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	2017 -- S 1000
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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: Senators Seveney, Felag, DiPalma, Raptakis, and Lynch Prata
	Date Introduced: June 29, 2017
	Referred To: Placed on Senate Calendar
	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
1	SECTION 1. Chapter 25-2 of the General Laws entitled "Days of Special Observance" is
2	hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:
3	25-2-58. "The Rhode Island Nine Beirut Marines" Observance Day.
4	The twenty-third day of October in each and every year shall be set aside as a day
5	dedicated to the memory of the "Rhode Island Nine Beirut Marines" who lost their lives in the
6	1983 terrorist bombing attack on a marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed two hundred
7	forty-one (241) American service personnel. The day shall be observed by the people of this state
8	with appropriate exercises in public places and the governor may issue an annual proclamation
9	honoring the memory of the nine marines from Rhode Island who made the ultimate sacrifice.
10	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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1	This act would designate October 23 of each year as a day to commemorate the nine
2	Rhode Island marines killed in the 1983 terrorist attack in Beirut, Lebanon.
3	This act would take effect upon passage.
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