BILL NUMBER: ACR 118	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  174
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 11, 2014
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 11, 2014
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 27, 2014
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 28, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 13, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 17, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 6, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Logue

                        MARCH 6, 2014

   Relative to the California Small Business Owners' Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 118, Logue. California Small Business Owners' Highway.
   This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway
Route 99 in Sutter County as the California Small Business Owners'
Highway. The measure would also request the Department of
Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing
this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.



   WHEREAS, The month of June is celebrated as California Small
Business Month, in recognition of the tremendous contributions that
small businesses make to the economic strength of our nation and
state; and
   WHEREAS, The nation's 28 million small businesses are the job
creation engine of the American economy, responsible for one-half of
all private sector jobs, and are the source of roughly 70 percent of
all new jobs in the last decade; and
   WHEREAS, California is home to three and one-half million of these
small businesses, accounting for 99 percent of the state's employers
and 52 percent of the state's workforce, and producing more than
one-half of California's gross domestic product; and
   WHEREAS, California is home to the most innovative and competitive
businesses in the world, placing the state consistently among the
top 10 economies in the world; and
   WHEREAS, California's small businesses are critical to the
economic health of the state because small businesses are innovative
forces in the marketplace and are among the most likely to take risks
to create new technologies and industries; and
   WHEREAS, A commitment to small businesses and support for
small-scale private-sector job creators are among the most promising
strategies to enhance California's human capital, expand job
opportunities, and increase the state's competitive advantage in the
global marketplace; and
   WHEREAS, It is appropriate to recognize the important role of
small businesses in California's economy by dedicating a portion of
State Route Highway 99 as the California Small Business Owners'
Highway; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
portion of State Highway Route 99 between Hull Road and Stewart Road
in Sutter County as the California Small Business Owners' Highway;
and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate signs consistent with the signing
requirements for the state highway system showing this special
designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
sufficient to cover that cost, to erect those signs; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.