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          Date of Hearing:   April 4, 2013

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
               ACR 40 (John A. Pérez) - As Introduced:  March 21, 2013
           
          SUBJECT  :   Donate Life California Day.

           SUMMARY  :   Proclaims April 9, 2013, as DMV/Donate Life  
          California Day and April 2013 as DMV/Donate Life California  
          Month in California; encourages all Californians to register  
          with the Donate Life California Registry when applying for  
          renewing a driver's license or identification card or by singing  
          up at  www.donateLIFEcalifornia.org  or  
          www.doneVIDAcalifornia.org.  Specifically,  this resolution  makes  
          the following legislative findings:

          1)A single individual's donation of heart, lungs, liver,  
            kidneys, pancreas, and small intestine can save up to eight  
            lives.  The donation of tissue can save and enhance the lives  
            of up to 50 others; and, a single blood donation can help  
            three people in need.

          2)Californians by the millions are joining together to save and  
            enhance lives by becoming registered donors; and, California  
            residents can register with the Donate Life California  
            Registry when applying for or renewing a driver's license or  
            identification card at the Department of Motor Vehicles.

          3)Organ, tissue, eye, and blood donation are compassionate and  
            life-giving acts; and, thousands of patients die each year  
            while waiting for a transplant due to a shortage of donated  
            organs.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          Donate Life California
          Department of Motor Vehicles

           Opposition 
           








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          None on file.
           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800