Full Text of HR1676 95th General Assembly
HR1676 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to honor our esteemed colleague, | 4 |
| Illinois State Representative Brent Hassert, for his many years | 5 |
| of dedicated service to the people of the State of Illinois and | 6 |
| the Illinois House of Representatives; and
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| WHEREAS, Representative Brent Hassert was elected to serve | 8 |
| in the Illinois House of Representatives in 1993; during his 16 | 9 |
| years in office, he has dedicated much of his time and energy | 10 |
| to significantly improving the area that he has represented, | 11 |
| securing State grants for local road projects, school | 12 |
| construction, open space and parks, and local government | 13 |
| services; during his tenure, he has also served as a | 14 |
| co-chairman of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and | 15 |
| as a Deputy Republican Leader; and
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| WHEREAS, As a life-long resident of the 85th District and a | 17 |
| former Will County Board member, Representative Brent Hassert | 18 |
| has been a very active member of his community with an acute | 19 |
| understanding of his district's needs; his grandchildren, Kyle | 20 |
| and Jenna, are the sixth generation of Hasserts to live in the | 21 |
| 85th District; and
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| WHEREAS, Throughout his career in the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives, Representative Brent Hassert has championed | 2 |
| the cause of senior property tax relief, sponsoring numerous | 3 |
| property tax relief packages and fighting tooth and nail to | 4 |
| increase savings for seniors; he played an integral role in the | 5 |
| passage of Public Act 95-644, an act to increase the income | 6 |
| eligibility for the Senior Assessment Freeze and the value of | 7 |
| the Senior Homestead Exemption; following this, he introduced | 8 |
| legislation to further increase property tax relief; and
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| WHEREAS, For over a decade, Representative Brent Hassert | 10 |
| worked tirelessly to make the Interstate 355 extension from the | 11 |
| Stevenson Expressway in Bolingbrook to Interstate 80 in New | 12 |
| Lenox a reality, creating an economic boon to the citizens of | 13 |
| the 85th District and relieving congestion on local roads in | 14 |
| the area; he has fought vigorously to improve local and State | 15 |
| roads throughout Will County, authoring a unique bill in 2007 | 16 |
| to promote traffic relief and create safer road conditions at | 17 |
| the interchange of Weber Road and Interstate 55, deemed one of | 18 |
| the most dangerous interchanges in Illinois, funded through the | 19 |
| selling of 200 acres of State-owned vacant property at | 20 |
| Stateville Prison; he has also worked with the Illinois | 21 |
| Department of Transportation to secure funding for a third lane | 22 |
| on I-55 from Weber Road to I-80 in Shorewood; and | 23 |
| WHEREAS, Representative Brent Hassert will long be | 24 |
| remembered for his advocacy to preserve parks and protect open |
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| spaces throughout the State; in honor of his preservation work, | 2 |
| the Lockport Park District has opened the "Brent Hassert Park | 3 |
| Youth Sports Complex", named after him for the 80 acres of land | 4 |
| he secured for the complex, which features eight soccer fields, | 5 |
| a parking area, and landscaping on seven acres of land; and
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| WHEREAS, Representative Brent Hassert was crucial in the | 7 |
| creation of a capital jobs plan and has been a vocal proponent | 8 |
| of rebuilding our infrastructure and creating jobs for Illinois | 9 |
| citizens; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, Representative Brent Hassert has two sons, Justin | 11 |
| and Josh, and two grandchildren, Jenna and Kyle; and
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| WHEREAS, Representative Brent Hassert will be forever | 13 |
| remembered by the grateful citizens of the 85th District and | 14 |
| the members of this august body as a consistent tax fighter and | 15 |
| an ethical legislator who held an unshakable belief that | 16 |
| lawmakers must be accountable for their actions; he will be | 17 |
| further remembered by the members of this body for his great | 18 |
| love of chocolate malts, the love of which remains profound; | 19 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 22 |
| honor Illinois State Representative Brent Hassert for his many |
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| years of dedicated service to the people of the State of | 2 |
| Illinois and this august body and wish him continued success | 3 |
| and happiness in his future endeavors; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 |
| presented to Representative Brent Hassert as a symbol of our | 6 |
| esteem and respect.
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