Bill Text: IN HR0083 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Honoring Representative Chet Dobis on his retirement from the Indiana House.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-07 - First reading: adopted voice vote [HR0083 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-HR0083-Introduced.html
A HOUSE RESOLUTION to honor Representative Chet
Dobis on his retirement from the Indiana House of
Representatives.
Whereas, Representative Chet Dobis has represented his
constituents, the citizens of House District 13, at the Statehouse
for forty-one years;
Whereas, Representative Dobis has lived in northwest
Indiana nearly his entire life, graduating from Merrillville High
School and Indiana University-Northwest before moving on to
graduate school at the University of Wisconsin in Madison;
Whereas, As one of the two longest serving members of the Indiana House of Representatives, having been elected in November 1970, Representative Dobis has done invaluable service for the House of Representatives, supplying the wealth of institutional knowledge and memory that comes from his service as Speaker Pro Tempore under three different Speakers of the House, as the Dean of the Northwest Indiana Delegation,
and as one of the original members of the "Rat Pack";
Whereas, In a long career of legislating, Representative
Dobis's services to his constituents and his district have been
many, including his strong opposition to Daylight Saving Time,
and the creation of the Regional Development Authority for
northwest Indiana; and,
Whereas, Outside of the Statehouse, Representative Dobis
has worked in his professional life as a vice president of Bank
One, has dedicated himself to his neighbors and his community
as a member of the National Guard, a member of the Gary
Sportsmen Club, and, early in his career, a member of the
Young Demcrats, and has lived as a loving husband to his wife
Darlene, and as a caring father and grandfather to their two
children and one grandchild: Therefore,
SECTION 1. That the Indiana House of Representatives thanks
Representative Chet Dobis for his dedicated and honorable service to
his constituency and to the state of Indiana, and wishes him happiness
and contentment in his retirement.
SECTION 2. That the Principal Clerk of the House of
Representatives transmit a copy of this resolution to Representative
Chet Dobis and his family.
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