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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives
are pleased to honor our friend and colleague, |
| 4 | | Illinois State Representative
Mike Boland, for his service to |
| 5 | | the people of the State of Illinois; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Throughout his 30 years as a social studies |
| 7 | | teacher,
Representative Boland taught thousands of students |
| 8 | | about self-government
and the importance of active |
| 9 | | citizenship; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, During his 16 years in the House, Representative
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| 11 | | Boland has been doing what he used to teach about, proposing |
| 12 | | and voting
on bills to make public policy; his priorities have |
| 13 | | been bills to protect
the environment, to reform the election |
| 14 | | process, to extend health care, and to
assist veterans;
and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, Representative Boland worked on behalf of
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| 16 | | environmental and energy-saving legislation throughout his 16 |
| 17 | | years by
sponsoring bills to require all new vehicles purchased |
| 18 | | by the State to be
hybrids, bio-diesel, or flex-fuel; to |
| 19 | | require State facilities to gradually
change inefficient light |
| 20 | | bulbs to Energy Star and LED lighting; and the
Green Buildings |
| 21 | | Act; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In 1998, Rep. Boland and then State Senator Barack
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| 2 | | Obama sponsored the Bernadin Amendment to provide universal |
| 3 | | health care
in Illinois, which did not pass at the time; the |
| 4 | | goal of the Bernadin Amendment is closer to
attainment due to |
| 5 | | passage of President Obama's health care act; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, As former Chairman of the Elections and
Campaign |
| 7 | | Reform Committee, Representative Boland passed reform
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| 8 | | legislation guaranteeing a paper trail in electronic voting to |
| 9 | | make votes
more secure, and he passed legislation consolidating |
| 10 | | most of the local
elections to save money for property tax |
| 11 | | payers in each election cycle; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, As Chairman of the Higher Education Committee,
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| 13 | | Representative Boland has been instrumental in the |
| 14 | | construction of a
Western Illinois campus in the Quad City |
| 15 | | area, the largest
metropolitan area in the country without a |
| 16 | | four-year public university; and
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| 17 | | WHEREAS, In his 16 years Representative Boland has earned |
| 18 | | 35 awards
from a wide variety of groups including those |
| 19 | | representing farmers,
educators, firefighters, mental health |
| 20 | | advocates, and veterans; and
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| 21 | | WHEREAS, Representative Boland has served as a model of
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| 22 | | hard work, integrity, and dedication for his constituency and |
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| 1 | | the people of
Illinois; therefore, be it
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 3 | | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
| 4 | | honor our friend and colleague, Illinois State Representative |
| 5 | | Mike
Boland, for his service and wish him great success and |
| 6 | | happiness in the
future; and be it further
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| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 8 | | presented to
Representative Mike Boland as a symbol of our |
| 9 | | esteem and respect.
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