Florida Senate - 2016                                    SR 1746
       
       
        
       By Senator Garcia
       
       38-02012A-16                                          20161746__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution recognizing and commending nonprofit
    3         organizations for their worthy efforts on behalf of,
    4         and invaluable services delivered to, the residents of
    5         this state.
    6  
    7         WHEREAS, throughout the history of our nation, nonprofit
    8  organizations have existed primarily to benefit others, and
    9         WHEREAS, nonprofit organizations have traditionally
   10  advocated causes at all levels of government, and
   11         WHEREAS, this state is home to nearly 60,000 nonprofit
   12  organizations, which address possibly the widest range of issues
   13  and problems found anywhere in the nation, and
   14         WHEREAS, nonprofit organizations are vital to this state in
   15  that they administer and provide services under critical state
   16  contracts for health, cultural, educational, environmental,
   17  economic, and social services, and
   18         WHEREAS, nonprofit organizations contribute to the economy
   19  by spending $57 billion per year with approximately 17.7 percent
   20  of that total going toward wages, and
   21         WHEREAS, the Florida Association of Nonprofit
   22  Organizations, Inc., represents the collective interests of this
   23  state’s nonprofit organizations, NOW, THEREFORE,
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   25  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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   27         That nonprofit organizations are recognized and commended
   28  for their worthy efforts on behalf of, and for the invaluable
   29  services they deliver to, the residents of this state.