2005-2006 Bill 1103: Great American Cleanup of South Carolina - South Carolina Legislature

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 116th Session, 2005-2006 3 4 S. 1103 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Concurrent Resolution 9 Sponsors: Senator Thomas 10 Document Path: l:\council\bills\gjk\20759sd06.doc 11 Companion/Similar bill(s): 4551 12 13 Introduced in the Senate on February 1, 2006 14 Currently residing in the Senate Committee on General 15 16 Summary: Great American Cleanup of South Carolina 17 18 19 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 20 21 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 22 2/1/2006 Senate Introduced SJ-31 23 2/1/2006 Senate Referred to Committee on General SJ-31 24 25 26 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 27 28 2/1/2006 29 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 10 11 TO PROCLAIM APRIL 22, 2006, AS THE GREAT AMERICAN 12 CLEANUP OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND ENCOURAGE ALL 13 SOUTH CAROLINIANS TO RECOGNIZE THE MANY 14 CONTRIBUTIONS OF A CLEAN AND BEAUTIFUL STATE 15 TO AN IMPROVED QUALITY OF LIFE. 16 17 Whereas, celebrating it’s twenty-first anniversary, the Keep 18 America Beautiful Great American Cleanup takes place annually 19 from March through May; and 20 21 Whereas, teams of volunteers will participate in community 22 cleanups, including parks, parking lots, neighborhoods, beaches, 23 river fronts, business districts, and school yards across the 24 Palmetto State during our State’s Great American Cleanup day; 25 and 26 27 Whereas, during last year’s Great American Cleanup of South 28 Carolina, about eighteen thousand volunteers cleaned up more than 29 fifteen thousand tons of trash, recycled approximately twenty-two 30 thousand tires, cleaned four hundred acres of parks, twenty-two 31 thousand miles of roadways, and over one thousand miles of 32 waterfront; and 33 34 Whereas, working together to clean and beautify our State helps 35 build pride in communities, create cleaner environments, foster 36 economic development, and bring awareness to the problem of 37 litter. Now, therefore, 38 39 Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives 40 concurring: 41

1 [1103] 1 1 That the members of the General Assembly hereby proclaim April 2 22, 2006, as the Great American Cleanup of South Carolina and 3 encourage all South Carolinians to recognize the many 4 contributions of a clean and beautiful state to an improved quality 5 of life. 6 7 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to 8 PalmettoPride. 9 10 ----XX---- 11

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