Full Text of SR1084 96th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Senator Dan Rutherford has represented the | 3 | | citizens of central Illinois with merit in the General Assembly | 4 | | for 18 years; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He has served with distinction in the Illinois | 6 | | Senate after 5 honorable terms in the Illinois House of | 7 | | Representatives; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Senator Rutherford's legislative priorities have | 9 | | been those with regard to protecting the taxpayers and their | 10 | | wallets, nursing home residents, agricultural interests, | 11 | | business development, and job creation; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, His tireless devotion to nursing home issues has | 13 | | earned him numerous awards from health care and senior citizen | 14 | | advocacy groups from across Illinois; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, He was the legislative author of a bill to convert | 16 | | the reimbursement rates for nursing homes to the "Minimum Date | 17 | | Set," based on the health condition of the resident; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, He has sponsored legislation which curtailed | 19 | | onerous governmental intrusion such as the 2004 legislation to | 20 | | curb "infamous" public health department inspections of |
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| 1 | | non-commercial potlucks and the 2009 legislation to scale back | 2 | | regulatory burdens placed on contestants of amateur martial | 3 | | arts; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, He has led efforts to ensure that the Department | 5 | | of Corrections is working in the best interest of those | 6 | | citizens whose lives are affected by the department and | 7 | | successfully worked against roving-prison closure policies on | 8 | | two occasions, which if enacted, would have jeopardized public | 9 | | safety and would have threatened the livelihood of thousands of | 10 | | Illinois citizens; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, His steadfast opposition to the growing number of | 12 | | Illinois specialty license plates for vehicles has earned him | 13 | | the respect of the law enforcement community; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, He has always recognized the need to work with | 15 | | legislators on both sides of the aisle and in both chambers | 16 | | regardless of their stance on public policy; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, He and his legislative staff's constituent | 18 | | services have been a staple of the Senator's dedication to his | 19 | | District; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, He was selected to serve as an Assistant Senate | 21 | | Republican Leader in 2009; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Senator Rutherford is currently the only member of | 2 | | the General Assembly to have served on a House of | 3 | | Representatives Investigative Impeachment Committee and Senate | 4 | | Impeachment Tribunal Committee as part of two separate | 5 | | impeachment processes; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, He has served as the ranking Republican on the | 7 | | Senate Financial Institutions Committee during his entire | 8 | | tenure in the Illinois Senate, working to protect consumers | 9 | | from overbearing fees and predatory business practices; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, He served on the General Assembly's Joint | 11 | | Committee on Administrative Rules while in the House of | 12 | | Representatives and the Senate and observes that "JCAR is the | 13 | | sharp end of the stick in making public policy"; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Dan Rutherford was the executive director of the | 15 | | Illinois for Ronald Reagan's 1980 Election to the Office of the | 16 | | President of the United States; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, He served as President of the Student Body at | 18 | | Illinois State University; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, He has traveled to all seven continents, including | 20 | | a stint in Antarctica and leading safaris in Africa, and has |
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| 1 | | logged more than 200 deep sea dives across the globe; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, He has successfully worked with the ServiceMaster | 3 | | Company for 25 years; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, He has planted more than 19,000 trees and shrubs | 5 | | on his personal property to promote reforestation and wildlife | 6 | | habitat; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, He graduated from Pontiac Township High School; | 8 | | and | 9 | | WHEREAS, He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business | 10 | | administration from Illinois State University, where he has | 11 | | been admitted into the Hall of Fame for both the College of | 12 | | Business and the College of Arts and Sciences; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, In his 18 years as a lawmaker, Dan Rutherford has | 14 | | represented his constituents in Springfield with determination | 15 | | and class, earning the respect and admiration of his colleagues | 16 | | on both sides of the aisle; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Lawmakers and staff alike know and appreciate | 18 | | Senator Rutherford for his work ethic; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL |
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| 1 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Dan | 2 | | Rutherford on his retirement from the Illinois General Assembly | 3 | | after 18 years of honorable and dedicated service and on his | 4 | | election as Treasurer of the State of Illinois; and be it | 5 | | further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to Dan Rutherford as a symbol of our friendship, our | 8 | | gratitude for his hard work, and our best wishes for his future | 9 | | service as the Treasurer of the State of Illinois.
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