Full Text of HR0189 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives honor J. Thomas Johnson for his distinguished | 4 | | career of service to the people of the State of Illinois; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Tom was born in DeKalb County; he has been a | 6 | | resident of Cook County for most of his professional career; he | 7 | | earned his bachelor's degree in accounting from Northern | 8 | | Illinois University and is a registered Certified Public | 9 | | Accountant in Illinois; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Tom served as the Director of the Illinois | 11 | | Department of Revenue from 1980 to 1987; during that time, he | 12 | | served as President of the National Association of Tax | 13 | | Administrators and on President Ronald Reagan's Task Force on | 14 | | Worldwide Unitary Taxation, which was charged to review its | 15 | | impact on foreign trade and relations; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Tom was an original member and then Chairman of | 17 | | the Illinois Gaming Board from 1990 until 1999; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Before his appointment at the Department of | 19 | | Revenue, Tom served as the Director of the Illinois Department | 20 | | of Local Government Affairs, the agency then responsible for | 21 | | overseeing the State's administration of real and personal |
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| 1 | | property taxation; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Tom became President of the Taxpayers' Federation | 3 | | of Illinois on April 1, 2006; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, He served as a member of the Property Tax Reform | 5 | | and Relief Task Force, a body created by the General Assembly | 6 | | in 2007; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, In 2009, Governor Pat Quinn appointed Tom chair of | 8 | | the Taxpayer Action Board, which was charged with identifying | 9 | | cost and operating efficiencies in Illinois' government | 10 | | programs; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Tom was formerly the Partner in Charge of KPMG's | 12 | | Chicago State and Local Tax Practice; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Before joining KPMG, he served as the National | 14 | | Director of State and Local Taxes for Grant Thornton; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Tom has been a member of the Board of Directors of | 16 | | the Civic Federation of Chicago, Chairman of the Tax Committee | 17 | | of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Tax | 18 | | Committee of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce, a member of the | 19 | | Director's Advisory Board of the Illinois Department of | 20 | | Revenue, and a member of the Board of the Illinois Tax |
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| 1 | | Foundation and the Regional Development Committee of the | 2 | | Metropolitan Planning Council; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Tom has served as a member of the Advisory Boards | 4 | | of the Georgetown University Law School's State and Local Tax | 5 | | Institute, the National Institute on State and Local Taxation, | 6 | | and the AICPA and Illinois CPA Society's State and Local Tax | 7 | | Committees; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Tom's knowledge and experience have made him a | 9 | | valuable resource for the Governor and the General Assembly as | 10 | | they have considered changes in State and local tax policy; his | 11 | | participation in legislative and administrative deliberations | 12 | | for the last 30 years has resulted in significant improvements | 13 | | in the tax structure of this State; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 16 | | we honor J. Thomas Johnson for his distinguished career of | 17 | | service to the people of the State of Illinois; and be it | 18 | | further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to J. Thomas Johnson as a symbol of our respect and | 21 | | esteem.
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