Full Text of HR0430 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 | 4 | | SouthEastern Illinois Electric Cooperative on the 75th | 5 | | anniversary of their cooperative; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, SouthEastern Illinois Electric Cooperative was | 7 | | officially formed on October 5, 1938 in Harrisburg, Illinois, | 8 | | through the hard work and dedication of a handful of local | 9 | | residents wanting to improve living and farming conditions for | 10 | | themselves and their neighbors; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Because of the lack of density, it simply wasn't | 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 (REA), the people living in these rural areas | 16 | | banded together to form member-owned and member-governed | 17 | | electric cooperatives; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, This group of local residents went door to door | 19 | | signing up their neighbors to become members of SouthEastern | 20 | | Illinois Electric Cooperative and convincing them that a | 21 | | cooperative would bring lights and power to the rural area; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Their hard work paid off and SouthEastern Illinois | 2 | | Electric Cooperative's lines were first energized on January | 3 | | 24, 1940, initially serving 300 member-owners in Saline County; | 4 | | and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, SouthEastern Illinois Electric Cooperative | 6 | | continues to provides reliable electric
service to | 7 | | member-owners in Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, | 8 | | Johnson, Massac, Pope, Saline, White, and Williamson counties; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, For 75 years, the cooperative has served its | 11 | | member-owners based on 7 guiding principles: voluntary and open | 12 | | membership, member-elected and controlled boards of directors, | 13 | | members' economic participation, autonomy and independence, | 14 | | education and training, cooperation among cooperatives, and | 15 | | concern for community; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 | | we congratulate the members of the SouthEastern Illinois | 19 | | Electric Cooperative on the 75th anniversary of their | 20 | | cooperative; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to SouthEastern Illinois Electric Cooperative as a |
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| 1 | | symbol of our esteem and respect.
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