Bill Text: CA ACR187 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Concurrent Resolution 187 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Medal of Honor Safety Roadside Rest Area.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-08-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 163, Statutes of 2022. [ACR187 Detail]

Download: California-2021-ACR187-Chaptered.html

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 187

CHAPTER 163

Relative to the Medal of Honor Safety Roadside Rest Area.

[ Filed with Secretary of State August 30, 2022. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

ACR 187, Grayson. Medal of Honor Safety Roadside Rest Area.

This measure would designate the rest area on Interstate 80 in the City of Vallejo in the County of Solano as the Medal of Honor Safety Roadside Rest Area. The measure would also request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.

Fiscal Committee: YES

WHEREAS, The City of Vallejo is the home of the former Mare Island Naval Shipyard and has a large concentration of veterans who have served honorably in the Armed Forces of the United States; and

WHEREAS, These service members have served in peacetime and war, including World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, and the Global War on Terrorism in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Philippines, and other places; and

WHEREAS, Many of these service members are being honored by the United States government for their actions in various theaters of war and conflict, as well as for their distinguished peacetime achievements; and

WHEREAS, The soldiers, Marines, sailors, and airmen sent to war to defend our great nation personify the extraordinary commitment, dedication, and sacrifices of these service members and their families; and

WHEREAS, The Medal of Honor is the United States highest and most prestigious personal military decoration that may be awarded to recognize service members who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor or selfless sacrifice beyond the call of duty; and

WHEREAS, Dedication of a rest area to honor the Medal of Honor recipients who were born, entered service, had their last home of record, settled, died, or were buried in the City of Vallejo, including James Cooney, William Halford, Alexander Parker, Richard D. Dunphy, William S. Bond, Patrick J. Burke, George Carter, Anund C. Roark, Robert H. Young, John O. Dahlgren, Frank A. Young, Johan Johansson, Richard Willis, Henry Thompson, Reinhardt J. Keppler, William Johnson, and Thomas Lakin would appropriately express our appreciation of and indebtedness to these heroes for their service to our country; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the rest area on Interstate 80 in the City of Vallejo in the County of Solano as the Medal of Honor Safety Roadside Rest Area; and be it further

Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to determine the cost of appropriate signs consistent with the signing requirements for the state highway system showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover that 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.