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          Bill No:  ACR 59
          Author:   Nielsen (R), et al
          Amended:  4/30/09 in Assembly
          Vote:     21

           
          WITHOUT REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE OR FILE

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  Read and adopted, 4/30/09 


           SUBJECT  :    Crime Victims Rights Week

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This resolution recognizes the week of April 26,  
          2009, through May 2, 2009, as Crime Victims Rights Week.

           ANALYSIS  :    This resolution makes the following  
          legislative findings:

          1.The remembrances observed during National Crime Victims'  
            rights Week promote awareness of victim issues and  
            acknowledge the combined efforts of citizens, government,  
            and the criminal justice system to improve victims'  
            services in California.

          2.Through the passage of Proposition 8, the Crime Victims'  
            Bill of Rights, in 1982, and Proposition 9, the Victims  
            Bill of Rights Act of 2008:  Marsys Law, California  
            citizens have protected victims rights in the California  
            Constitution.






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          3.Since 1981, National Crime Victims Rights Week has raised  
            awareness of the special needs of crime victims; and this  
            years theme if 25 Years of Rebuilding Lives:  Celebrating  
            the Victims of Crime Act.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  No

          RJG:cm  5/13/09   Senate Floor Analyses 

                       SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  NONE RECEIVED

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