Full Text of SR1069 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Illinois State Senator M. Maggie Crotty was born | 3 | | in Chicago and graduated from Mercy High School; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Senator Crotty served as a Development | 5 | | Coordinator in the Cook County Region for Infinite Southwest | 6 | | and the Southwest Cook County Cooperative for Special | 7 | | Education; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Senator Crotty began her career in public service | 9 | | as a member of the District 145 school board in 1978 and served | 10 | | as board president from 1986 until 1993; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Senator Crotty continued serving her community on | 12 | | the District 228 Strategic Planning Committee and the | 13 | | Educational Foundation, where she continues to serve; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Senator Crotty has also worked with many local | 15 | | organizations to improve the quality of life for the region and | 16 | | its citizens, including membership in many Chambers of Commerce | 17 | | and Kiwanis Clubs and as a member of the Oak Forest Civil | 18 | | Service Commission; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Senator Crotty began her legislative career as a | 20 | | State Representative from 1996 to 2002, where she focused on |
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| 1 | | education issues, senior issues, and consumer protection; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Senator Crotty sought and won election to the | 3 | | Illinois State Senate in 2002; she has served since 2003 as | 4 | | part of her mission to help children, seniors, and families; | 5 | | and | 6 | | WHEREAS, During her tenure in the General Assembly, Senator | 7 | | Crotty has fought to maintain and improve critical State | 8 | | services, including human services and public safety, with an | 9 | | emphasis on seniors and Illinois veterans; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Senator Crotty demonstrated that education was | 11 | | the top priority of her legislative agenda by sponsoring | 12 | | initiatives to boost the State's share of education funding and | 13 | | to allow Illinois residents to rehabilitate their defaulted | 14 | | student loans; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Senator Crotty passed the "Silver Alert" system in | 16 | | Illinois that permits law enforcement to provide alerts for | 17 | | missing or abducted seniors and disabled persons, similar to | 18 | | the "Amber Alert" for children; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Senator Crotty waged a successful battle to close | 20 | | the Suburban Cook County Regional Office of Education amid | 21 | | allegations of corruption; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Senator Crotty has always been a vocal proponent | 2 | | of health and human services; she served as a lead advocate in | 3 | | requiring insurance companies to cover treatment for children | 4 | | with congenital or genetic disorders and increased the State's | 5 | | understanding of children with disabilities; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Senator Crotty has served on and led numerous | 7 | | committees in the General Assembly, including serving as | 8 | | Chairperson of the Elections Committee, the Vice-Chairperson | 9 | | of the Local Government Committee, and the Co-Chairperson for | 10 | | the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules; she also served as | 11 | | a member of the Higher Education Committee, the Labor | 12 | | Committee, the Revenue Committee, the Joint Commission on | 13 | | Government Reform, the Executive Committee, the Executive | 14 | | Appointments Committee, the State Government and Veteran | 15 | | Affairs Committee, the Environment Committee, the Health & | 16 | | Human Services Committee, and the Licensed Activities | 17 | | Committee; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Senator Crotty has been the recipient of many | 19 | | awards for outstanding service to her community and the | 20 | | citizens of Illinois, including the Theresa Roedl Memorial | 21 | | Award for Volunteerism in 1988, the Outstanding Freshman | 22 | | Legislator of the Year for the Illinois Health Care Association | 23 | | in 1997, and numerous other Legislator of the Year Awards from |
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| 1 | | organizations across the State; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Senator Crotty continues to reside in Oak Forest, | 3 | | where she raised her 3 sons, Kevin, Keith, and Mark, who have | 4 | | blessed her with 7 grandchildren; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Senator Maggie Crotty's retirement from the | 6 | | Illinois Senate will be a loss of advocacy deeply felt by the | 7 | | people of Illinois and the members of this chamber; therefore, | 8 | | be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we thank Senator Maggie | 11 | | Crotty for her years of service to the people of Illinois and | 12 | | honor her with this resolution; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to Senator Crotty as a symbol of our gratitude and | 15 | | with our best wishes for her future endeavors.
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