Full Text of HR0885 98th General Assembly
HR0885 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the members of the | 4 | | MJM Electric Cooperative on the 75th anniversary of their | 5 | | cooperative; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The MJM Electric Cooperative was officially | 7 | | organized on April 5, 1939 in Carlinville, Illinois, through | 8 | | the hard work and dedication of a handful of local residents | 9 | | wanting to improve living and farming conditions for themselves | 10 | | and their neighbors; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Because of the lack of density, it simply was not | 12 | | possible for the for-profit utilities to make a profit serving | 13 | | rural areas with only a few farms or homes per mile of electric | 14 | | line; with the help of loans from the Rural Electrification | 15 | | Administration, these rural people banded together to form | 16 | | rural member-owned and member-governed electric cooperatives; | 17 | | and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, This group of local residents went door to door | 19 | | signing up their neighbors to become members of the MJM | 20 | | Electric Cooperative and convincing them that a cooperative | 21 | | would bring lights and power to the rural area; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Their hard work paid off and the MJM Electric | 2 | | Cooperative's lines were first energized on April 11, 1940, | 3 | | initially serving 224 member-owners in Macoupin County; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The MJM Electric Cooperative continues to | 5 | | provides reliable electric service to member-owners in | 6 | | Macoupin, Jersey, Montgomery, Bond, Fayette, Greene, and | 7 | | Madison counties; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, For 75 years, the MJM Electric Cooperative has | 9 | | served its member-owners based on 7 guiding principles: | 10 | | voluntary and open membership, member-elected and controlled | 11 | | boards of directors, members' economic participation, autonomy | 12 | | and independence, education and training, cooperation among | 13 | | cooperatives, and concern for community; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 16 | | we congratulate the MJM Electric Cooperative on its 75th | 17 | | anniversary; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the MJM Electric Cooperative as a symbol of our | 20 | | esteem and respect.
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