Bill Text: IL HJR0035 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates the section of Interstate 74 between the Murray Baker Bridge and the Sterling Avenue Exit in Peoria as the Ray LaHood Highway.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-11-07 - Adopted Both Houses [HJR0035 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HJR0035-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Ray LaHood was appointed United States Secretary | ||||||
| 3 | of Transportation in January of
2009; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Prior to becoming the United States Secretary of | ||||||
| 5 | Transportation, Ray LaHood
served Illinois' 18th Congressional | ||||||
| 6 | District for 7 terms spanning the years 1995 to 2009,
where he | ||||||
| 7 | served on the House Transportation and Infrastructure | ||||||
| 8 | Committee and the House
Appropriations Committee; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Secretary LaHood is a lifelong Peoria resident; he | ||||||
| 10 | earned a
degree in education and sociology at Bradley | ||||||
| 11 | University and taught in public and Catholic Schools; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Secretary LaHood has dedicated his career to | ||||||
| 13 | improving Peoria and central Illinois; he served as the chief | ||||||
| 14 | planner for the Rock Island-based Bi-Metropolitan Commission, | ||||||
| 15 | as an aid to Congressman Tom Railsback and Congressman Robert | ||||||
| 16 | Michel,
and as a member in the Illinois House of Representative | ||||||
| 17 | from 1982 to 1983; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, During his time serving in congress, Secretary | ||||||
| 19 | LaHood was a leader in efforts to
enhance central Illinois' | ||||||
| 20 | infrastructure and promote economic development and helped | ||||||
| 21 | make
possible the funding for the construction of Interstate 74 | ||||||
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| 1 | between the Murray Baker Bridge and
the Sterling Avenue Exit; | ||||||
| 2 | and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, The City of Peoria made the decision to name this | ||||||
| 4 | section of highway after Secretary
LaHood; therefore, be it
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| 5 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 6 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 7 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, That we designate the section of | ||||||
| 8 | Interstate 74 between the Murray Baker Bridge and
the Sterling | ||||||
| 9 | Avenue Exit in Peoria as the Ray LaHood Highway in honor of the | ||||||
| 10 | Secretary's
service to the State of Illinois and his essential | ||||||
| 11 | role in securing funding for the highway; and be it further
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| 12 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | ||||||
| 13 | is requested to erect at suitable
locations, consistent with | ||||||
| 14 | State regulations, plaques or signs giving notice of the name; | ||||||
| 15 | and be it further
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| 16 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 17 | presented to Illinois Secretary of
Transportation Ann L. | ||||||
| 18 | Schneider and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood.
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