2015
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 15-014
       
       
       BY SENATOR(S) Crowder, Aguilar, Balmer, Baumgardner, Carroll, Cooke,
       Donovan, Garcia, Grantham, Guzman, Heath, Hill, Hodge, Holbert, Jahn,
       Johnston, Jones, Kefalas, Kerr, Lambert, Lundberg, Marble, Martinez Humenik,
       Merrifield, Neville T., Newell, Roberts, Scheffel, Sonnenberg, Steadman, Todd,
       Ulibarri, Woods, Cadman;
       also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Vigil, Arndt, Becker J., Becker K., Brown, Buck,
       Buckner, Carver, Conti, Court, Danielson, DelGrosso, Dore, Duran, Esgar,
       Everett, Fields, Foote, Garnett, Ginal, Hamner, Humphrey, Kagan, Keyser,
       Klingenschmitt, Kraft-Tharp, Landgraf, Lawrence, Lebsock, Lee, Lontine,
       Lundeen, McCann, Melton, Mitsch Bush, Moreno, Navarro, Neville P.,
       Nordberg, Pabon, Pettersen, Primavera, Priola, Rankin, Ransom, Rosenthal,
       Roupe, Ryden, Salazar, Sias, Singer, Tate, Thurlow, Tyler, Van Winkle,
       Willett, Williams, Wilson, Windholz, Winter, Young, Hullinghorst.
       
       
          CONCERNING THE DESIGNATION OF COLORADO HIGHWAY
       159 AS THE "COSTILLA COUNTY VETERANS MEMORIAL
       HIGHWAY". 
       
       
          WHEREAS, The Costilla County Veterans Service Organization,
       notably the Costilla County Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6101 and the
       American Legion Post 142, have requested the General Assembly to
       designate Colorado Highway 159 as the "Costilla County Veterans
       Memorial Highway"; and
       
          WHEREAS, Fifteen percent of the current population of Costilla
       County has veteran status; and
       
          WHEREAS, A total of four hundred twenty-five living Costilla
       County veterans have bravely fought for the freedom of the American
       people; and
       
          WHEREAS, One-third of these veterans fought in multiple wars; and
       
          WHEREAS, Two hundred sixty-sixty Costilla County veterans fought
       in the Vietnam War, forty-five fought in the Korean War, twenty-two
       fought in World War II, and nineteen fought in the Gulf Wars; and
       
          WHEREAS, The General Assembly acknowledges the brave service
       of its veterans; and
       
          WHEREAS, The General Assembly finds that it is proper and fitting
       that there be a lasting memorial in Costilla County to honor the service of
       its military veterans; and
       
          WHEREAS, The Board of County Commissioners of Costilla County
       unanimously adopted a resolution in support of renaming the highway on
       October 14, 2014; now, therefore,
       
          Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Seventieth General Assembly of the
       State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein:
       
          (1)  That Colorado State Highway 159 beginning at the intersection of
       the  highway with U.S. Highway 160, then south to the New Mexico state
       line, be named the "Costilla County Veterans Memorial Highway";
       
          (2)  That the Colorado Department of Transportation may accept and
       expend gifts, grants, and donations for the purpose of the initial
       placement of signs to mark the highway as the "Costilla County Veterans
       Memorial Highway"; and
       
          (3)  That the Colorado Department of Transportation may explore a
       cooperative agreement with the Board of County Commissioners of
       Costilla County for the maintenance of the markings for the Costilla
       County Veterans Memorial Highway.
       
                    Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be hand
       delivered by Senator Crowder to the Board of County Commissioners of
       Costilla County; the Costilla County Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6101;
       and the American Legion Post 142.
       
       
       
       
       
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       Bill L. Cadman               Dickey Lee Hullinghorst
       PRESIDENT OF                    SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
       THE SENATE                        OF REPRESENTATIVES
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Cindi L. Markwell                     Marilyn Eddins
       SECRETARY OF                CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
       THE SENATE                        OF REPRESENTATIVES