STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 142nd Legislative Day 5/26/2010 Speaker Mautino: "The hour of 10:25 having arrived, the House shall be in order. Members and guests are asked to refrain from starting their laptops, turn off all cell phones and rise for the invocation and for the Pledge of Allegiance. We shall be led in prayer today by Lee Crawford, the Pastor of the Cathedral of Praise Christian Center in Springfield. Mr. Crawford." Pastor Crawford: "Let us pray. Most gracious and most kind God, the giver and the sustainer of life, Father, we invoke Your presence and Your blessings upon this august Assembly. Father, I pray Your strength upon the Leader of this House and upon all of its Members. I pray that during these tough times that they will lean not toward their own understanding, but God, rather that they would pray and ask You for direction and ask You for guidance in making their decisions during these tough times that affect so many lives. I pray today that You would grant them the grace to be bold and courageous and wise during these tough times, when they are feeling pressure and voices from every side. I pray that their decision would bring a calm to many fears and uncertainty that so many across this great state are feeling. I pray that there is a willingness to compromise, that the faith of this great state and the confidence of this great state would be restored in those who they have sent here. This we pray in Your Son's name, Amen." Speaker Mautino: "We'll be led in the Pledge of Allegiance today by the Gentleman from Cook, Representative Riley." Riley - et al: "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, 09600142.doc 1 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 142nd Legislative Day 5/26/2010 one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." Speaker Mautino: "Roll Call for Attendance. Majority Leader Currie." Currie: "Thank you, Speaker. Please let the record reflect the excused absences of Representatives Colvin, Gabel, Careen Gordon, Hannig and Washington." Speaker Mautino: "Representative Bost." Bost: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Let the record reflect that Representative Sommer and Representative Jerry Mitchell are excused from the Republican side of the aisle, and everybody else is here, ready to do the work of the people. We're so glad to be here." Speaker Mautino: "Delighted to have you. Mr. Clerk, take the record. 117 answering the Roll, a quorum is present, and the House is ready to do its business. Mr. Clerk, Committee Reports." Clerk Bolin: "Committee Reports. Representative Burke, Chairperson from the Committee on Executive, reports the following committee action taken on May 26, 2010: recommends be adopted Floor Amendment #3 to Senate Bill 49, Floor Amendment #3 to Senate Bill 744, Floor Amendment #2 to Senate Bill 1215 and Floor Amendment #1 to Senate Bill 3215. Representative Jakobsson, Chairperson from the Committee on Human Services, reports the following committee action taken on May 26, 2010: recommends be adopted House Resolution 1024. Representative Harris, Chairperson from the Committee on State Government Administration, reports the following committee action 09600142.doc 2 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 142nd Legislative Day 5/26/2010 taken on May 26, 2010: do pass as amended Short Debate for Senate Bill 333." Speaker Mautino: "Correction of the record. We have 111 Members that answered the quorum and a quorum is present. Majority Leader Currie." Currie: "Yeah. Thank you, Speaker. Please… please add to the record of excused absences Representative Dugan." Speaker Mautino: "Record will reflect. On page 4 of the Calendar under Senate Bills-Third Reading appears Senate Bill 3537. Mr. Clerk, place that Bill on Second Reading for the purpose of Amendment. Mr. Clerk, any Motions pending?" Clerk Bolin: "Senate Bill 3537, the Bill was read a second time on a previous day. No Committee Amendments. Floor Amendment #1, offered by Representative McCarthy, has been approved for consideration." Speaker Mautino: "Representative McCarthy on Floor Amendment #1." McCarthy: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker and Ladies and Gentlemen of the House. Floor Amendment #1 on Senate Bill 3537 amends Article 2 and Article 18 of the Pension Code affecting the General Assembly and the Judges Retirement System. This will bring it into line with the other changes that we had for all of the other systems that we've changed to date. The only ones we haven't changed are the police and fire Articles. This will change the COLA on both the survivor annuity and the member annuity to three percent or one half of the CPI. Originally, these two systems had the full CPI and we felt that it was in the issue of fairness to