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H. 4613

STATUS INFORMATION

Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Rep. Hodges
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ggs\22513sd10.docx

Introduced in the House on February 24, 2010
Introduced in the Senate on March 10, 2010
Adopted by the General Assembly on March 17, 2010

Summary: Microenterprise Development Month

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/24/2010  House   Introduced HJ-101
   2/24/2010  House   Referred to Committee on Invitations and Memorial 
                        Resolutions HJ-101
   2/25/2010          Scrivener's error corrected
    3/4/2010  House   Committee report: Favorable Invitations and Memorial 
                        Resolutions HJ-4
    3/9/2010  House   Adopted, sent to Senate HJ-37
   3/10/2010  Senate  Introduced SJ-9
   3/10/2010  Senate  Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        SJ-9
   3/16/2010  Senate  Recalled from Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry 
                        SJ-22
   3/17/2010  Senate  Adopted, returned to House with concurrence SJ-25

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/24/2010
2/25/2010
3/4/2010
3/16/2010

RECALLED

March 16, 2010

H. 4613

S. Printed 3/16/10--S.

Read the first time March 10, 2010.

TO PROVIDE THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BY THIS RESOLUTION, HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE TO SOUTH CAROLINA OF MICROENTERPRISES, DEFINED AS SMALL BUSINESSES WITH FEWER THAN FIVE EMPLOYEES, AND DESIGNATE THE MONTH OF JUNE 2011, AND THE MONTH OF JUNE EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER UNTIL JUNE 2021, AS "MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT MONTH" IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

Whereas, microenterprises, small businesses with fewer than five employees, comprise over seventeen percent of South Carolina's employment, providing jobs for more than three hundred ninety thousand South Carolinians; and

Whereas, microenterprises produce jobs through all economic cycles; and

Whereas, South Carolina recognizes that microenterprises stabilize the economies of South Carolina communities by providing local ownership and homegrown products and services; and

Whereas, South Carolina recognizes that training in microenterprise propels people out of poverty and into economic growth; and

Whereas, South Carolina also recognizes the contributions of microentrepreneurs who come from diverse cultures and backgrounds to build the American dream of owning their own businesses; and

Whereas, South Carolina treasures the social, economic, and environmental contributions of its microentrepreneurs; and

Whereas, South Carolina recognizes the importance of microenterprise development, business counseling, and accessible credit as key to the success of microentrepreneurs; and

Whereas, microenterprise development is an essential component of every community hoping to inspire and promote entrepreneurship; and

Whereas, South Carolina communities can stimulate the growth and success of entrepreneurship by fostering microenterprise development and by working together to promote outreach, advocacy, and education encouraging the growth of microenterprise and microentrepreneurship opportunities for South Carolinians. Now, therefore,

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

That the members of the General Assembly, by this resolution, hereby recognize the importance to South Carolina of microenterprises, defined as small businesses with fewer than five employees, and designate the month of June 2011, and the month of June every year thereafter until June 2021, as "Microenterprise Development Month" in South Carolina.

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