Bill Text: CA ACR165 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: America's Heroes-Veterans Memorial Highway.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-08-16 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 125, Statutes of 2016. [ACR165 Detail]
Download: California-2015-ACR165-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: ACR 165 CHAPTERED BILL TEXT RESOLUTION CHAPTER 125 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE AUGUST 16, 2016 ADOPTED IN SENATE AUGUST 11, 2016 ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 16, 2016 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bigelow APRIL 7, 2016 Relative to the America's Heroes-Veterans Memorial Highway. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ACR 165, Bigelow. America's Heroes-Veterans Memorial Highway. This measure would designate a portion of State Highway Route 49 in the County of Amador as the America's Heroes-Veterans Memorial Highway. The measure would request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost for appropriate signs, as specified, and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs. WHEREAS, It is important to appreciate, admire, and honor the men and women who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America to protect and defend our country and the freedom, rights, and privileges enjoyed by all Americans; and WHEREAS, Nearly two million veterans reside in the State of California, and the County of Amador is home to many of these brave and honorable individuals; and WHEREAS, We should make it a priority to fully support our state's veterans in ways that commemorate their great sacrifice; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the portion of State Highway Route 49 at Valley View Way post mile R7.298 to approximately post mile R10.560 before the Jay-D Ornsby-Adkins Bridge (bridge number 26-0043), located at post mile R10.576, in the County of Amador as the America's Heroes-Veterans Memorial Highway; and be it further Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to determine the costs of erecting appropriate signs, which would include this special designation, consistent with the signing requirements for the state highway system, and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering the cost, to erect those signs; and be it further Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author for appropriate distribution.