Bill Text: CA ACR85 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 51-28)

Status: (Passed) 2009-09-16 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 102, Statutes of 2009. [ACR85 Detail]

Download: California-2009-ACR85-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: ACR 85	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Torrico
   (Principal coauthors: Senators Corbett and Wright)

                        JULY 23, 2009

   Relative to New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 85, as introduced, Torrico. New United Motor Manufacturing,
Inc.
   This measure would make various statements regarding the
importance of New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI) to the
California economy and would declare the necessity for the
Legislature to utilize its vested powers to keep NUMMI in California.

   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, The Legislature is currently convening in special session
to address the state's fiscal emergency; and
   WHEREAS, The Legislature must employ its vested powers to protect
the state's workers and industries; and
   WHEREAS, California once boasted eight automobile manufacturing
plants within its borders; and
   WHEREAS, The one remaining automobile manufacturing plant in the
western United States resides in Fremont, California; and
   WHEREAS, This one remaining plant, New United Motor Manufacturing,
Inc. (NUMMI), represents a 50-50 joint venture formed in 1984
between General Motors Corporation and Toyota Motor Corporation; and
   WHEREAS, General Motors recently declared bankruptcy, thereby
relinquishing its shares in NUMMI to Toyota or any other entity
willing to purchase those shares; and
   WHEREAS, The departure of General Motors from the joint venture
may compel Toyota to close NUMMI; and
   WHEREAS, NUMMI produces approximately 250,000 cars and 170,000
trucks on an annual basis; and
   WHEREAS, NUMMI employs nearly 4,700 workers who live throughout
the San Francisco Bay area and, through its purchase of supplies,
supports over 15,000 more workers throughout the state; and
   WHEREAS, The closure of NUMMI would cause destructive
reverberations throughout California's economy; and
   WHEREAS, NUMMI supports local economies and major industries in
all areas of the state by purchasing products from over 1,000
suppliers, vendors, and small-parts manufacturers, totaling $523
million in annual payroll and benefits; and
   WHEREAS, Shipping industries such as the Port of Oakland and the
Union Pacific Railroad greatly depend on the existence of NUMMI; and
   WHEREAS, The loss of NUMMI from California would have a
longstanding and devastating impact on the people of the state; and
   WHEREAS, As a state, California is Toyota's largest market; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That it is the Legislature's priority to take
swift and decisive action to protect its workers and industries; and
be it further
   Resolved, That the Legislature recognizes the necessity to utilize
its vested powers to keep NUMMI in California; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.