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A RESOLUTION commemorating the 78th 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 state leadership and perspective, and national-7
level resources, CSG South provides southern legislators and government staff with a 8
wide variety of programs and services that facilitate regional cooperation and encourage 9
the exchange of information; and 10
WHEREAS, the mission of the organization is to serve as a community of the 11
states, committed to connecting, informing, inspiring, and empowering public servants in 12
all three branches of state government to put the best ideas and solutions into practice; 13
and 14
WHEREAS, in pursuit of this mission, CSG South has convened the Southern 15
Legislative Conference (SLC) for the past 77 years, with decades of fellowship and 16
cooperation between the 15 southern states; and 17
WHEREAS, the 78th Southern Legislative Conference will convene in White 18
Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, at The Greenbrier from July 21 to 25, 2024; and 19
WHEREAS, more than 1,500 legislators, government staff, and their families will 20
gather to discuss policy matters specifically affecting southern states to bridge 21
commonalities and discuss solutions for current policy trends, challenges, and 22
opportunities; 23
NOW, THEREFORE, 24
Be it resolved by the Senate of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of 25
Kentucky: 26
Section 1. The members of the Senate highlight and commend the annual 27 UNOFFICIAL COPY 24 RS BR 1529
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Southern Legislative Conference, and welcome all southern legislative, executive, and 1
judicial officials to attend. 2
Section 2. The Clerk of the Senate is directed to transmit a copy of this 3
Resolution to Senator David P. Givens. 4