Bill Text: IL HR1385 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Rep. Dave Winters on his time in the General Assembly.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-01-08 - Resolution Adopted [HR1385 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR1385-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 recognize Illinois State | ||||||
4 | Representative Dave Winters for his 18 years of service and | ||||||
5 | hard work on behalf of the people of the State of Illinois; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Representative Winters was first elected to the | ||||||
7 | Illinois General Assembly in November 1994 to serve the people | ||||||
8 | of the 69th District; after the 2001 remap of the State, | ||||||
9 | Representative Winters was asked by the people of the new 68th | ||||||
10 | District to represent them in the Illinois General Assembly; | ||||||
11 | and
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12 | WHEREAS, Representative Winters has had a long and | ||||||
13 | distinguished career in public service, serving his local | ||||||
14 | community for 6 years on the Winnebago County Board as chairman | ||||||
15 | of the Winnebago County Board Economic Development and Planning | ||||||
16 | Committee, Forest Preserve Executive Committee, and Solid | ||||||
17 | Waste and Recycling Committee, and as Shirland Township Clerk; | ||||||
18 | and
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19 | WHEREAS, Representative Winters proudly served as a member | ||||||
20 | of numerous organizations, including the Winnebago County Farm | ||||||
21 | Bureau, Rockford and Winnebago County Planning Commission, | ||||||
22 | League of Women Voters Solid Waste Task Force, Natural Land |
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1 | Institute Sinnissippi Open Space Committee, and the | ||||||
2 | Sinnissippi Audubon Society; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Representative Winters is especially proud of his | ||||||
4 | work in the Illinois House of Representatives as a long-time | ||||||
5 | member of the Public Utilities, Telecommunications, | ||||||
6 | Environment and Energy, and Environmental Health Committees, | ||||||
7 | always striving to create sustainable, renewable, business | ||||||
8 | friendly energy sources for Illinois families; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Representative Winters will be remembered for his | ||||||
10 | outstanding record of support of the Illinois business | ||||||
11 | community through his efforts to create a balanced budget, | ||||||
12 | future fiscal stability, and a pro-growth business climate | ||||||
13 | throughout the State; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Representative Winters was happy to host numerous | ||||||
15 | members of the Illinois House of Representatives at his | ||||||
16 | restored prairie for an annual pheasant hunt; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Representative Winters is proud of his | ||||||
18 | establishment of a new House institution, the Century Club, | ||||||
19 | having done research to establish which Representatives had | ||||||
20 | earned the honor of listing on the trophy, which he purchased | ||||||
21 | after having earned that ignominious honor himself; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Representative Winters graduated from Hononegah | ||||||
2 | High School in 1970; he earned a bachelor of arts with high | ||||||
3 | honors in European history from Dartmouth College in 1974; he | ||||||
4 | subsequently earned a masters of science in agricultural | ||||||
5 | economics from the University of Illinois in 1976; he farmed | ||||||
6 | grain, vegetables, beef cattle, and prairie grass seeds until | ||||||
7 | his retirement in 2012; therefore, be it
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8 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
9 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
10 | we congratulate our friend and colleague, Representative Dave | ||||||
11 | Winters, on his retirement from the Illinois of House of | ||||||
12 | Representatives and wish him the best in his future endeavors; | ||||||
13 | and be it further
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14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
15 | presented to State Representative Dave Winters as a symbol of | ||||||
16 | our respect and esteem.
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