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92_HR1144 LRB9218355KFkfA 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 -2- LRB9218355KFkfA 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 -3- LRB9218355KFkfA 1 delivered to Representative Dan Rutherford as an expression 2 of our esteem.