Assembly Concurrent Resolution
No. 42
CHAPTER 40
Relative to National Federation of Independent Business Week.
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Filed with
Secretary of State
June 22, 1993.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 42, Speier.
National Federation of Independent Business Week.
This measure would designate the week of June 27, 1993, as National Federation of Independent Business Week.
Digest Key
WHEREAS, The National Federation of Independent Business was founded in 1943 as a nonpartisan and nonprofit advocate of small business ownership; and
WHEREAS, The National Federation of Independent Business has unswervingly dedicated itself to defending the American free enterprise system based on private ownership, fair competition, and the opportunity to pursue entrepreneurship; and
WHEREAS, The National Federation of Independent Business is a faithful representative of the small business community, always relying on the opinion of its members to determine its policy positions on legislative and regulatory issues; and
WHEREAS, The National Federation of Independent Business is California’s largest small business advocacy group, representing more than 44,000 small business owners; and
WHEREAS, The grass roots approach to political education and activism employed by the National Federation of Independent Business plays an invaluable role in our democratic process, assuring that California’s lawmakers and regulators understand how their decisions will affect the day-to-day operations and profitability of small business owners within their communities; and
WHEREAS, Independently owned businesses have been the bedrock of the American economy and our free enterprise system from colonial days to the present; and
WHEREAS, There are currently over 16 million small businesses in the United States; and
WHEREAS, These independently owned businesses provide nearly one-half of all civilian jobs in this country; and
WHEREAS, Small businesses have created more than two-thirds of all new jobs developed in the United States over the last decade; and
WHEREAS, Aside from creating jobs and wealth, small businesses play vital and enriching roles in community life from coast to coast, underwriting civic and cultural events, educational activities, and charitable endeavors; and
WHEREAS, Owning a small business and passing it along to one’s family has been an integral part of the American Dream since the founding of this country; and
WHEREAS, Federal and state legislation and regulation has a powerful effect on the day-to-day operations, profitability, and survival of small firms; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That in honor of the golden anniversary of the National Federation of Independent Business and in recognition of contributions made to the American way of life by this organization and its membership, the week of June 27, 1993, be officially designated National Federation of Independent Business week; and be it further
Resolved, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to the author for appropriate distribution.