving in the House. And from time to time I heard a11 these things about Parteer but I didn't really know him untll one day he came over tc the House and he sald to me, ''Can you support this piece of leglslation?'' And I respected the Senate Leader and I said, ''Sure, I -- I will support the legislation.'' So When the bill came over, as nost freshmen do, we began to listen to the debate, and I got hung up ln the debate and I ended up jumping up on the Floor speaking agalnst the bill. Cecll came over to the House. He said ''Let me tell you one thing, young man. In this Chamber in the General Assemblyy when you give your word, you must keep it.'' He said, HBut IIm going ko take it a little -- one step further.'' He said, ''When I began to practice law, ycur father was a great help to me, so I'm gcing to talk tc you like you were my son.'' And he began to speak to me in some languages that I would not repeat on the Floor, but I understood what he meant. But Cecil was a great, great leader. A1l the people of Illinois, wherever I go, they always ask about Cecll. He was a trailblazer. To rise 12 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislative Day November 30, 1994 from the settings in Arkansas, to be -- to be denied opportunltles for education, but to rise to the top position, become Presldent cf this Body, is quite an accomplishment. So he fought tenaciously in many areas. He opened many doors. He didn't Win ! the statewide office, but Attorney General Roland Burris came I bphind him. And One Story that Was never really told, and I 1 ' : recall When the late Mayor Harold Washington was runntn: for the 1 i Illinois Senate, takin: the seat of Cecil Partee. There was a ' fierce flght in that Senatorial district. And people were callin: Partee a1l names - he's not this; he's not that - but had it not been for Cecil, Harold would never have Wcn that Senate seat by less than two hundred votes. And from there, We al1 kncw the story. So he opened many, many doors. And from time to time we had the opportunlty to ride in the car from Springfield. He would ! stop by the house and we -- pick me up and We would rtde down to ! ! Springfield, but he -- he always treated me as though I was his son. He -- he would often say, ''You know, your father would be really proud of you.'' So I uorked precincts and dld al1 those great thlngs, but Cecil Partee is a person that every person on b0th sides of the aisle, people a11 across the State of Illinoisz ! deeply respected, because he was a person of lntegrlty, a person I who kept his wordr and againz he opened many doors. It is a deep honor on my part to stand here and say he was my friend . I think the people of Illlnois and people who serve ln the Illinois General Assembly have been truly enriched by havlng a Cecil A . Partee.
Senator Demuzio . I SENATOR DEMUZIO: ! Thank you, Mr. President. Governor Edgary Constitutlonal Offlcers, special guests, and Paris Partee and famtly: as I look around this Chamber, I guess I'n one of the feW surviving Members 13 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislatlve Day November 30, 1994 that had the opportunity to serve at the time When Bill Harris Was the Minority Leader and Cecil Partee Was President of the Senate. As a matter of facty as Paris knows, we had known Cecil about seven years before I was elected to the Senate in 1974, because my i wife, Deanna, began work here during that period of time and Was well acquainted with both Senator Partee, as well as Senator Rock. ! And so it's a special privilege, I guess, to arlse taday to say a : kord about Cecil. When I remember our friend, Cecil Parteey one kord comes to mind nore than anything elsey and that was that ! Cecil was a gentleman. And those of us who had the honor of knowin: and serving with h1m will always remember that Cecil carried himself with class, grace, elegance and dignity. Cecil I kas warm, eloquent and gracious - a man who could put an entire room at ease with his engaglng smlle and that soft but magnifieent I J r votce that he possessed . I've had the honcr and the privilege to serve in thls Chamber now for some twenty yearsz and Cecil Partee is probably one of thase few public officlals that I have served for whom I have never heard an unkind Kord. He was truly loved by everyone; he was admired by all. He Was an inspiration and a mentor to an entire generation of lawmakers. On countless p occaslons he would stand ln this Chambery at this desk Where -- to my left, and he would quiet this Chamber with his passlonate, ! riveting debate. And yes, Senator Rock, he had a command of the language. Sometimes when ke -- he used the words 'discombobulation' and things of that nature, We hadn't the 1 I fosqiest idea what that language was, but he colned ik for hlmself 1 and he certatnly used it With eloquence here in this Body. But he ! kas always filing -- fightin: valiantly for the battles for those : Who could not help themselves. He Was always an lnspiration of attemptlng to lift our spirits, always trying to take our spirlts I I in Illinois on a -- on a brighter path for a better way of life i for everycne. Paris, yes, we will mlss him too, but his example 14 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislative Day November 30, 1994 and his legacy will live forever in this Capitol. Cecil Partee, his life was built on sacriflce. Cecil Partee was dedicated to fairness, equality, to justicer and to family. Cecil Partee belleved always in compassion. Cectl Partee will always be our ! friend and statesman. Thank you: Mr. President. 1
Senator Carroll. !
