Full Text of HR1389 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to recognize Illinois State | 4 | | Representative Timothy L. Schmitz on his 14 years of service | 5 | | and hard work on behalf of the people of the State of Illinois; | 6 | | and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Representative Schmitz, a fourth generation | 8 | | resident of Kane County and lifelong resident of Batavia, was | 9 | | one of the youngest elected members in the Illinois General | 10 | | Assembly when he was first elected to the House of | 11 | | Representatives in 1999; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Prior to his election to the Illinois House of | 13 | | Representatives, Representative Schmitz served on the City of | 14 | | Batavia Plan Commission and as a City of Batavia Alderman; he | 15 | | was also a Policy Analyst for the Illinois House of | 16 | | Representatives; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, As an alumnus of the Bowhay Institute for | 18 | | Legislative Leadership Development and a Toll Fellow of the | 19 | | Council of State Governments, Representative Schmitz's peers | 20 | | recognized his leadership and elected him to serve as an | 21 | | Assistant Republican Leader, and later as Deputy Republican | 22 | | Leader; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Representative Schmitz has served with | 2 | | distinction as Co-Chairman of the Joint Committee on | 3 | | Administrative Rules, where he has helped scrutinize | 4 | | controversial administrative rules dealing with a wide variety | 5 | | of challenges to public policymakers; he has also served as | 6 | | Republican Spokesperson for the Housing Committee, and as a | 7 | | member of the Human Services, Labor & Commerce, and | 8 | | Transportation: Regulation, Roads & Bridges Committees; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Representative Schmitz has received numerous | 10 | | awards from organizations throughout his career as a lawmaker, | 11 | | including Legislator of the Year from the Metro West Council of | 12 | | Government, the Friends of Fairness Award from the Illinois | 13 | | Civil Justice League, Outstanding Legislator from the Illinois | 14 | | Bankers Association, the Recognition Award from the Illinois | 15 | | Fire Safety Alliance, the Legislative Award from the Associated | 16 | | Firefighters of Illinois, Champion of Free Enterprise from the | 17 | | Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Farthest Under 40 from Augustana | 18 | | College, and Friend of Agriculture from the Illinois | 19 | | Agricultural Association; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Representative Schmitz is a recipient of the Red | 21 | | Cross Hometown Heroes award, and he received the Fireman of the | 22 | | Year award in 2005; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Representative Schmitz earned his degree in | 2 | | Public Administration and Political Science from Augustana | 3 | | College, where he met his wife, Julianne, and together they | 4 | | reside in Batavia with their children, Alex and Ryan; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, In addition to the commitments of being a husband, | 6 | | father, and elected official, Representative Schmitz has | 7 | | remained a firefighter and emergency medical technician with | 8 | | the Batavia Fire Department, a position he has held since 1984; | 9 | | therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 | | we congratulate our friend and colleague, Representative | 13 | | Timothy L. Schmitz, on his retirement from the Illinois of | 14 | | House of Representatives and wish him the best in his future | 15 | | endeavors; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to Representative Schmitz as a symbol of our respect | 18 | | and esteem.
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