Full Text of HR1368 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of former | 4 | | Illinois State Representative Vincent A. "Vince" Persico, who | 5 | | passed away on July 21, 2016; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Vincent Persico was born on December 9, 1948 in | 7 | | Oak Park; studying in his native state, he earned a bachelor's | 8 | | degree from the University of Illinois in 1971; pursuing | 9 | | credentials as a teacher, he earned a master's degree from | 10 | | Northern Illinois University in 1986; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Vince Persico instructed young people in history | 12 | | and government as a Hadley Junior High School teacher for many | 13 | | years until 1988; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Vince Persico was an involved member of the Glen | 15 | | Ellyn community; he was a member of the Kiwanis Club, the | 16 | | Glenbard West Booster Club, the Hadley Junior High School PTA, | 17 | | and many other clubs and groups, and was active in Glen Ellyn | 18 | | boys' baseball leagues; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Vince Persico began his life of public service by | 20 | | joining the boards of directors of Glen Ellyn Family Services | 21 | | and the Milton Township Committee on Youth; he also became a |
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| 1 | | trustee for Milton Township, which in the 1980s was a | 2 | | fast-growing township within central DuPage County that was | 3 | | enjoying many challenges and opportunities; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Seeking to move his public service to the next | 5 | | level, Vince Persico chose to run for election to the Illinois | 6 | | House of Representatives; in an example of persistence in | 7 | | action, he sought the seat and lost twice, in 1986 and in 1988, | 8 | | before winning unanimous election to the House in November of | 9 | | 1990 without general-election opposition; in January of 1991, | 10 | | he took his seat in the Illinois House of Representatives, | 11 | | where he would serve for 11 years; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, As a member of the Republican Party, Vince Persico | 13 | | quickly showed an aptitude for bipartisan committee work, | 14 | | serving with colleagues from both parties on the House | 15 | | Committees on Aging, Environment and Energy, Financial | 16 | | Institutions, and Labor; when he began his service in the | 17 | | Illinois General Assembly, the State laws governing relations | 18 | | between Illinois residents and regulated utilities had become | 19 | | suboptimal, especially in the areas of electricity and | 20 | | telecommunications; Illinois laws continued to assume there | 21 | | would be only one big supplier of services in any geographic | 22 | | area and customers would have to take it or leave it; and
| 23 | | WHEREAS, As a key member of the House Telecommunications |
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| 1 | | Rewrite Committee, Vince Persico helped to rewrite the Illinois | 2 | | Telecommunications Law; he played a major role in opening up | 3 | | Illinois telecommunications services to consumer-friendly | 4 | | competition and in moving the law from a paradigm based on | 5 | | wireline telecommunications toward the wireless services of | 6 | | the future; the cell phone shops and advertisements that have | 7 | | become ubiquitous features of Illinois life are a tribute to | 8 | | the success of his work; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, As the selected co-chairperson of the Electric | 10 | | Utility Deregulation Committee, Vince Persico played a major | 11 | | role in deregulating supplies of Illinois electricity; one of | 12 | | the most significant legislative achievements he achieved with | 13 | | the help of chosen colleagues, the Illinois Electric Service | 14 | | Customer Choice and Rate Relief Law of 1997, restructured the | 15 | | customer side of the Illinois electric utility industry to | 16 | | offer many Illinois customers a choice between electric | 17 | | suppliers while retaining the right of owners of the "last | 18 | | mile" of electric delivery wire to earn a fair return on their | 19 | | investments; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, In January of 2002, Vince Persico retired from the | 21 | | Illinois House of Representatives to join the private sector; | 22 | | in the private sector, he remained a familiar figure in the | 23 | | Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, educating lawmakers on a | 24 | | wide variety of issues; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In late 2015, Vince Persico was diagnosed with | 2 | | terminal brain cancer; during his final months of life, he and | 3 | | his wife Donna set an example of courage and fortitude for the | 4 | | members of the Illinois House of Representatives, including his | 5 | | former colleagues; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 8 | | pay tribute to the memory of former Illinois State | 9 | | Representative Vincent A. Persico and his life of courage, hard | 10 | | work, and public service; and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That we express our appreciation for the support | 12 | | given to Vince Persico by his wife Donna and his son Derek | 13 | | Persico, House Republican Senior Legal Counselor and District | 14 | | Office Director in the office of House Republican Leader Jim | 15 | | Durkin; and be it further | 16 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 17 | | delivered to the family of Vincent "Vince" Persico as a symbol | 18 | | of our sympathy and appreciation for his service to the State | 19 | | of Illinois.
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