Full Text of HR1533 099th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Assistant House
| 4 | | Republican Leader and State Representative Mike Tryon on his | 5 | | distinguished service to the 64th and
66th Legislative | 6 | | Districts and the people of Illinois; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Representative Tryon has been a member of the | 8 | | Illinois House from 2005 to 2017 and served this
body with | 9 | | honor and distinction; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, The people of McHenry and Kane Counties have been | 11 | | very well-served by the leadership and
bipartisanship of | 12 | | Representative Tryon during his six terms in the Illinois House | 13 | | of Representatives; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Representative Tryon was born in Terre Haute, | 15 | | Indiana on July 30, 1955 to Floyd and Juanita
Tryon and is one | 16 | | of three children who were taught the value of volunteerism and | 17 | | community service; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Representative Tryon graduated from North Vigo | 19 | | High School in 1973 and from Indiana State
University in 1978 | 20 | | with a degree in environmental health science; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Representative Tryon moved to McHenry County | 2 | | after graduating from college to take a job
with the McHenry | 3 | | County Health Department, and while working for the County, he | 4 | | not only fell in love with
the area but also met his future | 5 | | wife, Cathy; they married in 1982; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Representative Tryon and Cathy reside in Crystal | 7 | | Lake and together they are the
proud parents of three children, | 8 | | Jared, Lauren, and Lindsay, and are the doting grandparents of | 9 | | one
beautiful granddaughter, Nora Jean; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Representative Tryon worked for the County Health | 11 | | Department until 1980, when he took a job as an environmental | 12 | | consultant for Clarke Community Mosquito Control in Roselle; he | 13 | | then
bought and became a principal in a small business, Raber | 14 | | and Associates, an environmental consulting
firm; in 1986, he | 15 | | formed McHenry Analytical, a water and wastewater testing lab; | 16 | | and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Representative Tryon began his 28-year career as | 18 | | an elected official in 1989 with his election to
the McHenry | 19 | | County Board, where he represented the people of Southeastern | 20 | | McHenry County; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, On the McHenry County Board, Representative Tryon | 22 | | served as a leader of numerous committees, including Chair
of |
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| 1 | | the Finance, Public Health, and Personnel committees; he was | 2 | | unanimously selected by his
colleagues on the county board in | 3 | | 1998 to serve as Chairman of the McHenry County Board, a | 4 | | position
he held through 2004; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Representative Tryon was elected to the Illinois | 6 | | House of Representatives in November of
2004 and took his oath | 7 | | of office in January of 2005; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, During his 12 years in the Illinois House of | 9 | | Representatives, Representative Tryon served in
many positions | 10 | | of leadership, including as the Republican Spokesperson for the | 11 | | Environment, Energy,
Small Business Empowerment and Workforce, | 12 | | Environmental Health, Mass Transit, and Juvenile Justice | 13 | | System-Involved Youth committees; he was an active member of | 14 | | dozens of other House committees and
task forces including the | 15 | | influential House Executive Committee; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, As one of his first legislative initiatives during | 17 | | his first term, Representative Tryon successfully
rewrote | 18 | | portions of the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law designed | 19 | | to close loopholes which saved
Illinois taxpayers millions; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, During his second term, Representative Tryon | 21 | | ushered in a new era of government transparency in Illinois by
| 22 | | authoring legislation that created the Illinois Transparency |
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| 1 | | Portal, a searchable database that allows
Illinoisans to track | 2 | | how their tax dollars are being spent on salaries and State | 3 | | contracts; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Representative Tryon penned legislation that | 5 | | created one of the nation's
first veterans court systems to | 6 | | address the non-violent offenses of veterans suffering from | 7 | | Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorder and other service-related | 8 | | issues; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, In 2014, Representative Tryon was a primary | 10 | | negotiator of far-reaching reforms that
improved transparency, | 11 | | accountability, and ethical behavior for those who serve on the | 12 | | Regional