Thank you, Misters President. Parisy Governor, other Constitutional Officersr I am one of those old fogies who also served here. I was -- late twenties at the tlme under President Bill Harrisr Mlnority Leader Partee, and then of course under President Partee, and stayed close with ''Cap'' as I called him, as Paris knows, 'cause Cecil A . Partee, the initials C.A.P. He Was not only captaln of cur side and ultimately captaln of the Senate, but captain of so much that meant a 1ot to each and everyone of us in giving us that klnd of leadershtp and guidance. And as my colleague just said, belng here was a unique experience under Cecil, and to those of you who didn 't have the pleasure, you reallyy reallyy really missed somethin: in the history of Illinois. When he talked of discombobulatlng - everybody smiled ' i r here when Vince just mentioned that you could imagine the reaction around the room as everybody called -- we wouldn't do it ourself; we called staff and saidz ''Lcok it up in the dictionary, find out i what it means.'' We didn't have to know what it means, because once Cecil said lt, we all understood it. And I remember as a freshman Member of the Minority, Cecil had another little way abcut hlm. When you came to himr and he did stop and listen, and you said, ''Cec, I don't like this. Cap, What's going on?'' he would look at youz walking down the aisle here, and just with that little flick of the wrist, just sayr ''Don't worry about it.'' And you'd look at him and start arguing and he Would just say, ''Dcn't ! 15 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislative Day November 30r 1994 worry about it.'' And pretty soon you learned you didn't have to worry about it. If Partee was on the case, you knew ultimately that everything Was qoing to come out a11 right. Cecil had a Way of capturing people in a1l of this. And in a unique little experience, there 's a small Catholic college in my district run by the Feleclan nuns called Montay College. Sister Charlene is the president, and had no real relationship to Cecil till but a few years ago. But Cecil got involved with the program there of teaching minority peopler baslcally. how to get ahead in life. And it was his own experience that 1ed him to this college, and he became a true mentor to that institution, and ln fact, We celebrated a few years ago his donation of his personal books and records and his memorabilia as President of this Chamber and Treasurer of the City of Chicago as a donation to that institution to create what will hopefully be socn a Cecil A. Partee library to be that inspiration to other people. And they did a service for him recently, while fortunately he was still wlth us, where people could come and talk about this wonderful personr and -- and Sister Charlene commented to me how there were so many thlngs about h1m she dldn't kncw. And I had just mentioned a little story that she asked me to share agaln today. When I was serving here with Cecil and Stan remembers thisy too, I'm sure, as does President Harris, when we went -- when he was President of the Senate and we were giving a sword - a ceremonial sword - to Admlral Mack, who was Commandant of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolisr and we had been invited to make the prpsentatton. Admiral Mack Was a cltizen of southern Illinois and was retiring at that point, and they invlted Presldent Partee to give the ceremonial sword on the fields of Annapolis during graduatlon weeky Which ls the most ceremonial time of one of the most ceremonial places in America. And it showed to me both sides of Capw both the digniky that he had and the hunor that he absolutely mastered as a person. We 16 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislative Day November 30, 1994 Went to this place and he went to the parade grounds, and with a11 the pomp and ceremony of a11 the cadets who were graduatingy made this presentation and magnificent speech to Admiral Mack, and he did so w1th such dignity and pride that all of us felt gcod at just being there and -- and what it represented to the State of Illinois and the pecple of the State of Illinois. We then were invited back to the Admiral's resideneey which is one of three owned by the United States of America the White Hcuse, that particular location, and the one at the Air Force Academy, and had the rose garden and everything else. And as Cec walks in, they had brought over the person who was the coach cf the football team and the athletic facilities for the Naval Academy at Annapolis, and it happened to be a person he had grcwn up with in Arkansas, except this fellow was one of the rednecks when he grew up ln a very segregated system in Arkansas. And -- and as pointed out, Cecil's mcther actually was the superintendent of the black schools as he Was growing up, so he always had to be a good bcy there, but we al1 knew his sense of humor. Well, when he saw this person who Admlral Mack had brought to sit next to himr figuring they 've had some comradery having coming from the same small town of Arkansas and havlng gone through school together, Cec did a classic Partee and started relating to this redneck, uhofs neck was truly bulglng and the veins were poppin: every time Cec would comment. Cecil started remembering the names of al1 the white girls ln the school, and started talktng to this guy as if maybe Partee had dated them when they were ln high school. And lt Was classic Partee - he never sald he did, and in fact he never had, but this guys velns were popping like crazy till finally Admiral Mack came over and said , ''President Partee, why don't you sit next to me for the rest of khe meal.n That what will remember most about this great humanitarian. The dignity he presented on the parade grounds of Annapolis and the humor he presented at the 17 STATE OP ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislative Day November 30, 1994 residence of the Commandant of Annapolis. And so 1et me just finlsh by saylng that in the teachings of our falthz he will always be remembered for a blessing. Thank you, Mr. President.
Senator Severns.
Thank you, Mr. President. President Rockz President Harrisr Governor Edgar, Constitutlonal Officers and colleagues, I didn't have the pleasure and privilege to serve ln thls Chamber with Senator Partee, but I had the privilege and pleasure to serve with him in another capaclty. Yesterday afternoon a frlend and former colleague of Senator Partee, Comptrcller Netsehr called and said that she had a picture that she wanted to show me. She said, in fact, that it would Hblow me away'' - was her term. I walked down to Dawn's office yesterday afternoon and -- and the picture was from August of 1972, showing the handful of members from Illinois who had just been elected to the Democratic National Committee. I was lucky to be among them . It was Cecil Partee and -- and others. I was a young college student, twenty years old, belng qulte fortunatez I knew, to be elected to the Democratie National Commlttee. And I was always amazed and impressed by Ceeil Partee, Who not only demonstrated interest, but also the patience and wisdom to answer the questions of this youn: polttical science major. There were many interesting people from Illinois on that comnittee - Jayne Byrne; Jack Karns, from the Metro East area; John Rednour, from Duouoin; and Pegsy Gordon, from the North Shore; and Cecil Partee; and myself - and I knew I was quite fortunate to be among this most interesting lot. But the one who made the most indelible impression on me Was Cecil Partee, Who took the tlme, demonstrated the wisdcm and the patience to try to teach a young person interested in politics. He was a gentleman and gentle man. In fact, I think he dedicated himself to what the 18 STATE OF ILLINOIS i 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legtslative Day November 30, 1994 Greekswroteso very long ago - ''To tame the savageness ofman,to ) make gentle the life of the world.'' Let us a1l dedicate ourselves to that today, as we remember Cecil Partee. Thank ycu: Mr. President.
A1l those favoring the resolution please rise. The Senate will stand at ease. The Senate will reconvene at 1:30. (SENATE STANDS AT EASE) (SENATE RECONVENES)
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DUDYCZ) The Senate will come ln -- come to order. WAND and Jones Intercable Television seeks permission to film the proceedlngs. Hearlng no objectlon, leave is granted. Commlttee Reports.
Senator Weaver, Chalr of the Committee on Rules, reports that the following Legislative Measures have been assigned to commlttees: to the Ccmmittee on Environment and Energy - Conference Committee Report l to Senate Bill 1724 and Conference Commlttee Report l to House Bl11 15947 to the Committee cn Revenue - Conference Committee Report 1 on House Bill 2827 referred to the Ccmnittee on Transportation - Senate Amendments 2 and 3 to House Bill 4577 and Be Approved for Consideration - Senate Bill 447 and House Bill 61. Senatcr Madigan, Chair of Ehe Committee on Insurancey Pensions and Licensed Activities, reports Senate Btll 251 Do Pass, as Amended. And Senator Karpielr Chair of the Committee on Executiver 19 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislative Day November 30, 1994 reports Senate Resolutton 1896 Be Adopted, as Amended; and Senate l Resolution 1926 Be Adcpted.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WEAVER) Messages from the House.
