BILL NUMBER: ACR 83	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 10, 2011
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Gatto, Achadjian, and Charles
Calderon

                        AUGUST 31, 2011

   Relative to the Republic of Armenia.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 83, Gatto. President of the Republic of Armenia: visit.
   This measure would welcome his Excellency Serj Sarkissian,
President of the Republic of Armenia, on the occasion of his visit to
California on September 24 to 26, inclusive, 2011.




   WHEREAS, California is home to the largest Armenian-American
population in the United States, and Armenians living in California
have enriched our state through their leadership in business,
agriculture, academia, government, and the arts; and
   WHEREAS, The people of Armenia and the people of California
continue to forge new ties through business and commerce that
strengthen the connections between them; and
   WHEREAS, The President of the Republic of Armenia, his Excellency
Serj Sarkissian, will be visiting California on September 24 to 26,
inclusive, 2011, to open new consular and trade offices in the cities
of Los Angeles and San Jose to promote and further improve the
economic relationship between California and Armenia; and
   WHEREAS, His Excellency will also be participating in celebrations
in Armenian-American communities to mark the 20th anniversary of the
independence of the Republic of Armenia; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature extends a warm welcome on
behalf of the people of California to his Excellency Serj Sarkissian,
President of the Republic of Armenia, on the occasion of his visit
to this state; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.