§137. Organ Donor Awareness Day
December 3rd is designated as Organ Donor Awareness Day, and the Governor shall annually issue a proclamation inviting and urging the people of the State of Maine to observe the day with appropriate activity. The first annual Organ Donor Awareness Day will commemorate the life of Kate James, who was born December 3, 1980 and who passed away March 6, 1999 at 18 years of age while awaiting a double lung transplant. The observance is created to make Maine citizens aware of the importance of donating organs. In each subsequent year, the Governor, in consultation with Maine organ donation agencies and organizations, shall designate an organ donor, recipient or listed individual to be recognized on that year's Organ Donation Awareness Day. [PL 1999, c. 479, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1999, c. 479, §1 (NEW).
Structure Maine Revised Statutes
Chapter 5: COMMEMORATIVE DAYS AND WEEKS
1 §111. National Arbor Day (REPEALED)
1 §113. American History Month
1 §114. Armistice Day (REPEALED)
1 §115. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (REPEALED)
1 §118. Maine Cultural Heritage Week
1 §120. Saint Jean-Baptiste Day
1 §121. Maine Clean Water Week
1 §122. National Women's History Week (REPEALED)
1 §124. Maine Business Women's Week
1 §125. Alcohol Awareness Week
1 §127. Maine Merchant Marine Day
1 §129. Margaret Chase Smith Day
1 §131. Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day
1 §133. Landowner Recognition Day
1 §135. Firefighter's Recognition Day
1 §136. Prisoner of War - Missing in Action Recognition Day
1 §137. Organ Donor Awareness Day
1 §138. Major-General Henry Knox Day
1 §140. Maine Youth Field and Stream Day
1 §141. Colonel Freeman McGilvery Day (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 139)
1 §142. Destroyer Escort Day (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 139)
1 §143. Maine Small Business Week (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 139)
1 §144. Veterans' Week (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 139)
1 §145. Equal Pay Day (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 140)
1 §147. Maine Aviation and Aerospace Education Week (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 146)
1 §149. Community Giving Week (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 148)
1 §150-A. Cold War Victory Day
1 §150-B. Missing Persons Day (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 150)
1 §150-C. Native American Veterans Day
1 §150-E. Lyme Disease Awareness Month
1 §150-F. Governor William King Day
1 §150-G. Vietnam War Veterans Day
1 §150-H. Juneteenth Independence Day (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 150-F)
1 §150-I. Maine Korean War Veteran Recognition Day
1 §150-J. Invite Your Maine Legislator to School Month
1 §150-K. Maine Seniors Day (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 150-J)
1 §150-L. Native American Heritage and Culture Day
1 §150-M. Veterans in the Arts and Humanities Day
1 §150-N. Maine Community Litter Cleanup Day
1 §150-O. Maine Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
1 §150-P. First Responders Day (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 150-O)