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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General
3Assembly pays honor and respect to individuals who have given
4their lives in the line of duty; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Trooper Chong Soo Lim, Badge #4348, was killed in
6the line of duty on June 6, 1995, at the age of 29; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Trooper Lim was killed on Interstate 90 Westbound
8at (then) Milepost 18.3 when his patrol car was struck from
9behind as he conducted a traffic stop on the Northwest Tollway;
10and
 
11    WHEREAS, Trooper Lim had been a State Trooper for 5 years
12and was a graduate of the University of Illinois in Chicago;
13and
 
14    WHEREAS, Trooper Lim was born in South Korea and moved with
15his family to the United States in the late 1970s; and
 
16    WHEREAS, Trooper Lim patrolled District 3 in Chicago upon
17his graduation from the Illinois State Police Academy; he
18transferred to the midnight shift in District 15, Oak Brook,
19just one month before his death; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Annually the Asian American Law Enforcement
2Association honors Trooper Lim with a memorial scholarship;
3therefore, be it
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
5NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
6SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the State Route 59
7overpass over Interstate 90 the "Trooper Chong Soo Lim Memorial
8Overpass"; and be it further
 
9    RESOLVED, That the Illinois State Tollway Highway
10Authority is requested to erect at suitable locations,
11consistent with State and federal regulations, appropriate
12plaques or signs giving notice of the name of the "Trooper
13Chong Soo Lim Memorial Overpass"; and be it further
 
14    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
15presented to the family of Trooper Lim and the Executive
16Director of the Illinois State Tollway Highway Authority.