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                                 THIRD READING


          Bill No:  SCR 95
          Author:   Gaines (R)
          Amended:  As introduced
          Vote:     21

           
           SUBJECT  :    International Olympic Day

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This resolution recognizes June 23, 2012, as 
          International Olympic Day, and honors all of the dedicated 
          Olympic athletes.

           ANALYSIS  :    This resolution makes the following 
          legislative findings:

          1. California recognizes an Olympic Day event to inspire 
             and benefit youth that will take place June 20 at Raley 
             Field, cohosted by the Sacramento Parks and Recreation 
             Department and the Sacramento River Cats baseball team, 
             led by Olympic alpine skier Starr Walton Hurley.

          2. California recognizes the celebration welcoming the 
             Chinese Olympic Fencing Team for training and 
             pre-Olympic Games competition alongside the United 
             States Fencing Team in San Francisco.

          3. California assists organizations and persons concerned 
             with sports in the development of athletic programs for 
             able-bodied and disabled athletes regardless of age, 
             race, or gender.






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          4. June 23 is the anniversary of the founding of the modern 
             Olympic movement, representing the date on which the 
             Congress of Paris approved the proposal of Pierre de 
             Coubertin to found the modern Olympics.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  No


          RM:k  6/12/12   Senate Floor Analyses 

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