Bill Text: GA HR167 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Judge Richard S. (Stan) Gault Memorial Interchange; dedicate

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-02 - House Second Readers [HR167 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2009-HR167-Introduced.html

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09 LC 34 2041

House Resolution 167

By: Representatives Hamilton of the 23rd, Amerson of the 9th, and Knox of the 24th

A RESOLUTION

Celebrating the life of Judge Richard S. (Stan) Gault and dedicating an interchange in his memory; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, the Honorable Richard S. Gault was a distinguished Georgian and highly respected jurist who will long be remembered as the patriarch of the courts of Forsyth County, as well as a trusted advisor, confidant, and friend to the legal community; and

WHEREAS, Judge Gault died suddenly on July 23, 2003; and

WHEREAS, he graduated from Marietta High School, was a cadet at the United States Air Force Academy, served four years in the Air Force, was honorably discharged with the rank of captain in 1971, and he earned his Juris Doctorate from the Emory University School of Law; and

WHEREAS, he served six years as an Assistant and Special Assistant Attorney General of Georgia, six years as solicitor and four years as judge of the State Court of Cherokee and Forsyth Counties, and 14 years as judge of the Superior Court of the Blue Ridge Circuit; and

WHEREAS, Judge Gault worked tirelessly to ensure that the judicial needs of the citizens of Georgia and fast-growing Forsyth County were met, and his work was vital to the formation of the Bell-Forsyth Judical Circuit in 1998; and

WHEREAS, his keen intellect, integrity, and skill in communicating the needs of the judicial branch earned him the esteem of his colleagues on the bench and the respect and admiration of members of the executive and legislative branches of state government, as exemplified by his membership on the Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism from 1997-2002 and on the Supreme Court Blue Ribbon Commission on the Judiciary; and

WHEREAS, Judge Gault was a dedicated leader in his community as a member of First Baptist Church of Cumming and president of his Unity Sunday School Class, and he was a charter member of the Forsyth County Rotary Club, an organizer in the Charter Class of Leadership Forsyth, and served as director of the Cumming-Forsyth Chamber of Commerce; and

WHEREAS, it is only proper and fitting that the memory of Judge Gault be honored by dedicating a lasting memorial to his life of service to his community and to the State of Georgia.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA that the members of this body dedicate the interchange at GA 400 and SR 20 in Forsyth County as the Judge Richard S. (Stan) Gault Memorial Interchange.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Transportation is authorized and directed to erect and maintain appropriate signs dedicating the Judge Richard S. (Stan) Gault Memorial Interchange.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the family of Judge Gault.