A Message from the House by Mr. Rossl, Clerk. Mr. Presldent - I am direeted to inform the Senate that the House of Representatlves has refused to recede from their Amendments numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 10y ll, 12, l5y 16 and 19 to a bill of the following tltle, to wlt: Senate Btll 1232. Action taken by the House, November 29th, 1994.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WEAVER) For what purpose does Senator Mahar arise?
For the purpose of an announcement, Mr. Presldent. The Senate Environment and Energy Commlttee kill meet in Room A-l in 2:45 to consider two bills.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WEAVER) Senator DeAngelis, for what purpose do you arise? SENATOR DeANGELIS: Thank you, Mr. President. To announce that the Senate Revenue Ccmmittee will convene at 2:45 at Room 212. We have one bill to ccnsider.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WEAVER) Thank you. Senator Fawell, for what purpose dc you arise?
For a purpcse of an announcement, Mr. President. The Committee on Transportation will meet at 3:15 in Room 212 for consideration of two bills -- tWo amendments on a conference bill. 3:15, Room 212.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WEAVER) 20 STATE 0F ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislative Day November 30, 1994 Senator Butler has moved to accede to the request for a conference committee on Senate Bill 1232. The question 1s, shall the Senate accede to the request of the House that a conference committee be reported <sic>. A1l those ln favor, say Aye. Opposed: Nay. The Ayes have it, and the motion carries. And the Senate accedes to the request to appoint a conference committee. Senator Barkhausen, for What purpcse do you arise?
Thank you, Mr. President. I move that the Senate non-concur Amendments 7 and 8 to Senate Bill 447.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WEAVER) Senator Barkhausen moves to non-concur in Senate <sicl Amendments and 8 to Hcuse -- Senate Bill 447. A1l those in favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have The notion carries, and the Secretary shall so inform the House. Resolutions.
Senate Resolution 1941, cffered by Senator Ralph Dunn. Senate Resolution 1942, 1943: 1944, 1945, also by Senator Ralph Dunn. Senator Petka offers Senate Resolutlon 1946. Senate Resolution 1947, by Senator Dillard . Senate Resolution 1948, by Senator de1 Valle. Senabe Resolution 1949, Senator Lapaille. Senator Syverson offers Senate Resolution 1950. Senate Resolutlon 1951, Senator Jones and all Members. Senate Resolueion 1952, Senator Lauzen. Senate Resolution 1953, Senator Hasara. Senate Resolution 1954, offered by Senator Ralph Dunn. Senate Resolution 1955, by Senator Rea. Senate Resolutlon 1956, by Senator Molaro. Senate Resolutions 1957 through 1979: a1l <sic> offered by 21 I STATE 0F ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislative Day November 30, 1994 Senator Topinka. Theydre all congratulatory and death resolutions, Mr. President. PRESIDING OPFICER: (SENATOR WEAVER) Consent Calendar. SECRETARY HARRY: Senate Resolution 1981 <sicl (1980), offered by Senators Hasara and Fawell. And Senate Resolution 1982 <sic> (1981), by Senator Raica. They're both substantive. PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WEAVER) On the Supplemental Calendar, there are Motions in Wrltlng to Accept Specific Recommendations For Change. Senator Bermanr are you ready on House Bill 99? Mr. Secretary, would you read the motion please? SECRETARY HARRY: I nove to accept the specific recommendations of the Governor as to House Bill 99 in manner and form as follows: Amendment to House Bill 99. Filed by Senator Berman. PRESIDING OPFICER: (SENATOR WEAVZR) Senator Berman. Senator Berman. SENATOR BERMAN: Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Presldent, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. House Blll 99 is the International Antl-Boycott Certification Act. After we passed that bill, whlch kas on a unanimous vote, it was determined that some of the language created the wrong impression and set certain standards that were not apprcpriate to the bill. So we requested of the -- of the Governor that he make amendatory veto changes, which he has done, and it more clearly defines what we ortginally lntended, and these were the outgrowths. Same purpose; same execution of the purposes of the anti-boycott legislatlon. I'd be glad to respond 22 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION I SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislative Day November 30, 1994 to more specific questions. I move the adoption of my motion to i accept the amendatory veto language. i
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WEAVER) Senator Berman has moved to accept the speclfic recommendations of the Governor as to House Bill 99. Is there any discussion? Senator Geo-Karis. !
! Would the sponsor yield for question? I I PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WEAVER) . He lndicates that he would.
Senator Berman, are the chançes in line with what -- wlth what we agreed when we had our hearinss on this bill?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WEAVER) Senator Berman.
Yes. In factr Without these changes, We would not have been keeping our intent. Thls carries lt out even more so.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WEAVER) Is there further dlscussicn? If noe, ehe questicn is, shall the Senate accept the speclfic recommendations of the Gcvernor as to House Bill 99, in the manner and form just stated by Senator Berman. Those in favor will vote Aye. Those opposed Will vote Nay. The voting is open. Have a1l voted Who wish? Have a11 voted who wish? Take the record. On that questlon, there are 57 Ayes, no Nays, none voting Present. The -- the speclflc recommendations of the Governor as to House Bill 99, have received the required -- having received the required constitutional majority vote of the Senators elected; are declared accepted. Senator Fawelly on House Bill 3457, on the Order of Overrides of the Specific Recommendations for Change. Mr. Secretary, will you read the motion, please? 23 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislative Day November 30, 1994
I move tbat House Bill 3457 do pass, the specific recommendations of the Governor to the contrary notwithstanding. Filed by Senatcr Fawell.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WEAVER) Senator Fawell.
