Full Text of HR0612 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
| 3 | | Representatives wish to commend Roland L. Marr on
his long and | 4 | | distinguished career with the Illinois Department of Revenue in
| 5 | | the administration of motor fuel taxes; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Roland Marr served the citizens of Illinois for 30 | 7 | | years at the
Illinois Department of Revenue, where he
revised | 8 | | the motor fuel tax regulations, the first
major revisions since | 9 | | the 1930s, which included the development of the dyed diesel | 10 | | tax and an enforcement program that resulted in additional
| 11 | | collections of over $17 million per year; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Roland Marr worked on numerous motor fuel issues | 13 | | and policies, including the Environmental Impact
Fee, the | 14 | | Underground Storage
Tank Tax, legislation to allow Illinois to | 15 | | become part of the
International Fuel Tax Administration for | 16 | | commercial motor carriers tax
reporting, the motor fuel | 17 | | non-highway
refund policy to accommodate dyed diesel fuel | 18 | | legislation, the Biodiesel/E85 Sales Tax Reduction, | 19 | | legislation to eliminate unnecessary tax return reporting by
| 20 | | users of diesel fuel that affected in excess of 10,000 Illinois | 21 | | consumers, the mandating of e-file of motor fuel returns and | 22 | | payment,
and legislation to amend the prepaid sales tax on | 23 | | motor fuel to
address evasion by retailers; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Roland Marr secured multiple Federal Highway | 2 | | Administration grants for
the enforcement and enhancement of | 3 | | motor fuel compliance programs,
which included the purchase of | 4 | | enforcement vehicles and equipment; he also implemented the use | 5 | | of an electronic access portal for the filing of electronic | 6 | | returns for
motor fuel use tax through the International Fuel | 7 | | Tax Administration; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Roland Marr served as the National Chairman of the
| 9 | | Federation of Tax Administrators Motor Fuel Tax Section and as | 10 | | a board member and the Illinois Commissioner for the | 11 | | International Fuel Tax Administration; he has been the Illinois | 12 | | International Fuel Tax Association Commissioner since 1994; | 13 | | and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Roland Marr is the only four-time regional | 15 | | governor of the Midwestern States of Tax
Administrators (1992, | 16 | | 1993, 1994, 1997); and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Roland Marr served as Federation of Tax | 18 | | Administrators Motor Fuel Tax Section Chairman of
the Fuel | 19 | | Accountability Sub-Committee (1990-2000), Federation of Tax | 20 | | Administrators Motor Fuel Tax Section National
Vice Chair | 21 | | (1999-2000), Federation of Tax Administrators Motor Fuel Tax | 22 | | Section National
Chairman (2000-2001), International Fuel Tax |
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| 1 | | Association (IFTA) Board Trustee (2004, 2005), Federation of | 2 | | Tax Administrators Motor Fuel Tax Section Uniformity
Co-Chair | 3 | | (1998-1999), Federation of Tax Administrators Motor Fuel Tax | 4 | | Section Uniformity
Chair (1999-2000), member of the | 5 | | International Fuel Tax Agreement Committee on Agreement | 6 | | Procedures (1993-2003), member of the IFTA Program Compliance | 7 | | Review Committee (1999-2003), member of the Federation of Tax | 8 | | Administrators Subcommittee for
Proposed Legislation | 9 | | (1995-1999), member of the Federation of Tax Administrators | 10 | | Fuel Tax Evasion
Subcommittee (1995-1999), member of the | 11 | | Federation of Tax Administrators Motor Fuel Tax Section
| 12 | | Executive Board (2000-2005), and advisor to the IFTA Audit | 13 | | Committee (1998-2000); and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Roland Marr was the Illinois Department Of Revenue | 15 | | representative to the Illinois Secretary of
State Truckers Task | 16 | | Force, the Illinois Department Of Revenue representative to the | 17 | | Illinois Highway
Users Association, and the Illinois | 18 | | Department Of Revenue representative to the Illinois Emergency
| 19 | | Management Agency; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Roland Marr received the Federation of Tax | 21 | | Administrators Motor Fuel Tax Sections Bob
Beck Award, the | 22 | | highest honor; and
| 23 | | WHEREAS, Roland Marr is a nationally recognized expert on |
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| 1 | | motor fuel
issues and continues to provide guidance on issues | 2 | | and policy; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, A father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, | 4 | | Roland Marr is a
lifelong resident of Illinois and has been | 5 | | married to his wife,
Bernadette, for 45 years; he is the son of | 6 | | John A. and Roberta E. Marr, and
the grandson of Walter C. and | 7 | | Elizabeth E. Long; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 9 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 10 | | we commend Roland L. Marr on
his long and distinguished career | 11 | | with the Illinois Department of Revenue and for his | 12 | | contributions to the State of Illinois; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 14 | | presented to Roland Marr as an expression of our esteem and | 15 | | respect.
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