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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 6
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(As Amended by Senate Amendment No. 2)

  
 
3    WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General 
4Assembly pays honor and respect to individuals who have given  
5their lives in service to their communities; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Special Agent Virgil Lee Bensyl was shot and 
7killed on January 15, 1988 while he and four other agents 
8attempted to arrest a corrections officer for conspiracy to 
9commit murder; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Special Agent Bensyl served with the U.S. Marines 
11during the Vietnam War; he joined the Illinois State Police on 
12July 14, 1969 and served in District 10 (Pesotum) until 1984 
13when he graduated from New Agents Class #4; he was then 
14assigned to Zone 10; and
  
 
  
15    WHEREAS, On April 29, 1988, District 10 Headquarters was 
16re-dedicated in honor of Special Agent Bensyl; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, At the time of his passing, Agent Bensyl was 
18survived by his wife and son; therefore, be it
  
 
19    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL 
20ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
 
 
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1CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate U.S. Route 51 in Oconee in 
2southwest Shelby County as the "ISP Special Agent Virgil Lee 
3Bensyl Memorial Highway"; and be it further
 
4    RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation

5is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with

6State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs

7giving notice of the name of
"ISP Special Agent Virgil Lee 
8Bensyl Memorial Highway"; and be it further
  
 
9    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be 
10presented to the family of Special Agent Bensyl and the 
11Secretary of Transportation.