Thank you very much, Mr. President. This is a bill that has been dlscussed many times by a number of people. Just to refresh the memory of -- of those who -- not sure what thls bill does: This is the bill that there was an agreed bill process that I had in my office. It was a bill that involved the schocl improvement plan. This bll1 started out as a that the IEA introduced that said baslcally that only eight hours would have to be spent by the teachers to do the school improvement plan. My personal feeling was, when I first looked at that bill, that it was kind of a dumb bill, and I told them so. But I said I would try and work out some kind of an agreement with parties involved. Senator Watson had ccme to me at one point and had tald me about a problem that he had in his district, where the teachers had literally produced volumes of worky trying to come up with a school improvement plan that would meet the criteria of the State Board of Education. Unfortunately, they were belng kind of 1ed down a golden path, and when they got al1 throughr even though they were being advised by a an employee of the State Board of Education, bottom ltne is that the work Was rejected and they were told to start over again. When I looked at the school improvement plan, realized part of the problem was no guidellnes had been set out on exactly what we expected the schools to do. And nobody was sure exactly what we were doing. And so a meettng was held. Varlous people came into the -- into the office, and eventually a compromise was worked out. understand that there's been some 24 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislative Day November 30, 1994 information that has been told by to some of my Senate colleaguesy that indeed not everybody had signed on. have copies of the slips for anyone who would like to see them, and like to read this into the record: Heidl Biederman, Large Unit District Association, agreed to the final version of the bill, and still agrees; Jeff Maysr Illinois Chamber of Commerce, slgned onto the bill, put a slip in and still agrees; Ed Harmeyer: Illinois Manufacturers' Association, signed onto the bill and stlll agrees; Rick Capriola, State Board of Educationy signed onto the bill; Rich Frankenfeld, Illinois Education Association, signed onto the btll and stlll agrees; and Peggy Agnos, Illinols Statewlde School Management Alliance, signed onto the blllr put a slip in saylng that the bill was okay. And understand there's a question about that last one, but if anybody would like to see the slip, please feel free to come to my desk and I w11l show it to you. Now to the bill: The bill does a number of thingsr but the thing that we are debatlng is whether the school boards are mandated in a collective bargaining situatlon. me read the language that is being debated. HUnless contained a collectlve bargaining agreement, the district inservice committee'' - whlch is the committee that is set up to do the school reform ''shall also define what ccnstitutes the <sic> (an) amcunt of tlme expected to be spent ln developlng the <sic> (a1l) school improvement plans.'' ''Expected to be spent'' not shall be spent - which was what, frankly, the IEA wanted. This Was a compromise, and agreed to by all - the Hamount of time expected to be spent''. I think thls was a good compromise. have run that language by an appellate court judgey by a circuit court judge, both of whom are respected attorneys and who were former sehool attorneys: and by Jim Schirott, as late as last Frlday, and I was informed that that language does not mandate anythlng . don't thtnk it's unreasonable for teachers to know what amount of time they might 25 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislative Day November 30, 1994 expect to spend on a school improvement plan. gces over that timer there's nothing saying that the school board is in jeopardy. If it goes under that time, lt is an expectation, and that is al1 it is. Everybody ls still on board, except for the School Board Associatlon. LUDA is still on board . The State Chamber of Commerce is still on board. The Illinois Manufacturers' is still on board. State Board of Education is stlll on board, and so is the IEA . think it's a good compromlse. A compromise means nobody gets everythlng. And I would ask for ycur Aye vote.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Senator Fawell has moved that House Bill 3457 pass; the specific recommendations of the Governor to the contrary notwlthstanding. Is there any discusslon? Any discussion? Senator Welch.
Thank youy Madam Presldent. I Would just like to stand up in support Senator Fawell. This was an agreed process. We had a11 of the groups that Were interested in this bill working together; they hammered out a compromise. That's what we try to do in Springfield. It seems to me that if we go back on that agreement that implied agreement that we wculd support that negotiation - it's going to make it a very difficult Session the next two years. So I would urge support of Senator Fawell. Thank you.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Further dlscusston? Senator Dunn.
Thank you, Madam President. I would like to lntroduce some people in the gallery, if might a Boy Scout troop from Smithtonr Illinois. They 're right over the President's Gallery. I'd like for them to stand: and welcome them please. 26 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislative Day November 30, 1994
PRESIDTNG ORFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Will -- will our guests please stand and be recognized? Purther discusslon? Senator Berman. Whoops! Sorry, Art. Senator Berman.
Thank your Madam President and Ladies and Gentlemen of the Senate. I rise in support of Senator Fawell's motlon. When this bill was first presented to the Educatlon Commlttee, serious questions were raised. And much tc the credit of Senator Fawell and to the number of people that she mentioned through her wktness sllp reading, they got together and they reached what a1l of us felt was a very adequate and decent compromise. I don't understand -- don't understand why the Governor didn't agree with itz but I thought that it -- this was dcne in a very fine process of of discussion, negotiationy and Senator Fakell spent a lot of time. In fact, if you look at the Digest on this bill, believe the bill came to the committee in early May and then there were three subsequent committee hearings on several amendments that had been worked out, so that it was -- it was an agreed billy and it passed out of here, I believe, unanimously. So I think that Senator Fawell ought to be complimented and we ought to back up those compliments with an Aye vote.
PRESIDING OPFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Further discussion? Senatcr Watson.
Well, thank you, Madam Presldent. I guess I'd have to say I rlse in reluctant support of the Governor's amendatory veto . And *he reason I say that is because I -- I really feel bad for *he sponsor, Who did an incredible amount of work in bringing various groups together and trying to come up with what we thought origlnally was an agreement. But ls -- lf you read the legislation: I think you would recognize that what the Governor 27 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSTON SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislative Day November 30, 1994 did was proper - if you read what it says about the circumvention of the collective bargaining process at the local level. And I know most of us campaigned this past election or have eampaigned in the past talking about local control and the -- the need for decision making to be made at the local level, and certalnly in thls casey this is no exceptlon. We are circumvenking that process, and we are creating a situation in which welre taking a hands out -- the decision-making hands away from, in many cases, the adninistration and atso school boards. I think that the Governor's action was proper. I'm prepared -- there's a -- there's a 1ot of good things in this legislation. We've had hearingsz many of us, in our distrlcts, talking about quallty review and the problems that have come witb thatz and the accountabëltty ëssue, and the need for less paperwork and the teachers being in the classroom, and those types of provisions many of us support. A lot of what is here is belng implemented already by the State Board of Education. And I -- I Want to thank, again, the sponsor of this leglslationr who -- Who Went to the State Board of Educatëon and -- and really brought this Lssue to light in here, in Springfield, so that there was the response that we got, because nuch of what is here ln this is being already implemented, as I mentioned, by the State Board. So the Governor's action was proper. We should allow local districts to - - to control thekr schools. We should allow the admëntstratton to make those decisions which w11l lmpact those local school districts. If We pass this leglslation, if we overrlde the Governor's veto, ke do circumvent that collective bargaining process: which I think Would be a -- certainly a wrong direction. So# I urge a No vote tn support of Governor Edgar and his amendatory veto.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Further discussion? Purther discussion? Senator Pawell, to 28 3 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislative Day November 30, 1994 close.
