A concurrent RESOLUTION

TO CONGRATULATE the Council of State Governments Southern Office UPON THE OCCASION OF ITS seventy-seventh SOUTHERN LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE AND TO COMMEND the organization FOR ITS MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE AND THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

Whereas, the members of the South Carolina Senate are pleased to recognize the Council of State Governments Southern Office as it celebrates this important milestone; and

Whereas, the Council of State Governments Southern Office (CSG South) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit member organization that serves the Southern legislatures of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; and

Whereas, with regionally-based leadership and perspective and national-level resources, CSG South provides Southern legislators and government staff with a wide variety of programs and services that facilitate regional cooperation and encourage the exchange of information; and

Whereas, CSG South is governed by an executive committee made up of legislative leadership. Policy topics are overseen by six standing policy committees, which consist of legislators and government staff from the member states; and

Whereas, the mission of the organization is to serve as a community of the states committed to connecting, informing, inspiring, and empowering public servants in all three branches of state government to put the best ideas and solutions into practice; and

Whereas, in pursuit of this mission, CSG South has convened the Southern Legislative Conference (SLC) for the past seventy-six years, beginning with its inception in Hot Springs, Arkansas and moving into decades of fellowship and cooperation between the fifteen Southern states; and

Whereas, the seventy-seventh Southern Legislative Conference will convene in Charleston, South Carolina from July 8-12, 2023; and

Whereas, over fifteen hundred Southern legislators, government staff, and their families will gather to discuss policy matters specifically affecting Southern states to bridge commonalities and discuss solutions for current policy trends, challenges, and opportunities; and

Whereas, the members of the South Carolina Senate greatly appreciate the dedication and commitment of the Council of State Governments Southern Office to serving the people and the State of South Carolina. Now, therefore,

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

That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, congratulate the Council of State Governments Southern Office upon the occasion of its seventy-seventh Southern Legislative Conference and commend the organization for its many years of dedicated service to the people and the State of South Carolina.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to the dedicated staff of the Council of State Governments Southern Office.

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