Full Text of HR1363 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Linda Frank on the | 4 | | occasion of her retirement as Clerk of the Circuit Court for | 5 | | the 6th Judicial Circuit on November 30, 2012; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Linda Frank was meritoriously chosen to serve as | 7 | | the Circuit Clerk of Champaign County by the judges of the 6th | 8 | | Judicial Circuit in 1991; she was subsequently elected to the | 9 | | position by the voters of Champaign County in 1992 and | 10 | | re-elected to the position in 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, As Circuit Clerk, Linda Frank has been | 12 | | instrumental in the creation of numerous programs that have | 13 | | greatly improved the services provided by the department, | 14 | | including a direct deposit program for child support | 15 | | recipients, the Traffic Safety Program that provides first time | 16 | | offenders with an option to take a class to remove minor | 17 | | violations from their record, and the Mandatory Insurance | 18 | | Program that enables citizens to avoid a court appearance by | 19 | | documenting insurance in the Clerk's office; her work made the | 20 | | Champaign County Courthouse one of the first courthouses in | 21 | | Illinois to offer secured payment of court fees via personal | 22 | | check; she negotiated the first Union contract in Circuit Clerk | 23 | | history;
she introduced detailed financial reports on the court |
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| 1 | | system to the Champaign County Board; she was
instrumental in | 2 | | providing accessible parking for jurors with disabilities; she
| 3 | | arranged for the Urbana Historical Archives to preserve court | 4 | | records in lieu of costly county storage or destruction; she
| 5 | | was a member of a team that established county policy of having | 6 | | criminal offenders pay a fine that benefits "Crimestoppers" as | 7 | | part of their sentence; her department is also one of only two | 8 | | Champaign County departments with both increased revenues and | 9 | | decreased expenditures according to the most recent annual | 10 | | financial report for the County; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Prior to her tenure as Circuit Clerk, Linda Frank | 12 | | served as a member of the Champaign County Board from 1982 to | 13 | | 1991; she served as chairman of the board's Personal and Public | 14 | | Officials Committee and was a member of the Justice and Public | 15 | | Safety, Health Services, Environmental and Land Use, and | 16 | | General Services Committees; during her stint on the Board, she | 17 | | was responsible for the successful passage of the hotel-motel | 18 | | tax, which helped generate revenue to defray the costs of | 19 | | renovations to Willard Airport; she was also instrumental in | 20 | | the defeat of the Champaign County nuclear waste site, the | 21 | | efforts to initiate an Alzheimer's Unit in Champaign County, | 22 | | and the development of an inter-generational day care center; | 23 | | she also worked with the Champaign Unit 4 School District | 24 | | Special Education Programs from 1986 to 1991 and was a co-owner | 25 | | of Texture Protein Products, Inc. from 1973 to 1975; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Linda Frank is affiliated with numerous legal and | 2 | | civic organizations, including the Illinois Association of | 3 | | Court Clerks, the Sixth Circuit Family Violence Council, the | 4 | | Child Support Advisory Committee, the Administrative Office of | 5 | | Illinois Courts, TASH, the National Association of County | 6 | | Officials, the Champaign Chamber of Commerce, the League of | 7 | | Women Voters, the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program's | 8 | | Advisory Council, the DCFS Regional Youth Planning Committee, | 9 | | the Champaign County Republicans, the Illinois Juvenile | 10 | | Justice Commission, the Champaign County Historical Museum | 11 | | Board of Trustees, and the Champaign Unit 4 School District | 12 | | Gifted and Talented Committee; she also served as the County | 13 | | Representative for the National Organization on Disabilities; | 14 | | and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Linda Frank won the National Award for Excellence | 16 | | in Government for Public Access Services for being the first | 17 | | clerk in the State to offer an innovative computerized remote | 18 | | access to court records; she has also been the recipient of | 19 | | numerous other awards and designations, including the National | 20 | | Achievement Award for Excellence in Government (1995) and the | 21 | | World's Who's Who Among Women (1987); and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Linda Frank serves as a model of hard work, | 23 | | integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of |
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| 1 | | Illinois; therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 4 | | we congratulate Linda Frank on the occasion of her retirement | 5 | | and wish her many happy and healthy retirement years; and be it | 6 | | further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to Linda Frank as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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