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          SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING
                              Senator Jim Beall, Chair
                                2015 - 2016  Regular 

          Bill No:          ACR 115           Hearing Date:    6/28/2016
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          |Author:   |Mathis                                                |
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          |Version:  |3/1/2016                                              |
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          |Urgency:  |                       |Fiscal:      |Yes             |
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          |Consultant|Randy Chinn                                           |
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          SUBJECT:  Richard "Dick" Noles Memorial Highway


           DIGEST:  This bill designates a portion of State Route 168 in  
          Inyo County as the Richard "Dick" Noles Memorial Highway.

          ANALYSIS:
          
          Existing law:
          
          The committee has adopted a policy regarding the naming of state  
          highways or structures.  Under the policy, the committee will  
          consider only those resolutions that meet all of the following  
          criteria:

          1)The person being honored must have provided extraordinary  
            public service or some exemplary contribution to the public  
            good and have a connection to the community where the highway  
            or structure is located.

          2)The person being honored must be deceased.

          3)The naming must be done without cost to the state.  Costs for  
            signs and plaques must be paid by local or private sources.

          4)The author or co-author of the resolution must represent the  
            district in which the facility is located, and the resolution  
            must identify the specific highway segment or structure being  
            named.








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          5)The segment of highway being named must not exceed five miles  
            in length.   

          6)The proposed designation must reflect a community consensus  
            and be without local opposition.  

          7)The proposed designation may not supersede an existing  
            designation unless the sponsor can document that a good faith  
            effort has uncovered no opposition to rescinding the prior  
            designation.

          This resolution designates the portion of State Route 168 in  
          Inyo County from 4090 West Line Street to the junction of U.S.  
          Highway 395 as the Richard "Dick" Noles Memorial Highway.  The  
          Department of Transportation is requested to determine the cost  
          of appropriate signs and, upon receiving sufficient donations  
          from nonstate sources, to erect those signs.

          COMMENTS:

          1)Purpose.  The resolution is intended to honor the life and  
            service of Richard "Dick" Noles.

          2)Background.  Richard "Dick" Noles was born in Palo Alto,  
            California on June 23, 1933, grew up in the Bakersfield area,  
            and graduated from Bakersfield High School in 1951.  Mr. Noles  
            worked for Southern California Edison for many years before  
            retiring in 1990.  Mr. Noles enjoyed nearly 50 years of  
            volunteer work in the Owens Valley.  He made many  
            contributions to projects involving the expansion of parks,  
            the improvement of water quality for wildlife in local  
            mountains, and the establishment of the Eastern Sierra  
            All-Terrain Vehicle Adventure Trail System in Inyo County.   
            Mr. Noles also helped establish platforms for handicapped  
            individuals at local ponds and gathered volunteers to monitor  
            radio collars on the Buttermilk deer herd winter range areas.

            Mr. Noles is survived by his wife of 63 years, two sons, five  
            grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

          FISCAL EFFECT:  Appropriation:  No     Fiscal Com.:  Yes     
          Local:   No


            POSITIONS:  (Communicated to the committee before noon on  








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          Wednesday,
                          June 22, 2016.)
          
           SUPPORT:  

          None received

          OPPOSITION:

          None received
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