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Introduced Version
HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. ____
DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOL UTION
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana
Department of Transportation to rename a portion of State Road
56 near French Lick, Indiana, the "Chief Vern Ervin Memorial
Mile".
May, Lauer
_______________________, read first time and referred to Committee on
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First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. ____
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana
2 Department of Transportation to rename a portion of State Road
3 56 near French Lick, Indiana, the "Chief Vern Ervin Memorial
4 Mile".
5 Whereas, French Lick Chief of Police Vern Ervin was
6 tragically killed on September 10, 1972, at the French Lick
7 Police Station while attempting to quell a domestic dispute;
8 Whereas, Chief Ervin was a United States Army veteran and
9 served in World War II;
10 Whereas, He had served with the French Lick Police
11 Department for 16 years and had previously served with the
12 Orange County Sheriff's Office for one year;
13 Whereas, Upon his death, he was survived by his wife, two
14 daughters, one son, three grandsons, and five siblings;
15 Whereas, Orange County wishes to memorialize Chief Ervin
16 for his bravery and service to both the community of Orange
17 County as a law enforcement officer and to the United States as
18 a war veteran; and
19 Whereas, Chief Vern Ervin's contributions deserve to be
20 commemorated and remembered for generations to come:
21 Therefore,
22 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives
23 of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana,
24 the Senate concurring:
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1 SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly urges the
2 Indiana Department of Transportation to rename a portion of
3 State Road 56 near French Lick, Indiana, the "Chief Vern Ervin
4 Memorial Mile".
5 SECTION 2. That the Principal Clerk of the House of
6 Representatives shall transmit copies of this resolution to the
7 Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Transportation.
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