Bill Text: CA SCR31 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: National Purple Heart Trail.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-05 - Hearing canceled at the request of author. [SCR31 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SCR31-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SCR 31	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Rubio

                        MARCH 30, 2011

   Relative to the National Purple Heart Trail.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 31, as introduced, Rubio. National Purple Heart Trail.
   This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway
Route 223 in the County of Kern for inclusion in the National Purple
Heart Trail. The measure would also request that the Department of
Transportation determine the cost for appropriate signs showing this
special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering that cost, erect those signs.
   Fiscal committee: yes.



   WHEREAS, The National Purple Heart Trail was established in 1992
for the purpose of commemorating and honoring men and women who have
been wounded or killed in combat while serving in the United States
Armed Forces; and
   WHEREAS, The National Purple Heart Trail courses its way across
the vast majority of the United States; and
   WHEREAS, In 2001, pursuant to Senate Concurrent Resolution 14, the
Legislature designated portions of State Highway Routes 5 and 80 as
California's selections for inclusion in the National Purple Heart
Trail; and
   WHEREAS, In 2009, pursuant to Assembly Concurrent Resolution 12,
the Legislature designated a specified portion of State Highway Route
101 for inclusion in the National Purple Heart Trail; and
   WHEREAS, The Legislature finds that it is appropriate to designate
additional portions of the state highway system for inclusion in the
National Purple Heart Trail in order to honor the men and women who
have been wounded or killed in combat while serving in the United
States Armed Forces; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
portion of State Highway Route 223 from its junction with State
Highway Route 99 to its junction with State Highway Route 58 in the
County of Kern, where the Veteran's Cemetery is located in honor of
the Military Order of the Purple Heart, for inclusion in the National
Purple Heart Trail; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate signs, consistent with the signing
requirements for the state highway system, showing that special
designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
covering that cost, to erect those signs; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author for
appropriate distribution.