PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 120 PRINTER'S NO. 479
No. 111 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY FREEMAN, MUNDY, KREBS, LaGROTTA, HALUSKA,
FAIRCHILD, PESCI, KUKOVICH, BAKER, DENT, PISTELLA, KENNEY,
CORRIGAN, GEIST, COY, HERMAN, ARGALL, BATTISTO, FICHTER,
ROBERTS, DALEY, FAJT, BELFANTI, RUDY, BEBKO-JONES, DeWEESE,
D. R. WRIGHT, TIGUE, TRELLO, MANDERINO, GRUPPO, ROONEY,
STABACK, RITTER, KING, WOZNIAK, JOSEPHS, WILLIAMS, STERN AND
VEON, JANUARY 27, 1993
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, MARCH 16, 1993
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 26, 1988 (P.L.413, No.71), entitled "An
2 act designating January 30, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's
3 birthday, as 'Day of the Disabled,'" redesignating January 30
4 as "Pennsylvanians with Disabilities Day."
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. The title, PREAMBLE and section 1 of the act of <--
8 May 26, 1988 (P.L.413, No.71), entitled "An act designating
9 January 30, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's birthday, as 'Day of the
10 Disabled,'" are amended to read:
11 AN ACT
12 Designating January 30, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's birthday, as
13 ["Day of the Disabled."] "Pennsylvanians with Disabilities
14 Day."
15 WHEREAS, OVER 1,000,000 CITIZENS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH ARE <--
16 CONSIDERED TO BE [PHYSICALLY DISABLED] INDIVIDUALS WITH PHYSICAL
1 DISABILITIES; AND
2 WHEREAS, THROUGH COURAGE AND DETERMINATION, [THE PHYSICALLY
3 DISABLED] PENNSYLVANIANS WITH DISABILITIES HAVE CONQUERED
4 SEEMINGLY INSURMOUNTABLE OBSTACLES TO LEAD SUCCESSFUL LIVES; AND
5 WHEREAS, [THE PHYSICALLY DISABLED] PENNSYLVANIANS WITH
6 DISABILITIES DEMONSTRATE UNIQUE CHARACTER AND PERSEVERANCE IN
7 PURSUING AND ATTAINING THEIR DESIRED GOALS; AND
8 WHEREAS, THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE MADE NOTEWORTHY CONTRIBUTIONS
9 TO THEIR COMMUNITIES, THIS COMMONWEALTH AND THE NATION; AND
10 WHEREAS, [THE PHYSICALLY DISABLED OF THIS COMMONWEALTH]
11 PENNSYLVANIANS WITH DISABILITIES DESERVE THE RECOGNITION OF THIS
12 COMMONWEALTH AND ITS CITIZENS.
13 Section 1. [Day of the disabled] Pennsylvanians with
14 Disabilities Day.
15 In honor of the birthday of one of America's most
16 distinguished [physically disabled individuals] INDIVIDUALS WITH <--
17 A PHYSICAL DISABILITY, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, January 30 of
18 each year is hereby designated as ["Day of the Disabled,"]
19 "Pennsylvanians with Disabilities Day," in recognition and in
20 honor of the [disabled] citizens of Pennsylvania WHO HAVE <--
21 DISABILITIES.
22 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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