bring 09600142.doc 3 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 142nd Legislative Day 5/26/2010 it into line with all the rest. So, it'd be one half of the CPI or the three percent, whatever is lesser. So, I would move for the adoption of Amendment #1. And we also have a technical Amendment #2 that clears up another issue with the maximum salary." Speaker Mautino: "Gentleman moves adoption of Floor Amendment #1. Seeing no one seeking recognition, all in favor say 'yes'; opposed 'no'. And the Amendment is adopted. Mr. Clerk, further Amendments?" Clerk Bolin: "Floor Amendment #2 remains in the House Rules Committee. No further Amendments have been approved for consideration. No Motions are filed." Speaker Mautino: "Mr. Clerk, leave this Bill on Second Reading. And take this Bill out of the record. On House Calendar… Supplemental Calendar #1, appears Senate Bill 333. Mr. Clerk, read the Bill." Clerk Bolin: "Senate Bill 333, a Bill for an Act concerning government. Second Reading of this Senate Bill. Amendment #1 was adopted in committee. No Floor Amendments. No Motions filed." Speaker Mautino: "Third Reading. Take this Bill out of the record. On page 7 of the Calendar under the Order of Concurrence appears House Bill 80, Representative Eddy." Eddy: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Ladies and Gentlemen of the House, House Bill 80 basically is the culmination of the work done by the… the task force that was looking into existing mandates, and it contains, basically, some minor changes to three current mandates, and I would ask you for your support. The work of the task force will be ongoing, 09600142.doc 4 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 142nd Legislative Day 5/26/2010 but this does give school districts some relief from mandates going into a difficult budget year." Speaker Mautino: "The Gentleman moves that the House do concur with Senate… Senate Amendments 1, 2, 3 and 4. Representative Eddy, do you wish to take this out of the record for a moment?" Eddy: "Yeah. I think #4 becomes the Bill and that's the concurrence." Speaker Mautino: "And those Motions are still pending in Rules." Eddy: "Okay. Thank you." Speaker Mautino: "Thank you. Page 7 of the Calendar appears House Bill 537 under the Order of Concurrence. Representative Lang moves the House do concur with Senate Amendments 1, 2, 3 and 4. Representative Lang." Lang: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Ladies and Gentlemen. These Amendments comprise a long negotiation that's taken about four years to reform the payday loan industry. I'm sure you're all aware that this has been an ongoing process. And before I proceed, I would like to thank several people, several groups for their involvement in this. First, the Egan Coalition and their hard work over the years as well as the office of the Attorney General. There are certain Legislators that have held the ball on this various times over the years, Representative Boland, Representative Miller, Representative Hamos, when she was here and a big shout-out to Senator Lightford for all of her hard work in the Senate to help make this happen. Ladies and Gentlemen, this is an agreed Bill. For many years it was contentious, 09600142.doc 5 STATE OF ILLINOIS 96th GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TRANSCRIPTION DEBATE 142nd Legislative Day 5/26/2010 for many years we had some trouble even getting people to the table, but sticking to it, working hard at it, getting people to the table over a long period of time, we were able to negotiate an agreed Bill to reform the payday loan industry. And I would ask your support." Speaker Mautino: "Gentleman has moved concurrence. And on that question, the Gentleman from McHenry, Representative Tryon." Tryon: "Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Sponsor yield for some questions?" Speaker Mautino: "Indicates he will." Tryon: "Thank you. Representative Lang, I, too, commend you on the work that you've put together to come up with an agreed Bill process. We know how difficult that is especially on an issue like this. But for purposes of clarifying the legislative intent here today, is the intent of this Bill to limit and restrict license in the areas of title holding, civil litigation funding in pawnbroker shops to be?" Lang: "No, none of those areas are meant to be affected by the Bill." Tryon: "Okay. So, in committee yesterday we had testimony regarding the types of licenses and who could hold those license. And if I am licensed under the Payday Loan Act, can I hold a license under the Consumer Installment Loan Act for the purposes of making auto title secured loans?" Lang: "Representative, lenders may hold both a Payday Loan Reform Act license and a Consumer Installment Loan Act license, but there are limitations.