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HR 1123 - Keep Georgia Beautiful Program; commend

Hanner, Robert P (159th)	Bailey, Jr., Frank I (93rd)	Rogers, Carl (20th)

Status Summary	HC:		SC:		FR:	02/23/00	LA:	02/23/00	H - Passed/Adopted

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A RESOLUTION commemorating the Keep Georgia Beautiful Program and its 59 local affiliates who serve 80 percent of the population of the State of Georgia; and for other purposes.

HR 1123                                            LC 11 0033 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                             A RESOLUTION 
 
  1- 1  Commemorating the Keep Georgia Beautiful Program and its 59 
  1- 2  local affiliates who serve 80 percent of the population of 
  1- 3  the State of Georgia; and for other purposes. 
 
  1- 4  WHEREAS, Keep Georgia Beautiful, a program of the Georgia 
  1- 5  Department of Community Affairs, was founded in 1978 as the 
  1- 6  first state affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, Inc.; and 
 
  1- 7  WHEREAS, Keep Georgia Beautiful builds and sustains 
  1- 8  community environmental activities and behaviors for a more 
  1- 9  beautiful and environmentally aware Georgia; and 
 
  1-10  WHEREAS, Keep Georgia Beautiful and its 59 local Keep 
  1-11  America Beautiful affiliates enhance the quality of life in 
  1-12  Georgia by focusing on litter prevention, community 
  1-13  beautification and improvement, and reducing the impact of 
  1-14  waste on communities; and 
 
  1-15  WHEREAS, Keep Georgia Beautiful and local Keep America 
  1-16  Beautiful affiliates conduct educational and community 
  1-17  improvement activities and programs that change behaviors 
  1-18  and attitudes toward the environment; and 
 
  1-19  WHEREAS, the success enjoyed by Keep Georgia Beautiful and 
  1-20  its local programs is built upon strong partnerships with 
  1-21  government, private businesses, schools, and 
  1-22  citizen-volunteers at the grass roots level; and 
 
  1-23  WHEREAS, Keep Georgia Beautiful and its programs empower 
  1-24  local people to take responsibility for preserving and 
  1-25  protecting Georgia's natural resources and environment. 
 
  1-26  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF 
  1-27  REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body commemorate 
  1-28  the Keep Georgia Beautiful Program, its 59 local affiliates 
  1-29  whose 400,000 volunteers amassed two million volunteer man 
  1-30  hours and donated $27.4 million in benefits to Georgia 
  1-31  communities last year. 
 
  1-32  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of 
  1-33  Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit 
  1-34  appropriate copies of this resolution to the public and the 
  1-35  press. 
 
 
 
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