Bill Text: IL HJR0080 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Renames the portion of the Amstutz Expressway in the city limits of North Chicago the Bobby E. Thompson Expressway.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-04-28 - Adopted Both Houses [HJR0080 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HJR0080-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Bobby E. Thompson has been a political figure in | ||||||
3 | the Lake County area for 18 years and was the first African | ||||||
4 | American mayor in the county, having served as mayor of North | ||||||
5 | Chicago; and
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6 | WHEREAS, The portion of Illinois State Route 137 in | ||||||
7 | Waukegan lying between Greenwood Avenue and Sheridan | ||||||
8 | Road/McKinley Avenue is now known as the Amstutz Expressway; | ||||||
9 | therefore, be it
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10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
11 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
12 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the portion of the Amstutz | ||||||
13 | Expressway in the city limits of North Chicago be renamed the | ||||||
14 | Bobby E. Thompson Expressway; and be it further
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15 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | ||||||
16 | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | ||||||
17 | State regulations, plaques or signs giving notice of the name; | ||||||
18 | and be it further
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19 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
20 | presented to the Illinois Secretary of Transportation and to | ||||||
21 | former North Chicago Mayor Bobby E. Thompson.
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