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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.853 Type of Legislation:Senate Resolution SR Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19990520 Primary Sponsor:Land All Sponsors:Land Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\kgh\15690dc99.doc Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19990520 Subject:Sergeant William T. "Billy" Tolar, Resolutions History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ Senate 19990520 Introduced, adopted Versions of This Bill
TO COMMEND SERGEANT WILLIAM T. "BILLY" TOLAR OF EASTOVER FOR MORE THAN THIRTY-NINE YEARS OF LOYAL AND DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Whereas, Sergeant William T. "Billy" Tolar of Eastover, South Carolina, was employed by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, formerly the South Carolina Department of Wildlife and Marine Resources, as a wildlife officer for twenty-nine years from November 1, 1968 until June 30, 1986; and
Whereas, following his retirement, he returned to service with the agency in Boating Facility Inspection and Maintenance where he has worked for an additional ten years; and
Whereas, Sergeant Tolar has dedicated his professional life to enforcing the wildlife and natural resource laws and regulations of the State and to the safety and enjoyment of the boating public and to the furtherance of the conservation, utilization, and protection of the state's resources; and
Whereas, Sergeant Tolar has served his community and his fellow citizens in numerous civic and church organizations and positions of leadership such as twenty years of service on the Eastover Town Council, interim mayor of Eastover, and charter member of the Eastover Ruritan Club; and
Whereas, Sergeant Tolar has spent a major portion of his life on the Wateree and Congaree Rivers and has been instrumental in the development and maintenance of the popular and strategic boat landing on the Wateree River off U.S. Highway 378 in Richland County; and
Whereas, by unanimous vote of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Board at its meeting on the 19th day of June, 1998, in recognition of Sergeant Tolar's exemplary record of service to the protection and enhancement of natural resources and his service to his fellow man, that the Wateree River Boat Landing be named the William T. "Billy" Tolar Boat Landing. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate:
That the members of the Senate, by this resolution, hereby commend Sergeant William T. "Billy" Tolar of Eastover for more than thirty-nine years of loyal and dedicated service to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and the people of South Carolina.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to William T. "Billy" Tolar of Eastover.
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