Bill Text: GA SR844 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Keep Georgia Beautiful Program; commemorate
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-01-25 - Senate Read and Adopted [SR844 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-SR844-Enrolled.html
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Senate
Resolution 844
By:
Senators James of the 35th, Seay of the 34th, Jones of the 10th and Buckner of
the 44th
A
RESOLUTION
Commemorating
the Keep Georgia Beautiful program and its 77 local affiliates who serve 79
percent of the population of the State of Georgia and recognizing January 25,
2010, as Keep America Beautiful Day at the state capitol; and for other
purposes.
WHEREAS,
Keep Georgia Beautiful, a program of the Georgia Department of Community
Affairs, was founded in 1978 as the first state affiliate of Keep America
Beautiful, Inc.; and
WHEREAS,
Keep Georgia Beautiful builds and sustains community environmental activities
and behaviors for a more beautiful and environmentally aware Georgia;
and
WHEREAS,
Keep Georgia Beautiful and its 77 local Keep America Beautiful affiliates
enhance the quality of life in Georgia by focusing on litter prevention,
community beautification and improvement, and reducing the impact of waste on
communities; and
WHEREAS,
Keep Georgia Beautiful and local Keep America Beautiful affiliates conduct
educational and community improvement activities and programs that change
behaviors and attitudes toward the environment; and
WHEREAS,
the success enjoyed by Keep Georgia Beautiful and its local programs is built
upon strong partnerships with government, private businesses, schools, and
citizen-volunteers at the grassroots level; and
WHEREAS,
this past Spring, Keep Georgia Beautiful and its 77 affiliates successfully
coordinated Great American Cleanup projects in 159 counties with the help of
80,500 volunteers who donated 285,000 hours to cleaning up this state;
and
WHEREAS,
Keep Georgia Beautiful and its programs empower local people to take
responsibility for preserving and protecting Georgia's natural resources and
environment.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body commemorate the Keep Georgia Beautiful program and its 77 local affiliates whose 450,000 volunteers amassed 2 million volunteer man-hours and donated $27 million in benefits to Georgia communities over time.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body commemorate the Keep Georgia Beautiful program and its 77 local affiliates whose 450,000 volunteers amassed 2 million volunteer man-hours and donated $27 million in benefits to Georgia communities over time.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of this body recognize January 25, 2010, as
Keep America Beautiful Day at the state capitol.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the public and the press.