Thank gou very much . know this ls a difficult vote for a lot of you and -- and I guess let the chips fall where they may. I did indeed Work very hard on this bill. thought when a bargain was made, a barîain was kept. Unfortunately, guess nct all parties seem to feel the same way. This bill passed out of this Senate on a vote of 58 to nothlng. It passed out of the House with a vote of 109 to On the override, it passed the override 79 to 32 with 4 voting Present. feel obligated to stick by my agreement. I made it ln good faith to all parties. don't think it mandates anything. And I have, as I said: run this language by a number of khat I consider excellent attorneys. And I know attorneys love to disagree; that's why We have courtrooms. But I feel competent that this language w11l in no Way mandate anythinq to our school boards, and I ask for an Aye vote. Thank ycu.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) The question is, shall House Bill 3457 pass, the specific recommendations cf the Governor to the contrary notwithstanding. Those in favor w11l vote Aye. Those opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have a11 voted who wish? Have a1l voted who Wish? Have all voted who wlsh? Have al1 voted who wlsh? Take the record. On that question, there are 32 Ayes, 22 Nays and ncne voting Present. House Bill 3457, having not received the required three-fifths vote, is declared falled. Resolutlons.
Senate Joint Resolution 201, offered by Senator Sieben, Senator Burzynski, Senator Woodyard; and Senator Philip, and all Members.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Senator Sieben. 29 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislative Day Ncvember 30, 1994
i This is a death resolution we're going to consider tomorrow I and I would just like to move it at this point so it can be, as a jolnt resolution, also introduced into the House. I
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Senator Sieben moves to suspend the rules for the purpose of the immediate consideration and adoption of Senate Jolnt Resolution 201. Those in favor wll1 say Aye. Oppose, Nay. The Ayes have it. The rules are suspended. Senator Sleben now moves to adopt Senate -- Joint Resolution 201. Those ln favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it, and the resolution ls adopted. Senator Jones.
Yes. Thank you, Madam President. I move to suspend the appropriate rule for the immedlate -- immediate consideration of Senate Resolution 1951.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Senator Jones moves to suspend the rules fcr the purpose of the immediate consideratlcn and adoption of Senate Resolution 1951. Those in favor will say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it: and the rules are suspended. Senator Jones naw moves for the adoption of Senate Resolution 1951. Those ln favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it. And the resolutton is adopted . We will now go to Executive Session for the purpose of advlce <sëc> and consent. Mr. Secretary, Committee Reports. END OP TAPE TAPE 2 30 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislatlve Day November 30, 1994
Senator Ralph Dunn, Chalrperson of the Committee on State Government Operations and Executive Appointments, to Which was referred the Governor's Message of June 29, 1994, repcrted the same back with the recommendations that the Senate advise and consent to the following appolntments.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Senator Dunn.
Thank you, Madam Presldent. I move the Senate resolve itself into Executive Session for the purpose of acting on the Governor's appointments set forth his Message of June the 29th, 1994. Madam President, With respect to the Governor's Message of June the 29th, 1994, I will read the salaried appointments to khich the Senate Committee on State Government Operations and Executive Appointments recommend that the Senate do advise and consent. To be the exeeutive director of the Illinois Information Authorlty, Thomas Baker of Woodstock. To be a member of the Pollution Control Board for terms ending July 1st, 1997: G. Tanner Gtrard of Grafton; Theodore Meyer of Chicago. Madam President, having read the salaried appolntments, now seek leave to consider these appointments on a stngle roll call, and Madam President, will you put the questlon as required by cur rules?
PRESIDINC OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Is there is any discussion? Any discussion? Seeing none, the question is, does the Senate advise and consent to the nominations just made. Those in favor will vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have al1 voted whc Wish? Have al1 voted who wish? Have a11 voted who wish? Have a1l voked who wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 56 Ayes, no Nays, and 31 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislative Day November 30, 1994 none votlng Present. Majority of Senators elected concurring by record vote, the Senate does advise and consent to the nomlnations just made. Senator Dunn.
Thank you, Madam President. With respect tc the Governor's Message of June the 29th, 1994, I will read the unsalaried appointments to which the Senate Committee on State Government Operations and Executlve Appointnents recommend that the Senate do advise and consent. To be a member of the State Board of Health for a term ending November 1st, 1998, Jane Parker of Metropolis. To be members of the Advisory Board of Livestock Commissioners for terms ending January 16th, 1995: Gretchen Bernardi of Edwardsville; Merlyn Eickman of Pecatonlca; James Finnell of Gilman; James Handy of Waverly; Richard Jurgens of Towanda; Davld Kaluzny of Joliet; James McKee of Washburn. Madam President, having read the unsalaried appolntments, I now seek leave to consider these on a single roll call. Madam Presidenty will you put the question as required by our rules?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Is there any discussion? Any discusslon? Seeing none, the question is, does the Senate advise and consent to the ncminations just made. Those in favor will vote Aye. Opposedz Nay. The voting is open. Have all voted who wish? Have a1l voted who wish? Have a11 voted Who wlsh? Take the record . On that question, there are 57 Ayes, no Nays, and none votlng Present. A majority of Senators elected concurring by record votez the Senate does advise and consent to the nomënations just made. Mr. Secretary.
Senator Ralph Dunn, Chair of the Ccmmittee on State Government Operations and Executive Appointments to which was referred the 32 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislative Day November 30, 1994 Governor's Message of November 15y 1994, reported the sane back with a recommendaticn that the Senate advise and consent to the . following appointments.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) I Senator Dunn.
