BILL NUMBER: ACR 126	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  99
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 28, 2012
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 20, 2012
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 21, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 21, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 1, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Charles Calderon
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Portantino, Smyth, Alejo,
Ammiano, Atkins, Bill Berryhill, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
Brownley, Butler, Campos, Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis,
Dickinson, Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Galgiani,
Garrick, Gatto, Grove, Hagman, Halderman, Hill, Huber, Jeffries,
Jones, Knight, Lara, Logue, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell,
Nestande, Nielsen, Olsen, John A. Pérez, V. Manuel Perez, Silva,
Skinner, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Wieckowski, Williams, and Yamada)


                        MARCH 13, 2012

   Relative to the Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church
of America.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 126, Charles Calderon. Western Prelacy of the Armenian
Apostolic Church of America.
   This measure would request that the Department of Transportation
erect informational signs on State Highway Route 210 in the County of
Los Angeles directing motorists to the Western Prelacy of the
Armenian Apostolic Church of America, consistent with the signing
requirements for the state highway system and, upon receiving
donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover the cost, to
erect those signs.



   WHEREAS, The Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of
America, which was established in 1973, serves under the jurisdiction
of the Catholicosate of the Holy See of Cilicia; and
   WHEREAS, The primary mission of the Western Prelacy is to preserve
and foster the faith, heritage, traditions, culture, and religious
and national values of the Armenian Apostolic Church, and to provide
spiritual guidance to over one million Armenian Americans in
California, Nevada, Colorado, Utah, Oregon, Arizona, and beyond; and
   WHEREAS, From the Western Prelacy headquarters, the prelate and
religious and executive councils oversee the day-to-day activities of
the churches and schools, providing necessary guidance and
assistance; and
   WHEREAS, The Western Prelacy also has a network of benefactors and
sponsors who, through their generous moral and financial support,
contribute to the realization of the ever-expanding mission of the
Western Prelacy; and
   WHEREAS, The Western Prelacy also has a prison ministry program
that offers spiritual guidance to Armenian inmates and former
inmates; and
   WHEREAS, The Western Prelacy is expected to attract motorists and
tourists from all over the world; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature recognizes the importance of
the Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America to
the people of California, and requests that the Department of
Transportation erect informational signs on the westbound portion of
State Highway 210 leading to the Lowell Avenue exit, and the
eastbound portion of State Highway 210 leading to the La Tuna Canyon
Road exit, in the county of Los Angeles, directing motorists to the
Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America,
consistent with the signing requirements for the state highway
system, and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
sufficient to cover the cost, to erect those signs; and be it further

   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.