BILL NUMBER: ACR 185	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Linder

                        MAY 11, 2016

   Relative to Concrete Pipe Week.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 185, as introduced, Linder. Concrete Pipe Week.
   This measure would proclaim August 8, 2016, to August 12, 2016,
inclusive, as Concrete Pipe Week.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, Reinforced concrete pipe and precast are of vital
importance to sustainable communities and to the health, safety, and
well-being of the people of California; and
   WHEREAS, Reinforced concrete pipe and precast products and
services could not be provided without the dedicated efforts of the
concrete pipe and precast industry manufacturers, professionals,
engineers, managers, and employees who together are responsible for
and must design, manufacture, distribute, educate, and supply
concrete pipe and precast to public and private owners who in turn
build, design, and maintain transportation infrastructure, water
supply, water treatment systems, solid waste systems, and other
structures and facilities essential to modern society; and
   WHEREAS, It is in the public interest for the residents, civic
leaders, and children of California to gain knowledge and maintain a
progressive interest and understanding of the importance of the
reinforced concrete pipe industry to every community throughout
California and across the United States; and
   WHEREAS, The year 2016 marks the 109th year of the American
Concrete Pipe Association, which began as a means of exchanging ideas
and establishing a high quality, standardized product, which the
California Precast Concrete Pipe Association fully supports in both
actions and deeds; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That in recognition of the substantial
contributions the reinforced concrete pipe and precast industry has
made and continues to make to the public health, safety, welfare, and
quality of life in California, the week of August 8, 2016, to August
12, 2016, inclusive, shall be proclaimed Concrete Pipe Week; and be
it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.