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SCR123.....................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
D.L. EVANS BANK - Stating findings of the Legislature and extending sincere
appreciation and congratulations to the family of D.L. Evans and the
employees of the D.L. Evans Bank for one hundred years of service within
Idaho and acknowledgment of the services the bank has provided to Idaho
families.
02/12 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/13 Rpt prt - to 10th Ord
02/20 10th Ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
Floor Sponsor - Stennett
Title apvd - to House
02/23 House intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
02/25 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/26 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/01 3rd rdg - ADOPTED - voice vote
Floor Sponsors - Mr. Speaker & Jaquet
Title apvd - to Senate
03/02 To enrol
03/03 Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/04 Sp signed
03/05 To Secretary of State
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session - 2004
IN THE SENATE
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 123
BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
2 EXTENDING SINCERE APPRECIATION AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FAMILY OF D.L. EVANS
3 AND THE EMPLOYEES OF D.L. EVANS BANK FOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THEIR CENTENNIAL
4 ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATING ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SERVICE WITHIN IDAHO AND
5 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE SERVICES THE BANK HAS PROVIDED TO IDAHO FAMILIES.
6 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
7 WHEREAS, it is fitting and appropriate that the Senate and the House of
8 Representatives, acting on behalf of the people of the state of Idaho extend
9 sincere appreciation and congratulations to the D.L. Evans Bank on the
10 achievement of its landmark "Centennial Anniversary"; and
11 WHEREAS, on September 15, 1904, State Senator D.L. Evans, who served in
12 the Idaho Senate in 1903-04 and 1923-24, opened his first bank in a one-story
13 frame building in Albion, Idaho, to create a small, independent bank to serve
14 the financial needs of pioneer families and businesses settling the vast sage-
15 brush covered western desert; and
16 WHEREAS, the institution that D.L. Evans created has been inherited by
17 five family generations, with former Governor John V. Evans Sr. as its current
18 president, John V. Evans Jr. as its chief executive officer, and other members
19 of the Evans family as employees and members of the Board of Directors; and
20 WHEREAS, John V. Evans Sr., in addition to serving as Governor of Idaho,
21 also served the people of Idaho as Mayor of Malad City, State Senator and
22 Majority and Minority Leader of the Idaho Senate, and Lieutenant Governor; and
23 WHEREAS, the D.L. Evans Bank has provided Idaho's farmers, businesses and
24 consumers with a secure, local financial institution for loans, savings,
25 deposits, real estate mortgages and other financial needs and has been
26 steadfast in its service despite floods, fires, droughts, and other natural
27 disasters that through time have threatened their customers' financial assets;
28 and
29 WHEREAS, the D.L. Evans Bank is continuing to successfully expand its
30 business into other Idaho cities like Meridian, Ketchum and Boise; and
31 WHEREAS, the D.L. Evans Bank is the second largest community bank head-
32 quartered in southern Idaho with $388 million in assets and $345 million in
33 deposits; and
34 WHEREAS, Senator Evans' initial investment of $25,000 has grown substan-
35 tially during the one hundred years and now has twelve offices in the Magic,
36 Treasure and Wood River Valleys of southern Idaho embracing D.L. Evans' phi-
37 losophy that "...if the Bank provided its customers close, friendly personal
38 customer service, they would be customers for life"; and
39 WHEREAS, the political, community and financial contributions to the state
40 of Idaho by the Evans family over more than five generations have served as an
41 example to all Idahoans whether in public service or the private sector; and
42 WHEREAS, the impact of Senator D.L. Evans and his family has been positive
43 and appreciated by the residents of the state of Idaho.
44 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second Regular Ses-
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1 sion of the Fifty-seventh Idaho Legislature, the Senate and the House of Rep-
2 resentatives concurring therein, that we extend appreciation and congratula-
3 tions to the family of D.L. Evans and the employees of the D.L. Evans Bank
4 for one hundred years of service within Idaho and we acknowledge the services
5 to the families of Idaho.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 13912C1
This is a concurrent resolution acknowledging and congratulating the
D.L. Evans Bank for one hundred years serving the banking needs of the
people of Idaho and expressing appreciation for the many contributions
that five generations of the D.L. Evans family have made to the state.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact.
Contact
Name: Senator Clint Stennett
Phone: 332-1351
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE SCR 123