2007-2008 Bill 4013: Sergeant Danny Wilson and Constable Donnie Ouzts - South Carolina

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 117th Session, 2007-2008 3 4 H. 4013 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Concurrent Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Agnew and Gambrell 10 Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5276cm07.doc 11 12 Introduced in the House on May 2, 2007 13 Introduced in the Senate on May 15, 2007 14 Adopted by the General Assembly on January 23, 2008 15 16 Summary: Sergeant Danny Wilson and Constable Donnie Ouzts 17 18 19 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 20 21 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 22 5/2/2007 House Introduced HJ-11 23 5/2/2007 House Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial Resolutions HJ-12 24 5/3/2007 House Committee report: Favorable Invitations and Memorial Resolutions HJ-129 25 5/4/2007 Scrivener's error corrected 26 5/8/2007 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Gambrell 27 5/9/2007 House Adopted, sent to Senate HJ-42 28 5/15/2007 Senate Introduced SJ-14 29 5/15/2007 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation SJ-14 30 1/22/2008 Senate Recalled from Committee on Transportation SJ-3 31 1/23/2008 Senate Adopted, returned to House with concurrence SJ-23 32 33 34 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 35 36 5/2/2007 37 5/3/2007 38 5/4/2007 39 1/22/2008 40 1 RECALLED 2 January 22, 2008 3 4 H. 4013 5 6 Introduced by Reps. Agnew and Gambrell 7 8 S. Printed 1/22/08--S. 9 Read the first time May 15, 2007. 10 11

1 [4013-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 10 11 TO REQUEST THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF 12 TRANSPORTATION NAME THE PORTION OF SOUTH 13 CAROLINA HIGHWAY 72 IN ABBEVILLE COUNTY FROM 14 ITS INTERSECTION WITH SECONDARY HIGHWAY S-1-139 15 TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH SOUTH CAROLINA 16 HIGHWAY 28 “SERGEANT DANNY WILSON AND 17 CONSTABLE DONNIE OUZTS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY” 18 AND ERECT APPROPRIATE MARKERS OR SIGNS ALONG 19 THIS HIGHWAY THAT CONTAIN THE WORDS 20 “SERGEANT DANNY WILSON AND CONSTABLE DONNIE 21 OUZTS MEMORIAL HIGHWAY”. 22 23 Whereas, Deputy Sergeant Danny Wilson was thirty-seven years 24 old when he tragically lost his life in the line of duty on December 25 8, 2003; and 26 27 Whereas, he was a seven and one-half year veteran of the 28 Abbeville County Sheriff’s Office; and 29 30 Whereas, a native of Calhoun Falls, Sergeant Wilson was a 31 graduate of Calhoun Falls High School where he excelled as a 32 student athlete; and 33 34 Whereas, he was a 1996 graduate of the South Carolina Criminal 35 Justice Academy who served his country and State with distinction 36 as a Staff Sergeant with the South Carolina National Guard for 37 nineteen years; and 38 39 Whereas, he is survived by five children; Vatarus Tillman, 40 Tanedra Norman, Tadiana Johnson, Destiny Wilson, and Brianna 41 Polly; and 42

1 [4013] 1 1 Whereas, Constable Donald “Donnie” McMurry Ouzts was 2 sixty-three years old when he also tragically lost his life in the line 3 of duty on December 8, 2003; and 4 5 Whereas, Constable Ouzts was a six and one-half year veteran of 6 the Abbeville County Magistrate’s office; and 7 8 Whereas, he was a native of Abbeville who was married for 9 forty-three years to the former Jean Scott. They were blessed with 10 two sons, Kevin and Chris, who both reside in Abbeville; and 11 12 Whereas, Constable Ouzts was a Class 3 graduate of the South 13 Carolina Criminal Justice Academy who served his country with 14 distinction with the Military Police in the United States Air Force; 15 and 16 17 Whereas, it is fitting and proper to forever recognize the bravery 18 and many years of service to their communities, this State, and 19 nation of both Deputy Sergeant Danny Wilson and Constable 20 Donald “Donnie” McMurry Ouzts by naming a portion of South 21 Carolina Highway 72 in Abbeville County in their honor. Now, 22 therefore, 23 24 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate 25 concurring: 26 27 That the members of the General Assembly, by this resolution, 28 request that the Department of Transportation name the portion of 29 South Carolina Highway 72 in Abbeville County from its 30 intersection with secondary highway S-1-139 to its intersection 31 with South Carolina Highway 28 “Sergeant Danny Wilson and 32 Constable Donnie Ouzts Memorial Highway” and erect 33 appropriate markers or signs along this portion of highway that 34 contain the words: 35 36 “Sergeant Danny Wilson and Constable Donnie Ouzts 37 Memorial Highway”. 38 39 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to 40 the Department of Transportation. 41 ----XX---- 42

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