Full Text of HR1067 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to commend their colleague, | 4 | | Representative Tom Morrison, on the occasion of his retirement | 5 | | as State Representative of the 54th District; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Morrison is a former small business owner in | 7 | | the field of residential and commercial disaster cleanup and | 8 | | restoration; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Morrison is a proud graduate of Hillsdale | 10 | | College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History; | 11 | | and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Morrison was elected as a state | 13 | | representative from Illinois' 54th District in 2011; he served | 14 | | the people of portions of Palatine, Inverness, Rolling | 15 | | Meadows, Hoffman Estates, Arlington Heights, and Schaumburg; | 16 | | and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Morrison served on the | 18 | | Appropriations-General Service Committee as the Republican | 19 | | spokesperson, the Personnel & Pensions Committee, the | 20 | | Insurance Committee, the Elementary and Second Education: | 21 | | Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools Committee as the |
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| 1 | | Republican spokesperson, the Energy & Environment Committee, | 2 | | the Human Services Committee, the Special Issues Subcommittee | 3 | | (ESE), the Local Retirement System Subcommittee, the | 4 | | Miscellaneous Issues Subcommittee, the Pension Reform | 5 | | Subcommittee, and the Property Tax Relief Task Force; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Morrison was selected to the Council of | 7 | | State Government's Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership | 8 | | Development program in 2011 and the inaugural class of the | 9 | | Edgar Fellows Program in 2012; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Morrison was one of the first of many | 11 | | Illinois legislators to entirely opt-out of the State's | 12 | | pension systems; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Morrison is a former fifth grade teacher at | 14 | | Christian Liberty Academy, where he served for six years, and | 15 | | a former radio news broadcaster; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Morrison has supported and has spoken at | 17 | | meetings for Avenues to Independence, a non-profit, charitable | 18 | | organization that supports over 200 individuals with autism, | 19 | | cerebral palsy, Down Syndrome, and other intellectual, | 20 | | physical, and developmental disabilities; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Morrison has held a "Baby Closet Drive" |
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| 1 | | annually in his district to collect necessary supplies for | 2 | | families in need; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Morrison was named as a Champion of Free | 4 | | Enterprise by the Illinois Chamber of Commerce in 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Morrison was named as a Friend of | 6 | | Manufacturing in 2018 for his support of the Illinois | 7 | | manufacturing and business community; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Rep. Morrison is the proud husband of his wife | 9 | | Bethany and proud father to their four children; therefore, be | 10 | | it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 12 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we commend Representative Tom Morrison on his distinguished | 14 | | service as State Representative of the 54th District and wish | 15 | | him all the best in his future endeavors; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented to | 17 | | Representative Morrison as a symbol of our esteem and respect | 18 | | for our colleague and friend.
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