Full Text of HR0788 94th General Assembly
HR0788 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Judge George W. | 3 |
| Timberlake will retire from his position as Chief Judge in | 4 |
| December of 2006 after 20 years of service in the Second | 5 |
| Judicial Circuit of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Judge Timberlake earned a B.A. in political | 7 |
| science, a Juris Doctor degree, and Master of Business | 8 |
| Administration degree at the University of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, He was appointed Circuit Judge in 1985, elected in | 10 |
| 2000, and is currently Chief Judge of the Second Judicial | 11 |
| Circuit; he is the
Chairman of the Conference of Chief Judges | 12 |
| Juvenile Committee, a member of the Supreme Court Study | 13 |
| Committee on Juvenile Justice, and a member of the Executive | 14 |
| Committee of Governors Community Safety and Re-entry Working | 15 |
| Group; and
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| WHEREAS, The Second Judicial District consists of 12 rural | 17 |
| counties in the southeastern corner of the State; in his | 18 |
| capacity as Chief Judge, he supervises 19 other judges, 14 | 19 |
| court reporters, 4 probation divisions with 42 employees, and | 20 |
| works closely with 12 Circuit Clerks to oversee the court | 21 |
| schedules of those counties and to keep them operating smoothly | 22 |
| and efficiently; Judge Timberlake also supervises the Franklin | 23 |
| County Juvenile Detention Center, with 45 employees; the | 24 |
| Center, under Judge Timberlake, currently operates a | 25 |
| traditional detention center, a model assessment center, and | 26 |
| will soon open a ground-breaking juvenile methamphetamine | 27 |
| treatment center; and
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| WHEREAS, The Second Circuit currently serves as a Redeploy | 29 |
| Illinois pilot site, a National Institute of Corrections | 30 |
| Evidence-Based Practices pilot site, and a Juvenile Detention | 31 |
| Alternatives Initiative cohort site; and
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| WHEREAS, He is a board member of the State of Illinois | 2 |
| Redeploy Oversight Board, Illinois Juvenile Justice | 3 |
| Initiative, Illinois Juvenile Detention Alternatives | 4 |
| Initiative, Illinois Balanced and Restorative Justice | 5 |
| Initiative, as well as being Chairman of the Second Judicial | 6 |
| Circuit Juvenile Justice Council; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, Judge Timberlake is married to Mary Jo Dunkel, a | 8 |
| speech/language pathologist with Mt. Vernon City Schools; | 9 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 |
| we congratulate Judge George W. Timberlake on the occasion of | 13 |
| his retirement as Chief Judge of the Second Judicial Circuit of | 14 |
| Illinois; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to Judge Timberlake as an expression of our esteem | 17 |
| and with best wishes for a relaxing retirement.
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