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January 2008
Authorization for a commorative license plate honoring the 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America, HB08-1097, is sponsored by Eagle Scout Representative Kent Lambert. It passed unanimously in the House Transportation and Energy Committee.
The bill is co-sponsored by Eagle Scout Representative Terrance Carroll of Denver, Eagle Scouts Senator Dave Schultheis and Representative Larry Liston of Colorado Springs, and many other legislators.
The Boy Scouts of America was founded on February 8, 1910, by William Boyce, a Chicago publisher, following the model of the British Scouts started by Lord Robert Baden-Powell a few years earlier.
Since 1910, more than 111 million young people have joined Scouting organizations. As of December 31, 2006, Boy Scout program membership included: 1,167,102 Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts, and Venture Scouts (which includes both young men and young women); 1,701,861 Tiger Cubs, Cub Scouts, and Webelos Scouts; and almost 1.2 million adult volunteers"all organized as 121,530 Packs, Troops and Teams.
Representative Lambert was awarded the Eagle Scout Award in 1970 just after he joined the Air Force Academy. It was presented to him by the Academy Commandant, Brig. Gen. Robin Olds. He later started an American Boy Scout troop at the American Embassy in Amman, Jordan, and served as Scoutmaster for about 20 boys.
HB08-1097, sponsored by Representative Kent Lambert and Senator Chris Romer, will protect Civil Air Patrol members and other state volunteers from losing their jobs. During times of emergency, the state and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security rely more and more on trained, but unpaid, volunteers to respond during federal, state-wide, or local disasters or terrorist incidents.
HB08-1097 will extend the same job protections to members of the Civil Air Patrol, the U.S. Air Force Auxilary, as currently protect members of the National Guard during emergencies or disasters at the request of the Governor, the U.S. Air Force, or the Colorado Division of Emergency Management.
Recognizing the need to protect many other volunteers in the state, Representative Lambert is working with the Division of Emergency Management to add new amendments to the bill to extend job protections to other essential volunteers throughout the state.
Representative Lambert is the Commander of the Capitol Squadron of the Colorado Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.
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Boy Scout Centennial License Plate passes first vote
January 2008
Authorization for a commorative license plate honoring the 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America, HB08-1097, is sponsored by Eagle Scout Representative Kent Lambert. It passed unanimously in the House Transportation and Energy Committee.
The bill is co-sponsored by Eagle Scout Representative Terrance Carroll of Denver, Eagle Scouts Senator Dave Schultheis and Representative Larry Liston of Colorado Springs, and many other legislators.
The Boy Scouts of America was founded on February 8, 1910, by William Boyce, a Chicago publisher, following the model of the British Scouts started by Lord Robert Baden-Powell a few years earlier.
Since 1910, more than 111 million young people have joined Scouting organizations. As of December 31, 2006, Boy Scout program membership included: 1,167,102 Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts, and Venture Scouts (which includes both young men and young women); 1,701,861 Tiger Cubs, Cub Scouts, and Webelos Scouts; and almost 1.2 million adult volunteers"all organized as 121,530 Packs, Troops and Teams.
Representative Lambert was awarded the Eagle Scout Award in 1970 just after he joined the Air Force Academy. It was presented to him by the Academy Commandant, Brig. Gen. Robin Olds. He later started an American Boy Scout troop at the American Embassy in Amman, Jordan, and served as Scoutmaster for about 20 boys.
Lambert bill will protect jobs for emergency volunteers
February 2008HB08-1097, sponsored by Representative Kent Lambert and Senator Chris Romer, will protect Civil Air Patrol members and other state volunteers from losing their jobs. During times of emergency, the state and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security rely more and more on trained, but unpaid, volunteers to respond during federal, state-wide, or local disasters or terrorist incidents.
HB08-1097 will extend the same job protections to members of the Civil Air Patrol, the U.S. Air Force Auxilary, as currently protect members of the National Guard during emergencies or disasters at the request of the Governor, the U.S. Air Force, or the Colorado Division of Emergency Management.
Recognizing the need to protect many other volunteers in the state, Representative Lambert is working with the Division of Emergency Management to add new amendments to the bill to extend job protections to other essential volunteers throughout the state.
Representative Lambert is the Commander of the Capitol Squadron of the Colorado Wing of the Civil Air Patrol.
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