Bill Text: IL SJR0048 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates I-74 in the Quad Cities from 4th Avenue to I-280 as the "Rep. Lane Evans Memorial Highway".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-28 - Referred to Rules Committee [SJR0048 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SJR0048-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General | ||||||
| 3 | Assembly pays honor and respect to those who have served their | ||||||
| 4 | country and communities; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, United States Representative Lane Allen Evans was | ||||||
| 6 | born in Rock Island in 1951; he enlisted with the United States | ||||||
| 7 | Marine Corps during the Vietnam War at the age of 17; he was | ||||||
| 8 | stationed in Okinawa, Japan and was discharged in 1971; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Rep. Evans graduated from Augustana College in | ||||||
| 10 | Rock Island in 1974 and earned a Juris Doctor from Georgetown | ||||||
| 11 | University in 1977; he started his legal career as an attorney | ||||||
| 12 | with the Quad Cities Legal Clinic in Moline; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Rep. Evans served in the United States House of | ||||||
| 14 | Representatives for 24 years, from January of 1983 through | ||||||
| 15 | January of 2007; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Rep. Evan's passion as a congressman was for | ||||||
| 17 | advocating on behalf of veterans and obtaining for them the | ||||||
| 18 | high-quality care and benefits that they deserved; he | ||||||
| 19 | sponsored and helped pass the Agent Orange Act of 1991; he was | ||||||
| 20 | awarded the Silver Helmet award from the American Veterans | ||||||
| 21 | Group (AMVETS) in 1995; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Rep. Evans announced that he would not seek | ||||||
| 2 | reelection in November 2006 and retired at the end of the 109th | ||||||
| 3 | Congress; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Rep. Evans passed away on November 5, 2014; | ||||||
| 5 | therefore, be it
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| 6 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | ||||||
| 7 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF | ||||||
| 8 | REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate I-74 in | ||||||
| 9 | the Quad Cities from 4th Avenue to I-280 as the "Rep. Lane | ||||||
| 10 | Evans Memorial Highway"; and be it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | ||||||
| 12 | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | ||||||
| 13 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | ||||||
| 14 | giving notice of the name "Rep. Lane Evans Memorial Highway"; | ||||||
| 15 | and be it further
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