Bill Text: IN HCR0005 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Recognizing rural electric cooperatives and Hoosiers Power the World project.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-01-31 - Returned to the House [HCR0005 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2013-HCR0005-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. ________

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOLUTION

        A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Indiana's rural electric cooperatives and the Hoosiers Power the World project.

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    _______________________, read first time and referred to Committee on

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Introduced

First Regular Session of the 118th General Assembly (2013)

HOUSE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION

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        A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Indiana's rural electric cooperatives and the Hoosiers Power the World project.

    Whereas, Indiana Statewide Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives initiated the Hoosiers Power the World project to recognize 2012 being designated the International Year of Cooperatives by the United Nations;

    Whereas, Local Indiana cooperatives contributed equipment, materials, and tools valued at more than $750,000, and 17 cooperatives donated their skills and expertise as part of the largest international endeavor undertaken by Indiana's electric cooperatives since being incorporated by rural Hoosiers in the 1930s;

    Whereas, 32 professional linemen and volunteers from electric cooperatives throughout Indiana sacrificed their time and the comforts of home to bring electricity to two isolated villages in the northwestern mountains of Guatemala in August and September 2012; and

    Whereas, The Hoosier spirit of cooperation that was embodied in the formation of Indiana's rural electric cooperatives in the 1930s is now echoed in the wilderness of Guatemala, as the municipal utility of Hoja Blanca has chosen to form the first electric cooperative in Guatemala after its experience with the Hoosiers Power the World project: Therefore,

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Be it resolved by the House of Representatives

of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana,

the Senate concurring:

    SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly recognizes and applauds Indiana's electric cooperatives and those who contributed to the Hoosiers Power the World project for exuding the Hoosier spirit in working to bring reliable electricity to the villages of Guatemala for the first time.
    SECTION 2. That the Principal Clerk of the House of Representatives transmit a copy of this resolution to each of Indiana's electric cooperatives.