Full Text of HR1311 93rd General Assembly
HR1311 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Senator Carole | 4 |
| Pankau as she leaves her seat in the House to serve the | 5 |
| citizens of Illinois in the State Senate; and
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| WHEREAS, Born on August 13, 1947, in Valparaiso, Indiana, | 7 |
| she has been married to Anthony John Pankau, Jr. for 37 years | 8 |
| and is the mother of four grown children: John, Jason, Shay, | 9 |
| and Aaron; she has been a resident of Roselle for 27 years and | 10 |
| is a member of St. Walter Roman Catholic Church; and
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| WHEREAS, She was an honors graduate of the University of | 12 |
| Illinois in 1981 and holds a bachelor of science in accounting; | 13 |
| she has held several elected positions, including serving as a | 14 |
| DuPage County Board Member for 8 years, a Keeneyville School | 15 |
| District #20 Board Member for 8 years, a Bloomingdale Township | 16 |
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Precinct #51 Committeeman for 18 | 17 |
| years, and as a State Representative for 11 years; and
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| WHEREAS, During her tenure in the House of Representatives, | 19 |
| Senator Pankau worked for change; in 1995, she led efforts to | 20 |
| remove the Employer Trip Reduction (ETR) mandate from the | 21 |
| Chicago severe non-attainment ozone area; she sponsored | 22 |
| several transportation initiatives, and the highlights include | 23 |
| legislation in response to a tragic 1995 bus/train crash in Fox | 24 |
| River Grove, known as the "cop-in-a-box" initiative; a Task | 25 |
| Force to examine a graduated license system; legislation to | 26 |
| permit bikes on Metra trains with an extra fee; legislation | 27 |
| regarding use of airport appropriation funds; and the creation | 28 |
| of the Stop Neuroblastoma license plate and special fund, with | 29 |
| money going to neuroblastoma and cancer research, education, | 30 |
| screening, and treatment; other license plate initiatives she | 31 |
| sponsored include the issuing of Pearl Harbor license plates to | 32 |
| widowed spouses of an Illinois resident who participated in the |
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| Battle at Pearl Harbor and no additional original issuance fee | 2 |
| for Bronze Star and Silver Star license plates; and
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| WHEREAS, She was the chief sponsor of legislation | 4 |
| benefiting library districts, employer sponsored daycare, and | 5 |
| citizen review panels for the Department of Children and Family | 6 |
| Services, bringing the State into compliance with the federal | 7 |
| Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act; she helped to create | 8 |
| the Real Estate Appraiser Licensing Act of 2002, which | 9 |
| corrected a number of inconsistencies in State law that could | 10 |
| have led to Illinois losing its accreditation as a certified | 11 |
| State appraisal licensing program; and
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| WHEREAS, During her tenure in the House, Senator Pankau | 13 |
| served on several committees; she most recently served as | 14 |
| Republican Spokesman of the Executive Committee and on the | 15 |
| Gaming, Insurance, and Revenue Committees; and
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| WHEREAS, Senator Pankau is the former owner-manager of an | 17 |
| auto body/towing business, which she owned for 17 years; she | 18 |
| has been a member of the Chambers of Commerce in Bartlett, | 19 |
| Bloomingdale, Hanover Park, and Roselle; the Bloomingdale | 20 |
| Republican Women's Club; the Illinois Federation of Republican | 21 |
| Women; the National Order of Women Legislators; Zeta Tau Alpha | 22 |
| Sorority at Purdue University; and the Business Advisory Board | 23 |
| of First Suburban National Bank; and
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| WHEREAS, She has been active in her community, serving as a | 25 |
| Past President of the Bloomingdale Township Volunteer Council, | 26 |
| as a DuPage County Health Board Member for 4 years, as a DuPage | 27 |
| Housing Authority member for 4 years, and she has been the | 28 |
| hostess of "In Focus", a cable TV program for the past 12 | 29 |
| years; and
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| WHEREAS, Senator Pankau has been the recipient of several | 31 |
| awards, including the "Champion of Local Government" Award |
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| given by Suburban Mayors Action Coalition; the "Voice of | 2 |
| Employers" Award given by The Management Association of | 3 |
| Illinois; a 100% rating from the Illinois State Chamber of | 4 |
| Commerce; the "Friend of the Family" Award for her pro-family | 5 |
| voting record in the 1997 session; the Friend of Agriculture | 6 |
| Activator Award in 1994, 1995, and 1996; and she was recognized | 7 |
| by the Illinois Federation for Right to Life, Inc. in 1995; | 8 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 11 |
| congratulate Senator Carole Pankau on her new position in the | 12 |
| Senate, and we wish her well in her service in that esteemed | 13 |
| chamber; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to Senator Pankau as an expression of our deepest | 16 |
| respect and esteem.
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