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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Garcia, M.J.
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
2/22/07
HB
SHORT TITLE LULAC 78
th
Anniversary
SB SM 42
ANALYST Guambaña
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
NFI
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Senate Memorial 42 requests that the week of February 11-17, 2007 be designated "National the
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Week" in celebration of their 78
th
Anniversary.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
Senate Memorial 42 states:
•
The founders of LULAC joined together 78 years ago to establish an organization that
would become the largest and oldest Hispanic civil rights and service organization in the
United States;
•
Since its inception in 1929, LULAC has championed the cause of Hispanic-Americans in
education, employment, economic development and civil rights;
•
LULAC has developed a comprehensive set of nationwide programs fostering
educational attainment, job training, housing, scholarships, citizenship and voter
registration;
•
LULAC members throughout the nation have advanced the economic condition,
educational attainment, political influence, health and civil rights of the Hispanic
population of the United States;
•
LULAC has adopted a legislative platform that promotes humanitarian relief for
immigrants, increased educational opportunities for our youth and equal treatment for all
Hispanics in the United States and its territories, including the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico;