Bill Text: MI SR0149 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: A resolution to recognize and designate June 23-29, 2014, as Amateur Radio Week in the state of Michigan.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 10-3)
Status: (Passed) 2014-05-21 - Adopted [SR0149 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-SR0149-Enrolled.html
SR-149, As Adopted by Senate, May 21, 2014
Senator Jones offered the following resolution:
Senate Resolution No. 149.
A resolution to recognize and designate June 23-29, 2014, as Amateur Radio Week in the state of Michigan.
Whereas, Amateur radio operators are celebrating over a century of the miracle of the human voice broadcast over the airwaves; and
Whereas, Amateur radio has continued to provide a bridge between people, societies, and countries by creating friendships and the sharing of ideas; and
Whereas, Operators of amateur radio have also provided countless hours of community services both in emergencies and to other local organizations throughout the decades, which are provided wholly uncompensated; and
Whereas, The state of Michigan recognizes the services amateur radio operators also provide to our many civilian emergency response organizations, including the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army; and
Whereas, These same individuals have further demonstrated their value in public assistance by providing free radio communications for local parades, bike-a-thons, walk-a-thons, fairs, and other charitable public events; and
Whereas, The state of Michigan acknowledges and appreciates the diligence of these hams who also serve as weather spotters in the SKYWARN program of the National Weather Service; and
Whereas, Amateur radio once again proved its undisputed relevance in the modern world by providing emergency communications when other systems failed in the wake of Hurricane Irene and the paralyzing October blizzard that hit the Northeast and Atlantic Seaboard; and
Whereas, The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) is the leading organization for amateur radio in the United States; and
Whereas, The ARRL Amateur Radio Field Day exercise will take place on June 28-29, 2014, and is a 24-hour emergency preparedness exercise and demonstration of the radio amateurs’ skills and readiness to provide self-supporting communications without further infrastructure being required; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate, That we hereby recognize and designate June 23-29, 2014, as Amateur Radio Week in the state of Michigan.
