Bill Text: IL HR1386 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates September 21, 2016 as Township Day in Ela Township.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-11-15 - Referred to Rules Committee [HR1386 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR1386-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives recognize that township
government is the | ||||||
| 4 | oldest existing unit of government in the United States, first | ||||||
| 5 | established in 1636 in
Providence, Rhode Island, and first | ||||||
| 6 | established in Illinois when Ela Township was formed in | ||||||
| 7 | Southwest Lake County in 1850; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Eighty-Five of the 102 counties in Illinois | ||||||
| 9 | operate under the township form of government, and
the 1,431 | ||||||
| 10 | townships serve more than eight million citizens; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Ela Township serves over 40,000 residents in Lake | ||||||
| 12 | County; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Ela Township has provided vital programs and | ||||||
| 14 | services to its residents since its
founding in 1850; today, | ||||||
| 15 | those services include senior, youth, disabled, general | ||||||
| 16 | assistance,
cemetery maintenance, park maintenance, bussing, | ||||||
| 17 | assessment, road maintenance, and
counseling; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Ela Township has been recognized on several | ||||||
| 19 | occasions for service to the community; most
recently, | ||||||
| 20 | receiving the Association of Illinois Senior Centers highest | ||||||
| 21 | honor, the "Mind, Body and
Spirit" award, for its "55 Plus" | ||||||
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| 1 | program; therefore, be it
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| 2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 3 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 4 | designate September 21,
2016 as Township Day in Ela Township, | ||||||
| 5 | and we thank Ela Township for its service to its residents; and | ||||||
| 6 | be it further
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| 7 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 8 | presented to Ela Township as a symbol of our respect and | ||||||
| 9 | esteem.
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