Full Text of HR1582 95th General Assembly
HR1582 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to honor our friend and colleague, | 4 |
| Illinois State Representative Patricia Reid Lindner, for her | 5 |
| many years of dedicated service to the people of the State of | 6 |
| Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Illinois State Representative Patricia Reid | 8 |
| Lindner is a resident of Sugar Grove Township and serves the | 9 |
| people of the 50th Legislative District as their State | 10 |
| Representative in Springfield; she serves as a member of the | 11 |
| House Republican Leadership team and serves as Assistant | 12 |
| Minority Leader; she currently serves on several key State | 13 |
| committees, including Judiciary II-Criminal Law, Adoption | 14 |
| Reform, Computer Technology, Environmental Health, Labor, | 15 |
| Gaming, and Homeland Security; she was appointed to serve on | 16 |
| the Ethics Commission and the Juvenile Justice Transition Team; | 17 |
| she is also a member of the Conference of Women Legislators, | 18 |
| the Fire Caucus, the Environmental Caucus, and the Historic | 19 |
| Preservation Caucus; and
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| WHEREAS, Representative Lindner is a graduate of East | 21 |
| Aurora High School; she earned her Bachelor of Science degree | 22 |
| in speech from Northwestern University and her Master of | 23 |
| Science degree in political science from the University of |
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| Colorado; she then earned her Juris Doctor degree from Northern | 2 |
| Illinois University; and
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| WHEREAS, Before entering the legislature, Representative | 4 |
| Lindner served her community as a family law attorney; she | 5 |
| previously served as a court-appointed attorney for the Kane | 6 |
| County Juvenile Court and served as an Assistant Public | 7 |
| Defender; she also served on the Kane County Family Law | 8 |
| Committee for several years and served as chairperson of the | 9 |
| Kane County Bar Association Legislative Committee; and
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| WHEREAS, Representative Lindner has a lengthy history of | 11 |
| involvement in the governmental and political processes, | 12 |
| dating back to her work in five congressional campaigns for her | 13 |
| mother, former U.S. Congresswoman Charlotte T. Reid; she is a | 14 |
| life-long Republican and an active member of her community; she | 15 |
| has been a member of the Aurora Republican Women's Club since | 16 |
| 1968 and is a precinct committeeman in Sugar Grove Township; | 17 |
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| WHEREAS, Representative Lindner has served her community | 19 |
| further through her involvement in numerous civic | 20 |
| organizations; she has served on the Family Counseling Board of | 21 |
| Directors, the Women in Management Board of Directors, and the | 22 |
| YWCA Board of Directors; she has held membership in the | 23 |
| American Association of University Women, the Women's |
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| Development Council of Waubonsee Community College, the League | 2 |
| of Women Voters, the Child Welfare Society, and the Paramount | 3 |
| Arts Endowment Committee; she also provided legal aid for the | 4 |
| YWCA for 10 years; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, Numerous organizations have honored | 6 |
| Representative Lindner for her dedicated service to this State, | 7 |
| including the Illinois Library Association, the Boys and Girls | 8 |
| Clubs of Dundee Township, the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual | 9 |
| Assault, the Community Crisis Center, Ag Tech at Teeple Barn, | 10 |
| the Illinois Farm Bureau, and the Illinois Groundwater | 11 |
| Association; she was a recipient of the Jim McNish Advocacy | 12 |
| Award from the DeKalb, Kane-South and Kendall Counties Chapter | 13 |
| of the National Alliance on Mental Illness; she was also | 14 |
| awarded the National Charlotte Danstrom Award in Government and | 15 |
| the Women of Achievement Award from the Northern Fox Valley | 16 |
| Chapter of Women in Management; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, Representative Lindner and her husband, George, | 18 |
| have been married 44 years and are the proud parents of four | 19 |
| children and seven grandchildren; she is proud to be a | 20 |
| life-long resident of Kane County; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, Representative Lindner's great dedication to the | 22 |
| safety and welfare of the people of the State of Illinois and | 23 |
| her willingness to serve this State as an attorney, an |
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| advocate, and a State official have made her a role model to | 2 |
| the members of this august body and to the citizens of this | 3 |
| State; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 6 |
| honor our colleague, Illinois State Representative Patricia | 7 |
| Reid Lindner, for her service and dedication to this State and | 8 |
| wish her continued prosperity and happiness in the future; and | 9 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to Representative Lindner as a symbol of our esteem | 12 |
| and respect.
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