Bill Text: IL SJR0007 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates Illinois Route 16 from its intersection with Illinois Route 111 to its intersection with US Route 67 as the "PFC Ronald E. Powers Memorial Highway".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-09 - Referred to Assignments [SJR0007 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SJR0007-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General
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| 3 | Assembly pays honor and respect to those individuals who have
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| 4 | served our country and, in doing so, have made the ultimate
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| 5 | sacrifice for our nation; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Ronald E. Powers was born on June 12, 1948 and was | ||||||
| 7 | raised in Macoupin County; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Ronald Powers joined the United States Army and | ||||||
| 9 | served as a
Private First Class with the 9th Infantry | ||||||
| 10 | Division, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry, Combat Support | ||||||
| 11 | Company; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, PFC Powers began his tour of duty in South | ||||||
| 13 | Vietnam on September 5, 1968; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, On October 4, 1968, PFC Powers was killed in | ||||||
| 15 | action while serving in the Dinh Tuong Province
in South | ||||||
| 16 | Vietnam; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, PFC Powers was awarded the Purple Heart, the | ||||||
| 18 | Bronze Star, the National Defense Medal, the Vietnam Service | ||||||
| 19 | Medal,
and the Vietnam Campaign Medal; his name can be found on | ||||||
| 20 | the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
on Panel 41w, line 7; therefore, | ||||||
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| 1 | be it
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| 2 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
| 3 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF | ||||||
| 4 | REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate Illinois | ||||||
| 5 | Route 16 from its intersection with Illinois Route 111 to its | ||||||
| 6 | intersection with US Route 67 as the "PFC Ronald E. Powers | ||||||
| 7 | Memorial Highway"; and be it further
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| 8 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
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| 9 | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
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| 10 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
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| 11 | giving notice of the name
"PFC
Ronald E. Powers Memorial | ||||||
| 12 | Highway"; and be it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 14 | presented to the family of PFC Powers and the Secretary of the | ||||||
| 15 | Illinois Department of Transportation.
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