Bill Text: CA SJR15 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Postal Service Protection Act of 2013.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-09-12 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 122, Statutes of 2013. [SJR15 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SJR15-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SJR 15	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hancock
    (   Principal coauthor:   Assembly Member
  Skinner   ) 
   (Coauthors: Senators Beall, Block, Calderon, DeSaulnier, Galgiani,
Hernandez, Leno, Lieu, Liu, Monning, Pavley, Wolk, and Wright)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Ammiano,  Fong,   Fox,
 Gonzalez, Hall,  Medina,   V. Manuel Pérez, 
and Wieckowski)

                        AUGUST 12, 2013

   Relative to the Postal Service Protection Act of 2013.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SJR 15, as amended, Hancock. Postal Service Protection Act of
2013.
   This measure would urge the United States Congress to pass 
legislation that reflects the value and intent set forth in  the
Postal Service Protection Act of 2013  , as introduced,  in
order to ensure the modernization and preservation of the United
States Postal Service.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, The Postal Service Protection Act of 2013  would
  is intended to  sustain the United States Postal
Service and avert unnecessary closures that hurt communities; and
   WHEREAS, The United States Postal Service's financial issues are
due to unnecessary requirements and regulations imposed on it. The
Postal Service Protection Act of  2013 would  
2013, as introduced, is intended to  remove burdensome
regulations, so the United States Postal Service can manage its
budget more effectively and be more competitive with other delivery
service providers; and
   WHEREAS, The Postal Service Protection Act of  2013 would
  2013, as introduced, is intended to  prohibit
cuts to Saturday delivery, thus reducing the need for customers to
seek other delivery options; and
   WHEREAS, Cuts to Saturday delivery would disproportionately impact
rural communities, small businesses, and senior citizens; and
   WHEREAS, The Postal Service Protection Act of  2013 would
  2013, as introduced, is intended to  allow the
United States Postal Service to look for innovative new ways to
generate revenue by allowing them to provide additional services,
including notarizing documents, issuing hunting and fishing licenses,
and allowing shipments of wine and beer; and 
   WHEREAS, California produces 90 percent of all wine in the United
States and beer producers had a 34 billion dollar economic impact on
the state in 2012, and the Postal Service Protection Act of 2013, as
introduced, and the United States Postal Service Shipping Equity Act,
as introduced, are intended to support economic growth of an
important California industry; and 
   WHEREAS, The Postal Service Protection Act of  2013 would
  2013, as introduced, is intended to  establish a
commission of successful business innovators and representatives to
explore other ways the United States Postal Service could generate
new revenue and thrive in the 21st century; and
   WHEREAS, The Postal Service Protection Act of  2013 would
  2013, as introduced, is intended to  reinstate
overnight delivery standards to speed mail delivery and prevent
shutdowns of mail sorting centers; and
   WHEREAS, The Postal Service Protection Act of  2013 would
    2013, as introduced, is intended to 
provide additional oversight and transparency to the United States
Postal Service's plan to close, relocate, or sell 3,270 post offices,
including historic buildings in the Cities of Berkeley, Burlingame,
Fullerton, Glendale, Huntington Beach, La Jolla, Palo Alto, Redlands,
Santa Barbara, Santa Monica, South Gate, Ukiah, and Venice; and 

   WHEREAS, Historic post offices slated for closure, relocation, or
sale are currently listed on the National Register of Historic
Places, have historic preservation covenants, or have memoranda of
understanding with local and state historic preservation
organizations; and 
   WHEREAS, The Postal Service Protection Act of  2013 would
    2013, as introduced, is intended to 
protect rural and historic post offices by putting in place a fair
and open process before the United States Postal Service could sell
or consolidate invaluable property assets;  now, therefore,
be it   and  
   WHEREAS, The Postal Service Protection Act of 2013, as introduced,
repeals the mandate, not required of any other public or private
entity in the United States, to prefund future retiree health
benefits; and 
   WHEREAS, The Postal Service Protection Act of 2013, as introduced,
represents a critical step on the behalf of over 40,000 California
active and retired letter carriers, 24 percent of whom are veterans
of the United States Armed Forces, the United States Postal Service
being the single largest employer of veterans in the nation outside
of the United States Department of Defense; now, therefore, be it

   Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of
California, jointly, That the Legislature urges the United States
Congress to pass  legislation that reflects the values and
intentions outlined in this resolution and contained in the February
13, 2013, introduced version of  the Postal Service Protection
Act of 2013, Senate Bill 316, sponsored by Senator Bernard Sanders,
and House Bill 630, sponsored by Representative Peter DeFazio, 
and the April 24, 2013, version of House Resolution 1718, sponsored
by Representative Jackie Speier,  that would ensure the
modernization and preservation of the United States Postal Service;
and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States,
to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the Majority
Leader of the Senate, to each Senator and Representative from
California in the Congress of the United States, to the United States
Postmaster General, and to the author for appropriate distribution.