HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2989        FILED ON: 1/21/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2580

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Linda Dorcena Forry

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act to create an annual City Year Day.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Linda Dorcena Forry

12th Suffolk

1/21/2011

Michael J. Moran

18th Suffolk

2/1/2011

Nick Collins

4th Suffolk

2/3/2011

Cory Atkins

14th Middlesex

2/3/2011

Benjamin Swan

11th Hampden

2/4/2011

Edward F. Coppinger

10th Suffolk

2/4/2011

Martin J. Walsh

13th Suffolk

2/4/2011


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2989        FILED ON: 1/21/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2580

By Ms. Forry of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2580) of Linda Dorcena Forry and others for the annual proclamation by the Governor of the fourth Friday in September as City Year Day.  State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 3758 OF 2009-2010.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act to create an annual City Year Day.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 15 of Chapter 6 of the General Laws, as so appearing in the 2006 Official edition, is hereby amended by adding the following at the end thereof:

The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the fourth Friday in September as City Year Day in commemoration of the young men and women of City Year, an organization dedicated to service, idealism and the belief that young people can change the world, and recommending that said day be observed by the people in an appropriate manner in recognition of today’s volunteers, from whom will come the leaders of tomorrow.