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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, It has come to the attention of the Members of 
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this Body that
the Illinois Farmers Union is celebrating its 
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50th anniversary this year;
and
 
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    WHEREAS, The Illinois Farmers Union is an affiliate of the 
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Farmers
Educational and Cooperative Union of America, 
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chartered on August 12, 1954, for
the purpose of accomplishing 
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tasks that are impossible to accomplish on an
individual basis; 
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and
 
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    WHEREAS, Some of the goals of the Farmers Union are:  to 
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strengthen family
farms and prevent the exodus of farmers from 
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the land; to gain economic justice
for farmers; to give farmers 
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a voice in shaping the world in which they live;
to improve 
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standards of living for all people; to create a peaceful world; 
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to
promote agriculture as the No. 1 industry in Illinois; to 
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promote the use of
agricultural products and value added 
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products which will utilize the labor and
natural resources of 
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Illinois; to develop a tax system which does not put the
entire 
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burden of funding education on property owners; to lobby for 
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legislation
which is good for rural Illinois and against 
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legislation that our members feel
is detrimental to agriculture 
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and to the rural population of Illinois; and to
promote 
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policies which will encourage family farmers to remain on the 
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land and
preserve our most valuable natural resource - the 
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capacity to produce food; and
 
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    WHEREAS, The Illinois Farmers Union has contributed to the 
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farming community
in many ways, including: getting the number 
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of farm vehicle plates allowed
increased from two to five; 
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helping to establish the Agri-Chemical Fund and
staving off a 
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2% tax on farm chemicals and fertilizers; relieving the 
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liability
of directors and officers of soil and water districts 
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for damages in the
performance of their jobs; allowing electric 
 


 









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and telephone cooperatives to keep
excess income payments owed 
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to members who can't be located; working for the
passage of 
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legislation that extends the sales tax exemption to ethanol

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producers and encourages motor fuel distributors to expand 
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their use of gasohol
so that, by 1997, 50% of all motor fuels 
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sold in Illinois will contain ethanol;
and working for the 
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passage of legislation that prohibits the misrepresentation
of 
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the effect of the use of gasohol on motor vehicles; therefore, 
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be it
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate the members of the Illinois Farmers
Union on their 
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50th anniversary, wish them success in reaching their future

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goals, and commend them for the service they have provided to 
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the farming
community; and be it further
 
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    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be 
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presented to Board
Chairman Larry Lieb and President David 
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Fredrickson.