Bill Text: IL HR0438 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the members of the Small Business Advocacy Council on the occasion of the organization's first anniversary of advocacy on behalf of small businesses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-30 - Resolution Adopted [HR0438 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0438-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the members of the | ||||||
4 | Small Business Advocacy Council on the occasion of the | ||||||
5 | organization's first anniversary of advocacy on behalf of small | ||||||
6 | businesses; and
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7 | WHEREAS, The Small Business Advocacy Council (SBAC) was | ||||||
8 | formed by a group of business owners and professionals who | ||||||
9 | became convinced that the only way to be heard was to organize | ||||||
10 | and pool their resources together; the SBAC is a non-partisan | ||||||
11 | 501(c)(6) non-profit organization that is intensely focused on | ||||||
12 | the issues that impact small businesses; and
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13 | WHEREAS, The SBAC seeks to strongly support its members by | ||||||
14 | providing networking, advertising, and promotional | ||||||
15 | opportunities that will sustain those that care enough to stand | ||||||
16 | with small business and hard-working Americans; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Over 230 businesses have joined the SBAC since | ||||||
18 | March of 2010, including law firms, real estate brokers, | ||||||
19 | commercial property owners, restaurants, radio personalities, | ||||||
20 | corporate executives, accounting firms, insurance agencies, | ||||||
21 | general contractors, film producers, traders, venture | ||||||
22 | capitalists, and business coaches, among many others; and
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1 | WHEREAS, The SBAC has created numerous beneficial programs | ||||||
2 | for its members, including an Office Sharing program that | ||||||
3 | affords members access to meeting space in the City of Chicago | ||||||
4 | and the suburbs at no cost and complimentary Happy Hour events | ||||||
5 | every month; the organization is also in the process of forming | ||||||
6 | a health insurance pool for its members; therefore, be it
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7 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
8 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
9 | we congratulate the members of the Small Business Advocacy | ||||||
10 | Council on the occasion of the organization's first anniversary | ||||||
11 | of advocacy and wish them the best of luck on their one-year | ||||||
12 | anniversary celebration on June 16, 2011; and be it further
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13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
14 | presented to the Small Business Advocacy Council as a symbol of | ||||||
15 | our esteem and respect.
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