2011-2012 Bill 4308: Lance Corporal Todd Alvin Benjamin - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 119th Session, 2011-2012 3 4 H. 4308 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Concurrent Resolution 9 Sponsors: Rep. Daning 10 Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\6251cm11.docx 11 Companion/Similar bill(s): 4293 12 13 Introduced in the House on June 1, 2011 14 Introduced in the Senate on January 10, 2012 15 Adopted by the General Assembly on February 16, 2012 16 17 Summary: Lance Corporal Todd Alvin Benjamin 18 19 20 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 21 22 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 23 6/1/2011 House Introduced ( House Journalpage 16) 24 6/1/2011 House Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial Resolutions (House 25 Journalpage 16) 26 6/1/2011 House Committee report: Favorable Invitations and Memorial Resolutions (House 27 Journalpage 72) 28 6/2/2011 House Adopted, sent to Senate ( House Journalpage 49) 29 1/10/2012 Senate Introduced ( Senate Journalpage 43) 30 1/10/2012 Senate Referred to Committee on Transportation ( Senate Journalpage 43) 31 2/15/2012 Senate Committee report: Favorable Transportation ( Senate Journalpage 10) 32 2/16/2012 Scrivener's error corrected 33 2/16/2012 Senate Adopted, returned to House with concurrence ( Senate Journalpage 11) 34 35 36 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 37 38 6/1/2011 39 6/1/2011-A 40 2/15/2012 41 2/16/2012 42 1 COMMITTEE REPORT 2 February 15, 2012 3 4 H. 4308 5 6 Introduced by Rep. Daning 7 8 S. Printed 2/15/12--S. [SEC 2/16/12 1:53 PM] 9 Read the first time January 10, 2012. 10 11 12 THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION 13 To whom was referred a Concurrent Resolution (H. 4308) to 14 request that the Department of Transportation name the 15 intersection located at the junction of United States Highway 17A 16 and the Sangaree Parkway in Berkeley County, etc., respectfully 17 REPORT: 18 That they have duly and carefully considered the same and 19 recommend that the same do pass: 20 21 LAWRENCE K. GROOMS for Committee. 22

[4308-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 10 11 TO REQUEST THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF 12 TRANSPORTATION NAME THE INTERSECTION LOCATED 13 AT THE JUNCTION OF UNITED STATES HIGHWAY 17A 14 AND THE SANGAREE PARKWAY IN BERKELEY COUNTY 15 “LANCE CORPORAL TODD ALVIN BENJAMIN 16 INTERSECTION” AND ERECT APPROPRIATE MARKERS 17 OR SIGNS AT THIS INTERSECTION THAT CONTAIN THE 18 WORDS “LANCE CORPORAL TODD ALVIN BENJAMIN 19 INTERSECTION”. 20 21 Whereas, Lance Corporal Todd Alvin Benjamin was born on May 22 31, 1988, in Corning, New York, the son of Todd and Dana 23 Benjamin of Summerville and his father-in-law and motherinlaw 24 Edward and Nancy Pierce of North Charleston, and tragically died 25 on March 30, 2010; and 26 27 Whereas, Lance Corporal Benjamin was the devoted husband of 28 his wife, Catherine Pierce Benjamin, and was adored by his two 29 siblings, Philip M. Benjamin and Charlotte A. Benjamin; and 30 31 Whereas, he was a 2006 graduate of Northside Christian School 32 and attended Charleston Southern University; and 33 34 Whereas, he was a patient care giver with Nightingale’s Nursing 35 and Attendants and an active member of the Coastal Shores Baptist 36 Church; and 37 38 Whereas, Lance Corporal Benjamin served his country with honor 39 and distinction as a member of the United States Marine Corps and 40 completed a combat tour of duty in Iraq; and 41

[4308] 3 1 Whereas, it is fitting and proper for the members of the General 2 Assembly to forever recognize Lance Corporal Benjamin’s 3 gallantry and bravery by naming a highway intersection in his 4 honor. Now, therefore, 5 6 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate 7 concurring: 8 9 That the members of the General Assembly request that the 10 Department of Transportation name the intersection located at the 11 junction of United States Highway 17A and the Sangaree Parkway 12 in Berkeley County “Lance Corporal Todd Alvin Benjamin 13 Intersection” and erect appropriate markers or signs at this 14 intersection that contain the words “Lance Corporal Todd Alvin 15 Benjamin Intersection”. 16 17 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to 18 the Department of Transportation. 19 XX 20

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