00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 18                                                                           
01 "An Act establishing Alaska Public Garden Day on the Saturday immediately preceding                                     
02 Memorial Day each year."                                                                                                
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 44.12 is amended by adding a new section to article 2 to read:                                     
05            Sec. 44.12.120. Alaska Public Garden Day. Alaska Public Garden Day is                                      
06       established on the Saturday immediately preceding Memorial Day each year to                                       
07       commemorate the state's public gardens and the role the gardens play in promoting                                 
08       environmental stewardship, education, plant conservation, recreation, and research.