Bill Text: PA SR50 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designating March 29, 2011, as "Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Day" and congratulating Pennsylvania Farm Bureau members for their contribution to this Commonwealth and to this Commonwealth's agricultural industry.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 25-7)

Status: (Passed) 2011-03-02 - Introduced and adopted [SR50 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SR50-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 740
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No. 50 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY VOGEL, YAW, EICHELBERGER, KASUNIC, TOMLINSON, SCARNATI, KITCHEN, ORIE, WARD, SOLOBAY, FONTANA, FERLO, GORDNER, RAFFERTY, DINNIMAN, ROBBINS, BAKER, D. WHITE, ERICKSON, FOLMER, GREENLEAF, WASHINGTON, PILEGGI, PIPPY, MENSCH, EARLL, ARGALL AND WAUGH, MARCH 2, 2011
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MARCH 2, 2011
A RESOLUTION
Designating March 29, 2011, as "Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Day"
and congratulating Pennsylvania Farm Bureau members for their
contribution to this Commonwealth and to this Commonwealth's
agricultural industry.
WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, formerly the
Pennsylvania Farmers' Association, was created on November 24,
1950, to provide Pennsylvania farmers and rural citizens with a
strong voice in government; and
WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau represents 50,284 farm
and rural families and has 54 county farm bureau organizations
that are active in 65 counties of this Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau has played an integral
role in the development and implementation of legislation and
governmental programs that have had lasting and positive effects
on the economic welfare of agriculture and agribusiness in this
Commonwealth; and
WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Farm Bureau has been and continues
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to be a strong voice for agriculture at the national, State and
local levels; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate designate March 29, 2011, as
"Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Day"; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Senate extend congratulations and
appreciation to Pennsylvania Farm Bureau members for the
contribution that they have provided to this Commonwealth and to
the economic welfare of this Commonwealth's agricultural
industry.
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