Full Text of HR1531 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate their colleague,
Donald | 4 | | L. Moffitt, on the occasion of his retirement as State | 5 | | Representative of the 74th District after a
long and | 6 | | distinguished career of public service; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Representative Moffitt was born in Galesburg to | 8 | | Russell and
Gertrude Moffitt on February 18, 1947; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Representative Moffitt received his Bachelor of | 10 | | Science in Agricultural Education and
Agricultural Economics | 11 | | from the University of Illinois in 1969, where he was a member | 12 | | of the Nabor House
Fraternity; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Representative Moffitt worked as a high school | 14 | | agriculture teacher from 1969 to 1973 for the ROVA School | 15 | | District (now ROWVA) in Oneida; during that time, he was | 16 | | elected as an Alderman for Oneida; he served as Mayor from 1972 | 17 | | to 1975; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, In 1975, Representative Moffitt continued as a | 19 | | full-time family farmer in Gilson; farming goes back in his | 20 | | family seven generations to Scotland; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Representative Moffitt served as an Alderman for | 2 | | Knoxville from 1977 to 1978, and as Chair of the Police | 3 | | Committee for the City; he won a seat on
the Knox County Board, | 4 | | serving from 1978 to 1984, and as Chair from 1982 to
1984; he | 5 | | served as Knox County Treasurer from 1984 to 1992, where he | 6 | | helped increase interest earnings on county-invested funds and | 7 | | brought real estate tax
collection back on time; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, In 1992, Representative Moffitt was elected by the | 9 | | constituents of the then-94th District to
represent their | 10 | | interests in the Illinois House of Representatives; his | 11 | | district number changed
to the 74th after the redistricting | 12 | | following the 2000 census, and he continued to dutifully | 13 | | represent his
district until his retirement in early 2017; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Daring his career in the Illinois House, | 15 | | Representative Moffitt championed many causes, including
| 16 | | improving fire prevention and response capabilities, | 17 | | agricultural initiatives, local government
improvements, and | 18 | | safety issues such as requiring swing-out arms on the front of | 19 | | school buses; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Considered by both parties to be a legislator who | 21 | | "knew how to get things done",
Representative Moffitt thrived | 22 | | in his committee service while serving in the Illinois House; | 23 | | he served as a
member of the 9-1-1 Services Advisory Board from |
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| 1 | | 2014 to 2015; a member and eventually Minority
Spokesperson of | 2 | | the Agriculture and Conservation Committee from 1993 to 1996 | 3 | | and 2003 to the present; a
member of the Public Safety | 4 | | Appropriations Committee from 1997 to 1998, 2005 to 2006, and | 5 | | 2013 to the present;
Co-Chair of the Commission on Government | 6 | | Forecasting and Accountability from 2015 to the present; member
| 7 | | and Vice-Spokesperson from 1993 to 1994 of the Elementary and | 8 | | Secondary Education Committee, serving from 1993 to 1996, 1999 | 9 | | to 2006, 2011 to the present; Co-Chair of the EMS Task Force | 10 | | from 2011 to 2012,
which held 16 public hearings throughout the | 11 | | State to gather input for recommendations; Co-Chair of
the Fire | 12 | | Funding Task Force in 2002, which held 22 public hearings | 13 | | throughout the State to gather input
for recommendations; Chair | 14 | | of the Fire Protection Committee from 2007 to 2010; founding | 15 | | member and
Co-Chair of the bipartisan Illinois General Assembly | 16 | | Fire Caucus; a member of the Joint Committee on
Administrative | 17 | | Rules from 2011 to 2015; and Minority Spokesperson of the | 18 | | Public Safety-Police & Fire
Committee from 2013 to 2014; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Representative Moffitt has been active in his | 20 | | community, serving as a Board Member for the
Carver Community | 21 | | Action Agency, a member of the Galesburg Noon Lion's Club, a | 22 | | Mason, a member of
the Knox County Farm Bureau, a member and | 23 | | Endowment Committee member, and as past Finance
Committee Chair | 24 | | at Knoxville United Methodist Church; he was named a Rotary | 25 | | International Paul Harris Fellow in
2007, and Lion's Club |
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| 1 | | International Melvin Jones Fellow in 2013; he received the 2003 | 2 | | Thomas B. Herring Award from the Chamber of Commerce; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Representative Moffitt has been recognized and | 4 | | awarded for his service to his community time
and again; he | 5 | | received the Illinois Farm Bureau ACTIVATOR Friend of | 6 | | Agriculture Award during each of his terms; the 1994 Illinois | 7 | | Political Action Committee for Education Outstanding Freshman
| 8 | | Representative Award; the 1994 National Federation of | 9 | | Independent Business Illinois Guardian of
Small Business | 10 | | Award; the 1996 Illinois Soybean Association Legislative | 11 | | Award; 2000 the Illinois
Optometric Association Legislator of | 12 | | the Year Award; the 2002 Illinois Association of Fire | 13 | | Protection
Districts Legislator of the Year Award; the | 14 | | Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois Legislative Award; the | 15 | | 2003 Illinois Pork Producers Legislative Award; he was also | 16 | | recognized as a University of Illinois Fire Service
Institute | 17 | | Legislators Fire Academy Graduate in 2003; the 2003 Illinois | 18 | | Fire Service Legislator of the Year Award; the 2004 Genetic | 19 | | Task Force of Illinois Legislator of the Year Award; the 2005 | 20 | | Jim Guilinger
Legislative Award from the Illinois Leadership | 21 | | Council for Ag Education; the 2005 Illinois Law
Enforcement | 22 | | Training & Standards Board Distinguished Service Award; the | 23 | | 2006 Illinois Rural Health
Association Legislator of the Year | 24 | | Award; the 2008 Mutual Aid Box Alarm System Appreciation Award; | 25 | | the Illinois Association of Fire Protection Districts which |
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| 1 | | established the "Donald Moffitt"
Legislator of the Year Award | 2 | | and presented it to its namesake in 2010; the 2012 Illinois | 3 | | Association of Arson
Investigators Recognition of Sprinkler | 4 | | Legislation; the 2014 Illinois EMS Alliance Legislator of the | 5 | | Year
Award; the 2014 Illinois 9-1-1 National Emergency Number | 6 | | Association Legislator of the Year Award; the 2014 Illinois | 7 | | Emergency Medical Technician Association Legislative Award; | 8 | | and the 2016 Northern
Illinois Alliance of Fire Protection | 9 | | Districts Lifetime Achievement Award; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Representative Moffitt and his wife, Carolyn, | 11 | | have three children, Londa (Michael) Mauriello, Justin (Jenn) | 12 | | Moffitt, and Amanda (Lance) Setterdahl; they have eight | 13 | | grandchildren; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Representative Moffitt has shown great passion, | 15 | | dedication, and commitment to his constituents
and their needs | 16 | | throughout his legislative career; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 | | honor and congratulate State Representative Donald L. Moffitt | 20 | | for his work
in the Illinois House of Representatives and wish | 21 | | him our best in his retirement; and be it further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to Representative Moffitt as an
expression of our | 2 | | esteem and respect.
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