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Bill 3324

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3324
Type of Legislation:              Concurrent Resolution CR
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  19990121
Primary Sponsor:                  Harris
All Sponsors:                     Harris
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\psd\7154ac99.doc
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:     19990505
Subject:                          Gilbert "Gil" Franklin Halma 
                                  Bridge named in Chesterfield County, 
                                  Transportation Department, Resolutions


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   19990505  Received from Senate
Senate  19990504  Adopted, returned with concurrence
Senate  19990429  Recalled from Committee,               15 ST
                  placed on the Calendar
Senate  19990422  Introduced, referred to Committee      15 ST
House   19990421  Adopted, sent to Senate
House   19990420  Committee report: Favorable            24 HIMR
House   19990121  Introduced, referred to Committee      24 HIMR


                             Versions of This Bill
Revised on April 20, 1999 - Word format
Revised on April 29, 1999 - Word format

RECALLED

April 29, 1999

H. 3324

S. Printed 4/29/99--S.

Read the first time April 22, 1999.

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 132nd 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 House of Representatives, the Senate 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 copies of this resolution be forwarded to the Department of Transportation and the family of Gilbert "Gil" Franklin Halma.

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