Arkansas 2025 2025 Regular Session

Arkansas Senate Bill SR30 Draft / Bill

Filed 02/25/2025

                      
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State of Arkansas     1 
95th General Assembly      2 
Regular Session, 2025  	SR 30 3 
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By: Senator Irvin 5 
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SENATE RESOLUTION 8 
TO CELEBRATE THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF FAMILY -OWNED AND 9 
ARKANSAS-BASED CG ROXANE LLC AND ITS CRYSTAL GEYSER 10 
ALPINE SPRING WATER. 11 
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TO CELEBRATE THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF 15 
FAMILY-OWNED AND ARKANSAS-BASED CG 16 
ROXANE LLC AND ITS CRYSTAL GEYSER ALPINE 17 
SPRING WATER. 18 
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 WHEREAS, CG Roxane LLC is a family -owned and family-operated bottled 20 
water company that has been bottling Crystal Geyser LLC Alpine Spring Water 21 
since its establishment in 1990; and 22 
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 WHEREAS, Crystal Geyser LLC Alpine Spring Water is the number one (1) 24 
nationally distributed bottled spring water in the United States; and 25 
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 WHEREAS, CG Roxane LLC's most well -known product is the square -shaped 27 
gallon, which is produced at five (5) of the company's seven (7) spring 28 
sources, including the Norman, Arkansas, spring source; and 29 
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 WHEREAS, the Norman, Arkansas, CG Roxane LLC plant has been in 31 
operation since 2008; and 32 
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 WHEREAS, last year, the Norman, Arkansas, CG Roxane LLC plant shipped 34 
one hundred thirty-two million (132,000,000) bottles of spring water and 35 
eight million two hundred thousand (8,200,000) cases of spring water, all 36    	SR30 
 
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produced with fifty percent (50%) recyclable polyethylene terephthalate; and 1 
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 WHEREAS, CG Roxane LLC takes pride in supporting the local communities 3 
where CG Roxane LLC plants are operated by a total of thirty -two (32) local 4 
team members; and 5 
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 WHEREAS, CG Roxane LLC supports local firefighters and donates to local 7 
college scholarship funds in the communities where its plants are operated; 8 
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 WHEREAS, CG Roxane LLC strives constantly to improve regarding 11 
sustainability by: 12 
 (1)  Abiding by its founding principle of bottling spring water 13 
less than one and five -tenths (1.5) miles from the natural spring source, 14 
including offering Arkansas consumers Crystal Geyser Natural Spring Water 15 
from the Ouachita Mountains in Norman, Arkansas; 16 
 (2)  Since 2019, offering its consumers natural spring water in a 17 
bottle made of fifty percent (50%) recycled polyethylene terephthalate 18 
sourced from its recycling plants in California and Tennesee; 19 
 (3)  Since January 2025, constructing fully recyclable overwrap 20 
made of fifty percent (50%) recycled material; and 21 
 (4)  Constantly investing in new equipment to save water during 22 
the production process and never overpumping from the preserved water table 23 
that the Ouachita Mountains offer to the local communities, because the 24 
quality of its spring water is very important to CG Roxane LLC, 25 
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NOW THEREFORE, 27 
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY -FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE 28 
STATE OF ARKANSAS: 29 
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 THAT the Senate celebrate thirty -five (35) years of family -owned and 31 
Arkansas-based CG Roxane LLC and its Crystal Geyser Alpine Spring Water. 32 
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT upon adoption, a copy of this resolution be 34 
provided to the owners of CG Roxane LLC by the Secretary of the Senate. 35 
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