Full Text of SR0728 95th General Assembly
SR0728 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Todd Sieben has represented the citizens of | 3 |
| northwestern Illinois with distinction in the General Assembly | 4 |
| for more than 21 years; and
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| WHEREAS, He has served with honor in the Senate since 1993, | 6 |
| after three terms in the House of Representatives; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, Senator Sieben's priorities have always been | 8 |
| those of the people he represents - agriculture, education, | 9 |
| business development, and job creation; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, Todd became a lawmaker to make the State of | 11 |
| Illinois a better place to live, bringing State government from | 12 |
| the marble halls of the Capitol back home to the communities of | 13 |
| northwestern Illinois; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, His deep concern for the welfare and safety of | 15 |
| school children resulted in his sponsorship of such important | 16 |
| measures as a law requiring school buses to have safety arms on | 17 |
| the front bumper; and legislation that would spotlight | 18 |
| outstanding teachers and provide the best educational support | 19 |
| for students; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, He has sponsored laws protecting the rights and |
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| privacy of individuals, including the recent law establishing a | 2 |
| statewide Restricted Call Registry for consumers; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, He has always recognized the need to balance the | 4 |
| best interests of the public and the conflicting views of all | 5 |
| parties, as seen in his sponsorship of legislation that | 6 |
| regulates large livestock production facilities, and in his | 7 |
| continued work to balance the needs of the agriculture | 8 |
| community with the concerns of environmental organizations; | 9 |
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| WHEREAS, He has always been a strong supporter of the | 11 |
| agriculture economy, sponsoring a law encouraging the use of | 12 |
| ethanol through the sales tax credit, protecting the CFAR | 13 |
| agricultural research program and preserving the State's | 14 |
| equine industries; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, He served as Chairman of the Senate Agriculture | 16 |
| and Conservation Committee from 1997 through 2002, helping to | 17 |
| guide public policy that impacted farming, agriculture related | 18 |
| businesses, and conservation issues; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, He was selected to serve as Assistant Senate | 20 |
| Republican Leader in 2003; and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, In the Senate, he most recently served as |
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| Republican Spokesman of the Senate Housing and Community | 2 |
| Affairs Committee; as a member of the Senate Agriculture and | 3 |
| Conservation Committee, the Senate Executive Committee, the | 4 |
| Senate Insurance Committee and the Senate Labor Committee; as | 5 |
| Co-chairman of the Legislative Information System; as | 6 |
| Co-chairman of the Illinois Legislative Sportsman's Caucus; | 7 |
| and as the first Chairman of the Legislative Ethics Commission; | 8 |
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| WHEREAS, A number of local and State organizations have | 10 |
| honored Todd Sieben for his efforts in the General Assembly, | 11 |
| including the Northwestern Region of the Illinois Association | 12 |
| of School Administrators, Illinois Association of Park | 13 |
| Districts, Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Electrical | 14 |
| Cooperatives, Illinois Manufacturers' Association, National | 15 |
| Federation of Independent Business, Illinois Chamber of | 16 |
| Commerce, Township Officials of Illinois, Illinois Education | 17 |
| Association, Management Association of Illinois, Illinois | 18 |
| Small Business Association, and the Illinois Association of | 19 |
| Rehabilitation Facilities; and
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| WHEREAS, Todd Sieben has been involved in many civic | 21 |
| organizations, including the Geneseo Jaycees, Geneseo American | 22 |
| Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, Geneseo Rotary Club, | 23 |
| Geneseo Park District, Henry County Extension Council, Henry | 24 |
| County Farm Bureau, and the Geneseo Masonic Lodge; and |
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| WHEREAS, He has served as a coach for youth football, | 2 |
| basketball, and baseball; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, He has served as a director of Central Bank | 4 |
| Geneseo since 1980; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, He is a member of Grace United Methodist Church; | 6 |
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| WHEREAS, He was born July 11, 1945, and graduated from | 8 |
| Geneseo public schools; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, He earned a bachelor's degree in business | 10 |
| administration from Western Illinois University; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, He is a Vietnam veteran and served as a lieutenant | 12 |
| in the United States Navy from 1968 to 1972; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, He and his wife, Kay, have been married since | 14 |
| 1968, and have three children and seven grandchildren; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, In his more than 21 years as a lawmaker, Todd | 16 |
| Sieben has represented his constituents in Springfield with | 17 |
| determination and class, earning the respect and admiration of | 18 |
| his colleagues on both sides of the aisle; and |
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| WHEREAS, Lawmakers and staff alike know and appreciate | 2 |
| Senator Sieben for his warmth, his kindness, and his easy | 3 |
| smile; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 5 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Todd | 6 |
| Sieben on his retirement from the Illinois General Assembly | 7 |
| after more than 21 years of honorable and dedicated service; | 8 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this preamble and | 10 |
| resolution be presented to Todd Sieben with our friendship, our | 11 |
| gratitude for his hard work, and our best wishes for his future | 12 |
| endeavors.
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