HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 43

(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Kiss, and Delegates Susman, Amores, Angotti, Armstead, Ashley, Azinger, Beane, Boggs, Border, Butcher, Calvert, Cann, Caputo, Coleman, Compton, Dalton, Dempsey, Douglas, Doyle, Ennis, Ferrell, Fleischauer, Givens, Hall, Hatfield, Hines, Houston, Hubbard, Hunt, Hutchins, Jenkins, Johnson, Kelley, Kominar, Leach, Linch, Mahan, Manchin, Manuel, Marshall, Martin, McGraw, Michael, Modesitt, Overington, Paxton, Pethtel, Pettit, Pino, Proudfoot, Riggs, Rowe, Schadler, Shelton, J. Smith, L. Smith, Sparks, Spencer, Staton, Thompson, Trump, Tucker, Varner, Warner, C. White, H. White, L. White, Willis, Yeager)




Requesting the Department of Highways, in cooperation with the West Virginia University Institute for the History of Technology and Industrial Archeology and the Smithsonian Institution to conduct a study to determine the status and costs of locating, repairing or reconstructing historical highway markers.

Whereas, The Legislature of the State of West Virginia supports tourism and historical and cultural development to protect certain of its historical assets; and
Whereas, The Legislature is sensitive to the preservation of particular assets including historical highway markers; and
Whereas, The Department of Highways is aware that there are approximately eight hundred fifty historical highway markers which are presently located or should be located, repaired or reconstructed; and
Whereas, It is the intent of the Legislature to urge the Department of Highways in cooperation with West Virginia University Institute for the History of Technology and Industrial Archeology and the Smithsonian Institution to conduct a study to determine the status of the highway marker program and costs to complete the program; and
Whereas, The Legislature requests that the appropriate local, state and federal agencies assist by providing available information for this program; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Department of Highways, West Virginia University Institute for History and Technology and Industrial Archeology, the Smithsonian Institution and relevant local, state and federal agencies are urged to cooperate to develop a program including analysis of costs for the completion of the historical highway markers program; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Commissioner of Highways is requested to report to the Legislature, by a report sent to the Legislative Librarian by the end of the year two thousand, the results of the cooperative effort requested herein, including costs of locating, repairing or reconstructing historical highway markers, known available sources of funding, and drafts of any legislation necessary to facilitate the restoration or preservation of the markers; and, be it
Further Resolved, that the Clerk of the House of Delegates is instructed to send copies of this resolution to the Commissioner of Highways, the President of West Virginia University, and to appropriate persons in the West Virginia University Institute for History and Technology and Industrial Archeology, and the Smithsonian Institution.