House Resolution 85

A RESOLUTION COMMENDING THE COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS SOUTHERN OFFICE ON THE OCCASION OF THE 77^TH SOUTHERN LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE COUNCIL OF STATE GOVERNMENTS SOUTHERN OFFICE.

WHEREAS, The Council of State Governments Southern Office (CSG South) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit member organization that serves the southern legislatures of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; and

WHEREAS, with regionally based leadership and perspective, and national-level resources, CSG South provides southern legislators and government staff with a wide variety of programs and services that facilitate regional cooperation and encourage the exchange of information; and

WHEREAS, CSG South is governed by an executive committee which is comprised of legislative leadership, and creates policy topics that are overseen by six standing policy committees which consist of legislators and government staff from the member states; and

WHEREAS, the mission of the organization is to serve as a community of the states, committed to connecting, informing, inspiring and empowering public servants in all three branches of state government to put the best ideas and solutions into practice; and

WHEREAS, in pursuit of this mission, CSG South has convened the Southern Legislative Conference (SLC) for the past 76 years, beginning with its inception in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and moving into decades of fellowship and cooperation between the 15 southern states; and

WHEREAS, the 77^th Southern Legislative Conference will convene in Charleston, South Carolina, from July 8 through 12, 2023; and

WHEREAS, more than 1,500 southern legislators, government staff, and their families will gather to discuss policy matters specifically affecting southern states to bridge commonalities and discuss solutions for current policy trends, challenges, and opportunities; and

WHEREAS, commending and highlighting the annual Southern Legislative Conference, and offering a welcome to all southern legislative, executive, and judicial officials to attend; and

WHEREAS, it is the policy of the House of Representatives to commend fine organizations like CSG, that strive to bring policy makers from all walks of life and different perspectives together:

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, That we do hereby commend the Council of State Governments Southern Office on the occasion of the 77^th Southern Legislative Conference of the Council of State Governments Southern Office.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be furnished to the leadership of the Council of State Governments Southern Office and to the members of the Capitol Press Corps.