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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives wish
 3    to say farewell to State Representative Dan Rutherford of the
 4    87th District, who has served in the House since 1993 and has
 5    served as Assistant Republican Leader since 1999; and

 6        WHEREAS, Among his many  accomplishments,  he  served  as
 7    chairperson  of  the Long Term Care Funding Task Force, which
 8    resulted in the law to rewrite the reimbursement formula  for
 9    nursing  homes  in  Illinois; he negotiated and sponsored the
10    legislation that sets guidelines for vegetation management by
11    utility companies on private lands and  government  property;
12    he  served  as chairperson of the House Republican Tax Relief
13    Task Force,  which  resulted  in  legislation  that  provided
14    hundreds of millions of dollars in tax relief to the citizens
15    of  Illinois; he helped craft and co-sponsored the resolution
16    which encouraged humanitarian trade with Cuba  for  food  and
17    medicine,  which helped encourage the Governor's humanitarian
18    mission  to Cuba in which he participated; and

19        WHEREAS, He is a successful businessman  in  the  private
20    sector,  not  a  career  politician; he is known for bringing
21    diverse interests  and  parties  together  for  consensus  on
22    difficult issues; and

23        WHEREAS,   He   has  organized  the  regular  new  member
24    briefings for incoming House Republicans; and

25        WHEREAS, He has received numerous awards and  recognition
26    during  his  tenure  in  the  House  of  Representatives;  he
27    received the Champion of Free Enterprise recognition from the
28    Illinois Chamber of Commerce in 2002; he was named Legislator
29    of  the Year by the Illinois Health Care Association in 2002;
30    he received the "Job Defender" Award from the Employment  Law
31    Council  Political  Action  Committee  in  2001; he was named
32    Legislator of the Year by the Association  of  Illinois  Soil
 
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 1    and   Water   Conservation   Districts  in  2001;  was  named
 2    Legislator of the Year by the Illinois Young  Republicans  in
 3    1998;  he  was  named  Outstanding Legislator by the Illinois
 4    Hospital  and  Health  Systems  Association   in   1996;   he
 5    represented   Illinois  at  the  Emerging  Political  Leaders
 6    Conference  at  Darden  Management  School,   University   of
 7    Virginia  in 1996; he was named Legislator of the Year by the
 8    Association  of  Community  Mental  Health   Authorities   of
 9    Illinois   in   1995;  he  was  recognized  by  the  Illinois
10    Association of County  Veterans  Assistance  Commissions  for
11    outstanding  service;  he was named Legislator of the Year in
12    1995  by  the  Association   of   Community   Mental   Health
13    Authorities  of  Illinois;  he was awarded the Certificate of
14    Appreciation  for  hard  work  and  dedication  to   Illinois
15    Veterans   in   1994;   he  was  named  Outstanding  Freshmen
16    Legislator by the Illinois Health Care Association  in  1993;
17    he  was  recognized by the Illinois Department of Corrections
18    for support of Corrections in 1993; and he  was  consistently
19    awarded  the  Friend of Agriculture award by ACTIVATOR of the
20    Illinois Farm Bureau; and

21        WHEREAS, We wish Dan Rutherford  well  as  he  joins  the
22    Illinois  Senate in January 2003; while we know he is looking
23    forward to bringing his  expertise  and  perspective  to  the
24    Senate,  we  will  miss  him in the House of Representatives;
25    therefore, be it

26        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
27    NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
28    we  thank  Representative  Dan Rutherford for all of his hard
29    work and dedication to  the  House  of  Representatives,  the
30    institution,   and   his   colleagues,   both  Democrats  and
31    Republicans, and  especially  the  people  of  the  State  of
32    Illinois; and be it further

33        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
 
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 1    delivered to Representative Dan Rutherford as  an  expression
 2    of our esteem.

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