PRINTER'S NO. 2423
No. 380 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY ORIE, RAFFERTY, PILEGGI, BAKER, COSTA, FONTANA,
BOSCOLA, STACK, WASHINGTON, FERLO, TOMLINSON, KASUNIC,
O'PAKE, C. WILLIAMS, ERICKSON, MADIGAN, MUSTO, DINNIMAN,
TARTAGLIONE, PUNT, LAVALLE, LOGAN, BRUBAKER, EARLL,
GREENLEAF, FUMO, PICCOLA AND PIPPY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2008
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, SEPTEMBER 22, 2008
A RESOLUTION
1 Commemorating the lives of those persons killed by intoxicated
2 drivers and urging observance of October 2, 2008, as "DUI
3 Victims' Memorial Day."
4 WHEREAS, More than 500 people are killed every year in this
5 Commonwealth because of intoxicated drivers; and
6 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania DUI Association has been battling
7 drunk driving for the past 29 years and has helped the DUI death
8 rate drop from over 700 people in 1988 to just over 500 people
9 in 2007; and
10 WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania DUI Association honors victims of
11 intoxicated drivers by maintaining the DUI Victims' Memorial
12 Garden at 2413 North Front Street in Harrisburg; therefore be it
13 RESOLVED, That the Senate observe October 2, 2008, as "DUI
14 Victims' Memorial Day" and commemorate the lives of those
15 persons killed by intoxicated drivers.
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