State of South Dakota  
EIGHTY-EIGHTH SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2013  

761U0866   SENATE COMMEMORATION   NO.  34  

Introduced by:    Senators Olson (Russell), Begalka, Brown, Ewing, Frerichs, Heineman (Phyllis), Kirkeby, Lucas, Maher, Novstrup (Al), Rave, and White and Representatives Gosch, Bartling, Cronin, Duvall, Feickert, Hunhoff (Bernie), Olson (Betty), and Peterson
 

        A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION, Honoring Ronald Olinger for his long-standing service as a lobbyist at the South Dakota State Capitol.

    WHEREAS, Ronald Olinger, an attorney from Pierre, has served as a lobbyist at the South Dakota State Capitol for nearly four decades; and

    WHEREAS, Ronald Olinger has lobbied extensively on business and agricultural issues; and

    WHEREAS, Ronald Olinger is widely regarded as an expert on the South Dakota Constitution; and

    WHEREAS, Ronald Olinger is a man of principle who has worked on many issues without fee or portfolio simply because he believed it was the right thing to do; and

    WHEREAS, Ronald Olinger is retiring as a lobbyist at the conclusion of the 2013 South Dakota Legislative Session:

    NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED, by the Eighty-Eighth Legislature of the State of South Dakota, that the Legislature recognizes and honors Ronald Olinger for his long-standing service as a lobbyist at the South Dakota State Capitol.