Full Text of SJR0038 94th General Assembly
SJ0038 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The General Assembly takes pride in recognizing | 3 |
| the accomplishments and contributions of Illinois officials | 4 |
| and citizens; and
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| WHEREAS, Senator James Peyton "Pate" Philip became Senate | 6 |
| President in 1993; and
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| WHEREAS, Senator Philip started his political career in | 8 |
| 1965 as York Township Auditor, was elected to the Illinois | 9 |
| House of Representatives in 1966, and served there until 1974, | 10 |
| when he was elected to the Illinois Senate; in the Senate, he | 11 |
| served as Minority Leader from 1981 until he was elected Senate | 12 |
| President in 1993, and he was re-elected Senate President in | 13 |
| 1995, 1997, 1999, and 2001; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, Senator Philip served as Chairman of the DuPage | 15 |
| County Republican Central Committee for just under 34 years; | 16 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, Senator Philip is recognized for his work to | 18 |
| increase public access to the legislative process, improve our | 19 |
| schools, streamline government, hold the line on taxes, and | 20 |
| improve the State's job climate; and
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| WHEREAS, Senator Philip ably served the changing needs of | 22 |
| DuPage County through three decades of public service as | 23 |
| farmland and woodlands became subdivisions and bustling | 24 |
| commercial centers; and
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| WHEREAS, Senator Philip brought the concerns of DuPage | 26 |
| County and his constituents to the legislature, bringing water | 27 |
| system improvements, flood control, and other infrastructure | 28 |
| projects to the suburbs; and
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| WHEREAS, Senator Philip protected DuPage County, his | 2 |
| constituents, and other suburban counties from the burden of | 3 |
| excessive property tax increases; and
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| WHEREAS, Senator Philip is a lifelong resident of DuPage | 5 |
| County, where he is active in numerous civic and charitable | 6 |
| organizations; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1989, the Illinois General Assembly | 8 |
| appropriated $10 million to the Illinois Department of Natural | 9 |
| Resources for the acquisition of Tri-County State Park, where | 10 |
| the goal was to blend the forest, marshland, and grasslands of | 11 |
| DuPage County's Pratt's Wayne Woods Forest Preserve to the | 12 |
| south with the newly purchased conservation lands to the north; | 13 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, In 1991, the Illinois Department of Natural | 15 |
| Resources developed the Tri-County State Park Native | 16 |
| Vegetation Restoration Plan to guide preliminary restoration | 17 |
| activities at the site; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1995, plans began for the construction of the | 19 |
| new Region 2 Illinois Department of Natural Resources | 20 |
| headquarters and the Tri-County State Park Visitor Center; | 21 |
| construction began in the fall of 2000, and the park opened to | 22 |
| the public in April of 2003; and
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| WHEREAS, Senator Philip is an avid outdoorsman, whose | 24 |
| support for conservation and love of outdoor sports and | 25 |
| recreation is legendary; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 27 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 28 |
| CONCURRING HEREIN, that we rename the Tri-County State Park | 29 |
| located in DuPage, Kane, and Cook counties, with its | 30 |
| headquarters at 3 South 580 Naperville Road in Wheaton, in |
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| honor of James "Pate" Philip; and in implementing this honor, | 2 |
| we designate the park as the James "Pate" Philip State Park and | 3 |
| designate the park's visitor's center as the James "Pate" | 4 |
| Philip State Park Visitor Center; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this preamble and | 6 |
| resolution be presented to Senator James "Pate" Philip, the | 7 |
| Director of the Department of Natural Resources, the President | 8 |
| of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, and the Board | 9 |
| of Commissioners of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage | 10 |
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