MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2001 Regular Session

To: Rules

By: Senator(s) Minor, Jackson, Farris, Frazier, Gordon, Dawkins, Simmons, Kirby, Scoper, White (29th), Thames, Harvey, Nunnelee, Chamberlin, Burton, Bryan, Ross, Little, Furniss, Browning, King, Hyde-Smith, Williamson, Carmichael, Hamilton, Mettetal, Hewes, Horhn, Walls, Jordan, Lee, Cuevas, White (5th), Huggins

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SUPPORT OF THE LEGISLATURE FOR THE LOCATION OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL ON THE PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN MALL IN THE CAPITOL COMPLEX.

WHEREAS, it is only fitting that the law enforcement officers who have given their lives in the performance of their duties be remembered with the utmost respect; and

WHEREAS, the State Board of Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and the Bureau of Capitol Facilities have put forth a concerted effort to make an appropriate and meaningful Law Enforcement Memorial a reality; and

WHEREAS, the monument design will be the result of a competition of appropriate designs submitted by architectural firms located in Mississippi; and

WHEREAS, the location of the Law Enforcement Memorial will be in accordance with construction plans for the new Capitol Complex, which includes a proposed pedestrian mall between the Walter Sillers State Office Building and a newly constructed Gartin Justice Facility; and

WHEREAS, Mississippi's law enforcement officers are worthy of the highest praise:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN, That we do hereby express the enthusiastic support of the Legislature for the location of the Law Enforcement Officers Memorial on the proposed pedestrian mall to be located between the Walter Sillers State Office Building and the newly constructed Gartin Justice Facility, and we express our appreciation to the State Board of Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and the Bureau of Capitol Facilities for their hard work and dedication to this important project.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be forwarded to the State Board of Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training, the Board of Trustees of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration, and be made available to the Capitol Press Corps.