Bill Text: IL SJR0008 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates the section of Illinois Route 53 that passes by Illinois State Police Headquarters District 5 in Lockport as the "Trooper Richard G. Warner Memorial Highway".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-06-16 - Resolution Adopted 110-000-000 [SJR0008 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SJR0008-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General
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| 3 | Assembly pays honor and respect to individuals who have given | ||||||
| 4 | their
lives in service to their communities; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Trooper Richard G. Warner was shot and killed by | ||||||
| 6 | a suicidal man at Illinois State Police Headquarters District | ||||||
| 7 | 5 in Lockport on April 21, 1969; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Trooper Warner was a 12-year veteran of the | ||||||
| 9 | Illinois State Police; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, At the time of his passing, Trooper Warner was | ||||||
| 11 | survived by his wife and four children; therefore, be it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
| 13 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF | ||||||
| 14 | REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the | ||||||
| 15 | section of Illinois Route 53 that passes by Illinois State | ||||||
| 16 | Police Headquarters District 5 in Lockport as the "Trooper | ||||||
| 17 | Richard G. Warner Memorial Highway"; and be it further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
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| 19 | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
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| 20 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
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| 1 | giving notice of the name of
the "Trooper Richard G. Warner | ||||||
| 2 | Memorial Highway"; and be it further
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| 3 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 4 | presented to the family of Trooper Warner, the Mayor of | ||||||
| 5 | Lockport, and the Secretary of Transportation.
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