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Bill 347

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      347
Type of Legislation:              Concurrent Resolution CR
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  19990119
Primary Sponsor:                  Holland
All Sponsors:                     Holland
Drafted Document Number:          l:\s-jud\bills\holland\jud0022.dhh.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Invitations and Memorial Resolutions 
                                  Committee 24 HIMR
Subject:                          Gilbert "Gil" Franklin Halma 
                                  Bridge named in Chesterfield County, 
                                  Transportation Department, Resolutions


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   19990120  Introduced, referred to Committee      24 HIMR
Senate  19990119  Introduced, adopted, sent to House


                             Versions of This Bill

REQUESTING THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO DESIGNATE THE BRIDGE ON S.C. 52 NORTH OF CHERAW IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY AS THE "GILBERT (GIL) FRANKLIN HALMA BRIDGE."

Whereas, Patrolman First Class Gilbert "Gil" Franklin Halma, an officer with the Cheraw Police Department, was killed June 26, 1998, in an accident on Highway 52 north of Cheraw, while answering a call for help; and

Whereas, the citizens of Cheraw and the Cheraw Police Department suffered a great loss in the death of Patrolman First Class Halma; and

Whereas, he was an excellent and dedicated officer, who joined the Cheraw Police Department as a Dispatcher in July 1996, and graduated from the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy in 1997, after which he was assigned as a Shift Patrolman and a member of the Cheraw Police Department K-9 Tracking Team; and

Whereas, he joined the National Guard and was a member of the South Carolina National Guard 132d MP Unit in Florence, and also was very active in the Chesterfield Volunteer Fire Department and the Chesterfield Rescue Squad; and

Whereas, he is survived by his wife, Maria, two brothers, two sisters, and his mother and stepfather, Mary and Frank Riley of Ruby; and

Whereas, his life of service to his community and to the State of South Carolina should be remembered. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

That the members of the General Assembly of South Carolina request the Department of Transportation to name and appropriately sign the bridge on S.C. 52 just north of Cheraw as the Gilbert "Gil" Franklin Halma Bridge.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Department of Transportation and the family of Gilbert "Gil" Franklin Halma.

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