Thank you, Madam President. With respect to the Governor's Message of November the 15th, I w1l1 read the salarled appointments to which the Senate Committee on State Government Operations and Executive Appcintments recommends the Senate advise and consent. To be the Assistant Director of the Department of Central Management Services for a term ending January 16th, 1995, Phtl Gonet of Springfield . To be the Inspector General Within the Department of Public Aid for a term ending January 20th, 1997, Robert Miller of Springfield. To be a Judge in the Court of Claims for a term ending January 15, 2001, Andy Raucci -- Andrew Raucci of Chicago. To be a member of the Pollution Control Board for a term ending July the 1st, 1995, Joseph Yi of Park Ridge. To be a member of the Prisoner Revlew Board for a term ending January 20th, 1997, Jorge Montes of Chicago. Madam President, havlng read the salaried appointments, I now seek leave to consider these appolntments on a roll call. And, Madam President; Nll1 you put the questlon as required by our rules?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Is there any dlscussion? Any discusslon? Seeing none, the question is, dces the Senate advise and consent to the nominations just made. Those in favor will vote Aye. Opposedr Nay . The 1 voting is open. Have a11 voted Who uish? Have a11 voted Who 33 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislative Day November 1994 wlsh? Have al1 voted who Wish? Take the record. On that question, there are 57 Ayes, no Nays, none voting Present. A majority of Senators elected concurrlng by record vote, the Senate does advise and consent to the nominations just made. Senator Dunn.
Thank you, Madam President. With respect to the Governor's Message of June 29th <sic> (November 15), 1994, 1911 now read the unsalaried appointments to which the Senate Committee on State Government Operations and Executive Appointments recommends the Senate do advise and eonsent. To be members of the Board of Aeronautic -- Aeronautical Advisors for terms ending January 20th, 1997, Bernard Armbruster of Springfield; Kent George of Moline. To be members of the Illinols Comnlttee for Agricultural Educatlon for terms ending March the 13th, 1997, Danny Faber of Flanagan; Larry Littlefield of Gibson City. To be menbers of the Agrlcultural Export Advisory Ccmmlttee for terms ending January 20th, 1997, Jim Chingas of St. Anne; G. A. Finch of Chicago; P. Dawes Garrett of Arlington Heights; Michael Kahn of Chicago; Alan Koepcke of DeKalb; Richard Ligthart of Lemont; Paul Mooney of Champaign; Kimball Nill of Quincy; Alan Palmer of South Beloit; Sumiran Purl South Barrington; Katherlne Reading of Skokie; Darrell Rich of Chandlerville; Paul Van Halteren of Chicago; Robert Vollmer of Sumner. To be a member of the Bi-state Development Agency for a term ending January 18th, 1999, James McGlynn of Belleville. To be a member of the Children and Family Services Advisory Council for a term ending January 20thy 1997, Barbara Cempura of Belleville. To be a member of the Board of Trustees of the State Community Colleqe of East St. Louis for a term endin: June the 30th, 1995: 34 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Leglslative Day November 30, 1994 Edna Allen of East St. Louls. To be a member of the Illinois Electronic Fund Transfer Advisory Committee for a term ending December 31st, 1997, Amy Mazzolin -- Mazzclin of Chlcago. To be a nenber of the Illinois Parm Development Authority Board for a term ending January l5th' 1996, Robert Webb of Simpson. To be nembers of the Guardlanship and Advocacy Commission for terms ending June the 30th, 1997, Ronald Grais of Winnetka; Inese Stokes of Tinley Park; Nancy Wyant of Benton. To be members cf the Illinois Health Care Flnance <sic> Cost Containment Ccuncil for terms ending September the 5thp 1996, Edward Mazur cf Wilmette; Steven Scheer of River Forest. To be a member of the Illinois Hea1th Facilities Authorlty for a tern ending June the 30th# 2001, David Whalen of Rockfcrd. To be members of the Illinois Affordable Housing Advisory Commission for terms endlng October lsty 1995, Daniel Goodwin of Oak Brook; Patricia Harris-Eissens of Rockford. To be members of the Illinols Affordable Hausing Advisory commlssion for terms ending October the 1st, 1996, Orest Baranyk Park Ridge; Robert Grossinger of Evanston; D. Lyneir Richardson of Chicago. To be members of the Illinois Affordable Houskng Advisory Commission for terms endin: October the 1st: 1997, Rance Carpenter Springfield; Geneva <sic> (Genevieve) Houghtcn of Carbondale; Henry Mendoza of Glenwood. To be a member of the Illinois Job Trainin: Coordinating Council for a term endin: July the 1st, 1996, Donna Stevenson of Lisle . To be nembers of the Labor-Management Cooperation Committee for terms ending July 1st, 1996, Bruce Alkire of Dunlap; Dale Benson of Decatur; Jerome VonderHaar of Moline. 35 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Leglslatlve Day November 30r 1994 To be members af the Advisory Board of Livestock Commissioners for terms ending January 20th, 1997, Eldon Gould of Maple Park; Lowell Knief of Burlington; Leslie Leach of East Peoria; Donald Peter of Qulncy; David Ruppert of Nckomis; Gary Waters of DeKalb. To be a member of the Medical Ltcensin: Board for a term ending January the 8th# 1998: David Littman of Highland Park. To be a member of the Metropolttan Pter and Exposition Authority for a term endin: June the 1st, 1999, James Kenny of Glenview. To be members of the Board of the Illinois State Museum for terms ending January 20th, 1997, Gerald Adelmann of Chicago; James Ballowe of Toulon; James Brown cf Evanston; Winifred Delano of Alton; tynn Foster of Highland Park; George Irwin of Quincy; Mary Ann MacLean of Libertyvllle; George Rabb of Brookfield; Guerry Suggs of Sprinqfleld; Edmund Thornton of Ottawa. To be a member of the Advisory Board For <sic> Necropsy Services to Coroners for a term endlng January 20th: 1997, Phyllis Jameson of Milford. To be the Public Administrator and Public Guardians for Henry County for a term ending December the 2nd, 1996, Curtis Ford of -- Geneseo. To be the Public Admlnlstrator and Public Guardian cf Randolph County for a term endin: December the 1st, 1997, Richard Guebert, of Ellis Grove. To be a Public Administrator and Public Guardian of Whiteside County for a term endlng December the lsty 1997, Daniel Hawkins of Sterling. To be *he Public Administrator and Public Guardian of Clinton County for a term ending December lstr 1997, James Hummert of Breese. To be the Publtc Admintstrator and Publfc Guardkan of Saltne County for a term ending December the 1st, 1997, Ramona Schwartz 36 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislative Day November 30, 1994 of Harrlsburg. To be the Public Administrator and Publlc Guardian of Wayne County for a term ending December the lsty 1997, Edna Maxine Young of Fairfield. To be a member of the Quality Care Bcard for a term ending September the 18thr 1996, Corinne Leskovar of Chicaqo. To be a member of the Illinois Racing Board for a term ending July the 1st, -- year 2000, William Jackson of Chicagc. To