California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 21

Introduced by Assembly Member Obernolte

February 9, 2015

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 21—Relative to the Rim of the World Veterans Memorial Highway.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

ACR 21, as introduced, Obernolte. Rim of the World Veterans Memorial Highway.

This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway Route 18 in the County of San Bernadino as the Rim of the World Veterans Memorial Highway. The measure would request that the Department of Transportation determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designations and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.

Fiscal committee: yes.

WHEREAS, Nearly two million veterans reside in the State of
California, and the San Bernardino Mountains are home to many
of these brave and honorable individuals; and

WHEREAS, The American Legion Post 360 and the Veterans
of Foreign Wars Post 9624 have partnered to sponsor the “Rim of
the World Veterans Memorial Highway” designation in honor of
those who have dedicated their lives to the service of this nation;
and

WHEREAS, Naming a highway is but a small way to
demonstrate our gratitude to the brave men and women who put
their lives on the line so that we may enjoy the freedoms of this
great nation; and

WHEREAS, We should make it a priority to fully support our
state’s veterans in ways that commemorate their great sacrifice;
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 18 in the County of San
Bernardino, beginning at the intersection of State Highway Route
18 and State Highway Route 330 and continuing toward Big Bear
Lake for 4.5 miles, as the Rim of the World Veterans Memorial
Highway; and be it further

Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested
to determine the cost of erecting the appropriate signs, consistent
with the signing requirements for the state highway system,
showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations
from nonstate sources covering 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.