BILL NUMBER: ACR 148 CHAPTERED BILL TEXT RESOLUTION CHAPTER 10 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE APRIL 27, 2010 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR APRIL 27, 2010 ADOPTED IN SENATE APRIL 22, 2010 ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 15, 2010 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 15, 2010 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 13, 2010 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 8, 2010 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Charles Calderon (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Torlakson) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Bass, Beall, Bill Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, Emmerson, Eng, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Lieu, Logue, BonnieB Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Nava, Nestande, Niello, Nielsen, John A. Perez, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra Strickland, Swanson, Torres, Villines, and Yamada) (Coauthor: Senator Calderon) MARCH 22, 2010 Relative to the Armenian Martyrs Memorial. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ACR 148, Charles Calderon. Armenian Genocide Martyrs Memorial. This measure would request that the Department of Transportation 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. 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 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 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.