Bill Text: IL HR0886 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares July 2020 as Parks and Recreation Month.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-01-08 - Referred to Rules Committee [HR0886 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0886-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Parks and recreation programs are an integral part | ||||||
3 | of communities throughout this country, including the State of | ||||||
4 | Illinois; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Parks and recreation are vitally important to | ||||||
6 | establishing and maintaining the quality of life in | ||||||
7 | communities, ensuring the health of all citizens, and | ||||||
8 | contributing to the economic and environmental well-being of a | ||||||
9 | community and region; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Parks and recreation programs build healthy, | ||||||
11 | active communities that aid in the prevention of chronic | ||||||
12 | disease, provide therapeutic recreation services for those who | ||||||
13 | are mentally or physically disabled, and also improve the | ||||||
14 | mental and emotional health of all citizens; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Parks and recreation programs increase a | ||||||
16 | community's economic prosperity through increased property | ||||||
17 | values, expansion of the local tax base, increased tourism, the | ||||||
18 | attraction and retention of businesses, and crime reduction; | ||||||
19 | and
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20 | WHEREAS, Parks and recreation areas are fundamental to the | ||||||
21 | environmental well-being of our communities; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Parks and natural recreation areas improve water | ||||||
2 | quality, protect groundwater, prevent flooding, improve the | ||||||
3 | quality of the air we breathe, provide vegetative buffers to | ||||||
4 | development, and produce habitat for wildlife; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Our parks and natural recreation areas ensure the | ||||||
6 | ecological beauty of our communities and provide a place for | ||||||
7 | children and adults to connect with nature and recreate | ||||||
8 | outdoors; therefore, be it
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9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
10 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
11 | we declare July of 2020 Parks and Recreation Month; and be it | ||||||
12 | further
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13 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
14 | delivered to the Illinois Park and Recreation Association, the | ||||||
15 | Illinois Association of Park Districts, the Illinois | ||||||
16 | Department of Natural Resources, and the National Park and | ||||||
17 | Recreation Association.
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