2003-2004 Bill 1023: Consejo De Desarolla De Papaloapan in Xalapa, Mexico - South Carolina

South Carolina General Assembly

115th Session, 2003-2004

S. 1023

STATUS INFORMATION

Senate Resolution

Sponsors: Senator Hutto

Document Path: l:\council\bills\pt\1890mm04.doc

Introduced in the Senate on March 2, 2004

Adopted by the Senate on March 2, 2004

Summary: Consejo De Desarolla De Papaloapan in Xalapa, Mexico

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

DateBodyAction Description with journal page number

3/2/2004SenateIntroduced and adopted SJ7

VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/2/2004

A SENATE RESOLUTION

RECOGNIZING THE EFFORTS OF THE CONSEJO DE DESAROLLA DE PAPALOAPAN IN XALAPA, MEXICO, IN COSPONSORING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA THE FIRST BINATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MIGRATION BETWEEN THE STATES OF VERACRUZ AND SOUTH CAROLINA AND EXTENDING THE GRATITUDE OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA SENATE FOR ITS INVALUABLE ASSISTANCE TO SOUTH CAROLINA IN WELCOMING AND ACCOMMODATING THIS STATE’S GROWING MEXICAN POPULATION.

Whereas, last year the University of South Carolina sponsored a cultural exchange and study tour for Mexican and South Carolina scholars and public officials, including Senator Brad Hutto; and

Whereas, that exchange resulted in agreements between the States of Veracruz and South Carolina to formalize their respective commitments to promote research and foster understanding of the migration processes; and

Whereas, that understanding is vital to the State of South Carolina, whose resident Latino population boasts the sixth highest growth rate in the United States; and

Whereas, the majority of that population originates from the Republic of Mexico and the State of Veracruz; and

Whereas, a March 1113, 2004, binational conference in Xalapa, Mexico, on migration serves not only to formalize relations between the scholars and public officials of Veracruz and South Carolina, but also to activate their dual commitments to Mexicans who live in South Carolina. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate:

That the members of the South Carolina Senate, by this resolution, recognize the efforts of the Consejo de Desarolla de Papaloapan in Xalapa, Mexico, in cosponsoring with the University of South Carolina the first binational conference on migration between the States of Veracruz and South Carolina and extend the gratitude of the South Carolina Senate for its invaluable assistance to South Carolina in welcoming and accommodating this State’s growing Mexican population.

Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to the Consejo de Desarallo de Papaloapan in Xalapa, Mexico, by South Carolina Senator C. Bradley Hutto.

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