1 HR235
2 219457-1
3 By Representative McCutcheon
4 RFD:
5 First Read: 30-MAR-22
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8 COMMENDING REPRESENTATIVE STEVE MCMILLAN ON HIS
9 RETIREMENT AND YEARS OF SERVICE.
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11 WHEREAS, on the occasion of the approaching
12 retirement of Representative Steve McMillan, this body finds
13 it fitting to recount the many accomplishments and sacrifices
14 of his storied legislative career; and
15 WHEREAS, Representative McMillan first won election
16 to represent House District 95 in the Alabama State House of
17 Representatives in 1982, and has represented that district
18 ever since; and
19 WHEREAS, during his tenure in the Alabama State
20 House, Representative McMillan has served on numerous House of
21 Representatives committees, including the House Rules
22 Committee, the County and Municipal Government Committee, the
23 Internal Affairs Committee, the Technology and Research
24 Committee, the Ways and Means Education Committee, and has
25 chaired the Baldwin County Legislative Delegation Committee;
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Page 1 1 WHEREAS, Representative McMillan's involvement
2 extends well beyond the walls of the State House; he has also
3 served the Baldwin County community and the State of Alabama
4 in a variety of other roles, including being past President of
5 the Bay Minette Rotary Club, member and past President of the
6 Baldwin County Board of REALTORS, member and past President of
7 the Alabama Association of REALTORS, member of the Optimists
8 Club of Perdido Bay, board member of the Southern Regional
9 Education Board, charter member and first Chairman of the
10 Joint Legislative State Parks Oversight Committee, president
11 of the board of the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science,
12 board member of the Alabama Gulf Coast Convention and Visitors
13 Bureau, member of the North Baldwin Chamber of Commerce,
14 member of the South Baldwin Chamber of Commerce, and member of
15 the Coastal Alabama Business Chamber; and
16 WHEREAS, despite all these leadership positions,
17 Representative McMillan is most proud of those accomplishments
18 that directly impacted his constituents, whom he always firmly
19 believed he was elected to represent first and foremost:
20 Creating the Fair Ballot Commission, creating the State
21 Teacher of the Year program, creating the Gulf Shores/Orange
22 Beach Tourism organization, helping to push for the Lodge at
23 Gulf State Park, helping to implement planning and zoning for
24 unincorporated areas of Baldwin County, helping found the
25 Alabama School of Mathematics and Science and ensuring it was
26 located in Coastal Alabama, helping create the office of the
27 Baldwin County Revenue Commissioner, helping create the
Page 2 1 Alabama Coastal Area Erosion Task Force, creating the Baldwin
2 County Judicial Commission, creating the crime of home repair
3 fraud, creating the concept of Historic Landmark Districts,
4 creating the Insurance Fraud Unit of the Department of
5 Insurance, and crafting the Alabama Homeowners Bill of Rights;
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7 WHEREAS, Representative McMillan has always had a
8 knack for making friends, among both his compatriots and his
9 adversaries; truly, on the occasion of his retirement, most
10 everyone in the State House considers this gregarious
11 gentleman from Baldwin County to be a friend; and
12 WHEREAS, this body cannot muster the words or
13 conjure the letters to serve as a proper send-off for such a
14 statesman who has long walked these halls; let this resolution
15 serve instead as a mere token of the immense gratitude and
16 high esteem with which we send Representative McMillan into
17 his retirement; now therefore,
18 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF
19 THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA, That Representative Steve McMillan
20 is hereby commended for his many years of service to the State
21 of Alabama and its peoples, and that a copy of this resolution
22 be presented to him along with best wishes and prayers for his
23 future endeavors.
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