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                <ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Assembly Member Sharp-Collins</ns0:AuthorText>
                <ns0:AuthorText authorType="COAUTHOR_ORIGINATING">(Coauthors: Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry, Addis, Ahrens, Alanis, Alvarez, Arambula, Ávila Farías, Bains, Bauer-Kahan, Bennett, Berman, Boerner, Bonta, Bryan, Calderon, Caloza, Carrillo, Castillo, Chen, Connolly, Davies, DeMaio, Dixon, Elhawary, Ellis, Flora, Fong, Gabriel, Gallagher, Garcia, Gipson, Mark González,
         Hadwick, Haney, Harabedian, Hart, Hoover, Irwin, Jackson, Kalra, Krell, Lackey, Lowenthal, Macedo, McKinnor, Muratsuchi, Nguyen, Ortega, Pacheco, Papan, Patel, Patterson, Pellerin, Petrie-Norris, Quirk-Silva, Ramos, Ransom, Rivas, Celeste Rodriguez, Michelle Rodriguez, Rogers, Blanca Rubio, Sanchez, Schiavo, Schultz, Solache, Soria, Stefani, Ta, Tangipa, Valencia, Wallis, Ward, Wicks, Wilson, and Zbur)</ns0:AuthorText>
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                                <ns0:Name>Wilson</ns0:Name>
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                                <ns0:Name>Zbur</ns0:Name>
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                <ns0:Title> Relative to the National Conference of State Legislatures. </ns0:Title>
                <ns0:RelatingClause>the National Conference of State Legislatures</ns0:RelatingClause>
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                        <ns0:Subject>National Conference of State Legislatures.</ns0:Subject>
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                        <html:p>This measure would recognize and commend the National Conference of State Legislatures for their 50 years of outstanding leadership and commitment to the legislative institution.</html:p>
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                        <ns0:FiscalCommittee>NO</ns0:FiscalCommittee>
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                                <html:p>WHEREAS, The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) was founded in 1975 and has evolved during the past half-century to become the premier organization solely dedicated to serving state and territorial legislators and legislative staff; and</html:p>
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                                <html:p>WHEREAS, NCSL was created from the merger of three organizations that served or represented state legislatures and that shared the belief that legislative service is one of democracy’s worthiest pursuits; and</html:p>
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                                <html:p>WHEREAS, NCSL is a bipartisan organization with three objectives: to advance the effectiveness, independence, and integrity of state legislatures; to foster interstate communication and cooperation; and to ensure to the states a strong, cohesive voice in the federal system; and</html:p>
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                                <html:p>WHEREAS, Our nation’s state legislatures are America’s laboratories of democracy and have continually shown that they are the bodies to tackle emerging challenges, and state legislatures are where people from very different backgrounds, representing very different communities, can come together and find common ground; and</html:p>
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                                <html:p>WHEREAS, NCSL has facilitated the exchange of ideas, provided critical research and information, and encouraged a rigorous review of complex issues confronting our communities, our states, and the nation, and strives to strengthen the bonds between America’s state legislatures and the international community; now, therefore, be it</html:p>
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                                        <html:i>Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring,</html:i>
                                         That the Legislature recognizes and commends the NCSL for their 50 years of outstanding leadership and commitment to the legislative institution; and be it further
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                                        <html:i>Resolved,</html:i>
                                         That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to NCSL and to the author for appropriate distribution.
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