PRINTER'S NO. 1118
No. 972 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, REIBMAN, PUNT, MADIGAN, PETERSON, HELFRICK,
WENGER, ANDREZESKI, SCANLON, STAPLETON, SALVATORE AND FATTAH,
MAY 31, 1989
REFERRED TO INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS, MAY 31, 1989
AN ACT
1 Designating the Province of Taiwan, Republic of China, as a
2 "sister state."
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Purpose.
6 The General Assembly finds it would be beneficial to both
7 Pennsylvania and the Province of Taiwan, Republic of China, to
8 recognize the cultural and commercial links each possesses and
9 work to improve them and to create a "sister state"
10 relationship.
11 Section 2. Designation.
12 The Province of Taiwan, Republic of China, is designated as a
13 "sister state" to Pennsylvania.
14 Section 3. Duties of department.
15 (a) General requirements.--The Department of Commerce shall
16 perform all necessary requirements to secure and maintain the
17 "sister state" designation as provided for in section 2.
1 (b) Trade office.--The Department of Commerce shall
2 establish a trade office in the Province of Taiwan, Republic of
3 China for the purpose of promoting trade between the
4 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Province of Taiwan.
5 Section 4. Effective date.
6 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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