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2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE
October 9, 2013 - Introduced by Representative Nerison, cosponsored by Senator
Moulton. Referred to Committee on Rules.
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1Relating to: declaring October 2013 Co-op Month.
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Whereas, cooperatives are independent member-owned and
3member-controlled businesses, organized to process and market products and goods
4for their members; and
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Whereas, cooperatives serve many needs, including credit and financial
6services, health care, child care, housing, insurance, and legal and professional
7services; and
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Whereas, cooperatives sell food, farm supplies, hardware, and recreational
9equipment, and provide electricity, telephone, and Internet services; and
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Whereas, today approximately 2.9 million Wisconsinites depend on
11approximately 650 cooperatives to provide these needed goods and services; and
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Whereas, cooperatives help grow Wisconsin's economy, supporting nearly
1320,000 jobs for Wisconsin residents and recording about $8.6 billion in gross sales
14each year; and
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1Whereas, Wisconsin was one of the first states to enact a law authorizing
2cooperatives, in 1887, spurring the growth of electric, telephone, and agricultural
3cooperatives and town mutual associations; and
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Whereas, the first Wisconsin rural electric cooperatives were started in
5Richland Center and Columbus in May 1937, the Cochrane Cooperative Telephone
6Company was one of the first telephone companies, incorporated in 1905, and the
7first grain farmer cooperative was started in Madison in 1857; and
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Whereas, Wisconsin's strong roots as a co-op state continue today, and two in
9every five people in the United States belong to a cooperative; now, therefore, be it
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10Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the Wisconsin
11legislature declares October 2013 "Co-op Month" and encourages Badger State
12residents to recognize the important role that cooperatives play in their everyday
13lives.
