| 1 | 1 | | 25 LC 39 4530 |
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| 2 | 2 | | House Bill 166 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By: Representatives Franklin of the 160 |
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| 5 | 5 | | , Corbett of the 174 |
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| 7 | 7 | | , Hagan of the 156 |
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| 9 | 9 | | , Buckner |
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| 12 | 12 | | , Smith of the 138 |
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| 14 | 14 | | , and others |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 17 | 17 | | AN ACT |
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| 18 | 18 | | To amend Chapter 4 of Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to |
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| 20 | 20 | | holidays and observances, so as to designate the fourth Friday in November of each year as2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | "National Sugarcane Syrup Day" in Georgia; to provide legislative findings and declarations;3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1.6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | The General Assembly finds that:7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) Making sugarcane syrup has been a part of family farm tradition for generations,8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | particularly in Georgia;9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) The increase in production costs, competition from artificial syrups, and the decreasing10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | number of farmers who still make sugarcane syrup, however, has led some to refer to the11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | making of sugarcane syrup as a dying art;12 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (3) Establishing a "National Sugarcane Syrup Day" in Georgia would help to preserve the13 |
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| 32 | 32 | | art of making sugarcane syrup by honoring those who continue with this long-standing14 |
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| 33 | 33 | | family farm tradition and by raising public awareness of the differences between natural15 |
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| 34 | 34 | | sugarcane syrup and artificial syrups; 16 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (4) Designating the fourth Friday in November of each year, the day after Thanksgiving, |
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| 39 | 39 | | as "National Sugarcane Syrup Day" is particularly fitting, as it is not only a time when18 |
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| 40 | 40 | | families gather and celebrate together, but also a time when some say sugarcane is at its19 |
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| 41 | 41 | | sweetest in Georgia; and20 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (5) It is, therefore, abundantly fitting and proper that the State of Georgia appropriately21 |
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| 43 | 43 | | recognize and honor the family farm tradition of making sugarcane syrup by designating22 |
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| 44 | 44 | | the fourth Friday in November of each year as "National Sugarcane Syrup Day" in Georgia.23 |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 2.24 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Chapter 4 of Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to holidays and25 |
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| 47 | 47 | | observances, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows:26 |
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| 48 | 48 | | "1-4-27. |
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| 50 | 50 | | The fourth Friday in November of each year is designated as 'National Sugarcane Syrup28 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Day' in Georgia."29 |
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| 52 | 52 | | SECTION 3.30 |
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| 53 | 53 | | All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.31 |
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| 54 | 54 | | H. B. 166 |
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