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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          ACR 115 (Wieckowski)
          As Amended  August 13, 2012
          Majority vote
           
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          |ASSEMBLY:  |     |(August 6,      |SENATE: |32-0 |(August 21,    |
          |           |     |2012)           |        |     |2012)          |
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               (adopted by unanimous vote)

          Original Committee Reference:    RLS.  

           SUMMARY  :  Proclaims August 15, 2012, as India's Independence 
          Day, and urges all Californians to join in celebrating India's 
          independence.  

           The Senate amendments  delete the principal coauthor and make a 
          technical change.

           AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY  , this resolution proclaims August 15, 
          2012, as India's Independence Day, and makes the following 
          legislative findings:

          1)One of the most important national holidays in India, India's 
            Independence Day is celebrated on August 15 of each year to 
            commemorate its independence; and California is home to the 
            largest population of Asian Indians in the United States.

          2)On August 15, 1947, at the stroke of midnight, the first Prime 
            Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, gave his famous Tryst 
            with Destiny speech proclaiming Indian's independence which 
            was celebrated by 400 million Indians; and today, India's 
            Independence Day is celebrated by a billion people living in 
            India and many people living in other parts of the world.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  None

           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800 


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