Bill Text: IL HR1382 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Thanks and honors our friend and colleague, Illinois State Representative Paul Evans, for his public service.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-01-08 - Resolution Adopted [HR1382 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR1382-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 honor Representative Paul Evans | ||||||
| 4 | on his service and accomplishments in the General Assembly and | ||||||
| 5 | his commitment to the people of the 102nd District; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Representative Evans received his bachelor's | ||||||
| 7 | degree and his Juris Doctor from Southern Illinois University; | ||||||
| 8 | and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Representative Evans is a practicing attorney and | ||||||
| 10 | is the principal attorney of Evans Law Firm; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Representative Evans has served as a Zoning | ||||||
| 12 | Hearing Officer for the cities of O'Fallon and New Baden; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Representative Evans served on the Metro-East | ||||||
| 14 | Parks and Recreation District Board for 10 years and helped | ||||||
| 15 | found the O'Fallon Early Childhood Educational Foundation; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Representative Evans served on the St. Teresa | ||||||
| 17 | Catholic School Board and was appointed to the Catholic Diocese | ||||||
| 18 | of Belleville's Catholic Education Initiative as one of 5 | ||||||
| 19 | committee chairs; he remains an active member of the Sunrise | ||||||
| 20 | Rotary O'Fallon Morning Club and the Spina Bifida Association; | ||||||
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| 1 | and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Representative Evans is a member of the Human | ||||||
| 3 | Services and Public Safety Appropriations Committees; he also | ||||||
| 4 | served on the Small Business Empowerment & Workforce, Tourism & | ||||||
| 5 | Conventions, Consumer Protection, Environmental Health, and | ||||||
| 6 | Labor Committees during the 97th General Assembly; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Representative Evans passed legislation which was | ||||||
| 8 | signed into law requiring the Department of Children and Family | ||||||
| 9 | Services to release all documents, records, and books created | ||||||
| 10 | or used in the investigation of a child's life-threatening | ||||||
| 11 | injury or death; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Representative Evans sponsored legislation that | ||||||
| 13 | strengthened child protection laws, stopped pension fund | ||||||
| 14 | abuse, reduced State fees, and eliminated the abused General | ||||||
| 15 | Assembly scholarship program; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Representative Evans remains a steadfast advocate | ||||||
| 17 | in the legislature and in the community protecting children, | ||||||
| 18 | disabled adults, and the elderly from abuse and harm; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Representative Evans and his wife, Sandra, have 3 | ||||||
| 20 | children, Loryn, Erin, and Bryce; therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 2 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 3 | we thank and honor our friend and colleague, Illinois State | ||||||
| 4 | Representative Paul Evans, for his public service and wish him | ||||||
| 5 | the best in his future endeavors; and be it further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 7 | presented to Representative Evans as a symbol of our respect | ||||||
| 8 | and esteem.
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