Act No. 558

Public Acts of 2002

Approved by the Governor

August 27, 2002

Filed with the Secretary of State

August 28, 2002

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 28, 2002

STATE OF MICHIGAN

91ST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2002

Introduced by Senators McCotter, Hart, Dingell, Bullard, Bennett, Schuette, Peters, Leland, Hoffman, Gougeon, Goschka, Sikkema, Shugars, Dunaskiss, Johnson, North, Hammerstrom, Stille, McManus, Smith, DeBeaussaert, Garcia, Murphy, Miller, Van Regenmorter, Sanborn, Steil, Schwarz, Young, Scott and Byrum

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 395

AN ACT to establish the Michigan days of remembrance of the Armenian genocide.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 1. The legislature declares that April 24 of each year shall be the Michigan day of remembrance of the Armenian genocide of 1915-1923, and that the period beginning on the Sunday before that day through the following Sunday shall be the days of remembrance in this state, in memory of the victims of the genocide, and in honor of the survivors.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate.

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Approved

Governor.