PRINTER'S NO. 1317
No. 87 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY CAPPABIANCA, DeWEESE, GEORGE, MARSICO, VROON,
HAYES, COWELL, KOSINSKI, FLEAGLE, COLAIZZO, NAILOR, NOYE,
DEMPSEY, McGEEHAN, MELIO, JOHNSON, KRUSZEWSKI, SALOOM,
STUBAN, GERLACH, LANGTRY, ARMSTRONG, CLARK, FAIRCHILD,
NICKOL, PESCI, TANGRETTI, VEON, HERSHEY, LEVDANSKY, HARLEY,
PRESTON, GRUPPO, MUNDY, SEMMEL, GAMBLE, O'BRIEN, WOGAN,
BATTISTO, TRELLO, FARMER, DeLUCA, GODSHALL, JAROLIN, FARGO,
KAISER, HALUSKA, ARNOLD, MICOZZIE, JADLOWIEC, LESCOVITZ,
JOSEPHS, BILLOW, LINTON, BUSH, NAHILL, STEIGHNER, SAURMAN,
BLAUM, PISTELLA, TIGUE, VAN HORNE, COY, CORRIGAN, SCRIMENTI,
MIHALICH, STURLA, ANGSTADT, LAUGHLIN, M. N. WRIGHT, FREEMAN,
RUDY, ALLEN, ARGALL, KENNEY, G. SNYDER, CORNELL, ADOLPH,
GIGLIOTTI, BELARDI, E. Z. TAYLOR, HESS, BUNT, CESSAR,
PHILLIPS, GEIST, SCHULER, STABACK, NYCE, McCALL, SERAFINI,
STEELMAN, MERRY, HAGARTY, FAJT, WOZNIAK, S. H. SMITH, HANNA
AND ULIANA, APRIL 16, 1991
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, APRIL 16, 1991
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing the week of May 5 through May 11, 1991, as "Small
2 Business Week" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, The small business sector is dynamic in its capacity
4 for entrepreneurship, innovation and job creation. Small
5 businesses lead the way in productivity and job growth; and
6 WHEREAS, Not only are small businesses an important source of
7 major innovation which creates new markets, but they also
8 improve the quality of life for this Commonwealth; and
9 WHEREAS, Fifty-four percent of the net jobs added to
10 Pennsylvania's economy between 1976 and 1982 came from small
11 firms in Pennsylvania with fewer than 500 employees, and 97.7%
1 of the business establishments in Pennsylvania are small
2 businesses with fewer than 100 employees; and
3 WHEREAS, In addition to the 267,444 small business
4 establishments in 1988, Pennsylvania had 783,388 self-employed
5 proprietors; and
6 WHEREAS, Because small businesses are the backbone of
7 Pennsylvania's economy and one of our best sources of future
8 jobs, the General Assembly of Pennsylvania is committed to
9 enacting legislation that fosters the development of small
10 business and will increase job opportunity and improve overall
11 economic progress for Pennsylvania; therefore be it
12 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives pay tribute to
13 Pennsylvania's small business community and recognize the week
14 of May 5 through May 11, 1991, as "Small Business Week" in
15 Pennsylvania.
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