PRINTER'S NO. 2507
No. 193 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY DALEY, MANDERINO, F. E. TAYLOR, DeWEESE, KASUNIC,
SWEET, MRKONIC AND LEVDANSKY, NOVEMBER 19, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, NOVEMBER 20, 1985
A RESOLUTION
1 Memorializing the House of Delegates of the State of West
2 Virginia to establish a committee to work jointly with a like
3 committee appointed by the Speaker of the House of
4 Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to
5 investigate the events of the massive flooding of the
6 Monongahela River Basin which occurred on and around November
7 5, 1985.
8 WHEREAS, The massive flooding which occurred in the
9 Monongahela River Basin on and around November 5, 1985, affected
10 the State of West Virginia as well as the Commonwealth of
11 Pennsylvania; and
12 WHEREAS, An investigation of the events surrounding this
13 national disaster is imperative in order to avoid future losses
14 of this magnitude; and
15 WHEREAS, A thorough investigation of these events requires
16 the cooperation of and input of information from the State of
17 West Virginia; and
18 WHEREAS, To implement any suggestions for improving existing
19 systems and for instituting new ones may require the cooperation
20 of the State of West Virginia; therefore be it
1 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives memorialize the
2 House of Delegates of the State of West Virginia to establish a
3 committee to work jointly with a like committee appointed by the
4 Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
5 Pennsylvania to investigate the events of the massive flooding
6 of the Monongahela River Basin which occurred on and around
7 November 5, 1985; and be it further
8 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
9 the Honorable Joseph P. Albright, Speaker of the House of
10 Delegates, Capitol, Charleston, West Virginia.
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