2017-2018 Bill 965: SC Legal Services, Inc. - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly

122nd Session, 2017-2018

S.965

STATUS INFORMATION

Senate Resolution

Sponsors: Senators Malloy and McElveen

Document Path: l:\council\bills\gm\25113cm18.docx

Introduced in the Senate on February 6, 2018

Adopted by the Senate on February 6, 2018

Summary: SC Legal Services, Inc.

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

DateBodyAction Description with journal page number

2/6/2018SenateIntroduced and adopted (Senate Journalpage6)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/6/2018

ASENATE RESOLUTION

TO RECOGNIZE AND COMMEND SOUTH CAROLINA LEGAL SERVICES, INC., UPON THE ANNIVERSARY OF SERVING THE CITIZENS OF THE PALMETTO STATE FOR HALF A CENTURY, TO CELEBRATE ITS MANY VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR STATE, AND TO CALL ON ALL OUR CITIZENS TO HONOR SOUTH CAROLINA LEGAL SERVICES, INC., FOR ITS UNSTINTING SERVICE TO OUR STATE.

Whereas, the South Carolina Senate is pleased to learn that South Carolina Legal Services, Inc.,is celebrating the culmination of over fifty years of free legal assistance to the citizens of our great State on February 15, 2018; and

Whereas,the mission of South Carolina Legal Services, Inc., is to represent the interests and protect the rights of its lowincome South Carolinians in civil matters. South Carolina Legal Services, Inc., works for the creation of equal justice; and

Whereas, theState of South Carolina enshrines the constitutional guarantees of due process and equal justice for all; and

Whereas, the first legal aid societies started their service to South Carolina in 1967, sponsored by the Office of Economic Opportunity and the War on Poverty;thereafter, South Carolina had regional legal aid societies in all regions of the State. In 2002, the regional programs merged to create South Carolina Legal Services, Inc. This consolidation allowed for the economy of scale, broader case acceptance, and streamlining of administration; and

Whereas,the work of South Carolina Legal Services, Inc., is essential to the maintenance of a wellordered society whose membership is invested fully in the rights and privileges of our state and federal constitutions. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the Senate:

That the members of the South Carolina Senate, by this resolution, recognize and commend South Carolina Legal Services, Inc., upon the anniversary of serving the citizens of the Palmetto State for half a century, celebrate its many valuable contributions to our State, and call on all our citizens to honor South Carolina Legal Services, Inc., for its unstinting service to our State.

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