Full Text of HJR0076 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, State Farm Insurance Companies was founded in 1922 | 3 | | by George J. Mecherle, a farmer from Merna; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, State Farm's mission is to help people manage the | 5 | | risks of everyday life, recover from the unexpected, and | 6 | | realize their dreams; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, State Farm has grown over the past 90 years from a | 8 | | small farm mutual auto insurer to the leading United States | 9 | | home insurer and one of the world's largest financial | 10 | | institutions; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, State Farm employs 68,000 associates, including | 12 | | more than 16,500 in Illinois; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, About 17,000 State Farm agents are spread across | 14 | | North America, including over 1,000 in Illinois, who provide | 15 | | products and services to thousands of families and businesses; | 16 | | and | 17 | | WHEREAS, State Farm is a model corporate citizen, | 18 | | demonstrating a proven commitment to helping to build safe, | 19 | | strong, and educated communities, not only in Illinois, but | 20 | | throughout the nation; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, State Farm's Good Neighbor Citizenship shows | 2 | | through the company's support and encouragement of associate | 3 | | and agent volunteerism, numerous initiatives to promote safe | 4 | | and strong communities and a working collaboration to | 5 | | strengthen and support public education; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, State Farm's 90-year-old success is built on a | 7 | | foundation of shared values - quality service and | 8 | | relationships, mutual trust, integrity, and financial | 9 | | strength; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 12 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we congratulate State Farm | 13 | | Insurance, its leadership, its agents, and its employees as | 14 | | they celebrate 90 years of being a good neighbor in Illinois | 15 | | and wish them continued success in the future; and be it | 16 | | further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to State Farm as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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