Bill Text: IL HJR0061 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates Illinois Route 23 in DeKalb from Gurler Road to Perry Road as the "Sheriff Roger Scott Highway".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-20 - Assigned to Transportation: Regulations, Roads & Bridges [HJR0061 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HJR0061-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General | ||||||
| 3 | Assembly pays honor and respect to those who have served our | ||||||
| 4 | country; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Sheriff Roger Scott served his country in the | ||||||
| 6 | United States Air Force from 1965 to 1969 before he began his | ||||||
| 7 | long and distinguished career with the DeKalb County Sheriff's | ||||||
| 8 | Office; after receiving an honorable discharge from the Air | ||||||
| 9 | Force with the rank of sergeant, he started as a radio operator | ||||||
| 10 | and jailor; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Sheriff Scott has served as the DeKalb County | ||||||
| 12 | Sheriff since being appointed in 1985 and first elected in | ||||||
| 13 | 1986; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Sheriff Scott created and developed dozens of | ||||||
| 15 | Sheriffs' Citizens Police Academies from 1996 to 2020; he was | ||||||
| 16 | a member of the 911 Steering Committee in 1988 and established | ||||||
| 17 | a Domestic Violence Unit in 2005; he was a founding member of | ||||||
| 18 | the DeKalb County Major Crime Unit; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Sheriff Scott's accomplishments as sheriff | ||||||
| 20 | include the Governor's Award for Excellence in Training in | ||||||
| 21 | 1999 and the National Sheriffs' Association Presidential Award | ||||||
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| 1 | for distinguished service in 2010 and serving as president of | ||||||
| 2 | the Illinois Sheriffs' Association from 2005 to 2006; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Sheriff Scott was born and raised in DeKalb | ||||||
| 4 | County and lives in DeKalb with his wife, Marcia, and his | ||||||
| 5 | children; they are members of the Waterman Bible Church; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Sheriff Scott and Marcia have raised three | ||||||
| 7 | biological children and seven adopted children and have | ||||||
| 8 | fostered almost 40 children since 1989; therefore, be it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 10 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 11 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate Illinois Route 23 | ||||||
| 12 | in DeKalb from Gurler Road to Perry Road as the "Sheriff Roger | ||||||
| 13 | Scott Highway"; and be it further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | ||||||
| 15 | is requested to erect, at suitable locations consistent with | ||||||
| 16 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | ||||||
| 17 | giving notice of the name "Sheriff Roger Scott Highway"; and | ||||||
| 18 | be it further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to Sheriff Scott, the DeKalb County Sheriff's | ||||||
| 21 | Office, the DeKalb County Board, and the Secretary of the | ||||||
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