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HJR0014 - 104th General Assembly
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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General | ||||||
| 3 | Assembly pays honor and respect to those individuals who have | ||||||
| 4 | given their lives in service to their community; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Illinois State Police Trooper Clay Carns died in | ||||||
| 6 | the line of duty on December 23, 2024; and | ||||||
| 7 | WHEREAS, Trooper Carns was removing debris from the | ||||||
| 8 | southbound highway north of Blodgett Road when a driver did | ||||||
| 9 | not stop and struck him; he was transported to St. Joseph | ||||||
| 10 | Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries an hour later; | ||||||
| 11 | and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, Trooper Carns was part of Illinois State Police | ||||||
| 13 | Cadet Class 123 and joined the ISP on November 10, 2013; and | ||||||
| 14 | WHEREAS, Trooper Carns was assigned badge number 6512 and | ||||||
| 15 | served for 11 years; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 17 | HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 18 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate I-55 Mile Marker | ||||||
| 19 | 243 to 244, Southbound and Northbound, as the "ISP Trooper | ||||||
| 20 | Clay M. Carns Memorial Highway"; and be it further | ||||||
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | ||||||
| 2 | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | ||||||
| 3 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | ||||||
| 4 | giving notice of the name "ISP Trooper Clay M. Carns Memorial | ||||||
| 5 | Highway"; and be it further | ||||||
| 6 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 7 | presented to the family of Trooper Carns and the Secretary of | ||||||
| 8 | the Illinois Department of Transportation. | ||||||