Bill Text: IL HR1070 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Charles M. Hill Sr. on the occasion of his retirement from the Illinois Fair Access to Insurance Requirements (FAIR) Plan Association Governing Committee and the Illinois Mine Subsidence Insurance Fund (IMSIF) Board of Directors. Thanks him for his hard work and lifelong dedication to public service.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-11-04 - Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kam Buckner [HR1070 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2025-HR1070-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Charles M. Hill Sr. on | ||||||
| 4 | the occasion of his retirement from the Illinois Fair Access | ||||||
| 5 | to Insurance Requirements (FAIR) Plan Association Governing | ||||||
| 6 | Committee and the Illinois Mine Subsidence Insurance Fund | ||||||
| 7 | (IMSIF) Board of Directors in March 2027; and | ||||||
| 8 | WHEREAS, Charles Hill earned a Master of Science in Urban | ||||||
| 9 | Affairs from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and | ||||||
| 10 | completed the University of Michigan's Graduate School of Bank | ||||||
| 11 | Management in 1982; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, Charles Hill was appointed as the first public | ||||||
| 13 | director of both the Illinois FAIR Plan Association Governing | ||||||
| 14 | Committee and the IMSIF Board of Directors in 1983; and | ||||||
| 15 | WHEREAS, As an advocate for adequate and affordable | ||||||
| 16 | insurance, Charles Hill has consistently and successfully | ||||||
| 17 | represented the needs of Illinois consumers in a variety of | ||||||
| 18 | ways, including leading successful efforts to depopulate the | ||||||
| 19 | FAIR plan, establishing programs dedicated to promoting home | ||||||
| 20 | ownership, insurance training, and fire prevention, ensuring | ||||||
| 21 | the financial stability of IMSIF through careful investment | ||||||
| 22 | oversight, promoting increases in limits of liability to | ||||||
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| 1 | enable nearly all affected homeowners to obtain full mine | ||||||
| 2 | subsidence coverage, and serving as a role model and mentor to | ||||||
| 3 | numerous insurance professionals in both the Illinois FAIR | ||||||
| 4 | Plan Association and IMSIF; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Charles Hill has formerly served as chairman of | ||||||
| 6 | the Illinois FAIR Plan Association Governing, Executive, and | ||||||
| 7 | Audit Committees and as chairman of the IMSIF Board of | ||||||
| 8 | Directors and its Finance and Audit Committee; he currently | ||||||
| 9 | serves as chairman of the Illinois FAIR Plan Association | ||||||
| 10 | Finance and Audit Committee as well as a current and | ||||||
| 11 | longstanding fixture on the IMSIF Executive Committee; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, Charles Hill has previously served as executive | ||||||
| 13 | vice president, chief operating officer, and Community | ||||||
| 14 | Investment Group director of the Federal Home Loan Bank of | ||||||
| 15 | Chicago, positions he held until February 2000, pioneering | ||||||
| 16 | affordable housing programs in Illinois and Wisconsin; and | ||||||
| 17 | WHEREAS, Charles Hill has been actively involved in | ||||||
| 18 | promoting the financial interests of consumers through serving | ||||||
| 19 | in a number of organizations, including on the Audit and | ||||||
| 20 | Compensation Committees of Guaranty Bank, as past board | ||||||
| 21 | chairman of the national advocacy organization Woodstock | ||||||
| 22 | Institute, as a trustee and life member of the National | ||||||
| 23 | Housing Conference, and on the Executive Committee of the | ||||||
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| 1 | National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders; and | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, Charles Hill has shown visionary leadership, | ||||||
| 3 | sound judgment, and an unwavering dedication to public service | ||||||
| 4 | throughout his extraordinary 44-year career; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 5 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 6 | HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 7 | we congratulate Charles M. Hill Sr. on his retirement from the | ||||||
| 8 | Illinois Fair Access to Insurance Requirements (FAIR) Plan | ||||||
| 9 | Association Governing Committee and the Illinois Mine | ||||||
| 10 | Subsidence Insurance Fund (IMSIF) Board of Directors, and we | ||||||
| 11 | thank him for his hard work and lifelong dedication to public | ||||||
| 12 | service; and be it further | ||||||
| 13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 14 | presented to Charles Hill as a symbol of our respect and | ||||||
| 15 | esteem. | ||||||
