74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session
Enrolled
House Bill 2823
Sponsored by Representatives CLEM, KOTEK; Representatives
BUCKLEY, GREENLICK, HUNT
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AN ACT
Relating to internment camps.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
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. + }
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Enrolled House Bill 2823 (HB 2823-A) Page 1
Passed by House April 2, 2007
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Chief Clerk of House
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Speaker of House
Passed by Senate May 4, 2007
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President of Senate
Enrolled House Bill 2823 (HB 2823-A) Page 2
Received by Governor:
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Approved:
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Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
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Secretary of State
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