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IN HCR0005

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Passed

1/31/2013

Primary Sponsor

Randall Frye

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Origin

House of Representatives

2013 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Recognizes Indiana's rural electric cooperatives and the Hoosiers Power the World project initiated by the Indiana Statewide Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives in 2012 to mark the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives.

  • Documents that 17 Indiana cooperatives contributed equipment, materials, and tools valued at more than $750,000 to bring electricity to two isolated villages in northwestern Guatemala.

  • Notes that 32 professional linemen and volunteers from Indiana electric cooperatives traveled to Guatemala in August and September 2012 to complete the electricity project.

  • Acknowledges that the municipality of Hoja Blanca in Guatemala formed the first electric cooperative in that country following its experience with the Hoosiers Power the World project.

  • Directs the Principal Clerk of the House to transmit a copy of the resolution to each of Indiana's electric cooperatives.

Legislative Description

Recognizing rural electric cooperatives and Hoosiers Power the World project.

Last Action

Returned to the House

1/31/2013

Full Bill Text

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