Bill Text: IL HR0884 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the members of the Clinton County Electric Cooperative on the 75th anniversary of their cooperative.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-03-05 - Resolution Adopted [HR0884 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR0884-Introduced.html
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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 congratulate the members of the | ||||||
| 4 | Clinton County Electric Cooperative on the 75th anniversary of | ||||||
| 5 | their cooperative; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The Clinton County Electric Cooperative was | ||||||
| 7 | officially organized on December 31, 1939 in Breeze, Illinois, | ||||||
| 8 | through the hard work and dedication of a handful of local | ||||||
| 9 | residents wanting to improve living and farming conditions for | ||||||
| 10 | themselves and their neighbors; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Because of the lack of density, it simply was not | ||||||
| 12 | possible for the for-profit utilities to make a profit serving | ||||||
| 13 | rural areas with only a few farms or homes per mile of electric | ||||||
| 14 | line; with the help of loans from the Rural Electrification | ||||||
| 15 | Administration, these rural people banded together to form | ||||||
| 16 | rural member-owned and member-governed electric cooperatives; | ||||||
| 17 | and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, This group of local residents went door to door | ||||||
| 19 | signing up their neighbors to become members of the Clinton | ||||||
| 20 | County Electric Cooperative and convincing them that a | ||||||
| 21 | cooperative would bring lights and power to the rural area; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Their hard work paid off and the Clinton County | ||||||
| 2 | Electric Cooperative's lines were first energized on March 26, | ||||||
| 3 | 1940, initially serving 684 member-owners in Clinton County; | ||||||
| 4 | and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, The Clinton County Electric Cooperative continues | ||||||
| 6 | to provides reliable electric service to member-owners in | ||||||
| 7 | Clinton, Fayette, Madison, Marion, St. Clair, and Washington | ||||||
| 8 | counties; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, For 75 years, the Clinton County Electric | ||||||
| 10 | Cooperative has served its member-owners based on 7 guiding | ||||||
| 11 | principles: voluntary and open membership, member-elected and | ||||||
| 12 | controlled boards of directors, members' economic | ||||||
| 13 | participation, autonomy and independence, education and | ||||||
| 14 | training, cooperation among cooperatives, and concern for | ||||||
| 15 | community; therefore, be it
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| 16 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 17 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 18 | we congratulate the Clinton County Electric Cooperative on its | ||||||
| 19 | 75th anniversary; and be it further
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| 20 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 21 | presented to the Clinton County Electric Cooperative as a | ||||||
| 22 | symbol of our esteem and respect.
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