SR371: SR371 Investigator Eric Anthony Minix Highway; Coweta County; dedicate

This resolution honors Investigator Eric Anthony Minix, a Coweta County Sheriff's Department investigator and K9 handler who died in the line of duty on January 4, 2024. The resolution recounts his background and service before directing that a specific road be dedicated in his memory. The operative part of the resolution names the section of State Route 16 between State Route 14 and State Route 54 in Coweta County as the Investigator Eric Anthony Minix Highway. It directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the dedication, and directs the Secretary of the Senate to send copies of the resolution to Minix's family and to the Department of Transportation.

• Dedicates the portion of State Route 16 between State Route 14 and State Route 54 in Coweta County as the Investigator Eric Anthony Minix Highway.
• Directs the Georgia Department of Transportation to erect and maintain signs marking the highway dedication.
• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to distribute copies of the resolution to Minix's family and the Department of Transportation.

The resolution affects the Georgia Department of Transportation, which must install and maintain signage, and Coweta County residents and drivers who travel that stretch of State Route 16. It also formally recognizes the family of Investigator Eric Anthony Minix and the Coweta County Sheriff's Department.

The resolution creates a lasting public memorial along a state highway for a law enforcement officer killed in the line of duty, requiring the Department of Transportation to put up signage, but it does not change any laws, funding, or regulations affecting the public.

• The resolved clause names the stretch of State Route 16 from State Route 14 to State Route 54 in Coweta County as the Investigator Eric Anthony Minix Highway.
• A further clause authorizes and directs the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain appropriate signs for the dedication.
• A final clause directs the Secretary of the Senate to send copies of the resolution to Minix's family and the Department of Transportation.

1. 2025-03-11Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
2. 2025-03-10Senate Hopper (Senate)

• Matt Brass (R, SD-006)Primary sponsor
• Randy Robertson (R, SD-029)
• Jason Anavitarte (R, SD-031)
• Shawn Still (R, SD-048)
• Michael Rhett (D, SD-033)
• Jason Esteves (D, SD-035)
• Billy Hickman (R, SD-004)
• Greg Dolezal (R, SD-027)
• Clint Dixon (R, SD-045)
• Tonya Anderson (D, SD-043)
• Gail Davenport (D, SD-017)
• Blake Tillery (R, SD-019)
• Bo Hatchett (R, SD-050)
• Marty Harbin (R, SD-016)
• John Albers (R, SD-056)
• Russ Goodman (R, SD-008)
• Ben Watson (R, SD-001)
• Mike Hodges (R, SD-003)
• Ricky Williams (R, SD-025)
• John Kennedy (R, SD-018)
• Kay Kirkpatrick (R, SD-032)

• highway dedication
• Coweta County
• law enforcement memorial
• Georgia Department of Transportation