Full Text of SR0747 93rd General Assembly
SR0747 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Senate is grateful to those members who have | 3 |
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energy and talent to the betterment of this body | 4 |
| and the well being of the
people of the State of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Lawrence M. Walsh of Elwood has been a member of | 6 |
| the Illinois Senate since 1997 and has served this body with
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| distinction; and
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| WHEREAS, Senator Walsh has served as Chairperson
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| Agriculture & Conservation Committee and has been a member of | 10 |
| the Committees on Local Government, Labor & Commerce, State | 11 |
| Government Operations, and Financial Institutions; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, Senator Walsh's many legislative
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| include sponsorship or co-sponsorship of legislation requiring | 14 |
| warning labels on retail gas pumps when fuels contain 2% or | 15 |
| more of MTBE, suspending the 5% sales tax on gasoline for six | 16 |
| months, increasing penalties for sexual predators who solicit | 17 |
| children over the Internet, creating a "one call" process to | 18 |
| promote easier and safer digging during excavation or | 19 |
| demolition, giving property tax relief to homeowners, | 20 |
| furthering Alzheimer's research, increasing funding for | 21 |
| education, and comprehensively rewriting the Illinois Grain | 22 |
| Code; and
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| WHEREAS, He passed landmark legislation making popcorn the | 24 |
| State Snack of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, His soft-spoken demeanor has made him a required | 26 |
| study for freshmen Senators honing their oratorical skills; and
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| WHEREAS, He has served on numerous Blue Ribbon Commissions | 28 |
| throughout the State; and
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| WHEREAS, His early endorsement of Senator Barack Obama for | 2 |
| U.S. Senate helped catapult him to national prominence; and
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| WHEREAS, Senator Walsh has received many awards for his | 4 |
| public service; he has served as Jackson Township Supervisor, | 5 |
| as a Will County Board member, and as Will County Democratic | 6 |
| Chairman; and
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| WHEREAS, He is known for being a staff-friendly Senator who | 8 |
| opens up his home to all and never forgets a name; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, Senator Walsh will be remembered fondly by those | 10 |
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served with him in the Illinois Senate; he was elected Will | 11 |
| County Executive in November and he will ably serve the public | 12 |
| in his new position; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 14 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Senator | 15 |
| Lawrence M. Walsh upon his retirement from the Senate and his | 16 |
| assumption of his new duties as Will County Executive, and we | 17 |
| offer our best wishes to him and his wife, Irene, their | 18 |
| children, Larry, Jr., Frank, Matthew, Sarah, Shawn and Brian; | 19 |
| and their ten grandchildren; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 |
| presented to Senator Larry Walsh as an expression of our esteem | 22 |
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respect for our colleague and friend.
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