Senate Bill sb2796

    Florida Senate - 2006        (NP)                      SR 2796

    By Senator Atwater





    25-1937-06                                              See HB

  1                        Senate Resolution

  2         A resolution recognizing April 21, 2006, as

  3         "Florida's First Financial Fitness Friday."

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  5         WHEREAS, a solid foundation in the knowledge and skills

  6  of financial management, including budgeting, balancing a

  7  checkbook, savings and investments, personal insurance, the

  8  wise use of credit, computing income taxes, and planning for

  9  retirement, is essential to an improved quality of life for

10  all Floridians; however, it has been observed that becoming

11  financially literate is a lifelong process that, for many

12  people, requires assistance from outside the home, and

13         WHEREAS, members of the Florida Institute of Certified

14  Public Accountants, as trusted financial advisors, are

15  committed to active involvement in their communities through

16  volunteer participation in financial education initiatives

17  that teach sound financial management and promote prudent

18  decisionmaking in setting goals and building financial

19  security, and

20         WHEREAS, the Florida Institute of Certified Public

21  Accountants has developed a multifaceted program in which

22  CPA's take a broad leadership role in educating Floridians,

23  from school children to retirees, as to sound financial

24  practices that apply to their particular life stages, and

25         WHEREAS, in observance of National Financial Literacy

26  Month, the institute has created a checklist of items

27  individuals are encouraged to review annually in order to stay

28  financially fit and, further, has developed an "Ask the

29  Expert" hotline and dedicated the FICPA website as outreach

30  initiatives available on Friday, April 21, 2006, through which

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    Florida Senate - 2006        (NP)                      SR 2796
    25-1937-06                                              See HB




 1  the public may receive from CPA volunteers guidance on sound

 2  financial practices, and

 3         WHEREAS, the Florida Institute of Certified Public

 4  Accountants maintains that improving financial literacy for

 5  all residents of Florida would serve to strengthen families

 6  and communities and suggests that educational and financial

 7  institutions, government entities, community-based

 8  organizations, and CPA's may work together to better equip

 9  Floridians to make informed choices about their finances, NOW,

10  THEREFORE,

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12  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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14         That the Florida Senate recognizes April 21, 2006, as

15  "Florida's First Financial Fitness Friday" and urges the

16  state's residents to avail themselves of the knowledge and

17  tools offered as a means of improving their financial

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