S*1000 Session 119 (2011-2012)
S*1000 Concurrent Resolution, By Peeler
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION TO REQUEST THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NAME
THE INTERCHANGE LOCATED AT EXIT 92 ALONG INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 85 IN CHEROKEE
COUNTY "LANCE CORPORAL CHRISTOPHER S. FOWLKES MEMORIAL INTERCHANGE" AND ERECT
APPROPRIATE MARKERS OR SIGNS AT THIS INTERCHANGE THAT CONTAIN THE WORDS "LANCE
CORPORAL CHRISTOPHER S. FOWLKES MEMORIAL INTERCHANGE".
11/28/11 Senate Prefiled
11/28/11 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation
01/10/12 Senate Introduced (Senate Journal-page 8)
01/10/12 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation
(Senate Journal-page 8)
02/02/12 Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment
Transportation (Senate Journal-page 13)
02/03/12 Scrivener's error corrected
02/07/12 Senate Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 28)
02/07/12 Senate Adopted, sent to House (Senate Journal-page 28)
02/08/12 House Introduced (House Journal-page 12)
02/08/12 House Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial
Resolutions (House Journal-page 12)
02/21/12 House Committee report: Favorable Invitations and
Memorial Resolutions (House Journal-page 10)
02/22/12 House Adopted, returned to Senate with concurrence
(House Journal-page 150)
S. 1000
COMMITTEE REPORT
February 21, 2012
S. 1000
Introduced by Senator Peeler
S. Printed 2/21/12--H.
Read the first time February 8, 2012.
THE COMMITTEE ON
INVITATIONS AND MEMORIAL RESOLUTIONS
To whom was referred a Concurrent Resolution (S. 1000) to request that the Department of Transportation name the interchange located at Exit 92 along Interstate Highway 85 in Cherokee County "Lance Corporal Christopher S. Fowlkes Memorial Interchange", etc., respectfully
REPORT:
That they have duly and carefully considered the same and recommend that the same do pass:
LISTON D. BARFIELD for Committee.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
TO REQUEST THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NAME THE INTERCHANGE LOCATED AT EXIT 92 ALONG INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 85 IN CHEROKEE COUNTY "LANCE CORPORAL CHRISTOPHER S. FOWLKES MEMORIAL INTERCHANGE" AND ERECT APPROPRIATE MARKERS OR SIGNS AT THIS INTERCHANGE THAT CONTAIN THE WORDS "LANCE CORPORAL CHRISTOPHER S. FOWLKES MEMORIAL INTERCHANGE".
Whereas, the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, on behalf of all South Carolinians, acknowledge with deep appreciation the great sacrifice that the men and women of the United States Armed Forces make for the ideals of freedom and justice, which are so richly enjoyed in this nation; and
Whereas, Lance Corporal Christopher S. Fowlkes of the United States Marine Corps stands high among those servicemen and women so honored by their country; and
Whereas, as a committed serviceman, Lance Corporal Christopher S. Fowlkes was assigned to the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Answering the call of his country, he left his family and home in Gaffney to serve abroad as a part of the war on terror. His first tour of duty, already completed, had taken him to Iraq; for this second tour, he was deployed to Afghanistan; and
Whereas, on September 10, 2009, at the age of twenty, Lance Corporal Fowlkes lost his life for the cause of freedom, dying from wounds sustained on September third in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, when he and four other soldiers encountered an improvised explosive device; and
Whereas, there is no greater or more courageous sacrifice a man can make than to lay down his life for a noble cause, as Lance Corporal Christopher S. Fowlkes has done, and to honor his valor, Lance Corporal Fowlkes has been named a recipient of the Lieutenant Governor's Palmetto Patriot Award; and
Whereas, it is fitting and proper to name an interchange along Interstate Highway 85 in his honor. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:
That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly request that the Department of Transportaion name the Interchange located at Exit 92 along Interstate Highway 85 in Cherokee County "Lance Corporal Christopher S. Fowlkes Memorial Interchange" and erect appropriate markers or signs at that interchange that contain the words "Lance Corporal Christopher S. Fowlkes Memorial Interchange".
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Department of Transportation.
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