Bill Text: GA SR1240 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled

Georgia Senate Resolution 1240 (Prior Session Legislation)

Enrolled

Bill Title: Archer, Ms. Jacqueline; recognize

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-03-26 - Senate Read and Adopted [SR1240 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2011-SR1240-Enrolled.html

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Senate Resolution 1240

By: Senator Rogers of the 21st

A RESOLUTION

Recognizing and commending Ms. Jacqueline Archer on her outstanding public service; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, Ms. Jacqueline Archer has long been recognized by the citizens of this state for the vital role that she has played in leadership and her deep personal commitment to the welfare of the citizens of Georgia; and

WHEREAS, she has diligently and conscientiously devoted innumerable hours of her time, talents, and energy toward the betterment of her community and state as evidenced dramatically by her superlative service as a former Holly Springs city councilwoman and philanthropist; and

WHEREAS, Ms. Archer is asking state legislators to approve a specialty license plate that will not only fund lung cancer research but also spread awareness of the disease; and

WHEREAS, she was involved in an accident that required transportation to a hospital and upon further evaluation she learned that her body had been battling Adenocarcinoma, the fastest spreading lung cancer; and

WHEREAS, the survival rate for people with lung cancer has gone up from 15.5 percent to 15.7 percent between 1971 and 2010, and Ms. Archer is living proof of that; and

WHEREAS, the money collected from the specialty license plate sales is designated for the Addario Lung Cancer Medical Institute through the listed recipient, The Joan Gaeta Lung Cancer Fund; and

WHEREAS, Ms. Archer's significant organizational and leadership talents, her remarkable patience and diplomacy, her keen sense of vision, and her sensitivity to the needs of the citizens of this state have earned her the respect and admiration of her colleagues and associates; and

WHEREAS, she is a person of magnanimous strengths with an unimpeachable reputation for integrity, intelligence, fairness, and kindness; and

WHEREAS, Ms. Archer has served with honor and distinction and her vision and unyielding commitment sets the standard for public service; and

WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that the outstanding accomplishments of this remarkable and distinguished Georgian be appropriately recognized.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body commend Ms. Jacqueline Archer for her efficient, effective, unselfish, and dedicated public service to lung cancer research and the citizens of the State of Georgia and extend to her their most sincere best wishes for continued health and happiness.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Ms. Jacqueline Archer.