Bill Text: CA ACR74 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: California Fairground Appreciation Month
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-22 - Referred to Com. on RLS. [ACR74 Detail]
Download: California-2015-ACR74-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: ACR 74 CHAPTERED BILL TEXT RESOLUTION CHAPTER 82 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE JUNE 26, 2015 ADOPTED IN SENATE JUNE 22, 2015 ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 8, 2015 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 8, 2015 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bigelow (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Atkins, Baker, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Calderon, Campos, Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Perea, Rendon, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams, and Wood) MAY 18, 2015 Relative to California Fairground Appreciation Month. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ACR 74, Bigelow. California Fairground Appreciation Month This measure would designate June 2015 as California Fairground Appreciation Month and commend the directors, volunteers, staff, local agencies, and nonprofits, as well as the Californians who support and attend fairground events. WHEREAS, California's 76 fairgrounds represent an important public asset, providing public recreation, education, and community unity to over twenty million Californians every year; and WHEREAS, California's fairgrounds provide vital emergency services as fire camps, disaster relief centers, training and staging areas; and WHEREAS, California's fairgrounds serve as year-round centers for economic activities generating millions of dollars in tax and employment income for the state and local governments; and WHEREAS, California's fairgrounds provide a unique and unparalleled platform for nonprofit events and charitable efforts which in turn provide a wide variety of important social services, including food drives, blood drives, pet adoptions, scholarships, and educational activities; and WHEREAS, California's fairgrounds promote both the Golden State's proud agricultural history and the education of future generations about the connection between food and farming; and WHEREAS, California's fairgrounds are gathering places for the state's diverse ethnic populations, veterans groups, and other organizations; and WHEREAS, California's fairgrounds promote water conservation and the importance of water to California farms and cities; and WHEREAS, California's fairgrounds are supported by thousands of volunteers from the boardroom to the parking lot and livestock barns; and WHEREAS, The 76 fairgrounds within California deserve great respect and admiration for their services to California; now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the month of June 2015 as California Fairground Appreciation Month in appreciation for the services given to California by the 76 fairgrounds in the state; and be it further Resolved, That the Legislature commends the thousands of directors, volunteers, staff, local agencies, and nonprofits, as well as the millions of Californians who support and attend fairground events year round; and be it further Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.