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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Bobby E. Thompson has been a political figure in
3 the Lake County area for 18 years and was the first African
4 American mayor in the county, having served as mayor of North
5 Chicago; and
 
6     WHEREAS, The portion of Illinois State Route 137 in
7 Waukegan lying between Greenwood Avenue and Sheridan
8 Road/McKinley Avenue is now known as the Amstutz Expressway;
9 therefore, be it
 
10     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
11 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
12 SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the portion of the Amstutz
13 Expressway in the city limits of North Chicago be renamed the
14 Bobby E. Thompson Expressway; and be it further
 
15     RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
16 is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
17 State regulations, plaques or signs giving notice of the name;
18 and be it further
 
19     RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
20 presented to the Illinois Secretary of Transportation and to
21 former North Chicago Mayor Bobby E. Thompson.