be a member of the Rehabilitation Services Advisory Councll for a term ending July the 1st, 1999 <sic> (1997), Mr. Potts of Morris. To be a member of the Southwest Regional Port District for a term endinç June the 30thy 1996, Catherine Calvert of Lovejoy. To be members of the Illinois Upper River -- Illinois -- to be members of the Upper Illinois River Valley Development Authority for terms endlng January 15, 1996, Rlchard Nelson of Princeton; Craig Wesner of Princeton. To be members of the Upper Illinois River Valley Development Authority for terms ending January 19thz 1998, Barbara Griffith of McNabb; Dennis Hackett of Morrls; Donna Matteson of Mcrris; Phyllis <sicl (Ph11ip) Mccully of -- Toluca; William Meagher, Jr. of Peru. To be a member of the Workers Compensation Advisory Bcard for a term ending January the 19thy 1998, James Sullivan of Chicago. Madam President, I have read I don't know if anyone heard it or not but having read the unsalarled appointments: I noW seek leave to consider these appointments on a single roll call. Madam Presldent, will you put the question as required by our rules?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Any discussion? Any discussion? The questlon isr does the Senate advlse and consent to the nomlnations just made. Those in favor, vote Aye. Opposed, Nay. The voting is open. Have all 37 STATE 0F ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY ' REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislative Day November 30, 1994 i voted who wish? Have a1l voted who Wish? Have a1l voted who wish? Ooh. Take the record. On that question, there are 59 Ayes, no Naysz and none voting Present. A majority of those I Senators elected concurring by record vote, the Senate does advise and consent to the nominations just made. Senator Dunn.
I move -- Madam President, I move that the Senate arise from Executive Sesslon.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Havlng heard the motion, those in favor, say Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it: and the motlcn carries. Resolutions.
Senate -- Senate Resolutions 1982 and 1983 <sic>, both offered by Senator Stern. And Senate Joint Resolution 202, offered by Senator Topinka. Theylre a1l congratulatory.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Consent Calendar. A11 right. Nowr if I could have your attention please, just to give you an idea. There will be some committees meeting thls afternoon. I think most of the Membership has been notified of that. We Will keep -- the Chair Will keep the Senate open until the call of the Chalr for purposes of paperwork only fcr anything that might take place from those committees, to move the paperwork. And We will then adjourn at that point till tomorrow morning at 9 a.m cn Deeember 1st. Is that clear? Senator Weaver.
Thank you, Madam President. For the members of the Rules committee, we're planning on hopefully having another Rules Committee meeting about 4 o'clock in my office.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) Senator Demuzio. 38 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislative Day November 30, 1994
For the -- for the benefit of the Members theny we're gcing to be standing at ease until the call of the Chair, at which time you'll read the Messages in. There Will be no further Floor actlon that will take place this morning, as the Chair has indlcated, and we'll be coming back tomorrow morning at 9 o'clcck, with the exception of the fact that there will be a Rules Committee somewhere around 4 o'clock. Is that correct?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) You reiterate real well, Senator Demuzio. Thank you. Senator Collins.
Yes. For the -- benefit of the Members, Madam Chair, could you please announce again the ccmmittees that will be having hearings this afternoon?
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR DONAHUE) The questlon is, at thls point, for the committee chairmen to please announce their committees and when they're meetlng. Can we do that? Just a second, Senator Collins. Revenue w1ll be meeting at 2:45 in Room 212, Senator Collins. Senator Colllnsy Revenue will be meeting in Room 2l2 at 2:457 Energy and Environnent Will I be meeting in A-1 in the Stratton Building at 2:457 and Transportation will be meeting ln Room 2l2 at 3:15. Any other business? Senate stands at ease until the call of the Chair. (SENATE STANDS AT EASE) (SENATE RECONVENES)
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WEAVER) ! 39 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legtslative Day Ncvember 30r 1994 ... tmicrophone cutoffl...will come to order. Mr. Secretary, Messages from the House. '
Message from *he House by Mr. Rossi, Clerk. Mr. President - I am directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has refused to recede from their Amendment Nc . 13 to a bill of the following title, to wit: ; : Senate Bill 1153. Action taken by the House, Ncvember 30th, 1994. We have a like Message on Senate Bill 1715, with House Amendments 1, 2, 3, 4, 6: 7, 9, 10, l2, 16, 17 and l9.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WEAVER) Senator Hasara moves to accede to the request of the Hcuse. Those in favor, signify by saylng Aye. Opposed, Nay. The Ayes have it.
Message from the House by Mr. Rcssi, Clerk. Mr. President - I am directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has concurred w1th the Senate in the passage of bill of the following title, to wit: Senate Bill 1211, together with House Amendments 1, 2, 3 and 7. Actlon taken by the House, November 30thr 1994. We have a llke Message on Senate Bill 1297, with House Amendment No. l0; and a like Message on Senate Bill 1147, with House Amendments 1, 2, 3 and 23. That action -- it was passed the House, as amended: November 23rd, 1994, by a three-flfths vote. SECRETARY HARRY: 1 i Message from the House by Mr. Rossi, Clerk. ! Mr. President - I an directed to inform the Senate that i ; the House of Representatives has adopted the following joint i 40 STATE 0F ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY I REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT ! ! 150th Legislative Day November 30: 1994 I resolution, in the adoption of which I am lnstructed to ask the concurrence of the Senate' to wit: House Joint Resolution 178. Adopted by the House, November 30th, 1994. We have a like Message on House Jolnt Resolutkon No. 179. Those are both congratulatory, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WEAVER) Consent Calendar. Committee Reports. SECRETARY HARRT: E Senator Mahar, Chair of the Ccnmittee on Environment and i ! Energy, reports Senate Bill 1724, the First Conference Committee Report, Be Approved for Consideratlon; House Bill 1594, Flrst ! Conference Committee Report, Be Approved for Consideration. I Senator DeAngelis, Chair of the Committee on Revenue, reports House Bill 282, First Conference Commlttee Report, Be Approved for Consideration. ; And Senator Fawellr Chair of the Committee on Transportation, reports Senate Amendments 2 and 3 to House Bill 457 Be Adopted.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WEAVER) Resolutions.
