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Resolution approving the 2017 Lake County State and Federal Legislative Program.
Staff Summary
• Annually, the County develops a list of priority projects that are submitted to State and Federal legislators who represent Lake County.
• The County's 2017 Legislative Program seeks to:
o add Lake County to previously approved legislation permitting a judicial facilities fee not to exceed $30 for the construction of judicial facilities;
o implement a rule change to the administrative code to the Inmate Welfare Fund to allow the use of inmate welfare funds for basic medical care;
o eliminate personal service and publication requirements for final take notices on vacant property;
o amend the Election Code by removing the requirement for voters to sign the back of their vote-by-mail envelope;
o continue support of the Illinois General Assembly’s efforts to address the use of opiates;
o amend the Illinois Underground Utility Facilities Damage Prevention Act to specifically exclude underground storm sewers located within County rights-of-way; and
o support the extension of the Illinois Affordable Housing Tax Credit.
• The County's 2017 Legislative Program also includes a federal component supporting efforts to clarify HIPAA so treatment providers may disclose concerns about patient safety to appropriate parties when they believe "in good faith" that there is a threat of "serious or imminent" danger to the patient or others.
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RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, legislative proposals were solicited from elected officials and department heads; and
WHEREAS, your Revenue, Records and Legislation Committee has prepared a Lake County Legislative Program for the Federal Fiscal Year 2017 and State Fiscal Year 2017; and
WHEREAS, the Revenue, Records and Legislation Committee seeks your approval of the 2017 Lake County State and Federal Legislative Program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the 2017 Lake County State and Federal Legislative Program is hereby approved in substantial conformance with the attached program; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this County Board does hereby approve those efforts necessary to draft, introduce, and support legislation designed to implement the objectives of this program, with those efforts to be executed by the County Administrator in coordination with the Chair of the County Board and the Chair of the Revenue, Records and Legislation Committee; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that because of the unique and often unpredictable timing by which actions occur in the Illinois General Assembly and U.S. Congress, the County Administrator, in coordination with the Chair of the County Board and the Chair of the Revenue, Records and Legislation Committee, is hereby authorized and directed to take all appropriate actions regarding other legislative proposals that may impact upon Lake County government.
DATED at Waukegan, Illinois, on November 8, 2016.