A HOUSE RESOLUTION honoring the memory of persons with disabilities and recognizing the ALamance county mayors' committee for persons with disabilities on the FIFTEENTH anniversary of the americans with disabilities act.
Whereas, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed by the Congress of the United States of America on July 26, 1990; and
Whereas, hundreds of thousands of people in North Carolina and throughout America suffer from various kinds of disabilities; and
Whereas, in the past 15 years the Alamance County Mayors' Committee for Persons with Disabilities along with other statewide programs have done much to improve the lives of persons with disabilities and to heighten both the public's and medical community's awareness of disabilities in the State of North Carolina; and
Whereas, the ADA has opened all kinds of doors, literally and figuratively, for persons with disabilities; and
Whereas, ADA has mainstreamed children of all ages into normal schools instead of isolating and segregating them as in the past into special schools; and
Whereas, private and federal funds have gone into research for treatment and cures of many disabilities; and
Whereas, new equipment has been developed which makes life easier for people with disabilities; and
Whereas, the Alamance County Mayors' Committee for Persons with Disabilities has worked with many of the police departments in Alamance County to inaugurate handicapped ticketing programs and encourages all counties in the State to be vigilant in enforcing handicapped parking during the week of the 15th anniversary of ADA, which is Monday, July 25th to Sunday, July 31st; Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:
SECTION 1.  The North Carolina House of Representatives honors the memory of the State's deceased disabled citizens for their contributions to Alamance County, North Carolina, and the nation.
SECTION 2.  The North Carolina House of Representatives expresses appreciation to the Alamance County Mayors' Committee for Persons with Disabilities for its support of persons with disabilities on the fifteenth anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
SECTION 3.  The Principal Clerk shall transmit a certified copy of this resolution to the Alamance County Mayors' Committee for Persons with Disabilities.
SECTION 4.  This resolution is effective upon adoption.