SENATE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION No. 54

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED: NOVEMBER 13, 2008

      The Senate State Government Committee reports favorably Senate Joint Resolution No. 54.

      This joint resolution designates the month of October of every year as Italian-American History and Heritage Month.  Joint Resolution No. 3 of 1996, which designated the week ending on October 12 of every year as Italian-American History and Heritage Week, is repealed.