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Bill 737

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      737
Type of Legislation:              Concurrent Resolution CR
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20010605
Primary Sponsor:                  Drummond
All Sponsors:                     Drummond
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\dka\4544mm01.doc
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:     20010605
Subject:                          Lieutenant Governor Nancy Stevenson, 
                                  Resolutions


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
Senate  20010605  Received from House
House   20010605  Introduced, adopted, returned
                  with concurrence
Senate  20010605  Introduced, adopted, sent to House


              Versions of This Bill

EXPRESSING THE SORROW OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND ITS GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT THE DEATH OF FORMER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR NANCY STEVENSON, AND MEMORIALIZING HER MANY AND VARIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS STATE, BOTH AS A PUBLIC SERVANT AND AS A WOMAN.

Whereas, Nancy Stevenson, Lieutenant Governor of the State of South Carolina from 1979 to 1983, died May 31, 2001, at her home in Virginia; and

Whereas, the former Charleston resident lived her final days as gracefully as she had lived the rest of her life; and

Whereas, she was the first woman to hold a statewide elected public office in South Carolina; and

Whereas, that elected public life began as a Representative from her beloved Charleston to the House of Representatives, where she served with distinction for the 1975-78 term; and

Whereas, she was elected Lieutenant Governor of the State of South Carolina November 7, 1978; and

Whereas, during that tenure she established the PAL Hotline, an informational line for the citizens of South Carolina to inquire about state government services; and

Whereas, she also was involved in promoting state governmental efficiency and rewarding state employees whose practices attained that result; and

Whereas, as a published author herself, and a former journalist for the New York Herald Tribune, she deeply appreciated the power of the written word, she began the Lieutenant Governor's writing competition that flourishes even today; and

Whereas, she aspired to and reached personal and professional goals that had too often been outside the visions and possibilities for women of her generation; and

Whereas, she inspired and carved a path for many of the women who are in public service today, each of whom can display proudly the T-shirt bearing her image and the slogan "Not one of the good old boys!"; and

Whereas, the State of South Carolina owes a debt of gratitude and a moment of remembrance for its former servant. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:

That the members of the General Assembly do hereby express the sorrow of the State of South Carolina at the death of former Lieutenant Governor Nancy Stevenson, and memorialize her many and varied contributions to this State, both as a public servant and as a woman.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the family of Lieutenant Governor Nancy Stevenson.

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