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Sample Resolution
WHEREAS,
the unprovoked attack on the United States carried
out by international terrorists on September 11, 2001
against targets in New York City, Washington, D.C.
and Arlington, Virginia, resulted in the deaths of
thousands of innocent people, injury to countless
others and the destruction of innumerable lives; and
WHEREAS, among the victims
of this depraved act were civilian and government
workers, military personnel, airline passengers and
crew members, police officers, firefighters and paramedics,
many of whom reside in this State; and
WHEREAS, the remains of many
victims of the World Trade Center attacks were never
located; and
WHEREAS, the ash from the World
Trade Center site, which contains the remains of victims
of September 11, 2001, has been held at Fresh Kills
Landfill in Staten Island, N.Y.; and
WHEREAS, it is fitting and
proper for the State to honor the victims of September
11, 2001 by returning their ashes to the site of a
memorial at the World Trade Center in their honor;
and
WHEREAS, A-2753 (Stender and
Cohen) and S-1924 (Inverso) require the Port Authority
of New York and New Jersey to honor the victims of
the World Trade Center by covering the ashes of their
remains, placing them in containers and transporting
them to the World Trade Center site to be used in
a memorial built in their honor; and
WHEREAS, A-2753 and S-1924
shall take effect upon enactment into law by the State
of New York of legislation having an identical effect
with this legislation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,
that the Governing Body of the Township of _______________________,
County of __________________, State of New Jersey
does hereby go on record supporting and endorsing
the passage of bills A-2753 and S-1924 by the New
Jersey State Legislature and enactment into law of
identical effect with this legislation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that
this Resolution be forwarded to (name of your Assembly
and Senate representatives), the Speaker of the New
York State General Assembly, Sheldon Silver, President
of the New York State Senate, Joseph Bruno, Michael
Bloomberg, Mayor, New York City and George Pataki,
Governor, New York.
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