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        Date of Hearing:  June 20, 2016


                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION


                                 Jim Frazier, Chair


        ACR 191  
        (Gallagher) - As Introduced May 27, 2016


        SUBJECT:  National Purple Heart Trail


        SUMMARY:  Designates the portions of State Highway Routes (SR) 5,  
        16, 20, and 45 in Colusa County for inclusion in the National Purple  
        Heart Trail.  Specifically, this resolution:  


        1)Describes the history and significance of the National Purple  
          Heart Trail.


        2)Designates the portions of SR 5, SR 16, SR 20, and SR 45 in Colusa  
          County for inclusion in the National Purple Heart Trail.


        3)Requests that the California Department of Transportation  
          (Caltrans) determine the cost of appropriate signs, consistent  
          with the signing requirements for the state highway system,  
          showing the special designation and, upon receiving donations from  
          non-state sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.


        EXISTING LAW:  Assigns Caltrans the responsibility of operating and  
        maintaining state highways.  This includes the installation and  
        maintenance of highway signs.








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        FISCAL EFFECT:  Unknown, but the measure requests that Caltrans only  
        erect the appropriate signage upon receiving donations from  
        non-state sources covering the cost.


        COMMENTS:  The National Purple Heart Trail was established in 1992  
        to honor the men and women of the United States Armed Forces who  
        have been wounded or killed in combat.  The trail includes stretches  
        of highway across the United States.  Numerous segments of  
        California highways are designated as part of the National Purple  
        Heart Trail, including the entirety of Interstate Routes 5 (I-5) and  
        80 (I-80), portions of SR 101 in Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa  
        Barbara and Ventura Counties, and a portion of SR 223 in Kern  
        County.  This resolution adds SR 5, SR 16, SR 20, and SR 45 in  
        Colusa County to those routes designated for inclusion in the trail  
        in order to honor the men and women who have been wounded or killed  
        in combat while serving in the United States Armed Forces.


        This resolution designates the portion of SR 5 in Colusa County for  
        inclusion in the National Purple Heart Trail, although that portion  
        of the route already bears that designation, under the existing  
        designation of I-5 as part of the trail.


        REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:




        Support


        None on file











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        Opposition


        None on file




        Analysis Prepared by:Justin Behrens / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093