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House Bill 166
By: Representatives Franklin of the 160
th
, Corbett of the 174
th
, Hagan of the 156
th
, Buckner
of the 137
th
, Smith of the 138
th
, and others
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Chapter 4 of Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
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holidays and observances, so as to designate the fourth Friday in November of each year as2
"National Sugarcane Syrup Day" in Georgia; to provide legislative findings and declarations;3
to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.4
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:5
SECTION 1.6
The General Assembly finds that:7
(1) Making sugarcane syrup has been a part of family farm tradition for generations,8
particularly in Georgia;9
(2) The increase in production costs, competition from artificial syrups, and the decreasing10
number of farmers who still make sugarcane syrup, however, has led some to refer to the11
making of sugarcane syrup as a dying art;12
(3) Establishing a "National Sugarcane Syrup Day" in Georgia would help to preserve the13
art of making sugarcane syrup by honoring those who continue with this long-standing14
family farm tradition and by raising public awareness of the differences between natural15
sugarcane syrup and artificial syrups; 16
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(4) Designating the fourth Friday in November of each year, the day after Thanksgiving,
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as "National Sugarcane Syrup Day" is particularly fitting, as it is not only a time when18
families gather and celebrate together, but also a time when some say sugarcane is at its19
sweetest in Georgia; and20
(5) It is, therefore, abundantly fitting and proper that the State of Georgia appropriately21
recognize and honor the family farm tradition of making sugarcane syrup by designating22
the fourth Friday in November of each year as "National Sugarcane Syrup Day" in Georgia.23
SECTION 2.24
Chapter 4 of Title 1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to holidays and25
observances, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows:26
"1-4-27.
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The fourth Friday in November of each year is designated as 'National Sugarcane Syrup28
Day' in Georgia."29
SECTION 3.30
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.31
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