Bill Text: CA SCR148 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Crosswalk Safety Awareness Month.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2016-08-10 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 101, Statutes of 2016. [SCR148 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SCR148-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SCR 148	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  101
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 10, 2016
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  JUNE 23, 2016
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 4, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Bates
   (Coauthors: Senators Block, Fuller, Hertzberg, and Leno)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Baker, Chang, Chávez, Dodd, Cristina
Garcia, Lackey, and Wagner)

                        JUNE 2, 2016

   Relative to Crosswalk Safety Awareness Month.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 148, Bates. Crosswalk Safety Awareness Month.
   This measure would designate October as Crosswalk Safety Awareness
Month.



   WHEREAS, The State of California has in the past initiated
statewide programs designed to promote safety through education and
training; and
   WHEREAS, The Legislature desires to reinforce and emphasize
crosswalk safety for students and child safety on public roads by
dedicating a month to crosswalk safety awareness; and
   WHEREAS, It is incumbent on all drivers to pay focused attention
to the well-being of everyone using a crosswalk; and
   WHEREAS, Children and adults are encouraged to walk in crosswalks
when crossing the street and to observe crosswalk rules, including to
look before entering, walk not run, not text or wear headsets, and
stay alert as to oncoming traffic; and
   WHEREAS, The state has adopted the concept of "complete streets"
in roadway design to promote other modes of traffic, including
walking and bicycling; and
   WHEREAS, So that the lives of all those lost in crosswalks are
remembered, in particular the three children who lost their lives on
Halloween night 2014; and
   WHEREAS, Californians should feel safe and protected any time they
walk and need to cross roadways; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature proclaims that the month of
October be designated as Crosswalk Safety Awareness Month in
California; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.