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Full Text of HJR0075 95th General Assembly

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HJ0075 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HJ0075 LRB095 12765 DRH 38168 r

1 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

2     WHEREAS, Bobby E. Thompson has been a political figure in
3 the Lake County area for 18 years and was the first African
4 American mayor in the county, having served as mayor of North
5 Chicago; and

6     WHEREAS, The portion of Illinois State Route 137 in
7 Waukegan lying between Greenwood Avenue and Sheridan
8 Road/McKinley Avenue is now known as the Amstutz Expressway;
9 therefore, be it

10     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
11 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
12 SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Amstutz Expressway be
13 renamed the Bobby E. Thompson Expressway; and be it further

14     RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
15 is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
16 State regulations, plaques or signs giving notice of the name;
17 and be it further

18     RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
19 presented to the Illinois Secretary of Transportation and to
20 former North Chicago Mayor Bobby E. Thompson.

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