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IN SR0022
Resolution
Status
2/3/2014
Primary Sponsor
Earline Rogers
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AI Summary
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Urges the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename U.S. 20 in Lake County to honor the late Mayor Rudolph "Rudy" Clay.
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Recognizes Clay's four decades of public service including election to the Indiana State Senate in 1972 as the only African-American senator at that time, representing Indiana's 3rd District.
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Documents Clay's legislative work on prison inmate treatment, victims' compensation, tenants' rights, making Martin Luther King Jr. a state holiday, and closing the Gary city dump.
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Highlights Clay's subsequent service as Lake County Council member (1978-1984), Lake County Recorder (1984), Democratic Party County Chairman (2005-2009), and Mayor of Gary (2006-2011).
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Directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit copies of the resolution to the Indiana Department of Transportation and Clay's family.
Legislative Description
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging INDOT to rename part of U.S. 20 for late Mayor Rudolph "Rudy" Clay.
Last Action
Withdrawn
2/27/2014