AL HR733

Commends Representative Jeremy Oden for outstanding service as a member of the Tennessee Valley Caucus of the Alabama House of Representatives

Recognizes the Caucus, formed March 31, 2005, as the first unified voice for Tennessee Valley region interests in the Alabama Legislature

Credits the Caucus with passing Tennessee River Protection Acts for multiple counties, securing $3 million in TVA in-lieu-of-tax payments through Act 2006-655, and successfully overriding gubernatorial vetoes on funding allocation bills

Highlights passage of House Bill 44 in 2010, which returned approximately $6 million to the Tennessee Valley for education, mental health, fire protection, law enforcement, and infrastructure improvements

Notes that Representative Oden's leadership enabled the Caucus to achieve goals in five years that had been previously considered unattainable by individual legislators