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A RESOLUTION commemorating the 77th Southern Legislative Conference of 1
The Council of State Governments Southern Office. 2
WHEREAS, The Council of State Governments Southern Office, CSG South, is a 3
nonpartisan, nonprofit member organization that serves the southern legislatures of 4
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North 5
Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; and 6
WHEREAS, with regionally based leadership and perspective, and national-level 7
resources, CSG South provides southern legislators and government staff with a wide 8
variety of programs and services that facilitate regional cooperation and encourage the 9
exchange of information; and 10
WHEREAS, CSG South is governed by an Executive Committee made up of 11
legislative leadership, and policy topics are overseen by six standing policy committees 12
that consist of legislators and government staff from the member states; and 13
WHEREAS, the mission of the organization is to serve as a community of the 14
states, committed to connecting, informing, inspiring, and empowering public servants in 15
all three branches of state government to put the best ideas and solutions into practice; 16
and 17
WHEREAS, in pursuit of this mission, CSG South has convened the Southern 18
Legislative Conference (SLC) for the past 76 years, beginning with its inception in Hot 19
Springs, Arkansas, and moving into decades of fellowship and cooperation between the 20
15 southern states; and 21
WHEREAS, the 77th Southern Legislative Conference will convene in Charleston, 22
South Carolina, from July 8 to 12, 2023; and 23
WHEREAS, more than 1,500 legislators, government staff, and their families will 24
gather to discuss policy matters specifically affecting southern states to bridge 25
commonalities and discuss solutions for current policy trends, challenges, and 26
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NOW, THEREFORE, 1
Be it resolved by the Senate of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of 2
Kentucky: 3
Section 1. The members of the Senate highlight and commend the annual 4
Southern Legislative Conference, and welcome all southern legislative, executive, and 5
judicial officials to attend. 6
Section 2. The Clerk of the Senate is directed to transmit a copy of this 7
Resolution to Senator Mike Wilson. 8