Full Text of SR2509 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of former Illinois State Representative | 4 | | Vincent A. "Vince" Persico, who passed away on July 21, 2016; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Representative Persico was born on December 9, | 7 | | 1948 in Oak Park; he earned a bachelor's degree from the | 8 | | University of Illinois in 1971 and a master's degree from | 9 | | Northern Illinois University in 1986; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Representative Persico instructed young people in | 11 | | history and government as a Hadley Junior High School teacher | 12 | | for many years until 1988; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Representative Persico was an involved member of | 14 | | the Glen Ellyn community; he was a member of the Kiwanis Club, | 15 | | the Glenbard West Booster Club, the Hadley Junior High School | 16 | | PTA, and many other clubs and groups, and was active in Glen | 17 | | Ellyn boys baseball leagues; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Representative Persico began his life of public | 19 | | service by joining the boards of directors of Glen Ellyn Family | 20 | | Services and the Milton Township Committee on Youth; he also | 21 | | became a Trustee for Milton Township, which in the 1980s was a |
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| 1 | | fast-growing township that was enjoying many challenges and | 2 | | opportunities; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Representative Persico chose to run for election | 4 | | to the Illinois House of Representatives; he sought the seat | 5 | | and lost twice, in 1986 and in 1988, before winning unanimous | 6 | | election to the House in November of 1990 without | 7 | | general-election opposition; in January of 1991, he took his | 8 | | seat in the Illinois House of Representatives, where he would | 9 | | serve for 11 years; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, As a member of the Republican Party, | 11 | | Representative Persico quickly showed an aptitude for | 12 | | bipartisan committee work, serving with colleagues from both | 13 | | parties on the House Committees on Aging, Environment and | 14 | | Energy, Financial Institutions, and Labor; when he began his | 15 | | service in the Illinois General Assembly, the State laws | 16 | | governing relations between Illinois residents and regulated | 17 | | utilities had become suboptimal, especially in the areas of | 18 | | electricity and telecommunications; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, As a key member of the House Telecommunications | 20 | | Rewrite Committee, Representative Persico helped to rewrite | 21 | | the Illinois Telecommunications Law; he played a major role in | 22 | | opening up Illinois telecommunications services to | 23 | | consumer-friendly competition and in moving the law from a |
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| 1 | | paradigm based on wireline telecommunications toward the | 2 | | wireless services of the future; the cell phone shops and | 3 | | advertisements that have become ubiquitous features of | 4 | | Illinois life are a tribute to the success of his work; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, As the selected co-chairperson of the Electric | 6 | | Utility Deregulation Committee, Representative Persico played | 7 | | a major role in deregulating supplies of Illinois electricity; | 8 | | one of the most significant legislative achievements was the | 9 | | Illinois Electric Service Customer Choice and Rate Relief Law | 10 | | of 1997; developed with the help of chosen colleagues, the law | 11 | | restructured the customer side of the Illinois electric utility | 12 | | industry to offer Illinois customers a choice between electric | 13 | | suppliers while retaining the right of owners of the "last | 14 | | mile" of electric delivery wire to earn a fair return on their | 15 | | investments; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, In January of 2002, Representative Persico | 17 | | retired from the Illinois House of Representatives to join the | 18 | | private sector; in the private sector, he remained a familiar | 19 | | figure in the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, educating | 20 | | lawmakers on a wide variety of issues; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, In late 2015, Representative Persico was | 22 | | diagnosed with terminal brain cancer; during his final months | 23 | | of life, he and his wife, Donna, set an example of courage and |
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| 1 | | fortitude for the members of the Illinois House of | 2 | | Representatives, including his former colleagues; therefore, | 3 | | be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we pay tribute to the | 6 | | memory of former Illinois State Representative Vincent A. | 7 | | "Vince" Persico and his life of courage, hard work, and public | 8 | | service; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That we express our appreciation for the support | 10 | | given to Representative Persico by his wife, Donna, and his | 11 | | son, Derek Persico, House Republican Senior Legal Counselor and | 12 | | District Office Director in the office of House Republican | 13 | | Leader Jim Durkin; and be it further | 14 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 15 | | delivered to the family of Representative Persico as a symbol | 16 | | of our sympathy and appreciation for his service to the State | 17 | | of Illinois.
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