Bill Text: IL HR1531 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Honors Representative Donald Moffitt's service to Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-12-01 - Resolution Adopted [HR1531 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR1531-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to congratulate their colleague,
Donald | ||||||
4 | L. Moffitt, on the occasion of his retirement as State | ||||||
5 | Representative of the 74th District after a
long and | ||||||
6 | distinguished career of public service; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Representative Moffitt was born in Galesburg to | ||||||
8 | Russell and
Gertrude Moffitt on February 18, 1947; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Representative Moffitt received his Bachelor of | ||||||
10 | Science in Agricultural Education and
Agricultural Economics | ||||||
11 | from the University of Illinois in 1969, where he was a member | ||||||
12 | of the Nabor House
Fraternity; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Representative Moffitt worked as a high school | ||||||
14 | agriculture teacher from 1969 to 1973 for the ROVA School | ||||||
15 | District (now ROWVA) in Oneida; during that time, he was | ||||||
16 | elected as an Alderman for Oneida; he served as Mayor from 1972 | ||||||
17 | to 1975; and
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18 | WHEREAS, In 1975, Representative Moffitt continued as a | ||||||
19 | full-time family farmer in Gilson; farming goes back in his | ||||||
20 | family seven generations to Scotland; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Representative Moffitt served as an Alderman for | ||||||
2 | Knoxville from 1977 to 1978, and as Chair of the Police | ||||||
3 | Committee for the City; he won a seat on
the Knox County Board, | ||||||
4 | serving from 1978 to 1984, and as Chair from 1982 to
1984; he | ||||||
5 | served as Knox County Treasurer from 1984 to 1992, where he | ||||||
6 | helped increase interest earnings on county-invested funds and | ||||||
7 | brought real estate tax
collection back on time; and
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8 | WHEREAS, In 1992, Representative Moffitt was elected by the | ||||||
9 | constituents of the then-94th District to
represent their | ||||||
10 | interests in the Illinois House of Representatives; his | ||||||
11 | district number changed
to the 74th after the redistricting | ||||||
12 | following the 2000 census, and he continued to dutifully | ||||||
13 | represent his
district until his retirement in early 2017; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Daring his career in the Illinois House, | ||||||
15 | Representative Moffitt championed many causes, including
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16 | improving fire prevention and response capabilities, | ||||||
17 | agricultural initiatives, local government
improvements, and | ||||||
18 | safety issues such as requiring swing-out arms on the front of | ||||||
19 | school buses; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Considered by both parties to be a legislator who | ||||||
21 | "knew how to get things done",
Representative Moffitt thrived | ||||||
22 | in his committee service while serving in the Illinois House; | ||||||
23 | he served as a
member of the 9-1-1 Services Advisory Board from |
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1 | 2014 to 2015; a member and eventually Minority
Spokesperson of | ||||||
2 | the Agriculture and Conservation Committee from 1993 to 1996 | ||||||
3 | and 2003 to the present; a
member of the Public Safety | ||||||
4 | Appropriations Committee from 1997 to 1998, 2005 to 2006, and | ||||||
5 | 2013 to the present;
Co-Chair of the Commission on Government | ||||||
6 | Forecasting and Accountability from 2015 to the present; member
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7 | and Vice-Spokesperson from 1993 to 1994 of the Elementary and | ||||||
8 | Secondary Education Committee, serving from 1993 to 1996, 1999 | ||||||
9 | to 2006, 2011 to the present; Co-Chair of the EMS Task Force | ||||||
10 | from 2011 to 2012,
which held 16 public hearings throughout the | ||||||
11 | State to gather input for recommendations; Co-Chair of
the Fire | ||||||
12 | Funding Task Force in 2002, which held 22 public hearings | ||||||
13 | throughout the State to gather input
for recommendations; Chair | ||||||
14 | of the Fire Protection Committee from 2007 to 2010; founding | ||||||
15 | member and
Co-Chair of the bipartisan Illinois General Assembly | ||||||
