Proudly recognizes May 1, 2016 as National Purebred Dog Day in celebration of purebred dogs and the many service and companion benefits they provide.
Designates the portion of Illinois Route 146 from the Pope County line to the city limits of Elizabethtown as the Deputy Elizabeth Edwards Memorial Highway.
With respect to the amendment to the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution proposed by House Joint Resolution Constitutional Amendment 36 (which provides that no moneys derived from taxes, fees, excises, or license taxes, relating to registration, titles, operation, or use of vehicles or public highways, roads, streets, bridges, mass transit, intercity passenger rail, ports, or airports, or motor fuels, including bond proceeds, shall be expended for other than costs of administering laws related to vehicles and transportation, costs for construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and betterment of public highways, roads, streets, bridges, mass transit, intercity passenger rail, ports, airports, or other forms of transportation, and other statutory highway purposes, including the State or local share to match federal aid highway funds), sets forth a brief explanation of the proposed amendment, a brief argument in favor of the amendment, a brief argument against the amendment, and the form in which the amendment will appear on the ballot.
Recognizes the Associated Saddle Clubs of Southern Illinois and all of its members for its continued support of the Nine-Day Trail Ride and in honor of the 50th anniversary.
Congratulate Daniel Fortuna on becoming President of the National Conference of Public Employee Retirement Systems.
Congratulates the members of the Gallatin County High School WYSE Team on the occasion of their 2016 successful season and State championship victory.
Congratulates Richard Morgan on his retirement as Superintendent of Carrier Mills-Stonefort High School.
Proposes to amend the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution. Adds a new Section concerning highway funds. Provides that no moneys derived from taxes, fees, excises, or license taxes, relating to registration, titles, operation, or use of vehicles or public highways, roads, streets, bridges, mass transit, intercity passenger rail, ports, or airports, or motor fuels, including bond proceeds, shall be expended for other than costs of administering laws related to vehicles and transportation, costs for construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and betterment of public highways, roads, streets, bridges, mass transit, intercity passenger rail, ports, airports, or other forms of transportation, and other statutory highway purposes, including the State or local share to match federal aid highway funds. Limits the costs of administering laws related to vehicles and transportation to direct program expenses of the Secretary of State, the State Police, and the Department of Transportation related to the enforcement of traffic laws and safety. Provides that the revenues described herein shall not be diverted to any other purpose. Provides that any additional modes of transportation proposed for State funding shall have dedicated sources of funding. Provides that federal funds may be spent for any purposes authorized by federal law. Effective upon being declared adopted in accordance with Section 7 of the Illinois Constitutional Amendment Act.
Congratulates the Southeastern Illinois College's Model Illinois Government delegation.
Congratulates Southern Illinois University head coach Barry Hinson on the occasion of being named as the Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year.
