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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 29
Author: Eggman (D) and Olsen (R)
Amended: 3/18/13 in Assembly
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Read and adopted, 3/18/13
SUBJECT : California Agriculture Day
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution recognizes the week of March 17,
2013, to March 23, 2013, inclusive, as National Agriculture
Week, and designates March 20, 2013, as California Agriculture
Day.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1.For more than 60 consecutive years, California has been the
number one agricultural state in the nation, producing more
than 400 crop and livestock products and accounting for 50% of
the nation's supply of fruits, vegetable, and nuts.
2.California is the nation's leader in agricultural exports,
shipping more than $16 billion worth of food and agricultural
commodities around the world.
3.The 2013 theme of California Agriculture Day is "The
California Advantage" to discover all of the advantages that
make California's agriculture the most productive in the
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nation with the efforts of millions of farmworkers
contributing greatly to the success of the agriculture
industry.
4.March 20, 2013, is designated as California Agriculture Day, a
day of celebration to commemorate agriculture's importance in
our daily lives, its vital role in keeping Californians
nourished, and its role in keeping the state's economy ranked
as the ninth largest in the world.
This resolution recognizes the week of March 17, 2013, to March
23, 2013, inclusive, as National Agriculture Week, and
designates March 20, 2013, as California Agriculture Day.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
JJA:ej 4/2/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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