Full Text of HR1568 96th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Daniel W. Hynes was first elected as Illinois' | 3 | | State Comptroller in 1998; since then, he has given 12 years of | 4 | | exemplary public service to the State of Illinois; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Comptroller Hynes has been an exceptionally | 6 | | capable steward of State finances and has been a leading voice | 7 | | for fiscal responsibility and accountability of State tax | 8 | | dollars; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Comptroller Hynes has promoted transparency in | 10 | | government; he has been a leading advocate in creating | 11 | | Illinois' first Rainy Day Fund and has worked diligently for | 12 | | budgetary and fiscal reforms in State government; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Under Comptroller Hynes' leadership, the | 14 | | Comptroller's Office has endeavored to make the Office more | 15 | | productive and cost efficient through significantly reducing | 16 | | personnel, increasing State debt collection efforts, | 17 | | streamlining local government reporting, and initiating | 18 | | consumer protection efforts within the cemetery care industry; | 19 | | and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Comptroller Hynes has successfully fought for | 21 | | more comprehensive ethics laws and signed an Executive Order |
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| 1 | | imposing such policies in his own office, all while working for | 2 | | passage of a statewide ban on "pay-to-play" politics; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Comptroller Hynes has acted as a fiscal watchdog | 4 | | in the interest of State taxpayers, including his refusal to | 5 | | pay for flu vaccines that the State had failed to procure in | 6 | | accordance with State law; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Comptroller Hynes has led efforts to obtain State | 8 | | funding for lifesaving stem cell research, initiated laws to | 9 | | prevent overtime pay losses for as many as 375,000 Illinois | 10 | | workers, and administered an executive order suspending | 11 | | payments to contractors who do not comply with Illinois' | 12 | | Prevailing Wage Act; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Comptroller Hynes and his wife, Dr. Christina | 14 | | Kerger Hynes, live in Chicago with their 3 fine sons, Charlie, | 15 | | Liam, and Finn; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 | | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 18 | | extend our thanks and appreciation to Daniel W. Hynes for his | 19 | | service to the citizens and taxpayers of Illinois and wish him | 20 | | success in all of his future endeavors; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to Daniel W. Hynes as an expression of our respect | 2 | | and esteem.
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