HR1025 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HR1025 LRB102 29877 ECR 42042 r

HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives wish to congratulate Mike McCabe on the occasion of his retirement as director of the Midwestern Office of The Council of State Governments (CSG); and

WHEREAS, In his role as director, Mike McCabe oversaw the efforts of an 11-member team who provides research and staff support services to several groups of state officials, including the Midwestern Legislative Conference, the Great Lakes Legislative Caucus, and the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Commission, among others; and

WHEREAS, Prior to assuming his current duties, Mike McCabe served first as a policy analyst and later as the assistant director of the Midwestern Office; and

WHEREAS, During his tenure at CSG, Mike McCabe provided drafting and consulting assistance in connection with the creation of several interstate compact agreements, including the Interstate Agricultural Grain Marketing Compact, the Midwestern Higher Education Compact, the Interstate Insurance Receivership Compact, the Interstate Compact on Mental Health, the Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact, and the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact; and

WHEREAS, More recently, Mike McCabe participated in the development of the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision and the Interstate Compact for Juveniles; and

WHEREAS, Mike McCabe is also the co-author of The Evolving Use and the Changing Role of Interstate Compacts – A Practitioner's Guide, published by the American Bar Association in 2006; and

WHEREAS, Before joining CSG, Mike McCabe worked as an attorney with a private law firm in Des Moines, Iowa; and

WHEREAS, Mike McCabe graduated from Iowa State University and earned his law degree at the University of Illinois; and

WHEREAS, Mike McCabe has served with honor and distinction, and it is abundantly fitting and proper that his outstanding accomplishments be appropriately recognized; his vision and unyielding commitment to leadership will be sorely missed upon the occasion of his retirement; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Mike McCabe on his retirement, thank him for his many years of committed service to the Midwestern Office of The Council of State Governments, and wish him many happy and healthy retirement years; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Mike McCabe as a symbol of our esteem and respect.