First Regular Session

Sixty-first General Assembly

LLS NO. R97@0777.01 RLH

STATE OF COLORADO

BY REPRESENTATIVE Kreutz;

also SENATOR Blickensderfer.

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 97-1029

WHEREAS, On September 11, 1975, the formation of the Arapahoe County Task Force on Alcohol Problems, Inc., resulted from decriminalization of public intoxication and identification by the League of Women Voters that a serious need for an alcoholism treatment program existed in Arapahoe County, Colorado; and

WHEREAS, On April 6, 1976, the Secretary of State officially recognized the Arapahoe County Task Force on Alcohol Problems, Inc., to be a Colorado nonprofit corporation; and

WHEREAS, This is the twentieth year of operation of Arapahoe House, Inc., an organization that has contributed a great service to the community during these years; now, therefore,

Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty­first General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein:

That we, the members of the general assembly, recognize the staff of Arapahoe House during the last twenty years for their part in contributing to its success.

Be It Further Resolved, That we commend the current board of directors for its outstanding dedication and support of the operation of Arapahoe House, as well as the founders of the Arapahoe County Task Force on Alcohol Problems, Inc.