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      HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 07-1025
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Gibbs, Weissmann, Balmer, Benefield,
      Borodkin, Buescher, Butcher, Cadman, Carroll M., Carroll T., Casso,
      Cerbo, Curry, Fischer, Frangas, Gagliardi, Gallegos, Garcia, Gardner
      B., Gardner C., Green, Hicks, Hodge, Jahn, Judd, Kefalas, Kerr A.,
      Kerr J., King, Labuda, Lambert, Levy, Liston, Looper, Lundberg,
      Madden, Marostica, Marshall, Massey, May M., McFadyen, McGihon,
      McKinley, McNulty, Merrifield, Mitchell V., Peniston, Pommer,
      Primavera, Rice, Riesberg, Roberts, Romanoff, Rose, Solano,
      Sonnenberg, Soper, Stafford, Stephens, Summers, Swalm, Todd, Vaad,
      White, and Witwer;
      also SENATOR(S) Taylor, Wiens, Bacon, Boyd, Brophy, Fitz-Gerald,
      Gordon, Groff, Hagedorn, Harvey, Isgar, Johnson, Keller, Kopp, May
      R., McElhany, Mitchell S., Morse, Penry, Renfroe, Romer, Sandoval,
      Schultheis, Schwartz, Shaffer, Spence, Takis, Tapia, Tochtrop, Tupa,
      Veiga, Ward, Williams, and Windels.
      
      CONCERNING THE RENAMING OF A PORTION OF
          INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 70 AS THE "PRESIDENT GERALD
          FORD MEMORIAL HIGHWAY". 
      
          WHEREAS, The General Assembly passed Senate Joint Memorial
      07-001 memorializing former President Gerald Ford; and
      
          WHEREAS, Senate Joint Memorial 07-001 addresses the
      accomplishments of President Ford, including his link to Colorado for
      decades through his love of the Vail Valley, which brought worldwide
      recognition to the area; now, therefore,
      
      
      
      
      
          Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty-sixth
      General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:
      
          (1)  That the portion of Interstate Highway 70 that runs through Eagle
      County be renamed the "President Gerald Ford Memorial Highway".
      
          (2)  That the Colorado Department of Transportation may accept and
      expend gifts, grants, donations, and federal funds for the purposes of the
      initial placement of signs to mark the designated portion of Interstate
      Highway 70 as the "President Gerald Ford Memorial Highway".
      
          (3)  That the Colorado Department of Transportation may explore a
      cooperative agreement with the Board of County Commissioners of Eagle
      County for the maintenance of the markings for the "President Gerald Ford
      Memorial Highway".
      
          Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent to
      his wife, Mrs Betty Ford; the President of the United States, George W.
      Bush; the United States Secretary of Transportation, Mary E. Peters; each
      member of Colorado's congressional delegation; the Gerald R. Ford
      Presidential Library and Museum; the Transportation Commission of
      Colorado; the Office of Transportation Safety in the Colorado Department
      of Transportation; and the Board of County Commissioners of Eagle
      County.
      
      
      
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      Andrew Romanoff                      Joan Fitz-Gerald
      SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE                     PRESIDENT OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
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      Marilyn Eddins                          Karen Goldman
      CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE                 SECRETARY OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE