Chapter 244
AN ACT
HB 2823
Relating to internment camps.
Be It Enacted by the People of
the State of
SECTION 1. (1) As used in this section, “internment
camp” means a relocation center to which persons were ordered evacuated by
Presidential Executive Order 9066, signed on February 19, 1942.
(2) A person who meets
the requirements of subsection (4) of this section may request a state
institution of higher education listed in ORS 352.002 to award the person an
honorary post-secondary degree.
(3) A representative of
a deceased person who meets the requirements of subsection (4) of this section
may request a state institution of higher education listed in ORS 352.002 to
award an honorary post-secondary degree on behalf of the deceased person.
(4) Notwithstanding the
requirements for a post-secondary degree established by a state institution of
higher education or by the State Board of Higher Education, a state institution
of higher education that receives a request under subsection (2) or (3) of this
section may award an honorary post-secondary degree to a person, or on behalf
of a deceased person, who:
(a) Was a student at the
state institution of higher education in 1942; and
(b) Did not graduate
from the institution because the person was ordered to an internment camp.
Approved by the Governor May 31, 2007
Filed in the office of Secretary of State May 31, 2007
Effective date January 1, 2008
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