SR 92 — Commending the Virginia Petroleum and Convenience Marketers Association.

SESSION INTRODUCEDENROLLED 23101410DSENATE IRESOLUTION SENAOfferedNO. January 19, 2023 N Commending the Virginia Petroleum and Convenience Marketers Association.

––––––––––92 TE Patrons––VogelCommending and Saslaw R –––––––––– O WHEREAS, the Virginia Petroleum and Convenience Marketers Association,Association. a nonprofit, statewide trade association for the petroleum and convenience store industries, celebrates its 75th annivDrsary in 202WHEREAS, the origins of the Virginia Petroleum and Convenience Marketers Association (VPCMA)U date to 1948, when a group of enthusiastic, young Virginia business owners, many of whom were veterans recently returned from World War II, joined together with the aim to promote petroleumC distributors, provide educational and enrichment opportunities, and advocate on behalf of the iEdustry on the state and local level;

theyN createdR Agreed to by the Senate, January 26, 2023 WHEREAS, the Virginia Petroleum Jobbersand AssociationConvenience thatMarketers sameAssociation, year;a nonprofit, statewide O trade association for the petroleum and convenience store industries, celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2023;

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and changed its name to the Virginia Petroleum and Convenience Marketers Association in 2014, has been a model of stability, with only three individuals serving in the role of president, including Elijah Davis to present;

and1948 to 1986, Frank C.

O'Connor from 2000 toWHEREAS, present;the advocacy efforts of VPCMA have benefited the Commonwealth in many ways;

andthe WHEREAS,S organization supported the advocacyestablishment effortsof the Virginia Petroleum Storage Tank Fund, which serves as 9 a model for public-private partnerships and which has generated an excess of $710 million for E envWHEREAS, VPCMA haveworks benefitedclosely with its national partners, Energy Marketers of America and the CommonwealthR inNational manyAssociation ways;of Convenience Stores, to address federal legislative and regulatory issues impacting the organization's membership;

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and WHEREAS, over the years, several members of the VPCMA have notably served as members in the General Assembly, including the Honorable L.

and 24-27,WHEREAS, 2023,VPCMA wherewill celebrate its members75th andanniversary theirwith familiesa willseries haveof theevents opportunity to reflectbe onheld theemberSeptember organization's many accomplishments over its history;

now, therefore, be it to reflect on the RESOLVED by the Senate of Virginia, That the Virginia Petroleum and Convenience Marketers Association hereby be commended on the occasion of its 75th anniversary;

and, be it 34 RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for 35 presentation to the Virginia Petroleum and Convenience Marketers Association as an expression of the 36 Senate of Virginia's admiration for the organization's history and its contributions to the Commonwealth.