Bill Text: IL HR0438 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the Corn Belt Energy Corporation on its 75th anniversary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-31 - Resolution Adopted [HR0438 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR0438-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 the members of Corn | ||||||
| 4 | Belt Energy Corporation on the 75th anniversary of their | ||||||
| 5 | cooperative; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Corn Belt Energy Corporation was officially | ||||||
| 7 | organized as Corn Belt Electric Cooperative on September 22, | ||||||
| 8 | 1938 in Bloomington, Illinois, through the hard work and | ||||||
| 9 | dedication of a handful of local residents wanting to improve | ||||||
| 10 | living and farming conditions for themselves and their | ||||||
| 11 | neighbors; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Because of the lack of density, it simply wasn't | ||||||
| 13 | possible for the for-profit utilities to make a profit serving | ||||||
| 14 | rural areas with only a few farms or homes per mile of electric | ||||||
| 15 | line; with the help of loans from the Rural Electrification | ||||||
| 16 | Administration (REA), the people living in these rural areas | ||||||
| 17 | banded together to form member-owned and member-governed | ||||||
| 18 | electric cooperatives; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, This group of local residents went door to door | ||||||
| 20 | signing up their neighbors to become members of Corn Belt | ||||||
| 21 | Energy Corporation and convincing them that a cooperative would | ||||||
| 22 | bring lights and power to the rural area; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Their hard work paid off and Corn Belt Energy | ||||||
| 2 | Corporation's lines were first energized on August 3, 1939, | ||||||
| 3 | initially serving 200 member-owners in Woodford and McLean | ||||||
| 4 | counties; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, In 1999, Corn Belt Electric Cooperative merged | ||||||
| 6 | with Illinois Valley Electric Cooperative, creating the Corn | ||||||
| 7 | Belt Energy Corporation, which continues to provides reliable | ||||||
| 8 | electric service to member-owners in 18 counties; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, For 75 years, the cooperative has served its | ||||||
| 10 | member-owners based on 7 guiding principles: voluntary and open | ||||||
| 11 | membership, member-elected and controlled boards of directors, | ||||||
| 12 | members' economic participation, autonomy and independence, | ||||||
| 13 | education and training, cooperation among cooperatives, and | ||||||
| 14 | concern for community; therefore, be it
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| 15 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 16 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 17 | we congratulate the members of the Corn Belt Energy Corporation | ||||||
| 18 | on the 75th anniversary of their cooperative; and be it further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to Corn Belt Energy Corporation as a symbol of our | ||||||
| 21 | esteem and respect.
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