Current Status Bill Number:4212 Type of Legislation:Concurrent Resolution CR Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19970527 Primary Sponsor:Edge All Sponsors:Edge Drafted Document Number:pt\1323sd.97 Residing Body:Senate Subject:Small Business Works for South Carolina Week; June 1-7, 1997; Resolutions
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ _______________________________________ _______ ____________ House 19970527 Introduced, adopted, sent to SenateView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
TO DECLARE THE WEEK OF JUNE 1-7, 1997, AS "SMALL BUSINESS WORKS FOR SOUTH CAROLINA WEEK" IN THIS STATE IN RECOGNITION OF THE ONGOING SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE MADE BY SOUTH CAROLINA'S SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.
Whereas, Small Business works for America and South Carolina by providing jobs for almost sixty percent of the private-sector workforce; and
Whereas, Small Business works for America and South Carolina by creating two of every three net new jobs; and
Whereas, Small Business works for America and South Carolina by providing that all-important first job to virtually all inexperienced workers; and
Whereas, Small Business works for America and South Carolina by being the most innovative economic power in the world, producing more major inventions, and bringing them to the market more quickly than their larger competitors, both domestic and foreign, combined; and
Whereas, Small Business works for America and South Carolina by playing a vital and enriching role in community life, underwriting innumerable local civic, cultural, educational, recreational, and charitable endeavors. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the General Assembly hereby declares the week of June 1-7, 1997, as "Small Business Works for South Carolina Week" in this State in recognition of the ongoing social and economic contributions to the American way of life made by South Carolina's Small Business owners.