Full Text of HR1388 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to honor our friend and colleague, | 4 | | Illinois State Representative Jil Tracy, for her many years of | 5 | | dedicated service to the people of the State of Illinois; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Representative Tracy is a loving wife to her | 7 | | husband Jim Tracy and a mother to 4 beautiful children, Rob, | 8 | | Ben, Mark, and Kelsey Tracy; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Representative Tracy received her undergraduate | 10 | | degree from Southern Illinois University and graduated from the | 11 | | Southern Illinois University School of Law in 1979; she | 12 | | practiced law in the Mt. Sterling area for 17 years; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Representative Tracy was a founding Board Member | 14 | | of the Brown County United Way and served on the Mt. Sterling | 15 | | Park District Board; she also served on the John Wood Community | 16 | | College Foundation Board, the Make-A-Wish Regional Council, | 17 | | and the Quincy Branch Alzheimer Association Advisory Board; she | 18 | | helped found and build the Joel Oliver Memorial Pool, and was a | 19 | | founding Board Member of the Tracy Family Foundation; she also | 20 | | helped develop the Mt. Sterling Community Center and the YMCA; | 21 | | and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Representative Tracy was appointed by Attorney | 2 | | General Jim Ryan in 1997 to serve as an Illinois Assistant | 3 | | Attorney General and the Director of the Attorney General's | 4 | | West Central Regional Office; she continued in that office | 5 | | under Attorney General Lisa Madigan until 2004; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Representative Tracy was appointed in 2006 to | 7 | | serve the remainder of former Rep. Art Tenhouse's term, and she | 8 | | was re-elected in the 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2012 general | 9 | | elections; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Representative Tracy is one of the 6 members of | 11 | | the Legislative Ethics Commission, and she was one of the 21 | 12 | | House members selected to serve on the Investigative | 13 | | Impeachment Committee that found reason to impeach Governor Rod | 14 | | Blagojevich in December of 2008; she is the outgoing Co-Chair | 15 | | of the Illinois Conference of Women Legislators; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Representative Tracy has received many awards and | 17 | | recognition for her hard work and dedicated service throughout | 18 | | her legislative career including the 2013 Women of Influence | 19 | | Award, the Illinois Chamber of Commerce Award, the American Red | 20 | | Cross Award, the Legislative Achievement Award in 2011, the | 21 | | Illinois Farm Bureau Activator Friend of Agriculture Award in | 22 | | 2008 and 2010, the YMCA 2011 Legislative Hero Award, the | 23 | | Honorary Cooperator Award of the Soil and Water Conservation |
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| 1 | | District for Adams, Brown, Cass, Hancock, Pike, Schuyler, and | 2 | | Scott Counties; she was a 3-time recipient of the Legislator of | 3 | | the year Award, a 2-time recipient of the Mutual Aid Box Alarm | 4 | | System Award, and twice received the Champion of Freedom Award; | 5 | | she was recognized by Ducks Unlimited, the Mississippi Valley | 6 | | Hunters and Fisherman Association, the Life Services Network, | 7 | | the Village of Payson, the Orr Research Center, John Wood | 8 | | Community College, and the Cathedral of Worship; she was | 9 | | selected as the Illinois Bankers Association 2012 Outstanding | 10 | | Legislator of the Year and the Illinois Optometric Association | 11 | | Legislator of the year in 2008; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we congratulate our friend and colleague, State Representative | 15 | | Jil Tracy, on her retirement from the Illinois of House of | 16 | | Representatives and wish her the best in her future endeavors; | 17 | | and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to Representative Jil Tracy as a symbol of our | 20 | | respect and esteem.
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