Bill Text: IL HJR0026 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates the portion of U.S. Route 41 within the State of Illinois as a part of the Purple Heart Trail that exists throughout the U.S. highway system.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-01 - Resolution Adopted 116-000-000 [HJR0026 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HJR0026-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, It is fitting and proper to never forget those who | ||||||
3 | have given their lives and shed their blood in defense of this | ||||||
4 | great nation; and
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5 | WHEREAS, A Purple Heart Trail system is well established | ||||||
6 | throughout a large part of the United States Interstate Highway | ||||||
7 | System and the United States National Highway System in the | ||||||
8 | lower 48 states, as well as highways in Alaska, Guam, and | ||||||
9 | Puerto Rico; and
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10 | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois is located in an area that | ||||||
11 | is part of the national Purple Heart Trail system and adding | ||||||
12 | Illinois to the Trail will add credence to those dedicated | ||||||
13 | routes; and
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14 | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois is proud to join this worthy | ||||||
15 | effort to establish a Purple Heart Trail across our great | ||||||
16 | country; and
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17 | WHEREAS, The placement of signs indicating the Purple Heart | ||||||
18 | Trail will show that Illinois is a part of this nationally | ||||||
19 | existing system; and
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20 | WHEREAS, U.S. Route 41 is an excellent choice to establish |
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1 | the Purple Heart Trail in the State of Illinois; therefore, be | ||||||
2 | it
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3 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
4 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
5 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the portion of U.S. | ||||||
6 | Route 41 within the State of Illinois as a part of the Purple | ||||||
7 | Heart Trail that exists throughout the U.S. highway system; and | ||||||
8 | be it further
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9 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | ||||||
10 | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | ||||||
11 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | ||||||
12 | giving notice of the name of the Purple Heart Trail; and be it | ||||||
13 | further
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14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
15 | delivered to the Secretary of the Illinois Department of | ||||||
16 | Transportation.
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