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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.4792 Type of Legislation:Concurrent Resolution CR Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20020226 Primary Sponsor:Kelley All Sponsors:Kelley, Cooper, Kirsh, Allen, Allison, Altman, Askins, Bales, Barfield, Barrett, Battle, Bingham, Bowers, Breeland, G. Brown, J. Brown, R. Brown, Campsen, Carnell, Cato, Chellis, Clyburn, Coates, Cobb-Hunter, Coleman, Cotty, Dantzler, Davenport, Delleney, Easterday, Edge, Emory, Fleming, Freeman, Frye, Gilham, Gourdine, Govan, Hamilton, Harrell, Harrison, Harvin, Haskins, Hayes, J. Hines, M. Hines, Hinson, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jennings, Keegan, Kennedy, Klauber, Knotts, Koon, Law, Leach, Lee, Limehouse, Littlejohn, Lloyd, Loftis, Lourie, Lucas, Mack, Martin, McCraw, McGee, McLeod, Meacham-Richardson, Merrill, Miller, Moody-Lawrence, J.H. Neal, J.M. Neal, Neilson, Ott, Owens, Parks, Perry, Phillips, Quinn, Rhoad, Rice, Riser, Rivers, Robinson, Rodgers, Rutherford, Sandifer, Scarborough, Scott, Sharpe, Sheheen, Simrill, Sinclair, D.C. Smith, F.N. Smith, G.M. Smith, J.E. Smith, J.R. Smith, W.D. Smith, Snow, Stille, Stuart, Talley, Taylor, Thompson, Townsend, Tripp, Trotter, Vaughn, Walker, Webb, Weeks, Whatley, Whipper, White, Wilder, Wilkins, Witherspoon, A. Young and J. Young Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\dka\4702mm02.doc Date Bill Passed both Bodies:20020226 Subject:Toomey, Robert C. "Bob" History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ Senate 20020226 Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence House 20020226 Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate Versions of This Bill
CELEBRATING THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS OF ROBERT C. "BOB" TOOMEY TO THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ON THE OCCASION OF HIS WELL-DESERVED RETIREMENT, AND EXTENDING THE BEST WISHES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO HIM FOR A HEALTHY AND HAPPY HIATUS FROM PROFESSIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE.
Whereas, Robert C. "Bob" Toomey caps a long career of public service with his retirement as Director of the South Carolina Retirement Systems; and
Whereas, Bob Toomey is a fixture on the premises of South Carolina state government, having begun his state service with Staff Research for the House of Representatives while attending the University of South Carolina to earn a Ph.D. in Finance; and
Whereas, he followed up his experience with the research staff to become Director of Research for the Medical, Military, Public and Municipal Affairs Committee and, later, Director of Research for the House Ways and Means Committee; and
Whereas, his four years with his father's consulting firm merely confirmed his deep-seated attachment to public service, as he left there in 1985 to join the staff of the Office of Senate Research; and
Whereas, his professional career then turned to his life-long interest in health and medical issues, as he assumed the position of Executive Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health; and
Whereas, he served as Director of the Division of Budget Analyses of the State Budget and Control Board before beginning his tenure as Director of the South Carolina Retirement Systems; and
Whereas, no recitation of Bob Toomey's contributions to the better governing of this State should fail to mention an idea that he had in the late summer of 1986, when in a meeting of legislative and executive branch staffers seeking ways to improve the processing of the annual general appropriations bill it came to him like a thunder bolt -- "why not number the Part IB provisos in the bill?" The logic of it was so compelling that, unlike many good ideas, it was promptly acted on, and this simple contribution has raised him to Olympian status in the hearts and minds of those who have labored in the budget process since 1986, and for those who will work on all the budgets to come; and
Whereas, his personal contributions to the people of this State are just as varied and just as substantial; and
Whereas, he has served as Chairman of the South Carolina Deferred Compensation Commission, Chairman of the Board of the Mental Health Association of South Carolina, and board member of the International Foundation for Retirement Education; and
Whereas, this graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with an MBA degree from Cornell University, is a faithful alumnus of UNC and fan of the Tarheel basketball team; and
Whereas, that understandable affection is the only aberration in Bob Toomey's long-time and total devotion to the State of South Carolina. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the members of the General Assembly celebrate the many contributions of Robert C. "Bob" Toomey to the State of South Carolina on the occasion of his well-deserved retirement and extend their best wishes to him for a healthy and happy hiatus from professional public service.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Bob Toomey.
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