2001-2002 Bill 3369: Harry Bancroft Limehouse, Requests to Appoint to Post of Federal Highway

BIL:3369

TYP:Concurrent Resolution CR

INB:House

IND:20010125

PSP:Townsend

SPO:Townsend, Scarborough, Altman, R.Brown, Campsen, Harrell, Mack and Whipper

DDN:l:\council\bills\bbm\9853htc01.doc

DPB:20010306

SUB:Harry Bancroft Limehouse, requests to appoint to post of Federal Highway Administrator; Resolutions, Federal Government

HST:

BodyDateAction DescriptionComLeg Involved

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House20010306Received from Senate

Senate20010301Adopted, returned to House

with concurrence

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Senate20010228Polled out of Committee: Favorable15 ST

Senate20010207Introduced, referred to Committee15 ST

House20010207Adopted, sent to Senate

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House20010201Committee report: Favorable24 HIMR

House20010125Introduced, referred to Committee24 HIMR

Versions of This Bill

Revised on 20010201

Revised on 20010202

Revised on 20010228

Revised on 20010301

TXT:

POLLED OUT OF COMMITTEE

MAJORITY FAVORABLE

February 28, 2001

H.3369

Introduced by Reps. Townsend, Scarborough, Altman, R.Brown, Campsen, Harrell, Mack and Whipper

S. Printed 2/28/01--S.[SEC 3/1/01 1:00 PM]

Read the first time February 7, 2001.

THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

To whom was referred a Concurrent Resolution (H.3369) memorializing the President to appoint and the Senate to confirm Harry Bancroft Limehouse, etc., respectfully

REPORT:

Has polled the Concurrent Resolution out majority favorable.

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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

MEMORIALIZING THE PRESIDENT TO APPOINT AND THE SENATE TO CONFIRM HARRY BANCROFT LIMEHOUSE TO THE POST OF FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATOR.

Whereas, Harry Bancroft (Buck) Limehouse, a Charleston native and 1960 graduate of the Citadel, is a shrewd businessman, avid outdoorsman, proven community leader, and proud family man; and

Whereas, Mr. Limehouse is the founder and owner of Limehouse Properties, a commercial real estate company that manages many of his other business interests, which consist of the Indigo Inn, the Meeting Street Inn, and the Jasmine House, in downtown Charleston and the Summerville Econolodge and the Saint George Comfort Inn; and

Whereas, Mr. Limehouse has received much recognition for his business skills from the South Carolina Hospitality Association, which named him “Hotelier of the Year” for 1994, to his repeat customers and loyal employees. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate degree in Hospitality Management from Johnson and Wales University in 1995 and an Honorary Doctorate in Business from the Citadel in 1996; and

Whereas, in addition to his business experience, Mr. Limehouse also has a myriad of government experience. He was the Chairman of the South Carolina Public Railways Commission and has been applauded for his overhaul of the Department of Transportation, a position he held from 1994 to 1999 and which he made the most efficient Department of Transportation in the nation during his tenure as Chairman. Mr. Limehouse was honored by Governor Carroll Campbell with The Order of the Palmetto Award for his distinguished service to the State of South Carolina and awarded a second Order of the Palmetto by Governor David Beasley in 1999; and

Whereas, Mr. Limehouse was named “Transportation Advocate of the Year” in May 1995, by the South Carolina Transportation Policy and Research Council, and he received the “Friend of the Taxpayer” Award from the South Carolina Association of Taxpayers in 1996; and

Whereas, Mr. Limehouse was the instigator and organizer of the State Infrastructure Bank, which Governor David Beasley signed into law in 1997 and appointed Mr. Limehouse to the board. The State Infrastructure Bank is responsible for funding projects such as the new Cooper River Bridge in Charleston County, the Conway ByPass, the Carolina Bays Parkway, the Highway 170 Project, the Southern Connector, and the York County Road Projects; and

Whereas, Harry Bancroft Limehouse has been a keen leader in the community for many years involving himself in many civic and regional organizations ranging from the Charleston Board of Realtors, of which he was the Charter President of their Commercial Real Estate Division, to the 1992 Chairmanship of the Southern Governors’ Conference and membership on the United States Presidential Delegation to the Paris Air Show of 1987. He is also currently on the board of the Carolina Coastal Boy Scouts of America and a member of the Charleston Elk’s Lodge Number 242; and

Whereas, Mr. Limehouse has further served his State by taking an active role in Republican politics since the 1964 Goldwater campaign and served as the Charleston Area Chairman of the George W. Bush for President Finance Committee; and

Whereas, Mr. Limehouse is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys the marshes and woodlands of the South Carolina coast as well as the ACE Basin, where he owns land upon which he has granted a conservation easement to protect the property from future development; and

Whereas, Mr. Limehouse was the founding President of the Palmetto State Games and is the former president of Ducks Unlimited. He was also named the South Carolina Conservationist of the Year in 1997; and

Whereas, Mr. Limehouse is married to the former Frances Fennell of Walterboro, South Carolina. They have four sons, one of whom is Chip Limehouse, our colleague in the House of Representatives, and three of whom have made Mr. and Mrs. Limehouse proud grandparents. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

That the members of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, memorialize President George W. Bush to appoint and the United States Senate to confirm Harry Bancroft (Buck) Limehouse to the post of Federal Highway Administrator.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Honorable George W. Bush, President of the United States, United States Senator Strom Thurmond, United States Senator Ernest Hollings, and the Honorable Harry Bancroft Limehouse.

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