Bill Text: IL SJR0033 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates Route 113 from Carbon Hill Road to Virginia Street in Coal City as the "Dennis M. Neary Memorial Highway".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SJR0033 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SJR0033-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 truly great individuals; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Dennis M. Neary was born to Edwin and Marilyn | ||||||
| 5 | Neary of Morris on July 11, 1950; he attended Morris schools | ||||||
| 6 | and Joliet Junior College; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Dennis M. Neary began his career in law | ||||||
| 8 | enforcement with the Grundy County Sheriff's
Department; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Dennis M. Neary was hired as a police officer in | ||||||
| 10 | Coal City on October 23, 1972 and went on to
serve as Chief of | ||||||
| 11 | Police in Coal City for 30 years; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Dennis M. Neary also served 35 years with the Coal | ||||||
| 13 | City Volunteer Fire Department, many
of those years as Captain; | ||||||
| 14 | he was also an EMT for six years; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Dennis M. Neary received the Coal City Community | ||||||
| 16 | Service Award in 2002; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Dennis M. Neary passed away on October 2, 2016, | ||||||
| 18 | leaving behind his wife of 43 years, Cathy, two
sons, and three | ||||||
| 19 | grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 2 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | ||||||
| 3 | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate Route 113 from Carbon Hill | ||||||
| 4 | Road to Virginia Street in Coal City as the "Dennis M. Neary | ||||||
| 5 | Memorial Highway"; and be it further
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| 6 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
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| 7 | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
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| 8 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
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| 9 | giving notice of the name
the "Dennis M. Neary Memorial | ||||||
| 10 | Highway"; and be it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 12 | presented to the family of Dennis M. Neary, Coal City Village | ||||||
| 13 | President Terry Halliday, and the Secretary of the Department | ||||||
| 14 | of Transportation.
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