2017-2018 Bill 5197: Poultry Festival - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly

122nd Session, 2017-2018

H. 5197

STATUS INFORMATION

Concurrent Resolution

Sponsors: Reps. Forrest, Alexander, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Arrington, Atkinson, Atwater, Bales, Ballentine, Bamberg, Bannister, Bennett, Bernstein, Blackwell, Bowers, Bradley, Brawley, Brown, Bryant, Burns, Caskey, Chumley, Clary, Clemmons, Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cogswell, Cole, Collins, Crawford, Crosby, Daning, Davis, Delleney, Dillard, Douglas, Duckworth, Elliott, Erickson, Felder, Finlay, Forrester, Fry, Funderburk, Gagnon, Gilliard, Govan, Hamilton, Hardee, Hart, Hayes, Henderson, HendersonMyers, Henegan, Herbkersman, Hewitt, Hill, Hiott, Hixon, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, Johnson, Jordan, King, Kirby, Knight, Loftis, Long, Lowe, Lucas, Mace, Mack, Magnuson, Martin, McCoy, McCravy, McEachern, McGinnis, McKnight, D.C.Moss, V.S.Moss, Murphy, B.Newton, W.Newton, Norrell, Ott, Parks, Pendarvis, Pitts, Pope, Putnam, Ridgeway, M.Rivers, S.Rivers, RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, Sandifer, Simrill, G.M.Smith, G.R.Smith, J.E.Smith, Sottile, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, Taylor, Thayer, Thigpen, Toole, Trantham, Weeks, West, Wheeler, White, Whitmire, Williams, Willis, Young and Yow

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Introduced in the House on April 3, 2018

Introduced in the Senate on April 9, 2018

Adopted by the General Assembly on April 9, 2018

Summary: Poultry Festival

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

DateBodyAction Description with journal page number

4/3/2018HouseIntroduced, adopted, sent to Senate (House Journalpage72)

4/9/2018SenateIntroduced, adopted, returned with concurrence (Senate Journalpage22)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

4/3/2018

ACONCURRENT RESOLUTION

TO CELEBRATE THE THIRTYSECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA POULTRY FESTIVAL TO BE HELD IN BATESBURGLEESVILLE ON MAY 1012, 2018, AND TO HONOR THOSE PLANNING AND PARTICIPATING IN THE FESTIVAL.

Whereas, the members of the South Carolina General Assembly are pleased to learn that the South Carolina Poultry Festival will celebrate its thirtysecond year at this year’s festival in BatesburgLeesville from May 10 through 12, 2018; and

Whereas, employing thousands of citizens, South Carolina’s billiondollar poultry industry annually produces, processes, and markets vast amounts of eggs, broilers, turkeys, pigeons, quail, and spring chickens; and

Whereas, Lexington, Saluda, and Aiken counties serve as home to some of the state’s top broiler producers, including such household names as Amick Farms, Columbia Farms, and Gentry Poultry Company; and

Whereas, in 1986, BatesburgLeesville restaurant owner Sara Shealy hatched the idea of a poultry festival based in Lexington County to showcase the state’s largest agribusiness, and the Leesville Merchants Association created a festival from her proposal; and

Whereas, one year later, the Ridge Poultry Festival was held, hosting approximately twenty thousand visitors. The event became the South Carolina Poultry Festival in 1989, and in recent years its attendance has exceeded one hundred thousand people; and

Whereas, today the festival features six stages offering continuous entertainment, various food vendors, a threeday carnival, a parade with one hundred plus units, commercial vendors, and abundant crafters; and

Whereas, the event presents the best of Southern hospitality, and proceeds regularly support various local charities, organizations, and community causes while hosting the festival’s own “#1 World’s Best Chicken Cooking Contest”; and

Whereas, guests anticipate an impressive antique car and collector show, an antique tractor show, a fivekilometer road race, a volleyball tournament, and evening street dancing; and

Whereas, a spectacular display of the American spirit will conclude the festival on Saturday evening in one of the largest pyromusical shows available; and

Whereas, the members of the South Carolina General Assembly commend the planners and participants of the thirtysecond annual South Carolina Poultry Festival and appreciate the beneficial impact of the poultry industry on the economy of the Palmetto State. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

Thatthe members of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, celebrate the thirtysecond anniversary of the South Carolina Poultry Festival held in BatesburgLeesville on May 1012, 2018, and honor those planning and participating in the festival.

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