Bill Text: OR HCR31 | 2011 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Recognizing and honoring Oregon State Police Sergeant James D. Rector (1950-1997) for his service to this state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-27 - Filed with Secretary of State. [HCR31 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HCR31-Enrolled.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

                            Enrolled

                 House Concurrent Resolution 31

Sponsored by Representatives OLSON, CONGER, MCLANE

  Whereas Oregon State Police Sergeant James D. Rector was born
December 17, 1950, to James Sr. and Rozella Rector, in Bend; and
  Whereas Sergeant Rector graduated from Bend High School in
1969; and
  Whereas shortly after graduation Sergeant Rector joined the
United States Army and served until 1972; and
  Whereas Sergeant Rector was a Vietnam War veteran; and
  Whereas Sergeant Rector married his wife, Carol, in 1969 and
had two sons, Scott and David; and
  Whereas Sergeant Rector was a loyal and loving husband and
father and an active member of the community; and
  Whereas Sergeant Rector entered the Oregon State Police Recruit
School in late 1973 and, upon graduation, was assigned to the
Klamath Falls area and was transferred two years later to serve
the Gilchrist-Crescent area; and
  Whereas Sergeant Rector worked with Neighborhood Watch groups
and was the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) officer in the
local school; and
  Whereas Sergeant Rector was named Klamath County State Police
Officer of the Year in 1995 and received the Oregon Police
Officer Medal of Honor; and
  Whereas Sergeant Rector survived five shoot-outs and two bullet
wounds during his 24-year career; and
  Whereas Sergeant Rector was killed in the line of duty, along
with Oregon State Police Trooper Scott A. Lyons, on September 2,
1997, in a traffic accident while on routine patrol west of
Crescent on U.S. Highway 97; now, therefore,

Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
  Oregon:

  That we, the members of the Seventy-sixth Legislative Assembly,
recognize and honor Sergeant James D. Rector for his service to
this state.
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Enrolled House Concurrent Resolution 31 (HCR 31-INTRO)     Page 1

                                  Adopted by House June 7, 2011

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                                 Ramona Kenady Line, Chief Clerk
                                            of House

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                                  Bruce Hanna, Speaker of House

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                                 Arnie Roblan, Speaker of House

                                 Adopted by Senate June 21, 2011

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                                  Peter Courtney, President of
                                             Senate

Enrolled House Concurrent Resolution 31 (HCR 31-INTRO)     Page 2