BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | ACR 185| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- THIRD READING Bill No: ACR 185 Author: Linder (R), et al. Amended: 8/11/16 in Assembly Vote: 21 ASSEMBLY FLOOR: Read and adopted, 8/11/16 SUBJECT: Concrete Pipe Week SOURCE: Author DIGEST: This resolution proclaims August 8, 2016, to August 12, 2016, inclusive, as Concrete Pipe Week. ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative findings: 1)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. 2)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. ACR 185 Page 2 3)The 11 precast concrete pipe plants in California employ over 2,000 employees and provide over 32 million dollars annually in tax revenues to the state, and have helped develop various projects, including the San Francisco 49ers' Levi's Stadium, the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit Drainage, and the Caltrans I-10 Emergency Bridge Replacement. 4)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. This resolution proclaims August 8, 2016, to August 12, 2016, inclusive, as Concrete Pipe Week. FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.:NoLocal: No SUPPORT: (Verified8/16/16) California Precast Concrete Pipe Association OPPOSITION: (Verified8/16/16) None received Prepared by: Melissa Ward / SFA / (916) 651-1520 ACR 185 Page 3 8/16/16 17:55:14 **** END ****