HOUSE BILL No. 4273


     February 15, 2001, Introduced by Rep. Frank and referred to the Committee on Family and Children Services.


        A bill to designate March 1 of each year as children's memo-

   rial day in the state of Michigan.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 1.  (1) The legislature recognizes the great number of

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      tragic deaths of schoolchildren from all causes that occur each

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      year.  Each day in America 6 children and youths under age 20

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      commit suicide, 10 children and youths under age 20 are homicide

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      victims, and 35 children and youths under age 20 die from

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      accidents.  Many more children die from illness.  In commemora-

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      tion of this terrible toll, the legislature declares that March 1

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      of each year shall be known as "Children's Memorial Day".

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           (2) The legislature encourages individuals, educational

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      institutions, and social, community, religious, labor, and

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      business organizations to pause on children's memorial day and




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      reflect upon the precious resource that our children constitute

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      and the great loss we suffer when we lose our children.




















































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