Bill Text: IL HJR0022 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates the Illinois Department of Transportation, District 6 Headquarters in Springfield, as the "James L. Easterly Building".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-19 - Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin [HJR0022 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HJR0022-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, James L. Easterly's accomplishments have made a | ||||||
| 3 | lasting impression upon the Illinois Department of | ||||||
| 4 | Transportation (IDOT) and the State of Illinois; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, James Easterly received a bachelor's degree in | ||||||
| 6 | Civil Engineering from Bradley University in 1969 and a | ||||||
| 7 | master's degree in Public Administration from the University | ||||||
| 8 | of Illinois in 1996; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, James Easterly began working for IDOT after high | ||||||
| 10 | school and continued until his retirement in May 2003; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, During his time with IDOT, James Easterly served | ||||||
| 12 | in a variety of capacities, including as resident engineer, | ||||||
| 13 | statewide construction engineer, and district engineer in | ||||||
| 14 | Springfield and Collinsville, and culminated his career as | ||||||
| 15 | IDOT Director of Highways; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, James Easterly was a mentor and friend to all; he | ||||||
| 17 | was an outstanding engineer who dedicated his career to public | ||||||
| 18 | service and to building a better Illinois; he gave generously | ||||||
| 19 | of himself, providing leadership, engineering excellence, and | ||||||
| 20 | guidance to IDOT; he left a lasting legacy of safety and | ||||||
| 21 | improvements to the transportation system in Illinois that | ||||||
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| 1 | will stand the test of time and benefit future generations for | ||||||
| 2 | years to come; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, James Easterly was well respected by those within | ||||||
| 4 | IDOT and the private sector for the example he set, the | ||||||
| 5 | fairness he displayed, and the leadership he provided; one of | ||||||
| 6 | his greatest gifts to his staff, future generations of IDOT | ||||||
| 7 | employees, and to the public was his ability to value and build | ||||||
| 8 | partnerships that found common ground within the communities | ||||||
| 9 | and the State of Illinois; he helped IDOT become one of the | ||||||
| 10 | best and most respected departments of transportation in the | ||||||
| 11 | country; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, James Easterly and his achievements at IDOT | ||||||
| 13 | deserve recognition by the citizens of Illinois; therefore, be | ||||||
| 14 | it
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| 15 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 16 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 17 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the Illinois | ||||||
| 18 | Department of Transportation, District 6 Headquarters in | ||||||
| 19 | Springfield, as the "James L. Easterly Building"; and be it | ||||||
| 20 | further
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| 21 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 22 | presented to Mrs. James L. Easterly, Governor JB Pritzker, the | ||||||
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| 1 | Secretary of State, and the Director of Central Management | ||||||
| 2 | Services.
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