Senate Resolution 1983, offered by Senator Farley. Senate Resolution 1984, by Senators O 'Daniel, Ralph Dunn and a11 Members. Senate Resolution 1985, by Senator DeAngelis and a11 Members. And Senate Resolution 1986, offered by Senator Barkhausen. They dre a1l congratulatory and death resolutions, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WEAVER) Consent Calendar. Senate will stand at ease. (SENATE STANDS AT EASE) ! . 41 STATE OF ILLINOIS 88TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY REGULAR SESSION SENATE TRANSCRIPT 150th Legislatlve Day November 30, 1994 (SENATE RECONVENES)
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WEAVER) ... tmicrophone cutoffl...Will come to order. Resolutions.
Senate Resolution 1986, offered by Senator Demuzio . And Senate Jotnt Resolution 203, offered by Senator Topinka. They're both congratulatory, Mr. President.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WEAVER) Consent Calendar. Messages from the House.
Message from the Hcuse by Mr. Rossi, Clerk. Mr. President I am directed to inform the Senate that the House of Representatives has adopted the follcwing jolnt resolution, in the adoption of which I am lnstructed to ask the concurrence of the Senate, to wit: House Jolnt Resolution 180. Adopted by the House, November 30th , 1994. It's congratulatory.
PRESIDING OFFICER: (SENATOR WEAVER) Consent Calendar. Is there further business? If not, the Senate will stand adjourned until 9 a.m. Thursday, December the 1st. 42 ;ir êjY .'e REPORT: TIFLDAY STATE OF ILLINOIS 9%/12/1q P2GE: 001 88TH GENERZL ASSEHBLY 11:47:25 SENATE DAILY TRANSCRIPTION OF DEBATE INDEX NOVEHBER 30, 199: HB-0099 7ET0 ACTION H8-3457 VETO ACTION SB-0RR7 NON-CONCURRENCE SB-1153 NON-COMCURRENCE SR-19V1 RESOLUTION OFFERED SR-19#2 RESOLUTION OFFERED 5R-1943 RESOLUTION OFFERED SR-19qR RESOLUTION OFFERED SR-19k5 RESOLUTION OFFERED SR-19R6 RESOLUTION OFFERED SR-19R7 RESOLUTION OFFERED SR-19k8 RESOLDTION OFFERED SR-19R9 RESOLUTION OFFERED :9-1950 RESOLUTION OFFERED SR-1951 ADOPTED SR-1951 RESOLUTION OFFERED 5R-1952 RESOLUTION OFFERED 5R-:953 RESOLUTION OFFERED SR-195R RESOLUTIOM OFFERED 5R-1955 RESOLUTION OFFERED 5R-1956 RESOLUTION OFFERED 5R-1957 RESOLUTION OFFERED 5R-1958 RESOLUTION OFFERED 5R-1959 RESOLUTION OFFERED SR-1960 RESOLUTION OFFERED SR-1961 RESOLUTION OFFERED 5R-1962 RESOLUTION OFFERED SR-1963 RESOLUTION OFFERED SR-196M RESOLUTION OFFERED 5R-1965 RESOLUTION OFFERED 5R-1966 RESOLUTIOK OFFERED 5R-1967 RESOLUTION OFFERED 5R-1968 RESOLUTION OFFERED 5R-1969 RESOLUTIOM OFFERED SR-197O RESOLUTION OFFERED SR-1971 RESOLUTION OFFERED 5R-1972 RESOLUTION OFFERED 5R-1973 RESOLUTION OFFERED SR-197# RESOLUTION OFFDRED 5R-1975 RESOLUTION OFFERED 5R-1976 RESOLUTION OFFERED sR-1977 RESOLUTION OFFERED SR-1978 RESOLUTION OFFERED 58-1979 RESOLUTION OFFERED SR-1980 RESOLUTION OFFERED SR-1981 RESOLUTION OFFERED 5R-1982 RESOLUTION OFFERED 5R-1983 RESOLUTION OFFERED SR-198M RESOLUTION OFFERED 5R-1985 RESOLUTIOV OFFERED 5R-1986 RESOLUTION OFFERED 3R-1986 RESOLUTION OFFERED HJR-0178 RESOLDTION OFFEPED HJR-0179 RESOLUTION OFFERED HJR-0180 RESOLUTIOM OFFERED SJR-0199 âDOPTED SJR-0201 ADOPTED SJR-0201 RESOLUTIOM OFFERED SJR-0202 RESOLUTIOV OFFERED SJR-0203 BESOLDTIOM OFFERED z % ;s > ' REPORT: TIFLDAY STATE OF ILLINOIS 9k/12/1k PAGE: 002 88TH GENERAL ASSEHBLY 11:47:25 SENATE DAILY TRANSCRIPTION 0F DEBâTE INDEX NOVEHBER 30, 199: SUBJECT MZTTER SENATE T0 ORDER-PRESIDEMT PHILIP PâGE PRAYER-THE REVEREND GERRY COHSTOCK PAGE JOURNZL-POSTPONED PZGE ZT EASE FOR HEHORIAL SERVICE - CECIL PARTEE PAGE AT EASE PAGE SENATE RECONVEVES PAGE COHMITTEE REPORTS PAGE MESSâGE FROH THE HOUSE PAGE COHMITTEE REPORTS PâGE EXECUTIVE SESSIOM-APPOINTHENTS PAGE 2R1SE FROH EXECUTIVE SESSION PAGE AT EâSE PAGE SEVATE RECONVEVES PAGE HESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE PAGE COHHITTEE REPORTS PAGE AT EASE PAGE SENATE RECONVENES PZGE HESSZGE FROH THE HOUSE PAGE ZDJOURNHENT PAGE