Bill Text: CA ACR116 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Concurrent Resolution 116 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Sea Scouts Centennial.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-08 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [ACR116 Detail]

Download: California-2011-ACR116-Introduced.html

BILL NUMBER: ACR 116	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Harkey

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   Relative to the Sea Scouts Centennial.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 116, as introduced, Harkey. Sea Scouts Centennial.
   This measure would congratulate and salute the Sea Scouts on their
Centennial for providing leadership and positive opportunities for
America's youth.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, Arthur A. Carey founded Sea Scouts in the United States
in 1912, with the Boy Scout Training Ship Pioneer in Boston; and
   WHEREAS, For 100 years Sea Scouts has provided young people with
positive opportunities through hands-on maritime experiences; and
   WHEREAS, Sea Scouts has championed responsible boating to guard
against water accidents; and
   WHEREAS, Sea Scouts has partnered with civic organizations
promoting safe boating, environmental conservation, and community
service; and
   WHEREAS, Sea Scouts has inspired California's youth to join
maritime industries and competitive sailing; and
   WHEREAS, Thousands of Sea Scouts have served in the United States
military and defended their country, as exemplified by Fleet Admiral
Chester W. Nimitz's statement that 40 percent of the men under his
command in World War II had been Sea Scouts and they had won 60
percent of the decorations for valor; and
   WHEREAS, Sea Scouts is currently a specialized segment of the Boy
Scout's Venturing program for young adult men and women, with the
purpose of addressing members' boating skills and promoting knowledge
of our maritime heritage; and
   WHEREAS, Sea Scouts in California hosts the largest Sea Scout
competitive and safety training events in the United States; and
   WHEREAS, Sea Scout units, called "ships," focus on sailing and
cruising either sailboats or power vessels, whereby Sea Scouts learn
to maintain and operate the vessel, with a focus on learning the safe
and proper methods of handling boats, as well as learning the
meaning of buoys and lights, how to take advantage of wind and tide,
and how to drop anchor and approach a dock; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Members congratulate and salute the Sea
Scouts on their Centennial for providing leadership and positive
opportunities for America's youth; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.