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AL HJR205

Joint Resolution

Status

Passed

5/6/2021

Primary Sponsor

Mike Jones

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Origin

House of Representatives

Regular Session 2021

AI Summary

  • Designates a portion of Alabama State Highway 55 South from Andalusia to Florala in Covington County as "Medal of Honor Recipient Sergeant Rodney J. Evans Memorial Mile"

  • Honors Sergeant Rodney J. Evans, the sole Medal of Honor recipient from Covington County, who died July 18, 1969, one day after his twenty-first birthday in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam

  • Recognizes Sergeant Evans's heroic actions during a reconnaissance mission where he sacrificed himself by absorbing the full impact of an enemy mine detonation, saving his comrades from probable death or injury

  • Directs appropriate authorities to erect and maintain signs and markers specifying this memorial designation

  • Requests the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of fabricating and erecting signs, with actual erection to occur upon receiving funds from non-state sources

Legislative Description

State Highway 55 South in Covington County, renamed in honor of Sgt. Rodney J. Evans

Resolutions, Designation

Last Action

Delivered to Governor at 2:22 p.m. on May 6, 2021.

5/6/2021

Committee Referrals

Rules4/22/2021
Rules4/15/2021

Full Bill Text

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