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HCR045..............................................by REVENUE AND TAXATION
MISSING PERSONS DAY - Stating findings of the Legislature and proclaiming
September 14 as Missing Persons Day.
02/17 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/20 Rpt prt - to Jud
03/16 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/17 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/21 3rd rdg - ADOPTED - voice vote
Floor Sponsor - McGeachin
Title apvd - to Senate
03/22 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Jud
03/28 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 10th Ord
03/30 10th Ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
Floor Sponsor - Richardson
Title apvd - to House
03/31 To enrol
04/03 Rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed
04/04 To Secretary of State
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2006
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 45
BY REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMITTEE
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
2 STATING LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND PROCLAIMING SEPTEMBER 14 AS MISSING PERSONS
3 DAY.
4 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
5 WHEREAS, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Crime
6 Information Center there were 876,213 missing person entries (juveniles and
7 adults) in the year 2001, with an average of 2,001 children disappearing daily
8 including children from the state of Idaho; and
9 WHEREAS, as of March 31, 2003, there were 97,297 active missing person
10 cases in the United States and of those missing approximately 54,194 were
11 juveniles and 43,113 were reports of individuals eighteen and older and these
12 statistics include citizens of the state of Idaho; and
13 WHEREAS, in response to these alarming trends, nonprofit organizations
14 such as Project Jason, Center for Hope and the Carole Sund/Carrington Memorial
15 Reward Foundation were founded for the purpose of educating the public in an
16 effort to prevent future abductions and disappearances and to provide assis-
17 tance to families of the missing; and
18 WHEREAS, all missing persons deserve to be searched for, regardless of
19 their age; and
20 WHEREAS, citizens, media and law enforcement must be made aware of the
21 plight of missing persons regardless of their age; and
22 WHEREAS, our awareness, support, efforts and search for missing persons
23 must continue; and
24 WHEREAS, every missing person is someone's son or daughter, father or
25 mother, brother or sister, husband or wife; and
26 WHEREAS, the state of Idaho is committed to the safety and well-being of
27 all its citizens, both children and adults.
28 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Second Regular Ses-
29 sion of the Fifty-eighth Idaho Legislature, the House of Representatives and
30 the Senate concurring therein, that we hereby proclaim September 14 as Missing
31 Persons Day, and the song "The Room We Never Go In" shall be commemorated as
32 the song for Missing Persons Day and do hereby urge all citizens to take due
33 note of the observance.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 16086
The purpose of this legislation is to establish September 14 as
Missing Persons Day in Idaho.
FISCAL NOTE
None.
Contact
Name: Representative McGeachin
Phone: 332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE HCR 45