Transportation Authority and its service boards; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, As Republican Spokesperson for the Environment | 14 | | Committee, Representative Tryon was
respected on both sides of | 15 | | the aisle for his commitment to protecting the environment | 16 | | through bills that
ensured a clean drinking water supply and | 17 | | the safe disposal of waste and surface discharge; he eased
| 18 | | burdensome restrictions on businesses in ways that were not | 19 | | harmful to the environment while being beneficial
to job | 20 | | creation; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Representative Tryon fought tirelessly to bring | 22 | | more than $300 million in State transportation
improvement |
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| 1 | | money to the 64th and 66th Legislative Districts, which led to | 2 | | the completion of critical and
economy-boosting projects like | 3 | | the Algonquin bypass, the full interchange at Interstate 90 and | 4 | | Illinois
Route 47, and the widening of Illinois Route 47 | 5 | | through Huntley; work is now underway for a
Longmeadow Parkway | 6 | | bridge across the Fox River; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, From 2010 to 2014, Representative Tryon served the | 8 | | House Republican Caucus as a member of
the prestigious | 9 | | nonpartisan Commission on Government Forecasting and | 10 | | Accountability (COGFA); and | 11 | | WHEREAS, In an effort to promote bipartisanship and bring | 12 | | lawmakers together, Representative Tryon
joined with | 13 | | Republican State Representative Chad Hays and Democrat Senator | 14 | | Don Harmon to form
"The Boat Drink Caucus", a band that played | 15 | | regularly in Springfield and at the inauguration of Governor
| 16 | | Bruce Rauner; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, In 2016, Representative Tryon served his caucus as | 18 | | the Co-Chair of the bipartisan and
bicameral Joint Commission | 19 | | on Administrative Rules (JCAR); and | 20 | | WHEREAS, In 2011, as an advocate for diabetes awareness, | 21 | | Representative Tryon became a founding
member of the Illinois | 22 | | Legislative Diabetes Caucus, the first legislative group of its |
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| 1 | | kind and a model that
has since been emulated in more than 14 | 2 | | other states; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Representative Tryon has always promoted honest | 4 | | dialogue on all points of view on legislative
issues and has | 5 | | been a fierce advocate for balanced budgets and responsible | 6 | | spending; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, In 2013, in recognition of his leadership, | 8 | | Representative Tryon was promoted to the role of Assistant | 9 | | Republican
Leader for the House Republican Caucus under House | 10 | | Republican Leader Jim Durkin; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Over the last 12 years, Representative Tryon was | 12 | | the Chief Sponsor of 65 Public Acts, an
additional 59 House | 13 | | Resolutions, and has served as a Chief-Co-Sponsor or Co-Sponsor
| 14 | | of hundreds of other Public Acts and Resolutions; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Representative Tryon has been honored with a | 16 | | multitude of awards and recognitions during his time in the | 17 | | General Assembly including the 2005 Distinguished Alumni Award | 18 | | from the Indiana State University College of Health and | 19 | | Performance, the 2006 Carl E. Wehde Award for Community Service | 20 | | from the Crystal Lake Chamber of Commerce, the 2007 Americans | 21 | | for Prosperity Sunshine Award for promotion of government | 22 | | transparency, the Champion of Free Enterprise Award from |
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| 1 | | 2008-2016, the 2008 Friend of ITI Award from the Illinois Teen | 2 | | Institute, the 2013 Barbara King Environmental Stewardship | 3 | | Award, the 2014 Lifesaver of the Year Award from the Illinois | 4 | | Poison Center, the 2012 and 2016 Environmental Leadership Award | 5 | | from the Illinois Environmental Council, the 2015 Farmers | 6 | | Market Advocacy Award, and the 2016 Community Leader Award from | 7 | | Centegra Health Systems; he was recognized as the Legislator of | 8 | | the Year by the Association of Community Mental Health | 9 | | Authorities of Illinois in 2007, the Northern Illinois Alliance | 10 | | of Fire Protection Districts in 2009, the Staffing Services of | 11 | | Associates of Illinois in 2011, and the Illinois Public | 12 | | Transportation Association in 2014; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 15 | | congratulate State Representative Mike Tryon on making a | 16 | | positive difference in the lives of the people he represented | 17 | | in
McHenry and Kane Counties and across Illinois, and we wish | 18 | | him the best in all his future endeavors; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to Representative Tryon, his wife, Cathy,
and their | 21 | | family, as an expression of our esteem and respect for our | 22 | | colleague and friend.
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