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| Rep. Patti Bellock |
SPRINGFIELD
– Deputy Illinois House Minority Leader and State Representative Patti Bellock,
R-Hinsdale, has been named a budget negotiator to help craft a bipartisan
balanced state budget this spring for Fiscal Year 2019, announced House
Republican Leader Jim Durkin, R-Western Springs. The General Assembly is
required to pass a state budget by May 31 for the new fiscal year that begins
on July 1.
Joining
Representative Bellock on this year’s budget negotiating team for the House
Republicans is Representative David Harris, R-Arlington Heights. They will work
closely in the coming weeks with the House Democrats team led by Representative
Greg Harris, D-Chicago, and their counterparts in the State Senate, as well as
staff from the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget.
“It
is vitally important that Democrats and Republicans work cooperatively in
Springfield to pass a full-year balanced state budget this spring,” Rep.
Bellock said. “Our priorities must be to preserve the safety net for the
state’s most vulnerable children and families, meet the state’s commitment to
K-12 education and public safety, and respect taxpayers by passing a budget
that does not include any new tax increases. We can and must achieve each of
these goals.”
Representative
Bellock has served as a budget negotiator for the House Republican Caucus each
year since she was appointed Deputy Minority Leader in October 2013. Bellock is
serving her final year in the Illinois General Assembly, retiring at the end of
her term in January 2019. In addition to serving as a budget negotiator,
Bellock is also the Minority Spokesperson on the Human Services –
Appropriations Committee, one of five House committees responsible for setting
spending priorities within the state budget.
For questions or more information, please call
Representative Bellock’s office at (630) 852-8633.
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