Bill Text: IL HR0664 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates the date of November 30, 2013 as "Small Business Saturday" in the State of Illinois.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HR0664 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR0664-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The government of the State of Illinois celebrates | ||||||
3 | our local small businesses and the contributions they make to | ||||||
4 | our local economy and communities; and
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5 | WHEREAS, According to the United States Small Business | ||||||
6 | Administration, there are currently 28 million small | ||||||
7 | businesses in the United States; they represent more than 99% | ||||||
8 | of American companies, create two-thirds of net new jobs, and | ||||||
9 | generate half of private gross domestic product; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Small businesses employ half of the employees in | ||||||
11 | the private sector in the United States; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Eighty-nine percent of consumers in the United | ||||||
13 | States agree that small businesses contribute positively to our | ||||||
14 | State by supplying jobs and generating tax revenue; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Eighty-six percent of consumers in the United | ||||||
16 | States have small businesses in their community that the | ||||||
17 | consumers would miss if those small businesses closed; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Ninety-three percent of consumers in the United | ||||||
19 | States agree that it is important for people to support the | ||||||
20 | small businesses that they value in their community; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Ninety percent of consumers in the United States | ||||||
2 | are willing to pledge support for a "buy local" movement; and
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3 | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois supports our local | ||||||
4 | businesses that create jobs, boost our local economy, and | ||||||
5 | preserve our neighborhoods; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Advocacy groups and both public and private | ||||||
7 | organizations across the country have endorsed the Saturday | ||||||
8 | after Thanksgiving as Small Business Saturday; therefore, be it
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9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
10 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
11 | we designate the date of November 30, 2013 as "Small Business | ||||||
12 | Saturday" in the State of Illinois; and be it further
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13 | RESOLVED, That we urge the residents of our State to | ||||||
14 | support small businesses and merchants on Small Business | ||||||
15 | Saturday and throughout the year.
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