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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are pleased to recognize Illinois State | ||||||
4 | Representative Timothy L. Schmitz on his 14 years of service | ||||||
5 | and hard work on behalf of the people of the State of Illinois; | ||||||
6 | and
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7 | WHEREAS, Representative Schmitz, a fourth generation | ||||||
8 | resident of Kane County and lifelong resident of Batavia, was | ||||||
9 | one of the youngest elected members in the Illinois General | ||||||
10 | Assembly when he was first elected to the House of | ||||||
11 | Representatives in 1999; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Prior to his election to the Illinois House of | ||||||
13 | Representatives, Representative Schmitz served on the City of | ||||||
14 | Batavia Plan Commission and as a City of Batavia Alderman; he | ||||||
15 | was also a Policy Analyst for the Illinois House of | ||||||
16 | Representatives; and | ||||||
17 | WHEREAS, As an alumnus of the Bowhay Institute for | ||||||
18 | Legislative Leadership Development and a Toll Fellow of the | ||||||
19 | Council of State Governments, Representative Schmitz's peers | ||||||
20 | recognized his leadership and elected him to serve as an | ||||||
21 | Assistant Republican Leader, and later as Deputy Republican | ||||||
22 | Leader; and |
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1 | WHEREAS, Representative Schmitz has served with | ||||||
2 | distinction as Co-Chairman of the Joint Committee on | ||||||
3 | Administrative Rules, where he has helped scrutinize | ||||||
4 | controversial administrative rules dealing with a wide variety | ||||||
5 | of challenges to public policymakers; he has also served as | ||||||
6 | Republican Spokesperson for the Housing Committee, and as a | ||||||
7 | member of the Human Services, Labor & Commerce, and | ||||||
8 | Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committees; and | ||||||
9 | WHEREAS, Representative Schmitz has received numerous | ||||||
10 | awards from organizations throughout his career as a lawmaker, | ||||||
11 | including Legislator of the Year from the Metro West Council of | ||||||
12 | Government, the Friends of Fairness Award from the Illinois | ||||||
13 | Civil Justice League, Outstanding Legislator from the Illinois | ||||||
14 | Bankers Association, the Recognition Award from the Illinois | ||||||
15 | Fire Safety Alliance, the Legislative Award from the Associated | ||||||
16 | Firefighters of Illinois, Champion of Free Enterprise from the | ||||||
17 | Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Farthest Under 40 from Augustana | ||||||
18 | College, and Friend of Agriculture from the Illinois | ||||||
19 | Agricultural Association; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Representative Schmitz is a recipient of the Red | ||||||
21 | Cross Hometown Heroes award, and he received the Fireman of the | ||||||
22 | Year award in 2005; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Representative Schmitz earned his degree in | ||||||
2 | Public Administration and Political Science from Augustana | ||||||
3 | College, where he met his wife, Julianne, and together they | ||||||
4 | reside in Batavia with their children, Alex and Ryan; and
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5 | WHEREAS, In addition to the commitments of being a husband, | ||||||
6 | father, and elected official, Representative Schmitz has | ||||||
7 | remained a firefighter and emergency medical technician with | ||||||
8 | the Batavia Fire Department, a position he has held since 1984; | ||||||
9 | therefore, be it
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10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
11 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
12 | we congratulate our friend and colleague, Representative | ||||||
13 | Timothy L. Schmitz, on his retirement from the Illinois of | ||||||
14 | House of Representatives and wish him the best in his future | ||||||
15 | endeavors; and be it further
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16 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
17 | presented to Representative Schmitz as a symbol of our respect | ||||||
18 | and esteem.
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