Bill Text: PA SR116 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designating the month of May 2009 as "Law Month" in Pennsylvania and urging lawmakers, lawyers, judges and schools to participate.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-10)

Status: (Passed) 2009-05-05 - Introduced and adopted [SR116 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SR116-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1002
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No. 116 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY TARTAGLIONE, STOUT, BAKER, LOGAN, WILLIAMS, ERICKSON, TOMLINSON, DINNIMAN, KITCHEN, WASHINGTON, ALLOWAY, MUSTO, HUGHES, RAFFERTY, PILEGGI, FONTANA, PIPPY, O'PAKE, WOZNIAK, BOSCOLA, BROWNE, LEACH, COSTA, M. WHITE, STACK, FARNESE AND EARLL, MAY 5, 2009
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MAY 5, 2009
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of May 2009 as "Law Month" in Pennsylvania
and urging lawmakers, lawyers, judges and schools to
participate.
WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Bar Association will launch its
tenth annual "Law Day" program on May 1, 2009; and
WHEREAS, As part of the celebration, the Pennsylvania Bar
Association and local bar associations across this Commonwealth
will sponsor activities throughout the month of May; and
WHEREAS, The theme for 2009 is "By the People, For the
People"; and
WHEREAS, The celebration is coordinated by the Law-Related
Education Committee of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and
funded by the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation; and
WHEREAS, Schools, attorneys and judges will be encouraged to
work together to arrange for classroom visits as part of the
celebration; and
WHEREAS, The primary purpose of the celebration is to teach
children about their legal rights and responsibilities and to
share with them the essence of being an American citizen; and
WHEREAS, Students of all ages in kindergarten through college
will have the opportunity to explore the ways in which they can
have an impact on our world; and
WHEREAS, The annual observance of "Law Day" is part of the
Pennsylvania Bar Association's continuing partnership with the
Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Pennsylvania
Coalition for Representative Democracy (PennCORD); therefore be
it
RESOLVED, That the Senate designate the month of May 2009 as
"Law Month" in Pennsylvania; and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Senate urge all lawmakers, attorneys,
judges and schools to participate in this year's celebration.
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