Bill Text: IL HR0743 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Colonel Michael Zerbonia on the occasion of his retirement from the Illinois State Police and wishes him well on his new assignment as the Assistant Adjutant General of the Illinois Army National Guard.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-2)
Status: (Passed) 2015-09-24 - Resolution Adopted [HR0743 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0743-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Colonel Michael Zerbonia | ||||||
4 | on the occasion of his retirement from the Illinois State | ||||||
5 | Police on September 30, 2015, after 28 years of service; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Michael Zerbonia joined the Illinois State Police | ||||||
7 | on September 21, 1987 with his appointment to Cadet Class 82; | ||||||
8 | upon graduating, he was assigned to the District 3 Patrol in | ||||||
9 | Chicago; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Michael Zerbonia was promoted to the rank of | ||||||
11 | Sergeant in 1995; in 1996, he transferred to the Illinois State | ||||||
12 | Police Academy, where he worked to enhance the Academy's | ||||||
13 | physical skills section; in 1999, he was promoted to the rank | ||||||
14 | of Master Sergeant; in 2005, he was promoted to the rank of | ||||||
15 | Lieutenant; in 2009, he was promoted to the rank of Captain and | ||||||
16 | served as the Bureau Chief of Logistics; in 2010, he was | ||||||
17 | selected to serve as Bureau Chief of the Medicaid Fraud Control | ||||||
18 | Unit; in 2011, he was named as District Commander of District 9 | ||||||
19 | in Springfield, where he oversaw the Illinois State Fair and | ||||||
20 | State Inaugurations; in 2011, he was appointed to the rank of | ||||||
21 | Lieutenant Colonel; in 2012, he was appointed to the rank of | ||||||
22 | Colonel of the Division of Operations, where he served until | ||||||
23 | his retirement; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Michael Zerbonia is a Brigadier General in the | ||||||
2 | Illinois Army National Guard and was recently appointed as the | ||||||
3 | Assistant Adjutant General - Army; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Prior to his appointment as the Assistant Adjutant | ||||||
5 | General - Army, General Zerbonia was the Land Forces Component | ||||||
6 | Commander; he enlisted as a military policeman in the Missouri | ||||||
7 | Army National Guard in 1983; he was commissioned as a Second | ||||||
8 | Lieutenant on May 9, 1986 after completing the Reserve Officer | ||||||
9 | Training Corps program at Northeast Missouri State University; | ||||||
10 | in 1988, he transferred to the United States Army to serve as | ||||||
11 | an air defense artillery officer; in 1991, he joined the | ||||||
12 | Illinois National Guard to serve as the assistant air defense | ||||||
13 | coordination officer with the 1st Battalion of the 202nd Air | ||||||
14 | Defense Artillery Regiment; during his service, he supported | ||||||
15 | military operations in Poland, Turkey, and Germany; he also | ||||||
16 | deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom from | ||||||
17 | June of 2005 to June of 2006 and to Afghanistan from September | ||||||
18 | of 2012 to June of 2013 in support of Operation Enduring | ||||||
19 | Freedom; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Michael Zerbonia and his wife, Diane, have one | ||||||
21 | son, Dominic; he is also a huge Oakland Raiders fan and a part | ||||||
22 | of the Raider Nation; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Michael Zerbonia will be remembered fondly by his | ||||||
2 | fellow ISP officers for his organizational pride of the | ||||||
3 | Illinois State Police, for proudly wearing his uniform daily, | ||||||
4 | and for being a hardworking and extremely energetic State | ||||||
5 | Trooper; therefore, be it
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6 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
7 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
8 | congratulate Colonel Michael Zerbonia on the occasion of his | ||||||
9 | retirement from the Illinois State Police, we wish him well on | ||||||
10 | his new assignment as the Assistant Adjutant General - Army of | ||||||
11 | the Illinois National Guard, and we wish him continued success | ||||||
12 | and happiness in the future; and be it further
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13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
14 | presented to Michael Zerbonia as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
15 | respect.
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