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IN HCR0014
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/2/2018
Primary Sponsor
Jim Lucas
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AI Summary
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Urges the Indiana Department of Transportation commissioner to rename a section of U.S. Highway 50 and Jennings County Road 150 N. near North Vernon as the "Officer Anthony Burton and Reserve Officer Lonnie Howard Memorial Highway"
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Honors two North Vernon police officers killed on March 24, 1993, when their cruiser was rammed by a man who was free on bond following an earlier police standoff
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The officers' vehicle was pushed nearly 100 feet through a ditch, coming to rest at the current site of State Road 750 bypass that is to be renamed U.S. Highway 50
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Requires the Principal Clerk of the House of Representatives to transmit a copy of the resolution to the families of Officer Anthony Burton and Reserve Officer Lonnie Howard and the Indiana Department of Transportation
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Committee on Roads and Transportation recommended passage with a vote of 8 Yeas, 0 Nays on February 15, 2018
Legislative Description
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the commissioner of the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the section of U.S. Highway 50 and Jennings County Road 150 N. on the west side of North Vernon to just off the old U.S. Highway 50 on the east side as it approaches the Muscatatuck River as the "Officer Anthony Burton and Reserve Officer Lonnie Howard Memorial Highway".
Last Action
Returned to the House
3/2/2018