Bill Text: IL HJR0047 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Proclaims Wednesday May 27, 2015 as "We Remember, We Care for Indigent Persons Day in Illinois", and urges all citizens to observe, inform themselves of, and support efforts to care for the indigent.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-04-28 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez [HJR0047 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HJR0047-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Indigency has been a persistent social problem | ||||||
| 3 | throughout history
and has reached an intolerable level | ||||||
| 4 | throughout our country; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, People in urban, suburban, and rural areas of | ||||||
| 6 | Illinois experience
indigency, proving that it is not just a | ||||||
| 7 | big city problem; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Each year sees an increase in the number of deaths | ||||||
| 9 | among those who
lack funds to provide the barest essentials of | ||||||
| 10 | life; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Bitter cold winters and extremely hot summers have | ||||||
| 12 | cost the lives of
those individuals who simply could not afford | ||||||
| 13 | heating or air coolants and died
from exposure; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, In remembering those who have died, we must reach | ||||||
| 15 | out to help those
in need; the extent to which our society can | ||||||
| 16 | counter the effects of indigency
is a good measure of its | ||||||
| 17 | humaneness; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, W. Earl Lewis served as Director of the Memorial | ||||||
| 19 | Ministry of Indigent Persons until his death and in his | ||||||
| 20 | capacity as Director, advocated for recognition of a day of | ||||||
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| 1 | remembrance for indigent persons; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, On May 27, 2015, the people of Chicago will gather | ||||||
| 3 | for the 30th Annual Interfaith Memorial Service for Indigent | ||||||
| 4 | People at the Chicago Temple/First United Methodist Church; | ||||||
| 5 | therefore, be it
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| 6 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 7 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 8 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we proclaim Wednesday May 27, | ||||||
| 9 | 2015, as "We Remember, We Care for Indigent Persons Day in | ||||||
| 10 | Illinois", and that we urge all citizens to observe, inform | ||||||
| 11 | themselves of, and support efforts to care for the indigent; | ||||||
| 12 | and be it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 14 | presented to all of the celebrants of "We Remember, We Care for | ||||||
| 15 | Indigent Persons Day in Illinois".
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