Full Text of HR1239 098th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate the members of the DuPage | 4 | | Railroad Safety Council on the occasion of the organization's | 5 | | 20th anniversary of railroad safety advocacy; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The DuPage Railroad Safety Council was founded on | 7 | | April 30, 1994 as an outgrowth of a Railroad Safety Conference | 8 | | called by the Chairman of the DuPage County Board; the | 9 | | organization is made up of railroad officials, government | 10 | | officials, engineers, educators, and private citizens who have | 11 | | a deep concern for railroad safety and seek to prevent deaths | 12 | | and injuries at railroad crossings and along railways; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Since its founding, the DuPage Railroad Safety | 14 | | Council has met regularly to examine ways to heighten awareness | 15 | | and improve safety conditions at railroad crossings and to work | 16 | | with civic and railroad leaders to stop preventable accidents | 17 | | along railroad right of ways; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The DuPage Railroad Safety Council performs many | 19 | | public functions to heighten awareness of railroad safety; the | 20 | | organization holds OL presentations at many grade and high | 21 | | schools throughout DuPage County and for many Girl and Boy | 22 | | Scout troops; it has created Railroad Safety video tapes for |
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| 1 | | driver's education classes, with over 4,000 copies | 2 | | distributed; it has conducted many "station blitzes", where the | 3 | | organization, in conjunction with the Railroad, has provided OL | 4 | | videos, posters, and flyers discussing rail safety at train | 5 | | stations in the area; the organization helped influence the | 6 | | 1996 law to fine $500 for those vehicles or pedestrians who | 7 | | cross the tracks with warning signals activated and obtained | 8 | | governmental funding and approval to conduct a trial of video | 9 | | enforcement at three locations in DuPage County as a trial of | 10 | | technology and effectiveness; the organization has also | 11 | | participated in local and national news broadcasts, cable | 12 | | documentaries, and many print articles regarding rail safety | 13 | | and to inform the Chicago area of the Council's work; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The DuPage Railroad Safety Council's efforts in | 15 | | education and enforcement have lowered the rail/highway | 16 | | incident rate for the State of Illinois and have greatly | 17 | | improved railroad awareness among the State's citizens; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The DuPage Railroad Safety Council will host a | 19 | | celebration of the organization's 20th anniversary on August 7, | 20 | | 2014 at the Chicago History Museum; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 22 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 23 | | we congratulate the members of the DuPage Railroad Safety |
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| 1 | | Council on the occasion of the organization's 20th anniversary | 2 | | and wish them continued success and happiness in the future; | 3 | | and be it further
| 4 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 5 | | presented to the DuPage Railroad Safety Council as a symbol of | 6 | | our esteem and respect.
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