Bill Text: IL HR0235 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates John King on his retirement as Bond County Circuit Clerk.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-31 - Resolution Adopted [HR0235 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0235-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate John King as he | ||||||
4 | retires from his position as Bond County Circuit Clerk; and
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5 | WHEREAS, After 43 years of serving the
public as a police | ||||||
6 | officer and the circuit
clerk of Bond County, John King
retired | ||||||
7 | on January 31, 2011; and
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8 | WHEREAS, He
was first elected to the post in 1996,
and was | ||||||
9 | re-elected in 2000, 2004,
and 2008 to four-year terms; and
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10 | WHEREAS, He was hired as a City of
Greenville police | ||||||
11 | officer in 1968; he
was appointed police chief in 1980
and | ||||||
12 | retired from that position just
before being elected as circuit | ||||||
13 | clerk; he arrived in Greenville in
1964, attending Greenville | ||||||
14 | College;
he thought that being a police officer
would be a good | ||||||
15 | life experience,
and applied at the Greenville
police | ||||||
16 | department and was hired as a patrolman; and
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17 | WHEREAS, He also served
as chairman for five years in Zone
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18 | 3 for the Illinois Circuit Clerk's
Association, spending one | ||||||
19 | year as
State president in 2007, and then
another year as | ||||||
20 | immediate past president; and
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1 | WHEREAS, The circuit clerk is the keeper of
the court | ||||||
2 | records, filing and overseeing
all criminal cases, orders of | ||||||
3 | protection,
traffic tickets, juvenile matters,
lawsuits, small | ||||||
4 | claims cases,
passports, and divorces; in 1997, the first full
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5 | year John King was circuit clerk, a total
of 1,411 traffic | ||||||
6 | tickets were written by police
in the county; in 2009, the | ||||||
7 | number was over
8,000 and last year there were 7,752
tickets | ||||||
8 | issued; and
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9 | WHEREAS, After retirement, he will remain very active in | ||||||
10 | the
Okaw Valley Radio Club, where he is currently
the | ||||||
11 | president; he also wants to do some traveling,
become more | ||||||
12 | involved in photography,
and possibly do a little work on
the | ||||||
13 | side, to have funds for his amateur
radio activities; | ||||||
14 | therefore, be it
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15 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
16 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
17 | we congratulate John King on his retirement and wish him well | ||||||
18 | in all his future endeavors; and be it further
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19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
20 | presented to John King as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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