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92_HR1130 LRB9218356HShs 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION 2 WHEREAS, Members of the House of Representatives of the 3 State of Illinois would like to congratulate Representative 4 Tom Berns on a job well done for the citizens of the 104th 5 District; and 6 WHEREAS, In two years, Representative Berns has made a 7 positive difference for families in his district, throughout 8 central Illinois, and for the University of Illinois; and 9 WHEREAS, Representative Berns authored a new law to boost 10 minority-owned businesses, helping them foster partnerships 11 with the University of Illinois and state agencies looking to 12 purchase goods and services; and 13 WHEREAS, Representative Berns fought to make drugs less 14 accessible to young people; he championed a new law cracking 15 down on dealers of ecstasy and other club drugs targeted at 16 our children; and 17 WHEREAS, Representative Berns helped open up the Circuit 18 Breaker program, providing prescription assistance and 19 property tax relief to more seniors in need, and fought to 20 reform our state's antiquated and inadequate system for 21 funding long term care facilities; and 22 WHEREAS, Representative Berns sponsored legislation 23 strengthening ethics guidelines for legislators and other 24 elected officials; he worked with Representative Rick Winkel 25 and Senator Stan Weaver to assure the needs of the University 26 of Illinois are met; he also worked with Representative Dan 27 Rutherford to protect property owners' trees and shrubs from 28 excessive cutting by utility companies; and 29 WHEREAS, Representative Berns is President of both Berns, 30 Clancy and Associates, P.C. and Aerial Mapping Services, Inc. 31 in Urbana; he received a bachelor's degree in civil -2- LRB9218356HShs 1 engineering from the University of Illinois in 1968 and is an 2 active member of many civil engineering professional 3 organizations; he is co-author of the 4th edition of 4 Fundamentals of Surveying and has been an instructor in civil 5 engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 6 and other places; he received the Distinguished Alumnus Award 7 from the Civil Engineering Department of the University of 8 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Alumni Association; and 9 WHEREAS, Representative Berns has received several awards 10 during his service in the General Assembly; the Champaign 11 Park District recognized him as Honorary Commissioner for 12 outstanding services to the citizens of the Park District; in 13 appreciation of his concern and support of our natural 14 resources, he was honored by the Champaign County Soil and 15 Water Conservation District; AIA Illinois presented the 16 Outstanding Freshman Legislator Award to him for his support 17 and counsel to the profession of architecture in the State of 18 Illinois; he was voted Outstanding Legislator for the 19 Ninety-second General Assembly by the Illinois Professional 20 Land Surveyors Association; the Illinois Chamber named him 21 Champion of Free Enterprise in 2002; he received the 22 Outstanding Freshman Legislator Award from the Illinois 23 Professional Land Surveyors; and 24 WHEREAS, Representative Berns has been active in many 25 civic and service organizations, and has received numerous 26 honors from and held numerous leadership positions in those 27 organizations; therefore, be it 28 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 29 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 30 we congratulate Representative Berns for his exemplary 31 service; we wish him well in his future endeavors and we know 32 he will enjoy spending more time with his family; and be it 33 further -3- LRB9218356HShs 1 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 2 presented to Representative Tom Berns with our best regards.