Full Text of HR1321 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate State Representative | 4 | | David S. Olsen on his distinguished service to the 81st | 5 | | Legislative District and the people of Illinois; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Olsen was a member of the Illinois House from | 7 | | mid-2016 until January of 2019 and served the body with honor | 8 | | and distinction; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The people of DuPage and Will Counties were very | 10 | | well-served by the leadership and bipartisanship of Rep. Olsen | 11 | | during his tenure; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Olsen was born and raised in the 81st | 13 | | District; he graduated from Downers Grove South High School in | 14 | | 2007 and earned dual undergraduate degrees in finance and | 15 | | management from the University of Illinois at | 16 | | Urbana-Champaign, where he served as student body president and | 17 | | was a Rhodes Scholarship finalist; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Prior to taking his seat in the General Assembly, | 19 | | Rep. Olsen was employed as an ethics and compliance officer for | 20 | | BP's commodity trading division in Chicago; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In 2013, Rep. Olsen was elected to the Downers | 2 | | Grove Village Council, where he served until 2016; he was | 3 | | selected by his peers to serve as mayor pro tem from 2015 to | 4 | | 2016; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, In 2016, Rep. Olsen was appointed to fill a | 6 | | vacancy on the College of DuPage Board of Trustees, where he | 7 | | also served as the board's vice chairman during a tumultuous | 8 | | time for the college; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Olsen continues to serve on the board of | 10 | | directors for the School District 58 Education Foundation and | 11 | | is an active member of the Chamber630; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Olsen is a member of the Friendship United | 13 | | Methodist Church of Bolingbrook, where he has served as | 14 | | co-leader of the eighth grade confirmation class and is a | 15 | | member of the choir; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Olsen is widely respected by lawmakers from | 17 | | both political parties because he always promoted honest | 18 | | dialogue on all points of view regarding legislative issues | 19 | | while remaining a fierce advocate of balanced budgets and | 20 | | responsible spending; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Olsen's first successful bill in the House of |
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| 1 | | Representatives addressed the pressing need for property tax | 2 | | relief and pension reform by increasing the number of hours an | 3 | | elected official must work to become eligible for a pension | 4 | | through the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, During his tenure in the General Assembly, Rep. | 6 | | Olsen served on several influential House Committees, | 7 | | including the Community College Access & Affordability, | 8 | | Elementary & Secondary Education: Curriculum and Policies, | 9 | | Judiciary-Criminal, Public Utilities, Renewable Energy & | 10 | | Sustainability, Appropriations- General Services, Elementary & | 11 | | Secondary Education: Licensing and Administration, Financial | 12 | | Institutions, Mass Transit, Aging and Government Consolidation & | 13 | | Modernization Committees; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, In 2016, Rep. Olsen was appointed to serve on the | 15 | | Rare Diseases Commission, and in 2017, he was appointed to | 16 | | serve on the House Sexual Discrimination & Harassment Task | 17 | | Force; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, In 2017, Rep. Olsen was chosen as one of 40 young | 19 | | emerging leaders in Illinois to participate in the bipartisan, | 20 | | bicameral Edgar Fellows leadership program; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, In 2018, Representative Olsen was chosen as the | 22 | | sole Illinois representative to the Millennial Action |
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| 1 | | Project's 12-member bipartisan Democracy Reform Task Force, | 2 | | where he worked with representatives and senators from across | 3 | | the nation to advance legislation on fair maps, government | 4 | | accountability, and access to voting; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, During his time as the legislative voice for the | 6 | | 81st District, Rep. Olsen championed dozens of bills that saved | 7 | | taxpayers money, brought fairness, transparency, and | 8 | | efficiency to state government, and improved public safety; he | 9 | | ushered several bills into law as the chief sponsor, including | 10 | | landmark consolidation legislation that simplifies the process | 11 | | to consolidate the functions of mosquito abatement districts; | 12 | | and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Olsen always stood with taxpayers and opposed | 14 | | all efforts to move Illinois away from its flat tax system and | 15 | | toward a graduated income tax; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Olsen has been honored with a multitude of | 17 | | awards and recognitions during his time in the General | 18 | | Assembly, including the Young Professional of the Year Award | 19 | | from Chamber630, the Environmental Stewardship Award from the | 20 | | Illinois Environmental Council, the Friend of Agriculture | 21 | | Award from the Illinois Farm Bureau, the Friend of | 22 | | Manufacturing Award from the Illinois Technology & | 23 | | Manufacturing Association, and the Legislator of the Year Award |
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| 1 | | from the Illinois School Counselors Association; therefore, be | 2 | | it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 4 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 5 | | congratulate State Representative David S. Olsen on making a | 6 | | positive difference in the lives of the people he represented | 7 | | in DuPage and Will Counties and across Illinois, and we wish | 8 | | him the best in all his future endeavors; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to Rep. Olsen as an expression of our esteem and | 11 | | respect for our colleague and friend.
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