2003-2004 Bill 3887: South Carolina Home Builders Day - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 115th Session, 2003-2004 3 4 H. 3887 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Concurrent Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Sandifer, Bailey, Kirsh, Cato, Edge, Huggins, Loftis, Stewart and Whitmire 10 Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\5318cm03.doc 11 12 Introduced in the House on March 27, 2003 13 Introduced in the Senate on April 1, 2003 14 Adopted by the General Assembly on April 1, 2003 15 16 Summary: South Carolina Home Builders Day 17 18 19 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 20 21 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 22 3/27/2003 House Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate HJ-24 23 4/1/2003 Senate Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence SJ-5 24 25 26 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 27 28 3/27/2003 29 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 10 11 TO DECLARE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2003, AS “SOUTH 12 CAROLINA HOME BUILDER DAY” IN ORDER TO 13 RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE MANY OUTSTANDING 14 PROFESSIONAL HOME BUILDERS AND HOUSING 15 SPECIALISTS IN OUR STATE. 16 17 Whereas, all Americans, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, 18 handicap, familial status, or national origin have the right to pursue 19 the American dream of home ownership; and 20 21 Whereas, home ownership provides a sense of security for South 22 Carolina families and their children and results in better education, 23 more secure neighborhoods, and a better quality of life for our 24 children; and 25 26 Whereas, more than 30,000 new homes are built in South Carolina 27 every year; and 28 29 Whereas, the Home Builders Association of South Carolina 30 represents nearly 6,000 member companies and has nineteen local 31 associations throughout the State; and 32 33 Whereas, members of the Home Builders Association of South 34 Carolina also include diverse member companies that support 35 home building including suppliers, manufacturers, retailers, real 36 estate professionals, land development specialists, financial 37 institutions, insurance agencies, and specialty contractors; and 38 39 Whereas, members of the Home Builders Association of South 40 Carolina employ more than 65,000 South Carolinians and home 41 building accounts for four percent of South Carolina’s total 42 economic activity; and

1 [3887] 1 1 2 Whereas, the purchase of a home for most South Carolinians is the 3 single largest investment they will ever make; and 4 5 Whereas, because housing affordability is increasingly becoming a 6 problem for many South Carolina families, the Home Builders 7 Association of South Carolina members believe that demand for 8 new housing should be met by the private market to the greatest 9 extent possible and that government action and intervention that 10 increases the cost of housing should be considered carefully and 11 enacted only when an overwhelming public need must be met and 12 only after housing affordability is carefully considered; and 13 14 Whereas, the framers of the Constitution of the United States 15 considered it important to ensure the protection of an individual’s 16 property rights by establishing these rights in both the Fifth and 17 Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution; and 18 19 Whereas, the Home Builders Association of South Carolina is 20 committed to the defense of private property rights and the right to 21 buy and own a home; and 22 23 Whereas, the Home Builders Association of South Carolina and its 24 members build the American dream. Now, therefore, 25 26 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate 27 concurring: 28 29 That the members of the General Assembly, by this resolution, 30 declare Wednesday, April 2, 2003, as “South Carolina Home 31 Builder Day” in order to recognize and honor the many 32 outstanding professional home builders and new housing 33 professionals in our State. 34 35 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 36 Marc Ellis, 2003 President of the Home Builders Association of 37 South Carolina. 38 ----XX---- 39

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