SR0358 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The United Congress of Community and Religious Organizations leads a grassroots-led multiethnic human rights alliance, to advance human rights and racial equity issues across the State; and

WHEREAS, The United Congress led an important effort to educate the General Assembly and the people of the State of Illinois on the issue of prison-based gerrymandering and the need to correct how the State's prisoners are counted for purposes of population; and

WHEREAS, Various State and federal funds are distributed based on the population of municipality or unit of government; and

WHEREAS, The communities from where incarcerated individuals come from and return to after prison bear great cost in providing services to these individuals for their reintegration into the community; and

WHEREAS, The communities from where incarcerated individuals come from must bear these costs without funding that accurately reflects their population; and

WHEREAS, The General Assembly has given the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability the responsibility of conducting special economic and fiscal studies as it deems appropriate or desirable or as the General Assembly may request; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability is directed to conduct a study examining the fiscal impact realized from transferring an incarcerated individual from his or her physical address of incarceration to their last known physical address prior to incarceration for population purposes; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Corrections and any other agencies or entities having information relevant to this study cooperate fully and promptly with the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability commence this study and issue their final report to the General Assembly by July 1, 2014.