2017 -- H 6061 AS AMENDED

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Azzinaro, Fellela, Tobon, Messier, and McLaughlin

     Date Introduced: March 31, 2017

     Referred To: House Veterans` Affairs

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 25-2 of the General Laws entitled "Days of Special Observance" is

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hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     25-2-58. "The Rhode Island Nine Beirut Marines" Observance Day.

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     The twenty-third day of October in each and every year shall be set aside as a day

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dedicated to the memory of the "Rhode Island Nine Beirut Marines" who lost their lives in the

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1983 terrorist bombing attack on a marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed two hundred

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forty-one (241) American service personnel. The day shall be observed by the people of this state

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with appropriate exercises in public places and the governor may issue an annual proclamation

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honoring the memory of the nine marines from Rhode Island who made the ultimate sacrifice.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO HOLIDAYS AND DAYS OF SPECIAL OBSERVANCE

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     This act would designate October 23 of each year as a day to commemorate the nine

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Rhode Island marines killed in the 1983 terrorist attack in Beirut, Lebanon.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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