18 | 14 | | First Regular Session 123rd General Assembly (2023) |
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19 | 15 | | SENATE CONCURRENT |
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20 | 16 | | RESOLUTION No. 6 |
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21 | 17 | | 1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana |
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22 | 18 | | 2 Department of Transportation to rename a section of State Road |
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23 | 19 | | 3 135 in Harrison County between School Lane Northeast and |
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24 | 20 | | 4 Buffalo Trace Road the "Jacob T. McClanahan Memorial |
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25 | 21 | | 5 Mile". |
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26 | 22 | | 6 Whereas, Jacob T. McClanahan was born November 3, |
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27 | 23 | | 7 1997, in Corydon, Indiana, to Marty D. and Deborah Miller |
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28 | 24 | | 8 McClanahan; |
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29 | 25 | | 9 Whereas, Jacob graduated from Corydon Central High |
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30 | 26 | | 10 School in 2016 and dedicated his life to working with and |
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31 | 27 | | 11 serving the Harrison County community ever since he could |
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32 | 28 | | 12 legally drive; |
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33 | 29 | | 13 Whereas, Jacob worked as a truck driver for the Harrison |
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34 | 30 | | 14 County Highway Department and volunteered at the Ramsey |
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35 | 31 | | 15 Volunteer Fire Department, the Harrison Township Volunteer |
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36 | 32 | | 16 Fire Department, the New Middletown Volunteer Fire |
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37 | 33 | | 17 Department, and the Leavenworth Fire Department; |
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38 | 34 | | 18 Whereas, On the evening of May 16, 2022, Jacob and a |
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39 | 35 | | 19 friend were driving on Highway 135 near Palmyra, Indiana, |
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40 | 36 | | 20 when they pulled over to assist a stranded motorist who had |
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41 | 37 | | 21 run out of gas and remained partially in the roadway; |
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42 | 38 | | 22 Whereas, While Jacob worked to help direct traffic around |
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43 | 39 | | 23 the scene, the stranded driver pulled out a shotgun and fired |
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44 | 40 | | 24 towards a Palmyra Police Reserve Officer who had been |
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45 | 41 | | 25 assisting the driver, but the bullet fatally struck 24-year-old |
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46 | 42 | | SC 6—RC 1502/DI SM 2 |
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47 | 43 | | 1 Jacob instead; and |
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48 | 44 | | 2 Whereas, Jacob's lifelong contributions and sacrifice to his |
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49 | 45 | | 3 hometown should be celebrated and remembered by family, |
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50 | 46 | | 4 friends, and those traveling through Harrison County for years |
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51 | 47 | | 5 to come: Therefore, |
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52 | 48 | | 6 Be it resolved by the Senate of the General Assembly |
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53 | 49 | | 7 of the State of Indiana, the House of Representatives |
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54 | 50 | | 8 concurring: |
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55 | 51 | | 9 SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly urges the |
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56 | 52 | | 10 Indiana Department of Transportation to rename a section of |
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57 | 53 | | 11 State Road 135 in Harrison County between School Lane |
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58 | 54 | | 12 Northeast and Buffalo Trace Road the "Jacob T. McClanahan |
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59 | 55 | | 13 Memorial Mile". |
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60 | 56 | | 14 SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed |
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61 | 57 | | 15 to transmit copies of this Resolution to the family of Jacob T. |
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62 | 58 | | 16 McClanahan and the Commissioner of the Indiana Department |
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63 | 59 | | 17 of Transportation. |
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64 | 60 | | SC 6—RC 1502/DI SM 3 |
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65 | 61 | | COMMITTEE REPORT |
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66 | 62 | | Madam President: The Senate Committee on Homeland Security |
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67 | 63 | | and Transportation, to which was referred Senate Concurrent |
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68 | 64 | | Resolution No. 6, has had the same under consideration and begs leave |
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69 | 65 | | to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that |
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70 | 66 | | said resolution DO PASS. |
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71 | 67 | | (Reference is to SC 6 as introduced.) |
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72 | 68 | | |
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73 | 69 | | CRIDER, Chairperson |
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74 | 70 | | Committee Vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0 |
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75 | 71 | | SC 6—RC 1502/DI SM |
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