16 | Fire Caucus; a member of the Joint Committee on
Administrative | ||||||
17 | Rules from 2011 to 2015; and Minority Spokesperson of the | ||||||
18 | Public Safety-Police & Fire
Committee from 2013 to 2014; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Representative Moffitt has been active in his | ||||||
20 | community, serving as a Board Member for the
Carver Community | ||||||
21 | Action Agency, a member of the Galesburg Noon Lion's Club, a | ||||||
22 | Mason, a member of
the Knox County Farm Bureau, a member and | ||||||
23 | Endowment Committee member, and as past Finance
Committee Chair | ||||||
24 | at Knoxville United Methodist Church; he was named a Rotary | ||||||
25 | International Paul Harris Fellow in
2007, and Lion's Club |
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1 | International Melvin Jones Fellow in 2013; he received the 2003 | ||||||
2 | Thomas B. Herring Award from the Chamber of Commerce; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Representative Moffitt has been recognized and | ||||||
4 | awarded for his service to his community time
and again; he | ||||||
5 | received the Illinois Farm Bureau ACTIVATOR Friend of | ||||||
6 | Agriculture Award during each of his terms; the 1994 Illinois | ||||||
7 | Political Action Committee for Education Outstanding Freshman
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8 | Representative Award; the 1994 National Federation of | ||||||
9 | Independent Business Illinois Guardian of
Small Business | ||||||
10 | Award; the 1996 Illinois Soybean Association Legislative | ||||||
11 | Award; 2000 the Illinois
Optometric Association Legislator of | ||||||
12 | the Year Award; the 2002 Illinois Association of Fire | ||||||
13 | Protection
Districts Legislator of the Year Award; the | ||||||
14 | Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois Legislative Award; the | ||||||
15 | 2003 Illinois Pork Producers Legislative Award; he was also | ||||||
16 | recognized as a University of Illinois Fire Service
Institute | ||||||
17 | Legislators Fire Academy Graduate in 2003; the 2003 Illinois | ||||||
18 | Fire Service Legislator of the Year Award; the 2004 Genetic | ||||||
19 | Task Force of Illinois Legislator of the Year Award; the 2005 | ||||||
20 | Jim Guilinger
Legislative Award from the Illinois Leadership | ||||||
21 | Council for Ag Education; the 2005 Illinois Law
Enforcement | ||||||
22 | Training & Standards Board Distinguished Service Award; the | ||||||
23 | 2006 Illinois Rural Health
Association Legislator of the Year | ||||||
24 | Award; the 2008 Mutual Aid Box Alarm System Appreciation Award; | ||||||
25 | the Illinois Association of Fire Protection Districts which |
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1 | established the "Donald Moffitt"
Legislator of the Year Award | ||||||
2 | and presented it to its namesake in 2010; the 2012 Illinois | ||||||
3 | Association of Arson
Investigators Recognition of Sprinkler | ||||||
4 | Legislation; the 2014 Illinois EMS Alliance Legislator of the | ||||||
5 | Year
Award; the 2014 Illinois 9-1-1 National Emergency Number | ||||||
6 | Association Legislator of the Year Award; the 2014 Illinois | ||||||
7 | Emergency Medical Technician Association Legislative Award; | ||||||
8 | and the 2016 Northern
Illinois Alliance of Fire Protection | ||||||
9 | Districts Lifetime Achievement Award; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Representative Moffitt and his wife, Carolyn, | ||||||
11 | have three children, Londa (Michael) Mauriello, Justin (Jenn) | ||||||
12 | Moffitt, and Amanda (Lance) Setterdahl; they have eight | ||||||
13 | grandchildren; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Representative Moffitt has shown great passion, | ||||||
15 | dedication, and commitment to his constituents
and their needs | ||||||
16 | throughout his legislative career; therefore, be it
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17 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
18 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
19 | honor and congratulate State Representative Donald L. Moffitt | ||||||
20 | for his work
in the Illinois House of Representatives and wish | ||||||
21 | him our best in his retirement; and be it further
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22 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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1 | presented to Representative Moffitt as an
expression of our | ||||||
2 | esteem and respect.
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