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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, Members of the House of Representatives of the
3 State of Illinois would like to congratulate Representative
4 Tom Berns on a job well done for the citizens of the 104th
5 District; and
6 WHEREAS, In two years, Representative Berns has made a
7 positive difference for families in his district, throughout
8 central Illinois, and for the University of Illinois; and
9 WHEREAS, Representative Berns authored a new law to boost
10 minority-owned businesses, helping them foster partnerships
11 with the University of Illinois and state agencies looking to
12 purchase goods and services; and
13 WHEREAS, Representative Berns fought to make drugs less
14 accessible to young people; he championed a new law cracking
15 down on dealers of ecstasy and other club drugs targeted at
16 our children; and
17 WHEREAS, Representative Berns helped open up the Circuit
18 Breaker program, providing prescription assistance and
19 property tax relief to more seniors in need, and fought to
20 reform our state's antiquated and inadequate system for
21 funding long term care facilities; and
22 WHEREAS, Representative Berns sponsored legislation
23 strengthening ethics guidelines for legislators and other
24 elected officials; he worked with Representative Rick Winkel
25 and Senator Stan Weaver to assure the needs of the University
26 of Illinois are met; he also worked with Representative Dan
27 Rutherford to protect property owners' trees and shrubs from
28 excessive cutting by utility companies; and
29 WHEREAS, Representative Berns is President of both Berns,
30 Clancy and Associates, P.C. and Aerial Mapping Services, Inc.
31 in Urbana; he received a bachelor's degree in civil
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1 engineering from the University of Illinois in 1968 and is an
2 active member of many civil engineering professional
3 organizations; he is co-author of the 4th edition of
4 Fundamentals of Surveying and has been an instructor in civil
5 engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
6 and other places; he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award
7 from the Civil Engineering Department of the University of
8 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Alumni Association; and
9 WHEREAS, Representative Berns has received several awards
10 during his service in the General Assembly; the Champaign
11 Park District recognized him as Honorary Commissioner for
12 outstanding services to the citizens of the Park District; in
13 appreciation of his concern and support of our natural
14 resources, he was honored by the Champaign County Soil and
15 Water Conservation District; AIA Illinois presented the
16 Outstanding Freshman Legislator Award to him for his support
17 and counsel to the profession of architecture in the State of
18 Illinois; he was voted Outstanding Legislator for the
19 Ninety-second General Assembly by the Illinois Professional
20 Land Surveyors Association; the Illinois Chamber named him
21 Champion of Free Enterprise in 2002; he received the
22 Outstanding Freshman Legislator Award from the Illinois
23 Professional Land Surveyors; and
24 WHEREAS, Representative Berns has been active in many
25 civic and service organizations, and has received numerous
26 honors from and held numerous leadership positions in those
27 organizations; therefore, be it
28 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
29 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
30 we congratulate Representative Berns for his exemplary
31 service; we wish him well in his future endeavors and we know
32 he will enjoy spending more time with his family; and be it
33 further
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1 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2 presented to Representative Tom Berns with our best regards.