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Title 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS · Chapter 4. HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES

1-4-21. Designation of ‘‘Purple Heart Day.’’

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    August 7 of every year is designated as ‘‘Purple Heart Day.’’#

  2. (b)

    The Governor may annually issue a proclamation designating August 7 as ‘‘Purple Heart Day.’’ Public officials, schools, private organizations, and all residents of this state are encouraged to commemorate Purple Heart Day and honor those wounded or killed while serving in any branch of the United States Armed Services.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 1-4-21, enacted by Ga. L. 2014, p. 758, § 1/SB 276.

Cross references

License plates for veterans awarded Purple Heart, § 40-2-84. Purple Heart state designation, § 50-3-86.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t1-t2-t3-(v3)-2019-pdf.pdf, Volume V3, 2019 edition, page 161; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 206dab95f27a.