Bill Text: MI SB0327 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Holidays; other; "Korean American Day"; designate as January 13. Creates new act.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 10-6)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-12 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [SB0327 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2015-SB0327-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 327

 

 

May 12, 2015, Introduced by Senators WARREN, HOPGOOD, KOWALL, MARLEAU, HOOD, NOFS, EMMONS, BOOHER, PROOS, BRANDENBURG, MACGREGOR, HANSEN, SCHMIDT, YOUNG, GREGORY and BIEDA and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

 

 

 

     A bill to designate January 13 of each year as Korean American

 

Day.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. (1) The legislature recognizes the contributions that

 

the Korean American community has made throughout this state and

 

acknowledges its contributions in building and enhancing the

 

culture of our state and nation. The legislature honors the first

 

Korean immigrants who arrived in Hawaii on January 13, 1903, many

 

of whom later settled along the Pacific Coast as farm workers or

 

wage laborers in mining companies or section hands on the

 

railroads. The Korean American community has blossomed to a

 

population of nearly 2,000,000 in the United States, and the state

 

of Michigan is fortunate to be the home of a large concentration of

 

citizens who are of Korean descent. Korean Americans have made and

 

will continue to make great contributions to the economic and

 

cultural strength of this state.

 

     (2) In recognition of the contributions that the Korean

 

American community has made, the legislature declares that January

 

13 of each year shall be known as "Korean American Day".