Bill Text: IL SR1069 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Thanks and honors our friend and colleague, Senator M. Maggie Crotty, for her years of service to the people of Illinois.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2013-01-08 - Resolution Adopted [SR1069 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SR1069-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Illinois State Senator M. Maggie Crotty was born
in Chicago and graduated from Mercy High School; and
WHEREAS, Senator Crotty served as a Development
Coordinator in the Cook County Region for Infinite Southwest
and the Southwest Cook County Cooperative for Special
Education; and
WHEREAS, Senator Crotty began her career in public service
as a member of the District 145 school board in 1978 and served
as board president from 1986 until 1993; and
WHEREAS, Senator Crotty continued serving her community on
the District 228 Strategic Planning Committee and the
Educational Foundation, where she continues to serve; and
WHEREAS, Senator Crotty has also worked with many local
organizations to improve the quality of life for the region and
its citizens, including membership in many Chambers of Commerce
and Kiwanis Clubs and as a member of the Oak Forest Civil
Service Commission; and
WHEREAS, Senator Crotty began her legislative career as a
State Representative from 1996 to 2002, where she focused on

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education issues, senior issues, and consumer protection; and
WHEREAS, Senator Crotty sought and won election to the
Illinois State Senate in 2002; she has served since 2003 as
part of her mission to help children, seniors, and families;
and
WHEREAS, During her tenure in the General Assembly, Senator
Crotty has fought to maintain and improve critical State
services, including human services and public safety, with an
emphasis on seniors and Illinois veterans; and
WHEREAS, Senator Crotty demonstrated that education was
the top priority of her legislative agenda by sponsoring
initiatives to boost the State's share of education funding and
to allow Illinois residents to rehabilitate their defaulted
student loans; and
WHEREAS, Senator Crotty passed the "Silver Alert" system in
Illinois that permits law enforcement to provide alerts for
missing or abducted seniors and disabled persons, similar to
the "Amber Alert" for children; and
WHEREAS, Senator Crotty waged a successful battle to close
the Suburban Cook County Regional Office of Education amid
allegations of corruption; and

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WHEREAS, Senator Crotty has always been a vocal proponent
of health and human services; she served as a lead advocate in
requiring insurance companies to cover treatment for children
with congenital or genetic disorders and increased the State's
understanding of children with disabilities; and
WHEREAS, Senator Crotty has served on and led numerous
committees in the General Assembly, including serving as
Chairperson of the Elections Committee, the Vice-Chairperson
of the Local Government Committee, and the Co-Chairperson for
the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; she also served as
a member of the Higher Education Committee, the Labor
Committee, the Revenue Committee, the Joint Commission on
Government Reform, the Executive Committee, the Executive
Appointments Committee, the State Government and Veteran
Affairs Committee, the Environment Committee, the Health &
Human Services Committee, and the Licensed Activities
Committee; and
WHEREAS, Senator Crotty has been the recipient of many
awards for outstanding service to her community and the
citizens of Illinois, including the Theresa Roedl Memorial
Award for Volunteerism in 1988, the Outstanding Freshman
Legislator of the Year for the Illinois Health Care Association
in 1997, and numerous other Legislator of the Year Awards from

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organizations across the State; and
WHEREAS, Senator Crotty continues to reside in Oak Forest,
where she raised her 3 sons, Kevin, Keith, and Mark, who have
blessed her with 7 grandchildren; and
WHEREAS, Senator Maggie Crotty's retirement from the
Illinois Senate will be a loss of advocacy deeply felt by the
people of Illinois and the members of this chamber; therefore,
be it
RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we thank Senator Maggie
Crotty for her years of service to the people of Illinois and
honor her with this resolution; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to Senator Crotty as a symbol of our gratitude and
with our best wishes for her future endeavors.