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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Joint Utility Locating Information for Excavators |
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| (JULIE, Inc.) is a not for profit organization that provides |
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| professional and non-professional (i.e. homeowners) excavators |
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| with a free service through a toll-free telephone number to |
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| call for the locating and marking of underground utility |
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| facilities in the State of Illinois, outside the city of |
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| Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, JULIE, Inc., along with its 1,750 members, promote |
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| the importance of calling the Illinois One-Call System and |
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| safe-digging practices as part of an ongoing public safety |
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| campaign; this proactive outreach program prevents damages to |
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| underground utilities, the environment and property, reduces |
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| service interruptions and costly repairs, and saves lives; and
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| WHEREAS, Illinois law requires anyone digging, regardless |
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| of depth, to call JULIE, Inc. at least two working days prior |
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| to the start of excavation and to begin that project within 14 |
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| calendar days from the call; and
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| WHEREAS, JULIE, Inc. has received and processed over 14.2 |
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| million calls and its annual call volume makes it one of the |
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| largest industry one-call systems in the United States; and
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| WHEREAS, JULIE, Inc. is celebrating 30 years of damage |
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| prevention in Illinois; established in 1974, the organization |
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| is located in Joliet, Illinois; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate JULIE, |
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| Inc. and proclaim April 2004 as "Dig Safely Illinois Month" in |
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| the State of Illinois.
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