Bill Text: IL SR0693 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Declares July 28, 2015 as "Shaun Livingston Day" in the State of Illinois.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-10-10 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [SR0693 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR0693-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, NBA player Shaun Livingston of the Golden State | ||||||
| 3 | Warriors was born on
September 11, 1985 in the Illinois City of | ||||||
| 4 | Peoria; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Shaun Livingston led the Peoria Central High | ||||||
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Lions to 2 consecutive State titles at the Illinois High | ||||||
| 7 | School Association Class AA State
Tournament in the 2003 and | ||||||
| 8 | 2004 seasons; he was named to the 2004 McDonald's All-America
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| 9 | Team and the Parade Magazine All-America First Team; he was | ||||||
| 10 | named co-MVP of the EA Sports
Roundball Classic and was the | ||||||
| 11 | 2003-04 Illinois Mr. Basketball winner; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Shaun Livingston was drafted fourth overall by the | ||||||
| 13 | Los Angeles Clippers in 2004; he played there until the summer | ||||||
| 14 | of 2008 when he signed with the Miami Heat as a free agent; | ||||||
| 15 | after his time with the Heat, he played for several other NBA | ||||||
| 16 | teams; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, In 2014, Shaun Livingston's skills were acquired | ||||||
| 18 | by the Golden State Warriors, where he plays as a shooting | ||||||
| 19 | guard; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Shaun Livingston reached the pinnacle of his | ||||||
| 21 | career in the 2014-2015 NBA season
by helping his team achieve | ||||||
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| 1 | victory in the NBA Finals; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Shaun Livingston's proud connection to Peoria and | ||||||
| 3 | Illinois continues; the
Illinois High School Sports | ||||||
| 4 | Association named him one of "100 Legends of the IHSA Boys'
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| 5 | Basketball Tournament"; he established the Shaun Livingston | ||||||
| 6 | Foundation which raised money for tornado victims in the wake | ||||||
| 7 | of the 2013 Washington and Central Illinois tornadoes; | ||||||
| 8 | therefore, be it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 10 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare July 28, | ||||||
| 11 | 2015 as "Shaun Livingston Day" in the State of Illinois; and be | ||||||
| 12 | it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 14 | presented to Shaun Livingston or
a member of his immediate | ||||||
| 15 | family as a symbol of our admiration and respect.
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