A 
  RESOLUTION 
  CONGRATULATING 
  THE 
  AMERICAN 
  LEGISLATIVE 
  EXCHANGE 
  COUNCIL 
  ON 
  ITS 
  45TH 
  
ANNIVERARY 
  
WHEREAS, 
  the 
  American 
  Legislative 
  Exchange 
  Council 
  was 
  founded 
  in 
  1973 
  in 
  Chicago, 
  Illinois 
  by 
  state 
  
lawmakers 
  from 
  across 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  dedicated 
  to 
  the 
  Jeffersonian 
  principles 
  of 
  Limited 
  
Government, 
  Free 
  Markets 
  and 
  Federalism; 
  and 
  
WHEREAS, 
  the 
  American 
  Legislative 
  Exchange 
  Council 
  has 
  grown 
  to 
  become 
  the 
  nation’s 
  largest 
  
voluntary 
  membership 
  association; 
  and 
  
WHEREAS, 
  the 
  American 
  Legislative 
  Exchange 
  Council 
  is 
  currently 
  comprised 
  of 
  nearly 
  one-­‐quarter 
  of 
  
the 
  country’s 
  state 
  legislators 
  and 
  stakeholders 
  from 
  across 
  the 
  policy 
  spectrum; 
  and 
  
WHEREAS, 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Legislative 
  Exchange 
  Council 
  represent 
  more 
  than 
  60 
  million 
  
Americans 
  and 
  provide 
  jobs 
  to 
  more 
  than 
  30 
  million 
  people 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States; 
  and 
  
WHEREAS, 
  American 
  Legislative 
  Exchange 
  Council 
  conferences 
  serve 
  as 
  a 
  forum 
  for 
  state 
  lawmakers 
  to 
  
exchange 
  Ideas 
  and 
  develop 
  real 
  state 
  based 
  solutions, 
  now, 
  therefore, 
  be 
  it 
  
RESOLVED 
  by 
  the 
  House, 
  the 
  Senate 
  concurring, 
  that 
  the 
  Legislature 
  hereby 
  commemorate 
  the 
  forty-­‐
fifth 
  anniversary 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Legislative 
  Exchange 
  Council 
  and 
  congratulate 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Directors 
  
and 
  Chief 
  Executive 
  Officer 
  Lisa 
  B. 
  Nelson, 
  and, 
  be 
  it 
  
RESOLVED 
  FURTHER, 
  that 
  the 
  Clerk 
  of 
  the 
  House 
  prepare 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  this 
  resolution 
  for 
  presentation 
  to 
  
the 
  American 
  Legislative 
  Exchange 
  Council 
  Board 
  of 
  Directors 
  as 
  an 
  expression 
  of 
  the 
  General 
  
Assembly’s 
  appreciation 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Legislative 
  Exchange 
  Council