Amendment JR2 AA59-ASA1-AB1

LRBb2697/1

PJD:...:...

January 2002 Special Session

2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 59, TO ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 1

March 14, 2002 - Offered by Representatives Morris-Tatum, Young, Coggs, Turner and Williams.

AB1-ASA1-AA59,1,1 At the locations indicated, amend the substitute amendment as follows:

AB1-ASA1-AA59,1,2 1. Page 359, line 1: after that line insert:

AB1-ASA1-AA59,1,4 "(2q) Encouraging this state's executive branch to establish a sister-state relationship between Wisconsin and the Cap Vert region of Senegal.

AB1-ASA1-AA59,1,5 (a) The legislature finds that:

AB1-ASA1-AA59,1,7 1. African American residents of Wisconsin are developing trade, commerce, and cultural ties with the Senegalese people.

AB1-ASA1-AA59,1,11 2. Goree Island, which is located in the Cap Vert region of Senegal, was the debarkation point for African slaves bound for American shores, which makes it extremely likely that there are African Americans currently residing in Wisconsin who are descendants of people from that region.

AB1-ASA1-AA59,2,4 3. A sister-state relationship would benefit both Wisconsin and the Cap Vert region of Senegal by facilitating an exchange of information and ideas, by promoting travel between the 2 regions, and by increasing the number of exchange programs between them.

AB1-ASA1-AA59,2,6 (b) The legislature encourages this state's executive branch to establish a sister-state relationship between Wisconsin and the Cap Vert region of Senegal.".

AB1-ASA1-AA59,2,7 (End)