IL SJR0056

Designates Interstate 57 between Pesotum and Champaign as the "ISP Special Agent V. Lee Bensyl Memorial Highway"

Requests Illinois Department of Transportation erect plaques or signs at suitable locations marking the memorial highway designation

Rescends a previous directive from Senate Joint Resolution 16 of the 102nd General Assembly that designated Illinois State Route 51 in Oconee after Special Agent Bensyl

Honors Special Agent Virgil Lee Bensyl, who was shot and killed on January 15, 1988 while attempting to arrest a corrections officer for conspiracy to commit murder

Special Agent Bensyl served with the U.S. Marines during Vietnam, joined Illinois State Police on July 14, 1969, and served in District 10 until graduating from New Agents Class #4 in 1984