Bill Text: CA ACR148 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Armenian Genocide Martyrs Memorial.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 46-24)

Status: (Passed) 2010-04-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 10, Statutes of 2010. [ACR148 Detail]

Download: California-2009-ACR148-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: ACR 148	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 13, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 8, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Charles Calderon
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Torlakson)

                        MARCH 22, 2010

   Relative to the Armenian Martyrs Memorial.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 148, as amended, Charles Calderon. Armenian  Genocide
 Martyrs Memorial.
   This measure would request  t   hat  the
Department of Transportation  to erect informational
signs on State Highway Route 60 in the County of Los Angeles
directing motorists to the Armenian  Genocide  Martyrs
Monument, consistent with the signing requirements for the state
highway system and upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
sufficient to cover the cost to erect those signs.
   Fiscal committee: yes.



   WHEREAS, The Armenian  Genocide  Martyrs Monument was
erected in 1965 in Bicknell Park in the City of Montebello; and
   WHEREAS, The Armenian  Genocide  Martyrs Monument is the
site of religious and cultural commemorations by the Armenian
community in southern California; and
   WHEREAS, The Armenian  Genocide  Martyrs Monument serves
as a beacon of awareness  for cultural tolerance 
 of all crimes against humanity  ; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature recognizes the importance of
the Armenian  Genocide  Martyrs Monument to the people of
California and requests  that  the Department of
Transportation  to  erect informational signs on the
westbound portion of State Highway Route 60 leading to the Garfield
Avenue exit and the eastbound portion of State Highway Route 60
leading to the Garfield Avenue exit, in the County of Los Angeles,
directing motorists to the Armenian  Genocide  Martyrs
Monument, consistent with the signing requirements for the state
highway system and upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
sufficient to cover 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 Department of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.